Sega Mega-CD
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Mega Drive...the Mega Drive, where it held 75% of the market share. In early 1991, Sega announced the Mega-CD for release in Japan in late 1991 and in North America (as the Sega CD) in 1992. While this add-on did contain a faster CPU, more memory and... In this article: Mega Drive, Sega, Sega Master System, Sega Mega-CD, Europe, Nintendo, North America, Mega Drive, Altered Beast, and Tom Kalinske |
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Wikipedia | November 01, 2009
Keep case
Before the standard, commonly used DVD case was invented, early CD-ROM based video games (such as Sega CD and early PlayStation titles) would often come in a taller keep case, which resembled a thicker and taller jewel case. These...
In this article: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Xbox, HD DVD, PlayStation 3 games, Amaray, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Genericized trademark, and Dvd-video
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CNET News.com | August 21, 2009
The shrinking game console: A history
...and volume control slider on the front of the unit. With a smaller version of the Genesis out, Sega had to create a smaller version of its CD-ROM peripheral, the Sega CD to match it. Thus, the Sega CD-2 was born. Instead of sitting...
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Donkey Kong Country
...only on Nintendo's 16-bit Super Nintendo Entertainment System console and not on rival 32-bit and CD-ROM based consoles (e.g., Sega 32X and Sega CD) that boasted superior processing power. In a "hidden" section at the end of the cassette, the...
In this article: Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong, Nintendo, Banana, Diddy Kong, Tim Stamper, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo Power, and Game Boy Color
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CD+G
...CDs include the NEC TurboGrafx-CD (a CD-ROM peripheral for the TurboGrafx-16) and Turbo Duo, the Philips CD-i, the Sega Saturn and Sega CD, the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, the Amiga CD32 and Commodore CDTV, and the Atari Jaguar CD (which...
In this article: CD+G, Cd-rom, DVD, Commodore CDTV, Philips CD-i, Sega CD, Atari Jaguar, Amiga CD32, TurboGrafx-16, and Turbo Duo
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Super Nintendo Entertainment System
...players around the country. During the SNES's life, Nintendo contracted with two different companies to develop a CD-ROM-based peripheral for the console to compete with Sega's CD-ROM based addon, Sega CD. Ultimately, negotiations with...
In this article: Nintendo, Sega, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Zsnes, Snes9x, Cd-rom, F-Zero, and Donkey Kong Country
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History of Nintendo
...CD-ROM drive for the SNES, but realized that Sony would get all the profit from the CD-ROM media, and also surprised at the failure of Sega CD, Nintendo terminated the contract and went with Philips. Nintendo announced their alliance with...
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Slam City with Scottie Pippen
Slam City with Scottie Pippen Slam City with Scottie Pippen is a FMV basketball video game developed by Digital Pictures for the PC and CD-ROM-based video game consoles such as the Sega CD. Utilizing Digichrome compression technology, the...
In this article: Cd-rom, Scottie Pippen, and Sega CD
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Sewer Shark
...game experiences to the market. And while the Turbografx-16 was the first video game console to include a CD-ROM drive, the Sega CD was the first console to bring CD-ROM games into the mainstream in the West. (the PC Engine Super CD being a...
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Amiga CD32
...for playing Video CD was also available. The CD32 managed to secure over 50% of the CD-ROM market in the UK in 1993 and 1994, outselling the Sega Mega-CD , the Philips CDi , and even PC CD-ROM sales. The CD32 was released in Canada and was...
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The Sega Mega-CD is an add-on device for the Sega Mega Drive that was released in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan. It was also released in North America, where it was renamed Sega CD. The device upgraded the functions of the Mega Drive (Genesis in North America) and added a CD-ROM drive that allowed the user to play games on a CD-ROM, audio CDs, and CD+G discs.
The development of the Mega-CD was confidential; game developers were not made aware of what exactly they were working on until the add-on was finally revealed at the Tokyo Toy Show in Japan. The Sega Mega-CD was designed to compete with the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) in Japan, which had a separate CD-ROM drive.
The Sega Mega-CD was not meant to compete with the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo Entertainment System outside Japan). This posed a problem in the markets outside of Japan, where the PC Engine did not fare very well, and the expectation was that the Mega-CD would be in competition with Nintendo.
The first version of the system sat under the Mega Drive console and loaded CDs via a motorized tray. The second version of the system, dubbed Mega-CD 2, had the CD-ROM drive relocated to the right of the Sega Mega Drive system, changed to a top-loading CD-ROM drive with a lid, and was meant primarily to be used with the redesigned Sega Mega Drive 2. However the original model of the Sega Mega Drive could still be used with the addition of an extension that allowed the system to firmly sit on the add-on without overhanging the edge (the Sega Mega Drive still sat on top of the system, but to a much lesser extent than before).
- Type:
- Video game console add-on
- Storage:
- Internal RAM
- Media Type:
- CD-ROM, CD+G
- Manufacturer:
- Sega
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