While the original Genesis Mini was modeled on the initial design of the Genesis/Mega Drive hardware, the Mega Drive Mini 2 is a re-creation of the redesigned "model 2" version of the console that came out circa 1994. Advertisementįurther Reading Sega’s tiny Game Gear Micro is 92% smaller than the originalĮvery aspect of the hardware's design is lovingly detailed and true to the original. New Mega Drive games have also made the cut, including Virtua Racing and Thunder Force IV, and a version of the Sega arcade game Fantasy Zone has also been thrown in for good measure (the original Genesis Mini includes Super Fantasy Zone, the Genesis-native entry in the franchise). The Mega Drive Mini 2 will include an entirely different 50-game lineup, anchored by Sega CD titles like Sonic the Hedgehog CD and Shining Force CD.
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The console will cost 9,980 yen before tax at just under $80, this is in line with the pricing of earlier mini-consoles. Sega is going back to the well one more time with the Mega Drive Mini 2, which will be released in Japan this October (the Mega Drive was what the Genesis was called outside of the US). The company's mini-Game Gear was also the first officially licensed device to make the mini-console fad portable.
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#Sega emulator console software
Sega's Genesis Mini console was one of the only officially licensed retro emulation boxes that came close to the NES and SNES Classics' combination of software quality and hardware authenticity, even if its emulation wasn't quite perfect and its game selection was missing some heavy hitters. Further Reading Sega Genesis Mini review: $80 delivers a ton of blast-processing fun