TeraDrive

TeraDrive
DeveloperSega
ManufacturerIBM
TypeVideo game console / Personal computer
GenerationFourth generation
Release date
  • JP: May 31, 1991
[1][2]
MediaCartridge, diskette
CPU16-bit Intel 80286
Motorola 68000
Zilog Z80
Backward
compatibility
Mega Drive
SuccessorAmstrad Mega PC (3rd party product developed on licence by Amstrad)

The TeraDrive (テラドライブ, TeraDoraibu) is an IBM PC compatible system with an integrated Mega Drive, developed by Sega and manufactured by IBM in 1991. The TeraDrive allowed for Mega Drive games to be played the same time as the PC section is being used, as it is possible for the Mega Drive and PC hardware to interact with each other.

The system was only released in Japan. Sega hoped that integrating the then popular Mega Drive console into an IBM PC would attract potential customers wishing to purchase a PC, but the system proved unpopular and was a commercial failure.

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