We hate 2020!

Just when we thought 2020 couldn't get any worse! We were about to re-open after many months of being closed but then disaster struck when a mains water pipe burst and flooded much of the ground floor of the museum.
Sadly re-opening has now been postponed. Read More >>>

No visitors, no workshops, no events, no school visits... no income. We know that things are tough for everyone right now, but if you can afford to help us through these tough times please donate what you can.

There's over 36,000 exhibits here! That should keep you occupied for a bit - get searching!

Or come and get involved on our social media channels ...

Thank you.

Sega Launched the Megadrive Console in Europe

September 1990
Sega Launched the Megadrive Console in Europe

Sega's second console arrives

Arriving a year after the Japanese launch, despite Europe being Sega's strongest market, the Megadrive was released in September 1990, and built on the already very sturdy foundations of it's predecessor the Master System.

The console was packaged with Altered Beast, which despite not being a good conversion of a not so great arcade machine, did enough to convince people of the new console's power.

The machine would also be a hit in the US under the name Genesis, eventually selling 32 million world wide.