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The Mega Drive Championships are series of competitions spanning the globe, which take place on the 16-bit Sega Mega Drive video games console. The pinnacle of all these tournaments is the European Mega Drive Championship, contested between representatives from different nations on the 16-bit console. The inaugural International contest was an Anglo-Irish Tournament held in England in 2007. The 2009 European Mega Drive Championship will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, in October.

AUT VINCERE AUT MORI

The latest European Tournament took place on Sunday 26th October 2008. The four and a half hour long battle was fierce and frantic, with each team fancying their chances of winning the league, from the first explosion of Mega Bomberman to the final blow of Street Fighter 2, the intense unquenching action pulsated around the hall. Germany and Portugal vied for top-spot, leaving England in their wake, the close and tense competition went down to the final game where Portugal were able to secure a final victory over Team Germany and claim the trophy as their own.

AUDENTIS FORTUNA IUVAT

Yet the International competitions are fuelled by some intensely passionate domestic events. The English league is the oldest surviving Mega Drive competition in the world and has been running since 2001. Since then the contests have expanded globally and now include four nations on two continents. Qualification for the European Mega Drive Championship has quickly become the focus of many of the competitions, with members eager to battle the elite from other countries. In October 2009 the games begin again...