Mega Drive consoles in Northern Europe

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The Mega Drive console made its first appearance in this region in August 1990 and in the following months it appeared in other Scandinavian countries.

In the following years, the console appeared in the Baltics. It achieved good sales results there however, Sega had to contend with a hardware clone. Mega Drive is one of the most popular consoles of the 90s in Baltic region along with PlayStation and famiclones.

Denmark

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive Altered Beast Set	Brio	DK: (≥ 1990)	Control Pad	Altered Beast	Manual
Mega Drive	Brio	DK: (≥ 1991)	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive Sonic Set	Brio (1992-1993) Sega Denmark (1993-1994)	DK: (≥ 1992)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog	Manual
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Sega Denmark	DK: (≥ 1993)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic 2
Mega Drive II 4 Spil Set	Sega Denmark	DK: (≥ 1994)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic 2 Mega Games I
Mega Drive II Street Fighter 2 Set	Sega Denmark	DK: (≥ 1994)	Control Pad	Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition
Mega Drive II	FunWare	DK: (1996-03-01)	Control Pad

Estonia

Steepler

The first Sega consoles appeared here thanks to the Russian Steepler, whose products were sold in Estonia by Linakor, Galantis and Egard.^[1]^[2]

Main article: Mega Drive consoles in Asia#Steepler and Dendy.

Original consoles

Name	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive	EE: (1993)	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive Sonic Set	EE: (1993)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog	Manual
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	EE: (1993)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II	EE: 2495 kr2495 (≥ 1993) ^[3]	Control Pad (x2)
Mega Drive II	EE: (1996)	Control Pad

Finland

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive Altered Beast Set	PCI Data (1990-1991) Brio (1991-1993)	FI: 1495 mk1495 (1990) ^[4]	Control Pad	Altered Beast	Manual
Mega Drive	Brio	FI: (1991)	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive Sonic Set	Brio	FI: 1345 mk1345 (1992^[5]) FI: 1095 mk1095 (1993^[6])	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog	Manual
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Brio	FI: 1595 mk1595 (1993) ^[7] FI: 1295 mk1295 (1994) ^[8] FI: 879 mk879 (1995) ^[9]	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set	Brio	FI: 850 mk850 (1995)	Control Pad (x2)
Mega Drive II	ION Finland	FI: (1996-03)	Control Pad
Mega Drive II Toy Story Set^[10]	ION Finland	FI: (1996)	Control Pad	Toy Story
Mega Drive II Mega Games 6 Set	ION Finland	FI: 995 mk995 (1996) ^[11]	Control Pad	Mega Games 6
Mega Drive II NHL 94 and Sonic 1 Set	ION Finland	FI: 479 mk479 (1996-12) ^[12]	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive) NHL Hockey '94
Mega Drive II NHL 97 Set	ION Finland	FI: 295 mk295 (1998-02) ^[13]	Control Pad	NHL 97 (Mega Drive)

Iceland

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive	Skifan (1990-1991) Tölvuhusid (1991-1993) Japis (1993)	IS: (1990-12) ^[14] IS: 19.990 kr19.990 (1991) ^[15] IS: 19.990 kr19.990 (1993-01) ^[16] IS: 15.900 kr15.900 (1993-08) ^[17]	Control Pad	Altered Beast	Manual
Mega Drive	Tölvuhusid	IS: 15.490 kr15.490 (1991) ^[18]	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive Special Limited Edition	Japis	IS: (1993-01) ^[19]	Control Pad	Altered Beast Michael Jackson's Moonwalker	Manual
Mega Drive Sonic Set	Japis	IS: 17.900 kr17.900 (≥ 1993-04) ^[20] IS: 16.490 kr16.490 (≥ 1993-12) ^[21]	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic The Hedgehog
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Japis	IS: 14.900 kr14.900 (1994-03) ^[22] IS: 13.900 kr13.900 (1994-12) ^[23]	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II	Japis	IS: 11.900 kr11.900 (1994-12) ^[24]	Control Pad (x2)
Mega Drive II 4 games Set	Japis	IS: 22.000 kr22.000 (1994) ^[25]	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Mega Games I
Mega Drive II Lion King Set	Japis	IS: 15.900 kr15.900 (1994-12) ^[26]	Control Pad (x2)	Lion King
Mega Drive II	Japis	IS: 10.900 kr10.900 (1995) ^[27]	Control Pad

Latvia

Steepler

The first Sega consoles appeared here thanks to the Russian Steepler.

Main article: Mega Drive consoles in Asia#Steepler and Dendy.

