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In 1988, SEGA tried to dominate the video game console market in Europe with the Mega Drive, and attack Nintendo's superiority in North America and Japan at the same time. The result is history, and the Mega Drive still enjoys a large fan base today.

With a Motorola 68k CPU as well as a Z80 as co-processor, the device was very well equipped for its time. But the overall architecture was so little complex in relation to today, that one can completely understand the whole system - given some effort.

Reason enough for Tore Nestenius to get into the subject, and actually build a Mega Drive Dev Kit himself.

The details of his adventure along the way are as interesting as they are exciting. And those who enjoy building their own hardware may find a new challenge in the article.