Sega Mega Drive (US: Sega Genesis)

The Sega Mega Drive, aka the Sega Genesis. Sega's answer to the Super Nintendo, this one was recently donated to me along with the Game Gear
You could run Master System games on the Mega Drive using the Power Base converter. And later there were expansions available including the Mega CD (Sega CD) and 32X

Not much more to say about this other than it has "BLAST PROCESSING". Also, here's it's Wikipedia page.



The top of the machine has the cartridge slot, which is protected by a spring loaded cover, the power switch, reset button, volume control for the headphones, and a power LED



The front has two controller ports and a headphone socket, and the rear has RF out, A/V out, and power in, the Mega Drive power adaptor is the same as the Master System power adaptor. Also the only way to get stereo sound out from the console was through the headphone socket, the A/V output socket only carried mono sound, however it was possible to make a custom cable which plugged into the A/V and headphone sockets together.



Here is the edge connector, still covered by the red plastic strip



I have acquired six three button controllers, although one has a broken cable. A six button controller was available later



In case you're wondering, the modern LCD TV needs to be completely retuned each time I connect a different console via RF, It refuses to manually tune anything in! This means an anxious wait to see if the console is working



Software

Here are all the game cartridges I have for the Mega Drive, some are boxed with instructions, some aren't

Sonic the Hedgehog



Sonic the Hedgehog 2



Sonic the Hedgehog 3



FIFA International Soccer



Jungle Strike, The Sequel to Desert Strike



Mega Games 1 (Columns, Super Hang-On, and World Cup Italia '90)



And for reasons I don't know, I also have the instructions for Streets of Rage and Golden Axe, but no cartridges



And I have two copies of Jungle Strike and Mega Games 1



That's buying in bulk for you...

Update, more games...

Mega Games 2 (The Revenge of Shinobi, Streets of Rage, and Golden Axe)



Mega Games 3 (Alien Storm, Super Thunder Blade, and Super Monaco GP)



For more retro hardware check out my online museum here