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The Mega PC was manufactured and released by Amstrad in 1993 under licence from Sega. It was similar but unrelated to the Sega TeraDrive. Essentially just a standard Amstrad PC with Sega Mega Drive hardware bundled inside, the system was wired to share the dual-sync monitor and speakers with the Mega Drive on a separate circuit board. Initially released in PAL areas such as Europe and Australia in 1993, its success was short-lived due to its high retail price of £999.99 (later reduced to £599) and a CPU that was outdated by the time of the system's release. It was slightly easier to acquire an Amstrad Mega PC than the Sega TeraDrive system due to more units being manufactured. However, in recent years, both systems have become increasingly difficult to come by, as they are often purchased as collector's items. ==Technical specifications== In general, the Mega PC was seen as a nicer build than Sega's ''TeraDrive'', as the unit itself was more robust and had more efficient air circulation. The Mega PC was IBM-compatible and had a Mega Drive ISA card, a Mega Drive Controller, Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor, Joystick and Internal Speakers. The machine shipped with 1MB of RAM, provided by 4× 256KB 30-pin SIMM sticks. This was expandable to 16MB by using 4× 4MB memory modules. Although it boasted a higher specification than the Sega TeraDrive (having more RAM and a faster processor), the specification of the Mega PC's CPU was still a generation behind its time with the newer Intel 80486 on the market and the first Pentium processors being released the same year as the Mega PC. The system was unable to act as a Software Development Kit due to its inability to simultaneously use the PC and the Mega Drive hardware. A cover on the front of the unit prevented the insertion of a Mega Drive game cartridge while using the PC hardware. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amstrad Mega PC」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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