Original consoles

Name	Date & Price	Hardware	Software
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	LV: Ls 120120^[28] (1994)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II	LV: (≥ 1994)	Control Pad (x2)
Mega Drive II	LV: (1996) LV: Ls 5050^[29] (1997)	Control Pad

Lithuania

Steepler

The first Sega consoles appeared here thanks to the Russian Steepler.

Main article: Mega Drive consoles in Asia#Steepler and Dendy.

Original consoles

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive II	Vilandra	LT: (1995)	Control Pad		Warranty card
Mega Drive II 2 Pads Set	Vilandra	LT: (1995)	Control Pad (x2)		Warranty card
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Vilandra	LT: (1995)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Warranty card
Mega Drive II Su Lietuviska Instrukcija!	Vilandra	LT: Lt 569569^[30] (1996)	Control Pad		Warranty card Manual (front) Manual (back)

Norway

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive	Brio	NO: (≥ 1991)	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive Altered Beast Set	Brio	NO: 1950 kr1950^[31] (≥ 1991) NO: 1850 kr1850 (≥ 1991) ^[32] NO: 1695 kr1695 (≥ 1992) ^[33]	Control Pad	Altered Beast	Manual
Mega Drive Sonic Set	Brio	NO: 1695 kr1695 (≥ 1993) ^[34]	Control Pad	Sonic the Hedgehog (Mega Drive)	Manual
Mega Drive II	Brio	NO: (≥ 1993)	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Sweden

Name	Distributor	Date & Price	Hardware	Software	Documentation
Mega Drive Altered Beast Set	Brio	SE: 1995 kr1995 (1990-09-27) ^[35]^[36]	Control Pad	Altered Beast	Manual
Mega Drive	Brio	SE: 995 kr995^[37] (≥ 1993)	Control Pad		Manual
Mega Drive EA Sports Double Header Set	Brio	SE: 1495 kr1495 (≥ 1993)	Control Pad	EA Sports Double Header	Manual
Mega Drive NHLPA Hockey '93 Set	Brio	SE: 1495 kr1495^[38] (≥ 1993)	Control Pad	NHLPA Hockey '93	Manual
Mega Drive II Sonic 2 Set	Brio	SE: 1995 kr1995 (1993-09-10) ^[39]	Control Pad (x2)	Sonic the Hedgehog 2	Svarspost
Mega Drive II Ice Hockey Set	Brio	SE: 1995 kr1995 (1993-09-10) ^[40]	Control Pad (x2)	Ice Hockey	Svarspost
Mega Drive II Elitserien 95 Set	Brio	SE: (≥ 1994-12)	Control Pad	Elitserien 95
Mega Drive II Elitserien 95 + Sonic 2 Set	Brio	SE: (≥ 1994-12)	Control Pad (x2)	Elitserien 95 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Mega Drive II	Brio	SE: (1995)	Control Pad		Svarspost
Mega Drive II Elitserien 96 Set	Brio	SE: (1996) ^[41]	Control Pad	Elitserien 96

References

↑ http://www.greatdragon.ru/uploads/posts/2013-11/1383850714_greatdragon01-23.jpg
↑ http://www.greatdragon.ru/uploads/posts/2013-12/1386378769_greatdragon18-1-92.jpg
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↑ https://martinlindell.com/2017/09/16/elitserien-pa-mega-drive/

Sega Mega Drive
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Hardware	Japan \| North America \| Western Europe \| Eastern Europe \| South America \| Asia \| South Korea \| Australasia \| Africa EZ Games \| LaserActive \| Mega Jet \| Mega PC \| Mega Play \| Mega-Tech System \| Nomad \| Teradrive \| Mega Drive Mini \| Mega Drive Mini 2 New Mega Drive \| Tianli VCD/DVD Players \| "Consoles on a chip" \| Licensed clones (Magic 2 \| Mega Game II \| Power Pegasus \| Super Bitman) Unlicensed clones
Add-ons	Game Box \| Power Base Converter \| Mega-CD \| 32X (Mega-CD 32X) \| Mega Modem \| Demo System DS-16
Cases	Sega Genesis Nomad Carrying Case \| System Carry Case
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Accessories	4 Way Play \| Cleaning System \| Control Pad Extension Cord \| Genesis Speakers \| Headset \| HeartBeat Catalyst \| Microphone \| Region converter cartridges \| Mega Terminal \| Nomad PowerBack \| RF Unit (Mega Drive 2) \| SCART Cable (Mega Drive 2) \| Stereo Audio Video Cable \| Team Player \| Video Monitor Cable \| Third Party Accessories
Network services	Sega Channel \| Sega Game Toshokan \| Mega Anser \| Mega Net \| TeleBradesco Residência \| XB∀ND
Development tools	ERX 308P \| ERX 318P \| Sprobe \| SNASM68K \| SNASM2 (Mega Drive) \| SNASM2 (32X) \| PSY-Q Development System (Mega Drive) \| PSY-Q Development System (32X) \| 32X CartDev \| Sega Mars Development Aid System \| Sega 32X Development Target
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[1] ttp://www.greatdragon.ru/uploads/posts/2013-11/1383850714_greatdragon01-23.jpg

