Sega Mega CD/Sega CD
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The Mega CD was first shown in Japan at the Tokyo Toy Show in 1991 and later released on December 1st for ¥49800. In the first year of release in Japan, Sega sold 100 000 systems, but would have sold more if the price wasn't so high. Sega of Japan did not inform Sega of America about their Mega CD until a few months later. It was first shown in the US at CES in Chicago, Illinois in March 1992 and announced for release in November. It was released earlier than this, on 15th October in America (for US$299) but not until Spring 1993 in Europe where it was very expensively priced and so only 4% of European Mega Drive users owned a Mega CD in the end. UK had the biggest following of the Mega CD in Europe when it debuted in April 1993 for £270. 60 000 of the 70 000 Mega CDs shipped to Europe were sold by August
Specifications
- Ram
- 768K RAM on-board (added to stock Genesis memory, doubles system memory) and 128K RAM dedicated to CD-ROM, 64K backup RAM