Sega announce Megadrive Mini.

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Naah..he was hoping they would be sold out and sought after. But they weren't.

Didn't like the offers he got of £25 either.

LOL, oh my.

Reviews of them being crap would probably have helped him to decide not to do it!

Thought the only mini system to have the supply issue was the nes mini, there have been multiple minis after with no supply issues.
 
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Snes mini was also a little hard to track down. But there was constant restocks.

Wouldnt surprise me if there are stocks of the megadrive available. Just due to the sheer quantity of AtGames crap over the last few years.

Now Sega have realised that it could be a money maker, they're taking the Megadrive seriously again. Finally.
 
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Snes mini was also a little hard to track down. But there was constant restocks.

Wouldnt surprise me if there are stocks of the megadrive available. Just due to the sheer quantity of AtGames crap over the last few years.

Now Sega have realised that it could be a money maker, they're taking the Megadrive seriously again. Finally.

I cant commit to these devices until we know the hardware/emulation is done well. The PS1 version was apparently just awful in this regard. A good game list is one thing, but making a unit that runs it all as it should is another! Have more faith than the awful AT products we have seen before though
 
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The fact that M2 are on it gives me quite a lot of hope. Added to Sega dumping AtGames almost as soon as the backlash happened and then delayed it to make it right.

Yeah, feeling distinctly positive about this one.
 
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Next list of games:

Beyond Oasis
Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Golden Axe
Phantasy Star IV
Street Fighter II
Mega Man: Wily Wars
Sonic Spinball
Vectorman
Wonder Boy in Monster World
 
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Next list of games:

Beyond Oasis
Ghouls 'N Ghosts
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Golden Axe
Phantasy Star IV
Street Fighter II
Mega Man: Wily Wars
Sonic Spinball
Vectorman
Wonder Boy in Monster World

Some good games there.

Japan gets a slightly different 10 again.

Daimakaimura (Ghouls 'n Ghosts)
Street Fighter II Dash Plus: Champion Edition
Rockman: Mega World (Mega Man: The Wily Wars)
Golden Axe
The Super Shinobi (The Revenge of Shinobi)
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light
Puzzle & Action: Tant-R
Party Quiz Mega Q
Yu Yu Hakusho Makyo Toitsusen

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And a 6 button controller will be available. But from Retrobit.
http://retro-bit.com/sega-collaboration

Licensed from Sega. August 2019 release.
 
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So, 30 of the 40 games announced and today we get the final 12 (!) games announced. Yup, it's got 42 games now.

US/EU

Alisia Dragoon
Columns
Darius (New version)
Dynamite Headdy
Eternal Champions
Kid Chameleon
Light Crusader
Monster World IV
Road Rash II
Strider
Tetris (Previously unreleased version)
Virtua Fighter 2

Japan

Alisia Dragoon
Assault Suits Leynos
Columns
Darius (New version)
Dynamite Headdy
Langrisser II
Lord Monarch
Monster World IV
Road Rash II
Slap Fight MD
Snow Bros
Tetris (Previously unreleased version)


So, no Sonic 3, no Boogerman, no Desert/Jungle/Urban Strike, no Splatterhouse...

But, you can get a MegaCD, 32X and cartridges for it. :eek:

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Cosmetic only, but I may try to get a MegaCD.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...d_cartridges_for_sega_mega_drive_genesis_mini

So all they need to do now get it more like a Nintendo product and not a Sony/SNK product. With M2 doing the software side, I'm hopeful there.
 
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Taken from NintendoLife - complete games list for the 3(!) versions, showing the exclusives for each region.

