Sega planet codenames

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After successfully launching the Sega Mega Drive, Sega commissioned several projects under different codenames of the planets in the Solar System. These are listed below.

Codename Equivalent
Sega Mercury Sega Game Gear
Sega Venus Sega Nomad
Sega Earth Unused
Sega Mars Sega 32X
Sega Jupiter Cart-based 32-bit system; abandoned in planning stages in favor of a disc-based system that became known as...
Sega Saturn Final name.
Sega Uranus Unknown, possibly unused
Sega Neptune 32X/Mega Drive combo unit
Sega Pluto Unknown, possibly unused

Furthermore, hardware released around the time the Saturn was had codenames based on Saturn's moons:

Codename Equivalent
Titan Sega Titan Video
Janus Sega Picture Magic

It is unknown whether the Sega CD, Sega Mega Jet, Sega Pico, arcade hardware, or any other Mega Drive/Saturn-related hardware had codenames.

By the time the Sega Dreamcast was planned, Sega had moved on to a new scheme.


Sega Game Systems (by console generation)
2nd Gen   SG-1000 | SG-1000 II | SC-3000
3rd Gen   Mark III | Master System | Game Gear
4th Gen   Mega Drive/32X/CD | Pico
5th Gen   Saturn
 6th Gen   Dreamcast