I would Propose this Segas th generation system called the Genesis in North America and Mega Drive elsewhere was released in Japan in  North America in  and in Europe Australasia and Brazil in  In South Korea it was distributed by Samsung as the Super GamBoy and later as the Super Aladdin Boy The console is Segas 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