Western Region

Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle (region exclusive)
Altered Beast (region exclusive)
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (region exclusive, sort of - it's essentially a reskinned Puyo Puyo)
Earthworm Jim (region exclusive)
Ecco the Dolphin (region exclusive)
Eternal Champions (region exclusive)
Kid Chameleon (region exclusive)
Light Crusader (region exclusive)
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (region exclusive)
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball (region exclusive)
ToeJam & Earl (region exclusive)
Vectorman (region exclusive)
Virtua Fighter 2 (region exclusive)
Alisia Dragoon
Beyond Oasis (The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Comix Zone
Columns
Contra: Hard Corps
Darius - brand new port!
Dynamite Headdy
Ghouls 'n Ghosts
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Landstalker
Mega Man: The Wily Wars
Monster World IV
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Road Rash II
Shining Force
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Space Harrier II
Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition
Streets of Rage 2
Strider
Super Fantasy Zone
Tetris - ridiculously rare version!
Thunder Force III
Wonder Boy in Monster World
World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

Japanese Region

Dyna Brothers 2 (region exclusive)
Lord Monarch (region exclusive)
Madou Monogatari I (region exclusive)
Party Quiz Mega Q (region exclusive)
Rent A Hero (region exclusive)
The Hybrid Front (region exclusive)
Yu Yu Hakusho Makyo Toitsusen (region exclusive)
Assault Suits Leynos (JP and Asia only)
Game no Kanzume Otokoyou - a Japan-only Sega Channel compilation featuring the following twelve games: 16t, Flicky, Putter Golf, Hyper Marbles, Shi no Meikyuu, Medal City, Paddle Fighter, Ikasuze! Koi no Doki Doki, Penguin Land MD, Pyramid Magic, Robot Battler, Teddy Boy Blues and Aworg (JP and Asia only)
Langrisser II (JP and Asia only)
MUSHA Aleste (JP and Asia only)
Wrestleball (Powerball) (JP and Asia only)
Puyo Puyo 2 (JP and Asia only)
Puzzle & Action: Tant-R (JP and Asia only)
Slap Fight MD (JP and Asia only)
Snow Bros. (JP and Asia only)
The Revenge of Shinobi (The Super Shinobi) (JP and Asia only)
Alisia Dragoon
Beyond Oasis (The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light)
Castlevania Bloodlines (Vampire Killer)
Comix Zone
Columns
Contra: Hard Corps
Darius
Dynamite Headdy
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (Daimakaimura)
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Landstalker
Mega Man: The Wily Wars (Rockman: Mega World)
Monster World IV
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Road Rash II
Shining Force
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Space Harrier II
Street Fighter II Dash Plus: Champion Edition
Streets of Rage II (Bare Knuckle II)
Super Fantasy Zone
Tetris
Thunder Force III
World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck

Asian Region

Alien Soldier (region exclusive)
Puyo Puyo (region exclusive)
Out Run 2019 (region exclusive)
Shining Force II (region exclusive)
Sword of Vermilion (region exclusive)
Alisia Dragoon
Assault Suits Leynos
Beyond Oasis (The Story of Thor: A Successor of the Light)
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Comix Zone
Columns
Contra: Hard Corps
Daimakaimura (Ghouls 'n Ghosts)
Darius
Game no Kanzume Otokoyou
Golden Axe
Gunstar Heroes
Landstalker
Langrisser II
Mega Man: The Wily Wars (Rockman: Mega World)
Monster World IV
Musha Aleste
Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
Puyo Puyo 2
Puzzle & Action: Tant-R
Road Rash II
Shining Force
Slap Fight MD
Snow Bros.
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Space Harrier II
Streets of Rage II (Bare Knuckle II)
Strider
Super Fantasy Zone
Tetris
The Super Shinobi (The Revenge of Shinobi)
Thunder Force III
Wonder Boy in Monster World
World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
Wrestleball (Powerball)
 
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Cosmetic only, but I may try to get a MegaCD.

Obvs that is cosmetic only but are any of the games in that list either the 32X enhanced versions or mega CD games (IIRC mega CD games were a bit crap overall and were just trying to show off the "graphics" with some paint by numbers "push up now" instructions)?
 
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Obvs that is cosmetic only but are any of the games in that list either the 32X enhanced versions or mega CD games (IIRC mega CD games were a bit crap overall and were just trying to show off the "graphics" with some paint by numbers "push up now" instructions)?

Nope. All plain Megadrive.
 
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Obvs that is cosmetic only but are any of the games in that list either the 32X enhanced versions or mega CD games (IIRC mega CD games were a bit crap overall and were just trying to show off the "graphics" with some paint by numbers "push up now" instructions)?

Overall a bit rubbish as you say, but Sonic CD is arguably the best sonic game!
 
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