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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.

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The Sega CD had been announced at the [[Chicago]] CES on November [[1992]].

In the end, the Sega CD failed to convince American gamers, mostly due to the cost of the console. There just was not enough value for the price. Moreover, the game experience was little improved. 

Sound was likely to be better if it included some CD audio tracks, but on the average, conventional games looked the same. Sega wanted to showcase the power of the Sega CD, and so focused on the 
[[FMV game|"FMV" games]] rather than importing "extended" games that only expanded ordinary games by taking advantage of the extra storage space of the CD media. Sega insisted on licensing and producing primarily "full motion video" games similar to earlier [[laserdisc]] games, that were universally panned by game reviewers.

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 €400 now). Only 4% of European Mega Drive owners bought a Mega-CD because of its price.
(contracted; show full)*[http://www.segacd.org/expression/site_3/segabase/CD/SegaBase-SegaCDGames.html SegaCD.org complete game listing]

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