Sega Mega Jet - The Genesis for Airplanes - Rare Variants - Adam Koralik

It's Adam Koralik here and today we're discussing an extremely odd videogame console variation. This is the Sega Mega Jet, a portable version of the Mega Drive AKA Sega Genesis released in Japan only. What's the history? Let's discuss!
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[@michaelrosamilia3681]

There wasn't anything on Earth that Sega didn't think "can we put a Mega Drive in that?"

[@dreamcazman]

The Amstrad Mega PC I remember seeing in store.

[@LonnyMacdonald-tw8zy]

Those airplanes must've had blast processing

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

What the heack is a Mega Jet?... "Figure it out!"

[@sneakingelephant]

I remember playing snes on a plane as well. It’s nuts how the seats on planes have gotten smaller and there’s become less and less space between them over the past few decades. I can’t even imagine a snes fitting inside a airplane chair anymore

[@anFerzy]

i’ve been watching your channel forever, crazy how there’s still Genesis variants to learn about lol.

[@Riz2336]

It's fitting your mega jet traveled the world

[@Eliterubberduck]

The Chinese version of the N64, the iQue, is very similar in idea and how it works. Doesn't use batteries but has the whole system built into what's basically a big controller. The games worked kind of like the Famicom Disk System and Satellaview where you get a little cartridge that you bring to a kiosk to load up games. I think they eventually added a way to do that online on your PC as well. These handheld consoles are so bizarre with their niche use cases it's amazing they've even been made.

[@IanNewYashaTheFinalAct]

The Puyo Puyo anime cover art is the most Adam thing Adam Koralik has ever displayed

[@ReeseyPuffy]

It’s very cathartic seeing and hearing a proper microphone setup from you

[@AdamKoralik]

Seems temporary, looks like everyone wants it gone.

[@ReeseyPuffy]

@@AdamKoralik They’re just afraid of evolution, I bet

[@Highsinberg420]

@@AdamKoralikI think the issue might be since it lights up and can be a bit distracting. I’d recommend seeing if you can turn it off, but audio quality is significantly better. If the community is making a stink, just get a lav mic. But that’s just my audio engineering nerdism, your videos have always been quality even without a nice mic Adam!

[@macs2010]

Wow! I remember when you made the sega iterations video when you still didn’t have it. Really glad you do now. Hope you’re able to get the rest you don’t have!

[@starpier]

My guess is that MegaJet was pre-owned by a massive Italian nerd who wanted to play his PAL library "on the go" and eventually moved to Canada and got rid of it.

[@segare-trop-vieux3932]

😂 I know which Italian you are talking about

[@STP.83]

I like the idea of a Mega Jet, and I like the fact that it exists. For actually playing I loved my Game Gear and I wanted a Nomad, but the Nomad was way too expensive for me, and I had no idea where to buy one in that time here in Germany.

[@techninefan90]

Mega Jet. Sega Nomad. Sega has the coolest names.

[@cax1175]

Puyo Puyo. That cover art literally is the same as the version of puyo puyo that came with my FM Towns Marty. Brazil's gaming history is so fascinating and unexplored

[@erneststackhouse1133]

That is so cool to find out where your Mega Jet has gone! To explore strange new lands. To seek out new Gamers. & new modifications. To boldly go where no Mega Jet has gone before!

[@DanWhite1025]

Im amazed you didn't already have a video about this thing! Great content as always!

[@AdamKoralik]

I honestly thought I had made one.

[@megamanmarchek8293]

​@AdamKoralik, you kind of sorta did with the Nomad video.

[@AdamKoralik]

Valid point!

[@FukugawaUtake]

I had no idea they had a Karaoke addon for the MegaDrive CD! I also had heard earlier that the MegaJet was never sold comercailly but now we know other wise. Neat story and information, this is what makes your channel is Awesome. Wow, the Venus prototype looks sexy, from a 90s perspective!

[@WIP03]

Really cool to see you finally got the Mega Jet, the story was great but what i found the most interesting was that fact that a portable master system exists, like I don't understand why it was made but it cool nevertheless. Adam keep making great content.

