Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Complete List of Mega Drive Models officially published by Ozi Soft in Australia (All licensed versions released in Australia)

Australia: (Ozi Soft  licensed by Sega)
Market with a complete dominance of Sega in the 8-bits with the Master System as well as in the 16-bits market with the Mega Drive. In these coutry the snes could only compete for the third best-selling console during the entire 16-bit era.

Mega Drive (hardware) sales figures:
1990-Oct 1994: over 300,000 units (Ozi Soft)
Nov 1994-1997: unknown (Ozi Soft)
Sega Mega Drive II: Toy Story Bundle (Australia, 1995): around 10,000
Total until 1997 (Ozi Soft): unknown (probably around 500,000)
2004-2020: unknown
References:
https://retrocdn.net/images/c/cb/Sega_MegaZone_45_Nov_94.pdf, page 23
https://consolevariations.com/variation/console/sega-mega-drive-toy-story-bundle

New Zealand: distributed by Ozi Soft, Mega Drive also achieved great success in New Zealand.
Total: unknown. Reference: https://segaretro.org/History_of_Sega_in_New_Zealand
Sales figures in New Zealand were not considered in this article.

Mega Drive (software) sales figures in Australia:
Total number of licensed games released as cartridges by Ozi Soft: 437
Reference.  https://segaretro.org/Category:AU_Mega_Drive_games
Minimum number of units produced per cartridge: 1,000 copies.
Minimum number of units of cartridges sold by Ozi Soft (VERY underestimated): 437,000.
This are very underestimated figures also without considering that many Australian cartridges came with more than one game, such as: Mega Games I (3 games); Mega Games 6 (6 games); Sonic Classics (3 games); Double Pack cartridges (16 different cartridges with 2 games each and one cartridge with 4 games).
Minimum number of games sold by Ozi Soft (excluding games bundled with the console): 465,000*   *calculations: (437,000 - 20,000)+(3,000+6,000+3,000)+(16*2,000)+4,000
Games bundled with the console:
*calculations: 1990-Oct 1994: over 300,000 Mega Drive units. 14 versions released before Oct 1994, including 6 editions bundled with one game; 1 edition with 1 Mega Drive game plus one Sega CD game; 3 editions with 2 games; 2 editions with 3 games; 2 editions with 4 games. Assuming that all editions sold the same quantity, we have: 150,000 units bundled with one Mega Drive game; 64,286 units bundled with 2 games; 42,857 units bundled with 3 games; 42,857 units bundled with 4 games. Total number of games sold bundled with console: 150,000+(64,286*2)+(42,857*3)+(42,857*4).
Total number of games sold by Ozi Soft bundled with console until Oct 1994 (estimate): 578,571
Minimum number of games sold by Ozi Soft bundled with console after Oct 1994 (estimate): 150,000
Minimum number of games sold by Ozi Soft (estimate): 465,000 + 578,571 + 150,000= 1,193,571


All licensed versions released by Ozi Soft in Australia:

Mega Drive I - First edition. Pack-in: Altered Beast.  Release date: Late 1990

Mega Drive I - Altered Beast + bonus Columns edition.  Pack-in: Altered Beast, Columns (cupon).  Release date: Late 1990
Reference: https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_consoles_in_Australia

Mega Drive I - Altered Beast + Columns edition.  Pack-in: Altered Beast, Columns.  Release date: Late 1990
Reference: https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_consoles_in_Australia

Mega Drive I - Sonic The Hedgehog edition + Two bonus games.  Pack-in: Sonic the Hedgehog, Alex Kidd in Enchanted Castle (cupon), Columns (cupon).  Release date: Late 1991
Reference: https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_consoles_in_Australia

Mega Drive I - "Bonus Free Games" edition.  Pack-in: Sonic the Hedgehog, Alex Kidd in Enchanted Castle (cupon), Columns (cupon).  Release date: Late 1991
Reference: https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_consoles_in_Australia

Mega Drive II - Sonic 2 edition (first version). Pack-in: Sonic 2. Release date: early 1993.

