The Mega PC is a computer manufactured and released by Amstrad in 1993 under license from Sega. It was similar but unrelated to the Sega TeraDrive. It is 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.
Close up of the front of the unit
advert promoting the Amstrad Mega PC
Mega PC motherboard, code VSC386SXD
View of the ISA card inside the Mega PC, showing the free ISA slot
Amstrad was a British consumer electronics company, founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar. During the 1980s, the company was known for its home computers beginning with the Amstrad CPC and later also the ZX Spectrum range after the Sinclair deal, which led it to have a substantial share of the PC market in Britain. In the following decade it shifted focus towards communication technologies, and its main business during the 2000s was the manufacture of satellite television set-top boxes for Sky, which Amstrad had started in 1989 as the then sole supplier of the emerging Sky TV service.
Sugar Tower in Brentwood, England (pictured in 2005)
Amstrad 7070 tape deck (c. 1970s)
The Amstrad CPC 464 personal microcomputer (1984)
Amstrad PCW8512 word processor (1985)