The console and its games continue to be popular among fans, collectors, retro gamers, emulation enthusiasts and the fan translation scene. Several add-ons were created including the Mega-CD and 32X which extended its capabilities. The Sega Genesis was Sega's most successful console though Sega has never released a total sales figure quote, sales estimates in the past have ranged from as low as 29 million to over 40.8 million. The console began production in Japan in 1988 and ended with the last new licensed game being released in 2002 in Brazil. Two years later, Nintendo released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and the competition between the two would dominate the 16-bit era of video gaming. The Sega Genesis was launched to compete with the Nintendo Entertainment System and NEC's PC-Engine. The Sega Genesis was the first of its generation to achieve notable market share in Europe and North America. The success of those games eventually forced Nintendo to join its rating system. The rating system allowed Sega to ship games with little to no censorship and gave it a competive edge when the same game was released by Nintendo. The controversy over games like Mortal Kombat in the United States forced Sega to create the first content rating system for video games, the Videogame Rating Council, rather than have the games heavily censored. The Sega Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Sega Master System with which it has backward compatibility. The reason for the two names is that Sega was unable to secure legal rights to the Mega Drive name in North America. It was originally released in Japan in 1988 as Mega Drive ( メガドライブ, Mega Doraibu ?), then in North America in 1989 as Sega Genesis, and in Europe, Australia and other PAL regions in 1990 as Mega Drive. The Sega Genesis is a fourth-generation video game console developed and produced by Sega.

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 ( pack-in), 6 million Sonic the Hedgehog ( pack-in), 15 million Other variations are pictured under Variations belowĮstimated from 37.3 to over 40.8 million

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