99.98% these were Dendy consoles. Forall I know, these consoles arrived here by Russian way, we even called the market where you could buy these things "the Russians", even though in practice they were Moldovans ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldova ).
But I'm not that attached to it, I bought myself a new Nintendo 8-bit NES clone and a Sega 16-bit Megadrive from Aliexpress along with cartridges which contain hundreds of games, so I'm settled.
The Sega Megadrive console from Aliexpress scratches an itch dating back to the 90s. At the time, in the "Russian" flea market there was a strange exhibit of a console which looked 100% as a Sega Megadrive, it looked like this: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gl4AAOSwqh5h8div/s-l1200.jpg
But worryingly, the "Russians" were telling us that it works with yellow Famicom cartridges. And there were no other cartridges for sale anyway, so no way to verify if it's some unholy bastard between NES and Sega. It cost double or triple of a regular Terminator2 and given that also cost a fortune at the time respective to my allowance money, I could only dream about buying it.
Found a few over the years on the Romanian olx ( https://www.olx.ro ) site but wasn't that curious, they are 100% pure Famicom in a Sega package (a sheep in a wolf's skin). I bought a true Sega clone from Aliexpress and the cartridge is different and the games are in another league compared to 8-bit. If I had that in the 90s, I'd have been the king of the village. We had a Street Fighter arcade in the village pub and the kids would crowd themselves along drunks to wonder at the spectacle when someone felt rich enough to pay for 2 minutes of entertainment.
I still have my Terminator2 console at home but doesn't power up anymore, otherwise it could fetch some 150 EUR on the flea market: https://www.olx.ro/d/oferta/consola-retro-terminator-2-endin...
But I'm not that attached to it, I bought myself a new Nintendo 8-bit NES clone and a Sega 16-bit Megadrive from Aliexpress along with cartridges which contain hundreds of games, so I'm settled.
The Sega Megadrive console from Aliexpress scratches an itch dating back to the 90s. At the time, in the "Russian" flea market there was a strange exhibit of a console which looked 100% as a Sega Megadrive, it looked like this: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/gl4AAOSwqh5h8div/s-l1200.jpg
But worryingly, the "Russians" were telling us that it works with yellow Famicom cartridges. And there were no other cartridges for sale anyway, so no way to verify if it's some unholy bastard between NES and Sega. It cost double or triple of a regular Terminator2 and given that also cost a fortune at the time respective to my allowance money, I could only dream about buying it.
Found a few over the years on the Romanian olx ( https://www.olx.ro ) site but wasn't that curious, they are 100% pure Famicom in a Sega package (a sheep in a wolf's skin). I bought a true Sega clone from Aliexpress and the cartridge is different and the games are in another league compared to 8-bit. If I had that in the 90s, I'd have been the king of the village. We had a Street Fighter arcade in the village pub and the kids would crowd themselves along drunks to wonder at the spectacle when someone felt rich enough to pay for 2 minutes of entertainment.