Are these consoles fake?

I have these 2 Mega Drive/Genesis consoles, both are from Asia. I'm getting mixed opinions on whether they're genuine or fakes/clones. The Mega Drive 1 is sealed so I can't show you the contents. But I have attached a photo of the Mega Drive 2 contents. I'd be interested to see what you guys think:

 

They look pretty legit to me

 

I'm not enough of a Sega fan to be able to fully answer your question, but the poor English on that flyer in the bottom pic is concerning.
Regardless, some fakes can be valuable. It will interesting to hear what the experts have to say when they get around to this thread.

 

The Mega Drive 1 in the first photo also has a spelling mistake on the front of the box, which is one reason I'm entertaining the idea that they're not legit. But Nintendo made a spelling mistake on the back of the USA SNES 2 box, so it does happen.

Also note the very odd controller on the Mega Drive 1 box - joystick and 2 rows of A-B-C buttons.

 

Open the console, fake will be obvious

 

Is it possible without looking at the internals? The MD1 box is sealed, and the MD2 console is in a sealed bag. I don't want to open them as that instantly slashes the value to a fraction.

 

I am pretty sure they are not fake.

The little label with engrish could be explained by the fact its an asian release.

 

2nd one looks official.

1st one looks official too, except for that controller. It's not sealed, so you should be able to check the insides.

 

You can't really see in the photo but the first one is wrapped in plastic.

 

2nd is hong kong.

First one is badly sun faded on the right.

Not sure if legit as I don't ever remember that kind of controller from sega.

 

The first one is probably a clone, although I've never seen one like this. The picture of the MD on the box is different from the actual Asian MD box (all the writing on the console is still there on your box) and the controller is completely non-Sega and doesn't even have a SEGA logo on it like the official one.

 

First one is definitely fake, the second one I'd say MIGHT be its fake

 

The MD2 looks genuine from what I can tell.

The first one, however: that controller definitely looks suspicious - certainly not an official controller I've ever seen before...

 

Here is a photo of the contents of the MD 1 (this is not my sealed one but a photo I found of another with the same box.)



Is this controller official?

 

MD1 seems fake.

Open it up. Original SEGA units have no seals. SOME asian consoles that were sold here in Brazil had seals but they were applied by the shops which modified them to output PAL-M color signal (PAL-M is a 60hz video system so nothing but the color circuit was changed).

 

Well I decided to open it as nobody seemed to be able to say for sure from the box, and I'm still not 100% sure either way. The box and console seem good to me, not noticeably poor quality. However the AC adapter and TV switch are questionable. The controllers are interesting (there are 2 of them in the box) they have a row of auto fire buttons, and a switch on the back to turn auto fire off. The console appears to have the correct serial number and identifying features as the Asian version according to the Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variations_of_the_Sega_Mega_Drive

Here's the photos, see what you think. Certainly could be fake.

 

The sticker on the bottom of the MD console screams "fake" all over.

And again, no original SEGA console has seals on it.

 

The box wasn't sealed, it was shrink wrapped.

 

That serial would mean that it was made in 1996 and possibly a VA8 model. And it looks like there's a SSOP at the bottom? None of those are things I've ever seen on a real Megadrive.

And that RF connector has Famiclone written all over it.

It's worth maybe 25Ł, not 250Ł as the site says. Unless you can get the guy to do motherboard shots, I say it's a famiclone.

 

I was saying the console is sealed with a white round sticker. That's a clear giveaway it's a fake. SEGA do not seal the consoles.