Sega Genesis / Mega Drive

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Manufacturer	Sega
Type	Home video game console
Generation	Fourth generation
Release date	October 29, 1988 NA
Retail availability	1988–1997 (Sega) 1988–present (overall) Ongoing (AtGames) EU
Discontinued	1997 (Sega) NA
Units sold	Sega: 30.75 million Tec Toy: 3 million Majesco: 1.5 million (projected)
Media	ROM cartridge
CPU	Motorola 68000 @ 7.6 MHz Zilog Z80 @ 3.58 MHz
Display	Progressive: 320x224, 256x224 (NTSC) or 320x240, 256x240 (PAL) pixels, 512 color palette, 61 colors on-screen Interlaced: 320x448, 256x448 (NTSC) or 320x480, 256x480 (PAL)
Sound	Yamaha YM2612 Texas Instruments SN76489
Online services	Sega Meganet Sega Channel XBAND
Best-selling game	Sonic the Hedgehog (15 million)
Backward compatibility	Master System
Predecessor	Master System
Successor	Sega Saturn

The Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)., called the Sega Genesis in North America is a 16-bit video game console made by Sega. It is Sega's third video game console. Sega released it as the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988. In 1989, they released it in North America as the Genesis.