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Genesis with Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)

1991 · MK-1601 · Sega · 1991

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Rarity

Uncommon rating

Why

model rated as Uncommon - variant no lower than. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.

Specs

Released: 1991
Model: Sega Genesis
Color: black
Region: NA

Description

The Sega Genesis, known as the Mega Drive outside North America, is a 16-bit fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System. Sega released it in October 1988 in Japan as the Mega Drive, and in August 1989 in North America as the Genesis.

In 1990, it was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe, Sega Ozisoft in Australasia, and Tectoy in Brazil. In South Korea, it was distributed by Samsung Electronics as the Super Gam*Boy and later the Super Aladdin Boy.

Describe the series or family, not just this item. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

How to tell them apart

Model 1; Sonic box art.

Details from sources

Kalinske's plan replaced Altered Beast with Sonic and cut the price (en.wikipedia); Genesis + Sonic at USD 149 vs SNES + Super Mario World at USD 199 in the 1991 holiday season (ja.wikipedia).

Data source: en.wikipedia.org

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