Sega Mega-Tech

The Sega Mega Tech is a 16-bit arcade system board manufactured by Sega, released in 1989. The board is based in the Sega Mega Drive hardware, and can run Mega Drive and Sega Master System games. It was inspired by Nintendo of America's PlayChoice-10, but instead of 10 cartridge slots, it has only 8. It was succeeded by Sega Mega Play, in 1993

Technical Specifications

Main CPU: Motorola 68000 @ 7,67 MHz, Zilog Z80 @ 3,57 MHz (for Mega-Tech exclusive data)

Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 @ 3,57 MHz

Sound Chip: Yamaha YM2612 @ 7,67 MHz, SEGA VDP PSG @ 3,57 MHz

Games Released

WARNING: Due to lack of the year release of most games, their year releases was eliminated.

Mega Drive games

Released in 1988

Game Name	Developer	Original Publisher
Altered Beast Juuouki (獣王記) Swang Gi (수왕기)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Space Harrier II (スペースハリアーII / 스페이스 해리어 II)	Sega AM2	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Super Thunder Blade (スーパーサンダーブレード / 슈퍼 썬더 블레이드)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy

Released in 1989

Game Name	Developer	Original Publisher
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Alex Kidd: Tenkuu Majou (アレックスキッド天空魔城) Alex Kidd: Cheongong Maseong (알렉스 키드 천공마성)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf Naomichi Ozaki no Super Masters (尾崎直道のスーパーマスターズ)	Sega	Sega Tec Toy
Forgotten Worlds (フォゴットンワールド / 잃어버린 세계)	Sega	Sega Tec Toy
Ghouls'n Ghosts Daimakaimura (大魔界村 / 대마계촌)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Golden Axe (ゴールデンアックス / 골든액스)	Team Shinobi	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Last Battle: Legend of the Final Hero Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyuuseishu Densetsu (北斗の拳 新世紀末救世主伝説 / 라스트 배틀)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
/ Mystic Defender Kujakuou 2: Geneijou (孔雀王2 幻影城) On Dal Jang Goon (온달장군) Mystic Defense	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
The Revenge of Shinobi / The Super Shinobi (ザ・スーパー忍 / 수퍼시노비)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Super Hang-On (スーパーハングオン)	Sega AM2	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Pat Riley Basketball Super Real Basketball (スーパーリアルバスケットボール / 슈퍼 리얼 농구)	Aicom	Sega Samsung
Tetris (テトリス / 테트리스)	Sanritsu	Sega
Thunder Force II / Thunder Force II MD (サンダーフォースII MD / 썬더 포스 II MD)	Technosoft	Technosoft / Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Tommy Lasorda Baseball / Super League (スーパーリーグ) Super League Baseball	Sega	Sega Tec Toy
World Championship Soccer World Cup Soccer (ワールドカップサッカー) World Cup Italia '90 ~ Sega Soccer Super Futebol	Sega	Sega Tec Toy

Released in 1990

Game Name	Developer	Original Publisher
After Burner II (アフターバーナーII)	Dempa	Dempa Sega Tec Toy
Alien Storm (エイリアンストーム)	Team Shinobi	Sega Tec Toy
Arrow Flash (アローフラッシュ / 애로우 플래쉬)	I.T.L	/ Sega Renovation Samsung Tec Toy
Columns (コラムス) Shapes and Columns	Sega	Sega Tec Toy
Crack Down (クラックダウン)	Hot-B	/ Sega Sage's Creation Tec Toy
ESWAT: City Under Siege (サイバーポリス E-スワット)	Sega	Sega Tec Toy
/ Fire Shark Same! Same! Same! (鮫！鮫！鮫！)	Toaplan	Toaplan DreamWorks / Sega
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker (マイケルジャクソンズ ムーンウォーカー / 문워커)	Sega	Sega Tec Toy
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of the Shinobi (シャドーダンサー -ザ・シークレット・オブ・シノビ / 섀도우 댄서)	Sega	Sega Tec Toy
Super Monaco GP (スーパーモナコGP)	Sega	Sega Tec Toy

Released in 1991

Game Name	Developer	Original Publisher
Bonanza Bros. (ボナンザブラザーズ / 보난자)	I.T.L	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
// California Games Jogos de Verão	Novotrade	Sega Tec Toy
Golden Axe II (ゴールデンアックスII / 골든엑스 II)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Joe Montana II Sports Talk Football Joe Montana Football II (ジョー・モンタナII スポーツトークフットボール)	BlueSky Software	Sega Tec Toy
/ Mario Lemieux Hockey	Ringler Studios	/ Sega
Sonic the Hedgehog (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ / 소닉 더 헤지혹)	Sonic Team	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin (スパイダーマン / 스파이더 맨)	Sega of America Technopop	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Streets of Rage Bare Knuckle: Ikari no Tetsuken (ベア・ナックル -怒りの鉄拳 / 베어너클)	Sega AM7	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
/ Wrestle War (レッスルウォー)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy

Released in 1992

Game Name	Developer	Original Publisher
Kid Chameleon Chameleon Kid (カメレオンキッド / 키드 카멜레온)	Sega Technical Institute	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (ソニック・ザ・ヘッジホッグ2 / 소닉 더 헤지호그 2)	Sonic Team Sega Technical Institute	Sega Tec Toy
Turbo OutRun (ターボアウトラン)	Sega AM2	/ / Sega

Master System games

Game Name	Developer	Original Publisher
After Burner (アフターバーナー / 애프터 버너)	Sega AM2	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Alien Syndrome (エイリアンシンドローム / 에일리언 신드롬)	Sanritsu	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Astro Warrior (アストロウォーリアー / 아스트로 워리어) Sapo Xulé: S.O.S Lagoa Poluída	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Enduro Racer (エンデューロレーサー)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Fantasy Zone (ファンタジーゾーン)	Sega	Sega Samsung
Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa (ファンタジーゾーンII オパオパの涙)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Great Football (グレートフットボール)	Sega	Sega
Great Golf Masters Golf (マスターズゴルフ)	Sega	Sega
Great Soccer / World Soccer (ワールドサッカー) Super Futebol	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
OutRun (アウトラン)	Sega	Sega Samsung Tec Toy
Parlour Games Family Games (ファミリー・ゲームズ)	Compile	Sega Samsung
Shinobi (忍)	Team Shinobi	Sega Samsung Tec Toy

Notes

• All Mega-Tech cabinets and cartridges are produced and distributed by Sega.
• The Mega-Tech wasn't released in the USA;
• Mega-Tech cartridges aren't compatible with Mega Drive cartridges and vice-versa, due to extra memory added for the info (displayed on the Top monitor);
• The board isn't a JAMMA standard;
• The Power Base Converter isn't needed for playing SMS games in the Mega-Tech machines;
• Although some SMS games has support for the FM unit, the Mega-Tech has not;
• SMS games run in the Japanese mode, displaying the Sega Mark III logo, but is unknown if this is true for all regions, or just a feature that MAME didn't has added on it;
• All the SMS and MD games are exactly the same with their home console counterpart. Yeah, you can even enable the Debug Mode in Sonic 1/2;