[@danielwebofrito2]

holy shit congrats on getting the mega jet, now that's fuckin rare

[@rikustorm13]

The Sega Mega Jet is a cool idea in concept tbh

[@AintNobodyAtAll]

Around the time of the GBA's Japanese launch, an online import game store I used to frequent (therage maybe, if anyone remembers that) somehow had crates of these things and were selling them for like $40. I kept telling myself I'd get one later, later, later...never did.

[@Mobius_Ap3x]

I’m truly amazed just how many Sega console there truly are! 😎

[@SnakeShitNL]

Not sure the on screen mic is an improvement, its a bit distracting

[@tomfum]

i was gonna buy one a few months back but they go for more than im willing to pay for it, great little unit though, such a cool idea. i never knew there was a master system variant

[@nsgames24]

3:22 Seriously, how many pieces of hardware related to the Genesis that Sega wanted to have? I didn't even know about that karaoke add-on.

[@Gary_Hun]

They still were not in the position to have a new machine (the Saturn) just mildly successful worldwide... THAT many.

[@kellybrincks]

I used to love all my Alpine sound components

[@birdologist333]

lmao i was just watching the nomad video last night- congrats on finally getting a mega jet!

[@kennykij1]

I'm a huuuuge sega fan and I'm ashamed I've never heard of this. As usual, nice work Adam.

[@PAUL-MH]

I grew up in that era and i've never heard of none of them. I still have my sega master system 2 to this day though. Sega were weird back then lol!

[@leeartlee915]

Yeah…. I’d argue that it was for the public good that Sega was taking behind the woodshed and dealt with.

[@darktetsuya]

I remember hearing about these in I think it was EGM? seemed kinda cool to play genesis stuff on an airline prior to the nomad's existence.

[@KevinTwiner]

🎉 so cool Adam thanks for a great history and chat 😁

[@HennesseeVol]

If only the Dreamcast had the ability to play DVDs

[@davpreec]

Awesome stuff buddy :)

[@abdelali9279]

I really like the 2012 KZbin video aesthetic here

[@AlexxHikaru]

It bet you that if somebody got their hands on the Japan Air Lines version it will be just a matter of time before they make video cables and power supplies to use it on a regular tv

[@HappyCodingZX]

20 years ago these could be ordered brand new (i.e never used) online from what I assume was a warehouse of unsold stock, for about $100 each. I got one and in that 20 years it's been out of the box only three or four times, and every time it was just to show it off to fellow Sega enthusiasts.

[@Mcburgers]

I assure you there’s more than 2 of us!

[@lostboy626]

Huh…I had no idea about the portable Master System. Not surprising it coming from Brazil. I look forward for the video on it!

[@morganboucher6789]

You know what i want one of those gaming console tvs from hotel rooms. Last time i stayed at a nice hotel was like 15 years ago but i remember they had a weird third party controller and you could play retro games up to n64 for like 15$ an hour

[@Yakobu90]

I want one, I have a Nomad. I played the one at OLL, it's uncomfortable but I'd still get one, just not now.

[@VOAN]

That Sega Venus prototype handheld looks fantastic, I would had bought it even if it was released outside USA. It seems like it still used the six button layout and same buttons from the Genesis 6-button controller. While I like the Nomad as well, I always wonder why they never include a Reset button on it like they do the Mega Jet. Because of the lack of a Reset button, player won't be able to get to the final level in X-Men cause you need to press Reset after breaking the monitor in the Mojo level before it.

[@ZonicMirage]

I own a Nomad; it and the Mega Jet are neat novelties, at least.

[@AshleysBallistics]

Sega's hardware manufacturing is WILD! So many odd little choices for weird markets. Mega Drives for friggin planes??? 🤣

[@Gary_Hun]

Yeah, and movie theater on board, and music to listen to... toilets... seats... silly, silly marketing people.

[@mscottjohnson3424]

Here in the DPRK, it was called the Super KimBoi. Everyone had one. Still do!

