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The '''Sega Mega''' ([[Japanese language|Japanese]]: '''&#12513;&#12460;CD''') is an add-on device for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] released in [[Europe]], [[Australia]] and [[Japan]]. The [[North America|North American]] version is called the '''Sega CD'''. The device allow the user to both play CD audio discs and specially designed game CDs. It can also play [[CD plus G|CD+G]] discs.

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The single speed CD drive added load times to all games, and the 64-color graphics and underpowered processor (for video rendering) made these full-motion games look terrible.

===Europe===
In Europe the Mega-CD was overpriced. It was released in [[April]] [[1993]] in the [[United Kingdom]] for £270 (over 
€&#8364;400 now). Only 4% of European Mega Drive owners bought a Mega-CD because of its price.
Unlike The [[Mega Drive]], which was a very successful console in Europe, only 60,000 of the 70,000 Mega-CD's shipped to Europe were sold by August 1993. 

Some European countries ([[Spain]] for instance), wouldn't get the original Mega-CD, but the Mega-CD 2, which also slowed sales. 

===Australia===
The [[Australia|Australians]] got their Mega-CD on [[19 April]], [[1993]].

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==External links==
*[http://www.segacd.org/expression/site_3/segabase/CD/SegaBase-SegaCDGames.html SegaCD.org complete game listing]

[[Category:Video game consoles]]
[[Category:Sega hardware]]


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