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|Input controller = 2 controller ports
|Predecessor = [[Sega Master System]]
|Successor = [[Sega Saturn]]}}
The '''Sega Genesis''' is a home video game console released on October 29, 1988 by [[SEGA|Sega]] as the Mega Drive (メガドライブ Mega Doraibu), the name it is known as outside North America. The reason for the two names is that Sega was unable to secure legal rights to the Mega Drive name in North America. As a fourth-generation console, the Sega Genesis is Sega's third console and the successor to the [[Sega Master System]] with which it has backward compatibility when the separately sold Power Base Converter is installed.