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      Welcome to my Blog ladies and gents. I was going to wait until I had a complete U.S. Genesis collection before starting the blog, but a friend said...why wait? so...yeah why wait? The point of this blog is going to be to write reviews on every Sega Genesis game released in the U.S. and give some insight on how to identify and fix common hardware problems.

      As of now my collection is 89 games strong, 66 complete ( boxed with instructions) and 23 loose. So...lets start this blog off on a informative note. For those who aren't Sega Genesis collectors, or are just starting...lets get you acquainted with the basics.

      Sega Genesis, the follow up to the SMS (Sega Master System) was release in Japan as the Mega Drive in 1988. It was release in the U.S. in 1989 as the Sega Genesis as Sega could not secure the name rights to the Mega Drive over here. It was then released in Europe under the Mega Drive name in 1990.



So here are the different models of Sega Genesis.




                                                                              Model 1

Model 2


Model 3


So as you can see..the system progressively became smaller over time. Also the Model 3 is the only of the 3 to not connect to a Sega CD model.

Also so everyone can see my progress as I get new games..here is my current list in alphabetical order:
Complete::
Aero the Actrobat
Aladdin
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Altered Beast
Animaniacs
Ariel the Little Mermaid
Asterix
Batman Forever
Beauty and the Beast : Roar of the Beast
Beavis and Butthead
Castlevania Bloodlines
Castle of Illusion Starring Micky Mouse
Clue
Coolspot
Cosmic Spacehead
Cutthroat Island
Cyborg Justice
Dark Castle
Devilish
Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine
Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Fallen Sun
Ecco the Tides of Time
F-22 Interceptor
Fantasia
Fatal Labyrinth
Genghis Khan II
Hulk
Humans
Jeopardy
Jungle Book
Jungle Strike
Kid Chameleon
Klax
Lion King
Maximum Carnage
Micky Mania
Mortal Kombat
Phelios
Rampart
Risk
Robo-Kid
Rocky and Bullwinkle
Samurai Showdown
Shadow Dancer
Shadows of the Beast II
Shadowrun
Shining Force
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic 2
Sonic 3
Sonic Spinball
Spiderman
Splatterhouse 3
Street Fighter 2: Special Champion Edition
Streets of Rage
Sub Terrania
Sword of Vermillion (also with mini strategy guide)
Taz Escape from Mars
Taz-Mania
Tinhead
Tiny Toon Adventures: Busters Hidden Treasure
Vectorman 2
Warlock
WWF Royal Rumble
X-Men
Zero Tolerance


I will post a later blog of my loose games, along with my repair stories, as I just repaired 2 Model 2 systems with different problems. 



Comments

  1. NibblesApril 20, 2012 at 8:18 PM

    I'll trade you my model 1 for one of your model 2's (j/k), I just prefer the #2 style over 1 or 3. NEED A MASTER SYSTEM >.<

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