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    Sega Genesis rare 6-Pack variant.

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    7 hours ago, supergamboy said:

    The mini cardboard 6-Pak is an official Sega release, and as my spreadsheet tracks Genesis releases (this inclusive of Canadian Genesis titles), I consider this a Genesis release.

    When I owned both this cart and the Mega Games 10, as well as a few different regions of consoles, I did some tests. Some of it was probably posted to SegaAge. I think my take back then were that these were surplus US carts that got a new packaging release, primary (or exclusively) sold in Asia. That reasoning makes sense to me for the Genesis branding: the carts already existed and they wanted the boxes (done as cheaply as possible thus the small size) to match. This Genesis 6-Pak did not include a manual, and I recall Mega Games 10 being the same.

    Hey! Long time no see hope you are keeping safe and well. Thanks for the extra info, I think your reasoning makes a lot of sense. Mega Games 10 was indeed the same and didn't include a manual, the similar size box, the consistency of not having a manual and the holo sticker add to the evidence that this is Asian.

    Sega Genesis rare 6-Pack variant.

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    5 hours ago, Tyree_Cooper said:

    I find it very unlikely that this is an Asian release. Nothing was ever released in Asia with the Genesis branding, and the fact that the label has a rating and a US phone number sort of seals it. The holographic sticker is strange though.

    I don't think this is entirely true, there are known Genesis Asian releases such as:

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    This is a well known variant amongst the collecting community.

    Sega Genesis rare 6-Pack variant.

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    On 3/2/2020 at 4:06 AM, billybob884 said:

    Interesting that it uses regular phillips screws... I've seen people argue on both sides of the Asia/North America issue, it does have genesis branding, but they're so rare here as opposed to overseas

    Yes I always found that strange as well, looks like they realised the problem that's why they added the security seal. Certainly an oddity. I think it will be tuff to establish it's true heritage but as it is so similar to the Asian 10 game cart and package I am going for Asian.

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