Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

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Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Medicine Man » Sat Mar 30, 2019 7:49 pm

I know various 3rd parties have been churning this shit out for years, but this one looks the real deal...

https://www.siliconera.com/2019/03/30/m ... by-region/

https://sega.jp/mdmini/feature.html

http://genesismini.sega.com/
Sega Genesis Mini/Mega Drive Mini will release worldwide on September 19, featuring 40 games, which will differ between North America, Europe, and Japan regions. There are two different SKUS, with one coming with one controller, and the other coming with two.

The Mega Drive Mini is being developed by M2, and is set to have new menu music by prolific former Sega composer Yuzo Koshiro. The physical unit itself has various sliding switches and you can also push down the cartridge slot cover, recreating the original console’s buttons. The console has HDMI output, and the Genesis/Mega Drive controllers are USB-based.

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Raid » Sat Mar 30, 2019 10:20 pm

Gosh. Who could have seen this coming?

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Alan » Sat Mar 30, 2019 11:06 pm

Skipped the Mastersystem :(
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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Medicine Man » Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:52 am

Pre-orders up on Amazon...

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NVMYB7K

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Raid » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:00 pm

I forget sometimes just how rubbish the original Mega Drive controllers were, especially when compared to the SNES ones. Half the number of buttons, with masses of unused space given that they were actually quite big.

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Medicine Man » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:22 pm

But you can hang them off your belt and pretend your Batman

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Drarok » Mon Apr 01, 2019 9:57 am

The Mega Drive D-Pad was and is vastly superior to the SNES one, though.
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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Mantis » Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:39 am

I really don't see the point in this one given that 'all time great' Mega Drive game collections with 30+ titles in have been available on both Steam and PSN/Xbox Live for years now.

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Medicine Man » Mon Apr 01, 2019 11:31 am

But look at the ikkle Mega Dwive.

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Alan » Mon Apr 01, 2019 12:11 pm

Woah, there were 30 good mega drive games?!
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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Animalmother » Mon Apr 01, 2019 12:59 pm

Streets of Rage series was great on it.

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by DjchunKfunK » Tue Apr 02, 2019 11:51 am

Mantis wrote:
Mon Apr 01, 2019 10:39 am
I really don't see the point in this one given that 'all time great' Mega Drive game collections with 30+ titles in have been available on both Steam and PSN/Xbox Live for years now.
The biggest reason is that M2 are doing the emulation and this is a cheaper way of getting all the titles together. M2 have been doing a stellar job with the stuff they have been bringing to Switch but it is quite pricey.

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Medicine Man » Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:34 pm

Another 10 games for the system announced today...

Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
World of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
Thunder Force 3
Super Fantasy Zone
Shinobi 3
Streets of Rage 2
Earthworm Jim
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Contra: Hard Corps
Landstalker

The original 10 announced...

Sonic the Hedgehog
Ecco the Dolphin
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Space Harrier 2
Shining Force
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
ToeJam & Earl
Comix Zone
Altered Beast
Gunstar Heroes

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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Tichinde » Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:23 am

Gunstar Heroes, Ecco, Altered Beast, Shinobi 3, SoR2.......

So bought......it can live in the drawer with my NES and SNES mini :D
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Re: Sega Mega Drive Mini - September 19

Post by Medicine Man » Tue Jun 04, 2019 6:53 pm

Final line-up announced...
Sonic The Hedgehog
Ecco the Dolphin
Castlevania: The New Generation
Space Harrier 2
Shining Force
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
ToeJam & Earl
Comix Zone
Altered Beast
Gunstar Heroes
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
Thunder Force 3
Super Fantasy Zone
Shinobi 3
Streets of Rage 2
Earthworm Jim
Sonic The Hedgehog 2
Probotector
Landstalker
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Street Fighter 2: Special Champion Edition
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Story of Thor
Golden Axe
Phantasy Star 4: The End of the Millennium
Sonic The Hedgehog Spinball
Vectorman
Wonder Boy in Monster World
Tetris
Darius
Road Rash 2
Strider
Virtua Fighter 2
Alisia Dragoon
Kid Chameleon
Monster World IV
Eternal Champions
Columns
Dynamite Headdy
Light Crusader
42 games all in.

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