The Mega Drive was supported until 1998 in Europe, when Sega announced they were dropping support for it. It was discontinued along with its predecessor, the successful and long-lived Sega Master System, to allow Sega to concentrate on their newer console, the Saturn . The Mega Drive was much more popular in the US, on par and occasionally surpassing the popularity of the SNES. If they had a quality game, they'd definitely want to bring it out in the market where the system was seeing the greatest success. The Mega Drive was originally sold with a three button controller. It had a round digital directional pad, a start button and three buttons; A, B and C, which were arranged in a row.
The Mega Drive was basically the first 16 bit console I laid my hands on, the Saturn was underrated and suffered from poor outside support, but that didn't make it a bad console. Then there was the Dreamcast, which was . The Mega Drive was slow to catch on in Japan, as the installed user base of PC Engine was so large. Although the Mega Drive boasted superior graphics and sound, the absence of a CD-ROM drive was a definite minus in most gamers' minds. The Mega Drive was slow to catch on in Japan, as the installed user base of PC Engine was so large. Although the Mega Drive boasted superior graphics and sound, the absence of a CD-ROM drive was a definite minus in most gamers' minds.
The Mega Drive was basically the first 16 bit console I laid my hands on, the Saturn was underrated and suffered from poor outside support, but that didn't make it a bad console. Then there was the Dreamcast, which was . The Mega Drive was slow to catch on in Japan, as the installed user base of PC Engine was so large. Although the Mega Drive boasted superior graphics and sound, the absence of a CD-ROM drive was a definite minus in most gamers' minds. The Mega Drive was slow to catch on in Japan, as the installed user base of PC Engine was so large. Although the Mega Drive boasted superior graphics and sound, the absence of a CD-ROM drive was a definite minus in most gamers' minds.