Mega Drive II - Jurassic Park edition. Pack-in: Jurassic Park, Sonic 2, Columns and Alex Kidd in Enchanted Castle. Release date: Aug 1993.
Sales: around 50,000. Reference:
https://consolevariations.com/variation/console/sega-mega-drive-iii-jurassic-park-bundle

Mega Drive II - Street Fighter II edition. Pack-in: Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition. Release date: Late 1993.

Mega Drive II - Mortal Kombat edition. Pack-in: Mortal Kombat, Sonic 2, Columns and Alex Kidd in Enchanted Castle. Release date: December 1993.
Reference:
Sales: around 10,000. Reference:
https://consolevariations.com/variation/console/sega-mega-drive-ii-mortal-kombat-bundle

Mega Combo Pack: Mega Drive + Sega CD. Pack-in: Sonic 2 and Road Avenger. Release date: Aug 1993. Reference: https://segaretro.org/Mega-CD_consoles_in_other_regions

Mega Drive II - Aladdin edition. Pack-in: Aladdin. Release date: 1994.

Mega Drive II - Sonic 2 edition (second version). Pack-in: Sonic 2. Release date: 1994.

Mega Drive II - NBA Jam edition. Pack-in: NBA Jam. Release date: Jul 1994.

Mega Drive II - 2 Disney Games edition. Pack-in: The Jungle Book and Aladdin . Release date: Late 1994 (certainly after July 1994).
https://kelamyaus.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/img_9338.jpg

Editions released after the interview of a CEO of Ozi Soft about Mega Drive sales figures until October 1994 (published in Nov 1994):

Mega Drive II - Mega Tech Value edition. Pack-in: none.  Release date: Oct 1994

Mega Drive II - The Lion King edition. Pack-in: The Lion King. Release date: Dec 1994.
References:
https://kelamyaus.wordpress.com/tag/mega-drive/

Mega Drive II - Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Pack edition. Pack-in: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic 2, Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. Release date: 1995.
Sales: around 50,000
References:
https://consolevariations.com/variation/console/sega-mega-drive-ii-sonic-triple-pack
http://www.powersonic.com.br/games/classicos/sonic_classics.htm
https://www.vgdb.com.br/mega-drive/jogos/sonic-classics/

Mega Drive II - with "32X compatible" written on the box. Pack-in: Columns, Super Hang-On and World Cup Italia '90. Release date: Oct 1994.
Reference: https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_consoles_in_Australia

Mega Drive II - Sega Sports watch edition. Pack-in: NBA Jam. Release date: 1995.

Mega Drive II - Big Six Pack. Pack-in: Columns, Golden Axe, Super Hang-On, Streets of Rage,The Revenge of Shinobi and World Cup Italia '90. Release date: 1995.
Reference: https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_consoles_in_Australia

Mega Drive II - Mega 6. Pack-in: Columns, Golden Axe, Super Hang-On, Streets of Rage,The Revenge of Shinobi and World Cup Italia '90. Release date: 1995.
Reference: https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_consoles_in_Australia

Mega Drive II - Mega 6 version 2. Pack-in: Alien Storm, Columns, Super Hang-On, Super Monaco GP, Super Thunder Blade and World Cup Italia '90. Release date: 1996.
Reference: https://segaretro.org/Mega_Drive_consoles_in_Australia

Mega Drive II with Toy Story.  Pack-in: Toy Story. Release date: 1996.
sales. around 10,000
https://consolevariations.com/variation/console/sega-mega-drive-toy-story-bundle

Mega Drive II with Shane Warne Cricket.  Pack-in: Shane Warne Cricket. Release date: 1996.
sales. around 10,000
https://consolevariations.com/variation/console/sega-mega-drive-ii-shane-warne-cricket

These figures do not include games sold with other console variations not sold by Ozi Soft, such as:
Amstrad Mega PC (Australia, 1994)
Sega Mega Drive Classic Game Console (Australia, AtGames, 201X)
Sega Mega Drive Flashback HD (Europe and Australia, AtGames, 2017)
Mega Drive Mini (2019)

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