{"product_id":"console-sega-mega-cd-model-2-boxed","title":"Console | Sega Mega CD Model 2 Boxed","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMega CD 2 Console\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSEGA Mega CD model 2 console\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSega Mega-CD model 2 consoles are the second release of the popular CD add on console for the SEGA Mega Drive console. This remake is simpler than the original model 1 CD console and is considered more reliable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFully serviced and ready to go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes with power supply but no other cables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e(Does not come with the Mega Drive console, only this CD add on)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAvailability:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCheck the drop dow list for available region models, PAL, USA, Japanese.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eWe have a range of CD games and accessories for the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.retrosales.com.au\/collections\/megacd?sort_by=created-descending\u0026amp;filter.v.price.gte=\u0026amp;filter.v.price.lte=\"\u003eSEGA Mega CD here\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eSega Mega-CD 2, \u003c\/b\u003e(also known as the \u003cb\u003eSega CD 2\u003c\/b\u003e in North America) is a hardware add-on developed by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt allows the Mega Drive console to run compact discs, be it proprietary Mega-CD software, audio CDs or\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"CD plus G\" class=\"mw-redirect\" href=\"https:\/\/segaretro.org\/CD_plus_G\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCD+G\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ediscs. It also acts as an upgrade to the Mega Drive hardware, sporting an extra processor and extra RAM. The Mega-CD was first released in 1991 and was supported alongside regular Mega Drive cartridges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe main benefit of CD technology was greater storage, which allowed for games to be nearly 320 times larger than Genesis cartridges. This benefit manifested as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Full motion video\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Full_motion_video\" target=\"_blank\"\u003efull motion video\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(FMV) games such as the controversial\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca title=\"Night Trap\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Night_Trap\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eNight Trap\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, which became a focus of the 1993\u003cspan\u003e legal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehearings on issues of video game violence and ratings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrivia:\u003c\/strong\u003e T\u003cspan\u003ehe hardware in the Sega CD added the ability to scale and rotate images, which the Mega Drive was not able to do. The Mega-CD features enhancement effects such as scaling and rotation, similar to Sega's Super Scaler arcade hardware and that of the \"Mode 7\" effect employed by the Super NES. While Mode 7 only supports the scaling and rotation of tilemap backgrounds, the Sega CD supports the scaling and rotation of both the sprites and the tilemap backgrounds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"\u003eSega CD 2 Hardware Scaling and Rotation Examples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\"\u003eCredit to author: \u003cspan\u003eJoeredother\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k80dODWdj9I\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sega","offers":[{"title":"PAL Model 2","offer_id":43156316848194,"sku":null,"price":734.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"USA Model 2","offer_id":43156316880962,"sku":null,"price":734.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"JAP Model 2","offer_id":43156318879810,"sku":null,"price":734.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1045\/3972\/files\/IMG_3395.jpg?v=1774584492","url":"https:\/\/retrosales.com.au\/products\/console-sega-mega-cd-model-2-boxed","provider":"retrosales.com.au","version":"1.0","type":"link"}