Sega Mega Drive

Condition & Grading

What Separates a Shelf-Worthy Mega Drive CIB From a Beater

The hinge gives it away every time. Open a supposedly mint Mega Drive case and a healthy clamshell swings freely and clicks shut with a firm snap; a tired one creaks, wobbles on a single pin, or simply falls into two halves in your hands. Sega shipped its 16-bit

Glossary

What PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J Actually Mean for Collectors

Put a PAL copy of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 next to an American one and press start. The European version runs noticeably slower – music and all – because it was built for a different television standard, not for your convenience. That's region coding in one sentence: the same game