Sega announce Megadrive Mini.

Tee Hee Johnson · 31 Jul 2019 at 21:35

dowie said:
Seems a bit silly not to include it then (especially as it is a Sega owned title) along with 32x enhanced versions of other games.

Sonic 3 appears to be missing too unfortunately.

Got to try have a little of everything, a bit for everyone

I have many a favourite game not on the lists, but I understand why.

dowie · 1 Aug 2019 at 00:46

Tee Hee Johnson said:
Got to try have a little of everything, a bit for everyone

I have many a favourite game not on the lists, but I understand why.

Sonic 3 is in the compilations they released before, like the PS3 etc.. I realise that others have some random favourites etc.. but that was their core offering/branded character etc.. so missing one seems a bit off.

Flibster · 14 Aug 2019 at 21:54

Well, the previews are sounding good.

https://www.polygon.com/2019/8/14/20805316/sega-genesis-mini-pre-review-mega-drive-retro

Flibster · 14 Aug 2019 at 23:28

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1161623505621807110

Interesting take away from this video... Change language to Japanese and get access to the Japanese versions of the games, for example Sonic the Hedgehog has extra scrolling and completed effects in the Japanese version.

ShiWarrior · 15 Aug 2019 at 19:59

no Double Dragon ?
im out

Cavallino · 16 Aug 2019 at 09:47

Folks, is this the one?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SEGA-Mega-...egadrive+mini&qid=1565943626&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I heard there is one already out but thats the naf one?

Flibster · 16 Aug 2019 at 12:10

Cavallino said:
Folks, is this the one?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SEGA-Mega-...egadrive+mini&qid=1565943626&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I heard there is one already out but thats the naf one?

Yup. That's the one.

The other versions are made by AtGames and are generally bad, occasionally terrible.

ShiWarrior · 16 Aug 2019 at 19:15

Cavallino said:
Folks, is this the one?
https://www.amazon.co.uk/SEGA-Mega-...egadrive+mini&qid=1565943626&s=gateway&sr=8-1

I heard there is one already out but thats the naf one?

thats the one, it says "BY SEGA" and also it says "Pre Order"

Cavallino · 16 Aug 2019 at 19:56

Yes I saw. Just a bit ocd about it

Huggie86 · 4 Oct 2019 at 17:01

Got mine today, It so small! Gonna be a great night on this with some beers

Muska · 4 Oct 2019 at 18:30

Amazon state mine as delivered to me yet been at work all day... Hopefully not a sticky fingered delivery driver.

marcus_667 · 4 Oct 2019 at 22:13

Been giving mine some stick had to email seller due to one pad being faulty apart from that all good

Flibster · 4 Oct 2019 at 23:49

Mine arrived this morning. Unboxed it. Not connected it up yet.
Really have no muscle memory of the pads. I was/am a Nintendo person.

panthro · 5 Oct 2019 at 20:58

Got mine yesterday. Tiny but well built. I never owned a megadrive back in the day (I had a game gear and a SNES) but enjoyed a couple of hours last night playing Sonic, Street of Rage 2 and Castle of Illusion.

dowie · 7 Oct 2019 at 18:53

How does this compare to other emulators - for example I got a Sega Megadrive games collection for the PS3 with 40 games, is the emulation with this thing going to be significantly better?

dowie · 7 Oct 2019 at 20:56

Also the EU and US versions seem to have 3 button controllers whereas the Japanese versions have the 6 button controllers (which cost nearly £20 each if purchased separately) - has anyone bought one of the Japanese versions on e-bay instead of a UK version?

Flibster · 8 Oct 2019 at 02:34

dowie said:
How does this compare to other emulators - for example I got a Sega Megadrive games collection for the PS3 with 40 games, is the emulation with this thing going to be significantly better?

It's about the same. They have found that the CPU is underclocked and on rare occasions can cause a stutter, but the guys who are looking ad modding them have found they can reset the clock and it works fine and sorts that out.

Other than that, it's nice. On a par with NES and SNES Classics. Well above the PS Classic.

Flibster · 14 Oct 2019 at 15:59

Turns out they've found some roms on the machine that have been hidden from the menu.

https://prnt.sc/pget2f - games on EU console (Aladdin, Mortal Kombat II)
https://prnt.sc/pgetbx - games on JP console (Gauntlet IV)
https://prnt.sc/pgetnx - games on US console

C'mon Project Lunar.

apostolis_kt · 6 Jan 2020 at 10:57

Flibster said:
Turns out they've found some roms on the machine that have been hidden from the menu.

https://prnt.sc/pget2f - games on EU console (Aladdin, Mortal Kombat II)
https://prnt.sc/pgetbx - games on JP console (Gauntlet IV)
https://prnt.sc/pgetnx - games on US console

C'mon Project Lunar.

Does it mean that they were there by Sega and not given access through the menu?

Got a mini mega drive for my gf and we both found it weird that Aladdin and MKII wasn't included. I have both on my original mega drive but still would be handy to have on this device.

Looking forward for Project lunar.

ShiWarrior · 6 Jan 2020 at 11:22

is there no Desert strike ?