
The storage requirements will increase as additional games are added to the software. This controller is optional and not required to play the SEGA Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online collection of games. Offer not available for free trial holders. Any paid Nintendo Switch Online membership required to purchase controller. Internet access required for online features. Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online play. Visit for more information on Nintendo Switch Online – Expansion Pack as it becomes available. Nintendo Switch Online – Expansion Pack membership required to play Sega Gensis - Nintendo Switch Online collection of games. This controller is optional and not required to play the Sega Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online collection of games.

*Any paid Nintendo Switch Online membership required to purchase controller. Sega Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online library of games only available with Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership.

SEGA Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online available with Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack membership. 30.75 million first-party Genesis units were sold worldwide.You can play SEGA Genesis™ games the way they're meant to be played-using a full-size SEGA Genesis style controller!* This controller is the perfect way to experience the SEGA Genesis – Nintendo Switch Online library of games.Ĭontroller available for purchase by any Nintendo Switch Online members. It was released in several different versions,Ĭontributing to its success were its library of arcade game ports, the popularity of Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, several popular sports franchises,Īnd aggressive youth marketing that positioned it as the cool console for adolescents. Several add-ons were released, including a Power Base Converter to play Master System games. It plays a library of more than 900 games created by Sega and a wide array of third-party publishers delivered on ROM-based cartridges. Motorola 68000 processor as the CPU, a Zilog Z80 as a sound controller, and a video system supporting hardware sprites, tiles, and scrolling. In 1990, it was distributed as the Mega Drive by Virgin Mastertronic in Europe.ĭesigned by an R&D team supervised by Hideki Sato and Masami Ishikawa, the Genesis was adapted from Sega's System 16 arcade board, centered on a Sega released it as the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988,Īnd later as the Genesis in North America in 1989. The Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the Master System.

It was a 16-bit fourth-generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. Known as the Mega Drive outside North America. Online emulated version of Castlevania: Bloodlines was originally developed for the Sega Genesis
