I had a couple of friends who had the Sega Mega Drive (as it was called here) so I've played it a bit.
It had a few nice games (Wonderboy ), but it was beaten by Nintendo so it didn't get very popular where I lived..
I see, where I live it was held as fairly popular. When it was first released I was just a Wee one but now that I am older I can truly appreciate its greatness.