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The '''Sega Mega-CD''' ([[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 will allow the user to both play CD audio discs and specially designed game CDs. It can also play [[CD plus G|CD+G]] discs.

The development of the Mega-CD was top secret; game programmers didn't know what they were designing for until the Mega-CD was finally revealed at Tokyo Toy Show in Japan. The Sega Mega-CD in Japan was designed to compete with the [[PC Engine]], which had a separate CD-ROM drive.

The Sega Mega-CD was not meant to compete with the [[Super Famicom]] ([[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] outside Japan).

At first, the Mega-CD was a CD tray unit that sat under the console. The Sega Mega-CD 2 was a smaller, cheaper top loading drive that plugged next to the Sega Mega Drive.

==Markets==

===Japan===
The Sega Mega-CD was cool OMKG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!eon1 WTFROLF!!L!L!!L!1one11 was released first in Japan in [[1st December]] [[1991]]. Its retail price was about &yen;49,800. Initially, it was a great success because of the inherent advantages of CDs (high storage capacibility and the low cost of media). The fact that it had a nice [[Role-playing game|RPG]] catalog also helped. 

The system sold 100,000 units during the first year of release in Japan. However, cost issues prevented more units from being sold. 

===United States===
(contracted; show full)*[http://www.consoledatabase.com/consoleinfo/segamegacd/index.html Console Database] - Sega Mega-CD/Sega CD

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