[2] ttp://www.greatdragon.ru/uploads/posts/2013-12/1386378769_greatdragon18-1-92.jpg

[3] ttps://www.osta.ee/sega-mega-drive-184740257.html Sold by Tallinna Kaubamaja Kodukaubad

[:File:CLehti_FI_1990-04.pdf_p72-4] File:CLehti FI 1990-04.pdf, page 72

[5] ttps://archive.org/details/comclub199201/page/n25/mode/2up?view=theater

[6] ttps://archive.org/details/com-club-1993-01/page/42/mode/2up?view=theater

[7] Suuri lelukirja 1993

[8] Suuri lelukirja 1994

[9] Suuri lelukirja 1995 Sega

[10] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_xGTLUizNY&t=125s&ab_channel=AfterBurnerTeirusu

[11] ttps://web.archive.org/web/19970209233857/http://www.ion.fi/system1.htm

[:File:SuperPower_FI_1997-01.pdf_p48-12] File:SuperPower FI 1997-01.pdf, page 48

[:File:SuperPower_FI_1998-02.pdf_p76-13] File:SuperPower FI 1998-02.pdf, page 76

[14] ttps://timarit.is/page/1735258?iabr=on#page/n11/mode/2up/search/sega

[15] ttps://timarit.is/page/6171892?iabr=on#page/n8/mode/2up/search/sega%2010.900%C2%A0

[16] ttps://timarit.is/page/2615964?iabr=on#page/n4/mode/2up/search/sega

[17] ttps://timarit.is/page/2615964?iabr=on#page/n4/mode/2up/search/sega

[:File:Morgunbla.C3.B0i.C3.B0_IS_1991-12-19_47.jpg_p-18] File:Morgunblaðið IS 1991-12-19 47.jpg

[19] ttps://timarit.is/page/4640008?iabr=on#page/n52/mode/2up/search/sega%20japis

[20] ttps://timarit.is/page/2610954?iabr=on#page/n10/mode/2up/search/sega%20japis

[21] ttps://timarit.is/page/1797218?iabr=on#page/n26/mode/2up/search/sega%20japis

[22] ttps://timarit.is/page/2624354?iabr=on#page/n18/mode/2up/search/sega

[23] ttps://timarit.is/page/3345047?iabr=on#page/n7/mode/2up/search/sega%20japis

[24] ttps://timarit.is/page/3345047?iabr=on#page/n7/mode/2up/search/sega%20japis

[25] DV 1994-04-25 page 9

[26] ttps://timarit.is/page/3345047?iabr=on#page/n7/mode/2up/search/sega%20japis

[27] DV 1995-11-25 page 3

[28] ttps://www.diena.lv/raksts/pasaule/krievija/virtualais-kars-pie-televizora-10017421

[29] ttps://www.diena.lv/raksts/pasaule/krievija/virtualais-kars-pie-televizora-10017421

[https:.2F.2Fwww.vz.lt.2Farchive.2Fnews.php.2Fid.3D388558-30] ttps://www.vz.lt/archive/news.php/id=388558

[Den_Norske_Hjemmedataklubben_.235-1991_page_6-31] [Den Norske Hjemmedataklubben #5-1991 page 6 Den Norske Hjemmedataklubben #5-1991 page 6]

[32] Den Norske Hjemmedataklubben 6/91 page 10

[33] Den Norske Hjemmedataklubben 5/92 page 38

[34] ttps://retrospilling.no/2023/02/brio-katalog-fra-1993-med-sega-spill/

[35] ttp://www.happyponyland.net/mega-drive-has-16-bit-memory

[36] ttps://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/mega-drive-european-launch.30659/page-5#post-968461

[37] Historien om Sega page 77

[38] Historien om Sega page 77

[39] ttps://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/mega-drive-european-launch.30659/page-5#post-968461

[40] ttps://forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?threads/mega-drive-european-launch.30659/page-5#post-968461

[41] ttps://martinlindell.com/2017/09/16/elitserien-pa-mega-drive/

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Mega Drive consoles in Northern Europe

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Contents

Denmark

Estonia

Steepler

Original consoles

Finland

Iceland

Latvia

Steepler

Original consoles

Lithuania

Steepler

Original consoles

Norway

Sweden

References