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Sega Sports Pad

3040 (NA) / SP-500 (JP) · Sega · 1986

Released1986-12
Typecontroller
Rarityno data
WhyThere’s no units produced with a source and not enough listings. We don’t make things up.

The Master System is an 8-bit home video game console manufactured and developed by Sega. It was originally a remodeled export version of the Sega Mark III, the third iteration of the SG-1000 series of consoles, released in Japan on October 20, 1985. The Master System was launched in North America in September 1986, followed by Europe in August 1987, South Korea in April 1989, and Brazil in September 1989. A Japanese version was launched on October 23, 1987, with additions including a built-in FM audio chip, a rapid-fire switch, and a dedicated port for the 3D glasses. The Master System II, a cheaper model, was released in 1990 in North America, Australasia, and Europe.

Describe the series or family, not just this item. For now, in English only. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

How to tell them apart

Trackball controller with two buttons.

Details from sources

NA 1986 version has switches and is incompatible with the Mark III; smaller 1988 version fixes that (Sega Retro). In Japan only sold packed with Sports Pad Soccer, its only JP game (sega.jp); earlier given as a Great Ice Hockey prize. Not released in Europe (en.wikipedia). JP code SP-500 from the old sega.jp site via Sega Retro.

Data source: sega.jp

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