Genesis/Megadrive region lock-outs

Genesis/Megadrive carts featuring region lock-outs are more common than a lot of people think. You commonly hear - oh just the later carts have a region lock-out. Well this is my non-alphabetical list of the ones that do have a region lock-out:

WEAPON LORD
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SOCCER 2
WORLD OF ILLUSION STARRING MICKEY AND DONALD
WORMS
HOME ALONE 2
JUNGLE BOOK ,THE
JURRASSIC PARK
ALIEN SOLDIER
BLOODSHOT A.K.A. BATTLEFRENZY
CASTLEVANIA : NEW GENERATION A.K.A. CASTLEVANIA : BLOODLINES A.K.A. VAMPIRE KILLER
COOL SPOT
EARTHWORM JIM
TEENAGE MUTANT HERO TURTLES
TOURAMENT FIGHTERS A.K.A. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES TOURAMENT FIGHTERS
TINY TOON ADVENTURES ACME ALL STARS
ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 3
SATURDAY NIGHT SLAM MASTERS A.K.A. MUSCLE BOMBER
SHINOBI III A.K.A. THE SUPER SHINOBI 2
SPARKSTER ROCKET KNIGHT ADVENTURES 2
THUNDERFORCE IV A.K.A. LIGHTNING FORCE
TOEJAM & EARL 2 PANIC ON FUNKOTRON
TOY STORY
X MEN
X-PERTS
XENON 2 MEGABLAST
3 NINJAS KICK BACK
ADVENTURES OF BATMAN AND ROBIN, THE
AERO THE ACROBAT 2
ANIMANIACS
ART OF FIGHTING
ZERO THE KAMIKAZE SQUIRREL
ZOMBIES A.K.A. ZOMBIES ATE MY NEIGHBOURS
ZOOP
DINOSAURS FOR HIRE, TOM MASON'S
ICHIDANT R
INSTRUMENT OF CHAOS STARRING YOUNG INDIANA JONES
REN AND STIMPY SHOW, THE STIMPY'S INVENTION
OTTIPHANTS, THE
OUTRUN 2019
OOZE, THE
GARGOYLES
GUNSTAR HEROES
PAGEMASTER, THE
PHANTOM 2040
PINOCCHIO
PROBOTECTOR A.K.A. CONTRA HARD CORPS
PUNISHER THE,
RANGER X A.K.A. EX RANZA
ROCKET KNIGHT ADVENTURES
RISTAR A.K.A. RISTAR THE SHOOTING STAR
ROBOCOP VS THE TERMINATOR
ROCK 'N ROLL RACING
NHL HOCKEY '98
NO ESCAPE
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3
SUPER STREET FIGHTER II THE NEW
CHALLENGERS
FLASHBACK THE QUEST FOR IDENTITY
YUU YUU HAKUSHO MAKYOU TOITSUSEN A.K.A. YU YU HAKUSYO SUNSET FIGHTERS
VIRTUAL PINBALL
VIRTUA RACING
MEGAMAN THE WILY WARS A.K.A. ROCKMAN MEGAWORLD
MICKEY MANIA

That's all
August 25th 2010
Music: Ocean Loading Music variant.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• region lock-out
• megadrive
• sega
• genesis
• protection

[tonmasboy]

Do you know if a unlocked genesis can play any locked japanese game? Mine has "high definition graphics" and EXT port. Thank you.

[markvergeer]

@tonmasboy No or you have to region mod it and set ut to Japanese region. On the model 1 system be it genesis or megadrive this is fairly easy.

Widening your cartridge slot is also needed for a genesis.

[videogameobsession]

do the very first, original model 1 genesis's have a region lock or was that added when they started forcing the "THIS GAME WAS PRODUCED BY SEGA" intro screen?

[markvergeer]

@videogameobsession I would not be able to tell you. All the model 1s I own are megadrives and the do have the region lock out, at least a range of game carts do.

I have yet to acquire a model 1 or 2 genesis.

[tonmasboy]

@videogameobsession well, the first japanese megadrive had a switch behind to lock-out region..is that you intent to know about?

[markvergeer]

@tonmasboy Nope, know nothing about the first generation of Japanese megadrives and whether they had a switch or not but I did discover more games to have a region lock out than what was commonly believed. Often it is stated that only a couple of older games do the check but it is quite a few more.

[sombrio12]

Stupid Mortal Kombat 3 had region lock too for only ntsc fuking genesis system. Fuck u Genesis.

[DSt3alth]

Been looking for a list like this as I've just bought a Sega Nomad, Thanks man!

[Ig0rBrE]

Comix zone ,streets of rage 2 ,streets of rage 3 all have lockouts ,I know cuz I have those games and both PAL and NTSC systems 

[RetroLPer]

Sega 6 Pak

[tonmasboy]

@markvergeer Sorry, a model of japanese megadrive called (HAA-2510) was easy to take out region lockout and putting a mod switch behind or wherever you want to return the region lockout on. I saw one this for sale and thought it was genuine. Well, this can run japanese, usa, Brazilian I dont know about european games, but is good alternative for megakey or game genie codes.