[@meekrodriguez6438]

Great videos

[@jason.kchantziaras8456]

Thank you for showing us the way SEGA messed them selfs up back in 1994 with all the shitty ways to keep the genesis around instead of making the SEGA saturn 100 times better and beat sony or nintendo back then !! And yes i know the 32X was a shit show ,

[@bonesjackson81]

Yeah its really frustrating ain't it? I'd rather be in a world where Sega was still making consoles. Self inflicted damage shoulda been avoided.

[@ShadowCyrax]

I know it's not a rare console variant, but have you ever covered the SEGA channel?

[@AdamKoralik]

Nah, I don't have one.

[@threwanade]

If I ever found the aircraft one ide make a pcb for the connector to use it with a cable

[@Usagi2380]

Sega was originally an American company based in Hawaii

[@AdamKoralik]

Correct.

[@donaldsmith5667]

this is the wildest video and piece of sega history

[@chaospoet]

Adam: Japan Airline version can only be played on the airplane it was built for. Future update episode: Adam in his very own Japanese airplane playing one.

[@AdamKoralik]

Hmmmmmmm....I approve.

[@AidGum]

I assume you can play Sega CD games on it with the MegaSD and Mega Everdrive Pro, but like the Model 3 and Nomad, doesn’t have the components to handle CD audio. Also, really hoping you do a Rare Varients video on the TurboExpress and the PCE Shuttle. Would add the LT on there too but that goes for $1000 on eBay and I doubt you’ll ever get one ever.

[@DJSALTYNUTZ]

not used to the mic

[@futureskeletons66669]

Audio sounds like a podcast. Don't know if that's a good thing.

[@turbinegraphics16]

I brought an Asian megadrive that had a crystal oscillator soldiered to the video output chip, it was good because the output was PAL no matter if it was 50 hz or 60 hz.

[@JohnTechG]

Bro i've never heard of a sega mega jet! O_O

[@sardeegaming]

I never heard of it either

[@ComicBooksandVideoGameNerd96]

It was technicality Sega's only successful console

[@djj1]

I was wondering why the Sega CD existed.. I had one lol 👍

[@jean-francoisethier6133]

My bet is that a canadian army member was posted in Germany in 94 and bought it there, maybe from an american that came from posting in japan. When he got back here he couldnt make it work cause of the pal chip and didnt used it and sold it back. Nonetheless its a good story lol

[@AdamKoralik]

Were Canadians stationed there?

[@user-wu8ce4th3u]

Greets from switzerland bro

[@Zer064]

I have one! Currently it's only used as a way to play japanese MD games since I only own north american systems. aside from that, its just there to look cool

[@jacobbaranowski]

I love SEGA I’m a SEGA kid, I always wanted a SEGA Nomad. I’m going to wait for the SEGA Nomad made by Hiperken clone copy

[@segare-trop-vieux3932]

I have the Mega Jet Alpine version with the console still sealed.

[@AdamKoralik]

Impressive!

[@danielwestgames6746]

Hey Adam, I know this is off topic but are you gonna cover the xbox studio closings? I know you’re not a news channel but I think your thoughts on it would make a good video. Especially about the state of Xbox as a whole.

[@AdamKoralik]

Possibly when I get back, currently out of the country. I'm also kind of waiting to see how else this unfolds.

[@danielwestgames6746]

@@AdamKoralik gotcha, enjoy your trip!

[@-GameHacKeR-]

ADAM KORALIK HYPE!!!!!!!

[@danielstrzel2271]

MEGA JET POWER

[@Retro-cabin]

That’s my grail right there been after one for ages, problem is I like both my kidneys😂. I don’t know why I want one so much I just think it’s so cool. Great vid as always. 👍🏻😎

[@itsdpr7953]

Sound quality is way better with the mic

[@NoelComiX]

Being a Saturn supporter in America in the mid-late 90s makes me feel for the Japanese mega drive supporters in the late 80s early 90s.

[@JAGO_Tech]

Adam - I played some version of Sega in a hotel in the early 90s & my parents had to pay (similar to renting a hotel movie). I recall reading there was some test bed markets for business driven Sega Channel or something similar. Know anything on this?

