In North America, the name was changed to "Genesis". David Rosen (Co- founder of Sega)said he insisted on the name as he disliked "Mega Drive" and wanted to represent "a new beginning" for Sega. *Sidenote- the name Sega originates from SErvice GAmes Japan
Thank you, this is a great video and shows that the issue isn't always something like a re-cap job. Basic troubleshooting led to a simple yet solid fix.
I always enjoy and learn from your videos Art! I was a little worried about ya! You've been pretty quiet for a while! With this C thing lurking around one never no's! But thanks for sharing and I be here when you feel the urge to entertain and educate an old man like me
Nice one Artie! I believe the name Genesis is more of a biblical reference. Sega trying to say that it was a giant leap from all previous video game consoles. The birth of a new era. (Genesis).
Sega for a short time sold a 286 PC with a built-in Mega Drive called the Teradrive. It was actually built by IBM. It came out rather late- in 1991, was only sold in Japan and sold rather poorly. The Amstrad Mega PC came out in Britain not long after and was 386 based.
The story I heard was that "Megadrive" was already a trade marked name in the U.S., but I can't remember hearing any explanation as to why they went with Genesis, possibly a next generation connotation of 16 bit over 8 bit architecture?
This is correct. It was a pretty small hard drive/storage company that serviced enterprises from what I recall. So little chance of infringement, different industries, but I guess they didn't want to risk it.
