Mega Drive 3
The Mega Drive 3 is a Mega Drive "console on a chip" which was released by Brazilian company Tectoy in 2008. It has 86 built-in games, the majority of them being regular Mega Drive games, with some licensed…
31 December 2008
Mega Drive 3 is a video game developed by TecToy, released 31 December 2008 on Plug & Play.
What Mega Drive 3 is
Mega Drive 3 was developed by TecToy and released in 2008. It is available on Plug & Play only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The Mega Drive 3 is a Mega Drive "console on a chip" which was released by Brazilian company Tectoy in 2008. It has 86 built-in games, the majority of them being regular Mega Drive games, with some licensed from Namco and Taito, but also includes four ports of mobile games originally by Electronic Arts, as well as various original games that were also seen on other similar "consoles on a chip", and does not have a cartridge slot for playing other games. It also comes with two control pads which attach to the console via two DE-9 ports, as they would a traditional Mega Drive.
What it launched against
Mega Drive 3 launched on 31 December 2008, within three weeks of Spelunky Classic, Skate 2, Crayon Physics Deluxe and Dissidia Final Fantasy.
Released around the same time: Spelunky Classic, Skate 2, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Dissidia Final Fantasy.
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When did Mega Drive 3 come out?
Mega Drive 3 was released on 31 December 2008 for Plug & Play.