[@AdamKoralik]

Yeah there were specific hotel models of systems.

[@JAGO_Tech]

@AdamKoralik - I vividly recall holding a Gensis controller & asking my mom before hitting the "yes, charge room" prompt 😂. I got the greenlight (thanks Mom!) & a menu of Sega games popped up to pick from. This blew my mind! There were many, more than a 6 pack cart. Would've been going over a hotel specific system (maybe out to Sega Channel?). This would've been either in Houston or San Antonio areas if part of a test market.

[@zupergodo1]

Las unidades de megajet se conseguían con mas facilidad eran de vendedores de indonesia y las unidades venian de un contenedor capturado por piratas

[@TheBigExclusive]

It must have really burned Sega of Japan Executives that the Genesis failed in Japan, but was wildly successful in North America and Europe. Like you said pride matters a lot to Asian countries.

[@AdamKoralik]

Exactly.

[@VncentValntine]

Really cool stuff, but i think this vid couldve done with a bit more effort in research. It didn't take long to confirm that Alpine around and thriving and is the consumer electronics subsidiary of ALPS (which is the actual sound engineering company).

[@AdamKoralik]

Yeah I didn't realize there was this many Alpine super fans out there. In my defense I had literally never heard of them, but apparently that's what bothers people. (Not including you, just speaking generally.)

[@ilexgarodan]

The Sega Jet-esis! Hah! ... ... I'll see myself out.

[@andrewstichter8243]

Dude you don't know what Alpine is, they make the best speakers for cars competition level.

[@federicocatelli8785]

For a moment i thought it was made for the homonym french sport car manufacturer

[@AdamKoralik]

This is the second video I've ever made with a proper mic, I'm clearly not an audio guy. :P

[@ianvincent5069]

could you only collect all the chaos emeralds and become super sonic if you were flying on Concorde ?

[@AdamKoralik]

No one will ever know.

[@itsdpr7953]

Or maybe the Tu-144

[@MrMegaManFan]

Do you believe the urban legend that the majority of them in collector hands come from a shipment stolen by Indonesian pirates? Either way we have the Mega Jet to thank for the Nomad so I'm glad.

[@AdamKoralik]

I hadn't heard that until the comments section of this video to be honest.

[@ogsegasteve9430]

Did not strike me as RARE in Japan...(very) uncommon for sure but not RARE as I saw multiple units in multiple stores during the my two trips to Japan. I failed to buy one on the first trip (2010) purely for being out of luggage space and already at my VG spend limit for the trip (and It was the only complete in box unit I saw on that trip). Second trip, 2017, found two super clean and complete boxed units (and i think 2 loose ones) spread across 3 of the cities I hunted in. Ended up purchasing the nicer of the boxed units the day before my flight home because i circled back to the store where i saw it a week earlier. Paid more than i would have on the first trip but was smart enough to NOT make the same mistake twice. Do i use it? Hello, no! Well, i did ONCE anyway just to make sure it worked but it wasnt bought to be anything other than a Shelf Queen. It has fulfilled its purpose. And since clearly dont shy away from "speculative" info, Im a bit perplexed as to why you wouldnt have brought up the Indonesian Sea Pirates story. While it MIGHT be urban legend, its a quirky twist to the story of the console.

[@AdamKoralik]

Well, on the former, I first visited Japan in 2017, in those years from 2010 to 2017 I can only assume they dried up. As for the pirates, I didn't hear about that until the comments section of this video.

[@kpodlcs]

The MS SuperCompact came out in Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. I have one with the box and down below that box there is the distribution data that has data for official distributor in these lats 2 countries. Mine is the Argentina version with Spanish text in the box and working with PAL60. I´ll be happy to DM you some pics if you want since I also think that the SuperCompact doesn´t have the attention it deserves

[@AdamKoralik]

Feel free to join my Discord and post images there if you like.

[@kpodlcs]

@@AdamKoralik I don´t usually use Discord but, yeah, I will

[@_longgaming]

Sega was for sure doing some interesting things back in the day, haha. In a way, it is sort of funny. They were doing what Xbox is doing. Want to play Xbox on your home console? Sure. Want to play Xbox on the go on your phone or tablet? Sure. Want to play Xbox at your computer desk? Sure.

