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Sega Retro wrote:The Sega Mouse (セガマウス) is a special computer mouse designed to work with the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega CD. It can be seen as the Sega alternative to Nintendo's mouse accessory, designed primarily for Mario Paint for the Super Nintendo. Only a few games were designed with Sega Mouse functionality in mind.
The Sega Mouse was released in Japan and Europe, only the major difference being the colour scheme - Japan opted for blue buttons, Europe for red. Both came packaged with a blue Sega-branded mouse mat. The European packaging actually calls it a Sega Mega Drive Mouse, although games still refer to it as the "Sega Mouse".
The Sega Mouse is a ball mouse, meaning it needs to be cleaned after regular use in order for it to continue to function properly. Despite there being three buttons on a standard control pad, there are only two buttons on a Sega Mouse, A and B, however unusually the unit places its C button on the ball itself - flipping the peripheral turns it into a clickable trackball device.
North America did not receive the Sega Mouse, but instead the Mega Mouse, a similar but larger unit which added the missing Start button and scrapped the clickable trackball. The Mega Mouse was distributed with a red/black mouse mat, and its awkwardly placed Start button comes at a disadvantage to left-handed users. Supposedly there are alo some compatibility issues between the two mice, but this needs to be investigated.
Few games were created to take advantage of the Sega/Mega Mouse, and contrary to popular belief, Art Alive! (seen as the direct rival to Mario Paint) did not have mouse support. There were no Sega 32X games with mouse support.
Sega Retro wrote:Compatible Games
Mega Drive
Body Count (1994)
Cannon Fodder (1994)
Janou Touryuumon (1993)
Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (1994)
Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu (1994)
Nobunaga no Yabou: Haouden (1994)
Nobunaga's Ambition (1993)
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye (1994)
Two Tribes: Populous II (1993)
Wacky Worlds (1994)
Mega CD
Dungeon Master II: Skullkeep (1994)
Eye of the Beholder (1994)
Mansion of Hidden Souls (Yumemi Mystery Mansion) (1993)
Mad Dog McCree (1993)
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra (1993)
My Paint: The Animated Paint Program (1994)
Nobunaga no Yabou: Haouden (1994)
Panic! (1993)
Rise of the Dragon: A Blade Hunter Mystery (1992)
The Secret of Monkey Island (1992)
Shin Megami Tensei (1994)
Shining Force CD (1994)
Sim Earth (1993)
StarBlade (1994)
Urusei Yatsura: Dear My Friends (1994)
Warau Salesman (1993)
