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Sega Mega Drive 2

RH-TJ5D

The cost-reduced Mega Drive: smaller, cheaper, a different sound circuit that many think worse, and mono headphone output dropped. It is the common version and the one most Mega CD and 32X setups were built around. Fine for playing, less prized for listening.

Details

ManufacturerSega
ModelMega Drive 2
Year1993
Serial430556906 (board) 131015515 (case)
Chassisconsole (smaller case)
CPUMotorola 68000-7.6
OScartridge, with TMSS
ConditionFaulty

Machine

Catalogue modelMega Drive 2 — Sega, 1993
BoardVA1
StyleMega Drive 2
RegionPAL

Chips fitted — what is marked on each

CPU

Motorola MC68000

Sound CPU

integrated in the ASIC

VDP

Sega 315-5660

FM sound

integrated in the ASIC

Files

No files for this one yet.

History

2026-09-05
note faulty: black screen
2026-09-05
condition: Untested → Faulty
2026-09-05
serial: 430556906 → 430556906 (board) 131015515 (case)
2026-09-04
rotated a photo
2026-09-04
added 1 photo(s)
2026-09-04
created

Photographs

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