Things are tough right now ...

They're tough for everyone :( But when coronavirus hit here in the UK, the museum had to close its doors to the public, and we lost practically all our income overnight.

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.

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

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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.