Sega Mega Drive, 1988

Game: Sonic the Hedgehog

The Sega Mega Drive is a fourth-generation video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988. It wasn't until the Mega Drive was released in the US (1989) under the name Genesis that sales really started to take off.

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Sega - Mega Drive - The Mega Drive is a fourth-generation video game console released by Sega in Japan in 1988 and Europe, Australia and other PAL regions in 1990. The console was released in North America in 1989 under the name Sega Genesis. Picture by dekuwa from Flickr.

Whereas Japan hadn't been too thrilled, the US loved games like John Madden Football and of course Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario's biggest rival. Fight Sonic's archenemy Dr. Robotnik on this classic console.

We would like to thank Bonami for the Sega Mega Drive on show in the Arcade exhibition.