I would Propose this Sega s 4th generation system called the Genesis in North America and Mega Drive elsewhere was released in Japan in 1988 North America in 1989 and in Europe Australasia and Brazil in 1990 In South Korea it was distributed by Samsung as the Super Gam Boy and later as the Super Aladdin Boy The console is Sega s third and the direct successor to the Sega Master System with which it has backward compatibility when the separately sold Power Base Converter is installed 62 252 234 27