Sega Mega Tech
セガ・メガ・テク
Description
A cartridge-based multi-game system. Choose one of eight games to play from the menu. This system was never released in the United States.
Sega Mega Tech was produced by Sega in 1989.
Sega released 594 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega is based in Japan.
Other machines made by Sega during the time period Sega Mega Tech was produced include: Global Defense, Gain Ground, Galaxy Force, Galaxy Force II, Altered Beast, ESWAT Cyber Police, A.B. Cop, Crack Down, Alex Kidd In The Enchanted Castle, and Dynamite Dux
Specs
| Name | Sega Mega Tech |
|---|---|
| Developer | Sega (Japan) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 9470 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | System |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Either |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo) |
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Game Introduction
Basically, this is a modified Sega Megadrive for arcade use. The motherboard can host up to eight cartridges such as Sonic The Hedgehog or Tetris. The Mega Tech system is the original version of what became the Mega Play system. However, the Mega Tech and Mega Play cartridges are not interchangeable.
Game Play
This system is similar in function to the Nintendo PlayChoice or the Neo Geo MVS.
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Cabinet Information
The dedicated cabinet uses two monitors. The upper 10-inch monitor shows game information, the lower 20-inch monitor is used to display the game as normal.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Sega Mega Tech Census
There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).
Common - There are 35 known instances of this machine owned by Sega Mega Tech collectors who are active members. Of these, 24 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 10 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Sega Mega Tech. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Sega Mega Tech circuit board set.
This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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Flyers
1989
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1989
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Legacy or Series
- Sega Mega Tech
- Sega Mega Play
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