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Playing Genesis Games on UK Systems:

There are two ways of playing Genesis games on a UK Megadrive, you can abandon your UK Megadrive and find a US or Jap machine, or you can try and find an adaptor. These are incredibly hard to find, but do allow you to easily play all Jap Megadrive and Genesis games.

They are pretty hard to find, but it does seem that PAL Asian Megadrives, from the Middle East or Hong Kong, do play games from all regions.

While Genesis games and Japanese games are compatible, the shapes of the cartridges are different. This means that a file is needed to alter the slot of your US machine. Sega certainly didn’t make it easy for grey importers.

Sega Nomad Compatibility

The Sega Nomad is a handheld version of the Megadrive released in the US. It is compatible with all US Genesis games, and, wait for it, all Japanese games. While the slot is a bit tight, it does not need filing. It is also compatible with some PAL games. The general rule is that games from pre 1991 and after 1994 are ok, it’s just the huge amount in the middle which won’t work. It is still pretty general advice, and trial and error is the only way of knowing for sure. Codemasters and EA games from the UK are Nomad compatible.