[@ianodowd3069]

I'm a mega jet. I'm in Ireland in Europe. I can confirm it has worked with every European game iv tried

[@AdamKoralik]

Mega Jets are self aware now. :P For real, appreciate the actual feedback though.

[@dravenlee4473]

Yeah - not a fan of the mic. The sound quality is fine and all but it makes it sound like a podcast instead of a personal KZbin video. The open air, natural dialogue felt nicer. It's jarring hearing the audio quality difference now as a long time watcher. Plus, it looks a little weird for this kind of format.

[@CCH3900]

The SEGA MEGA JET, an interesting piece of hardware that's for sure. Pointless, yet interesting. - Thanks as usual Adam. But Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ain't THAT rual. If you want somewhere rual might I suggest somewhere like... well anywhere in Saskatchewan other than Regina, Saskatoon, and Moose Jaw.

[@AdamKoralik]

Well, I did say "relatively."

[@CCH3900]

@@AdamKoralik Just teasing ya.

[@Chree1s]

Where did you get that mic?

[@AdamKoralik]

See the previous episode of PlayLoad.

[@webberfan1234]

@@AdamKoralikany chance to have it rigged where’s it’s just above the frame so we can’t see it?

[@AdamKoralik]

I tried, unfortunately that didn't really work. If people really don't like it, I'll just stop using it.

[@FlyingV555]

@@AdamKoralikI’m not really a fan. It looks out of place.

[@Chree1s]

I think its fine, I might getting actually, I do streaming from time to time, and I just built my first computer a week or so back. So a dedicated mic would help out alot

[@gametourny4ever627]

Hey Adam, did you give permission to this KZbin channel called Mind Growth for using footage from your channel? He did a top 10 worst game consoles list which might I say was awful considering he had Dreamcast at number 4 but I recognized footage of you and your hand and game systems you have presented in the video. Anyway, with how the individual ranked some of the systems of which I know you enjoy such as Wii U as well, I wasn’t sure if the individual reached out for permission with your footage.

[@AdamKoralik]

Nah, people steal my footage a lot.

[@gametourny4ever627]

@@AdamKoralik Oh man. Sorry to hear about that. I guess it really speaks to the quality of your content. Thank you for all the great entertainment and informative videos over the years.

[@AdamKoralik]

Nah, just that I film the obscure. :P

[@federicocatelli8785]

Wonder if it works with a mega cd🤔

[@AdamKoralik]

No way to connect it.

[@segaherman_twitch]

Sega GEMisis 👍👍

[@Jake76667]

PUYU PUYU MENTIONED??????

[@SombreroGato]

I think the new Mic setup is good, i prefer it to old setup, its nice crisp and clear, no other sounds coming in or echo. Disregard haters who prefer 360era sound.

[@ukoldias3088]

rgb lights cycling on the mic is kind of distracting

[@AlMiGa]

What in the world is up with that new microphone!!! why can I hear you super clearly now?!?!?! I'm distraught :(

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

Smegma Mega Nizzle lol

[@jesd319]

dont know alpine electronics that logo is iconic in the car audio world really never been in a car ever or been to a best buy or even used google before holy bubble batman makes me wonder about your figure it out intro i am j/k but still lol

[@AdamKoralik]

We can't all be experts on everything alas.

[@Snagz777]

DOWN BELOW!

[@meekrodriguez6438]

Hello

[@Progressive.G]

The microphone makes these videos sound like a monologue podcast...content is still cool but that mic is super distracting

[@Gary_Hun]

"apparently a bunch of them got into China", yeaaaaah, riiiight, like they are totally not into replicating something that goes for a lot and trying to fool a bunch of idiots.

[@Zer064]

I'm the one that actually found some being sold in China and bought one. They're real Mega Jets imported from Japan since very few consoles ever got released there officially. It's actually really common to find North American consoles over there for that same reason

[@nah7793]

I was neutral on the mic but the quality is nice.