Very good knock-off or a legit mix up?

[Daria]

To my knowledge, all Mega Drive Games sold in the European PAL regions wore the "Mega Drive" label, not the "Genesis" one.

I was under the impression that EA sometimes packaged Genesis cartridges in Mega-Drive boxes for release in Europe. But that's the only exception that I know of.

[16BIT4EVER]

*Tips his cap to Phantar!*

Thanks for taking the time to confirm what the European copy of the game looks like.

x2. That image was plenty large enough to get the point across. Thanks.

So, what's the deal? Is the PAL version so rare that sellers are just sticking NTSC versions in PAL boxes?

[meanbean81]

I was under the impression that EA sometimes packaged Genesis cartridges in Mega-Drive boxes for release in Europe. But that's the only exception that I know of.

EA did so. I have at least 20 EA Pal Version Games, and the carts come with "to be played on Genesis system". So, yes, EA just put the same carts into different boxes with different box design, and that's about it.