Sega Mega Drive Mini announced

[Arthur]

https://twitter.com/SEGA_OFFICIAL/status/984972055777918976

 

 

 

www.polygon.com/2018/4/13/17237000/sega-mega-drive-mini-classic-edition

 

To commemorate the console's upcoming 30th anniversary, Sega took the opportunity to unveil its own miniature "classic edition" version of the legendary 16-bit Genesis (or, as it was called in the rest of the world, the Mega Drive). The so-called "Mega Drive Mini" will be released in Japan first, with "the US and other territories later this year," according to AtGames, whose technology will power the console.

 

Just last week, Sega's COO said the company was interested in getting back into the hardware business, following the explosive success of Nintendo's classic reissues. Sega famously exited the hardware business after the failure of the Sega Dreamcast in 2001.

 

https://twitter.com/capnsmak/status/982813766172725250

 

As promising as that sounds, the source interview linked suggested that Sega would opt to distribute the AtGames Mega Drive Flashback which, per the review above ... is not great. The model in the image above, with a cleaner version shared by Sega on Twitter which you can see below, doesn't resemble AtGames' previous offering. For starters, it's smaller than the Flashback console, missing a full-sized cartridge post and adding the console's original volume slider.

 

Of course, we don't know many details about the Mega Drive Mini, though AtGames is answering some things in the replies to this post. In response to a question about the inclusion of a rewind feature, like the one featured in the Flashback console, AtGames said it will let "Sega announce all of the features, but yes, it will have the basics like that." Asked whether Sonic 3 will be included, AtGames replied that it wouldn't be included because it "has license issues with the music." As for how it differs from last year's Flashback unit, AtGames said, "Different emulation, additional features, etc." adding that, while the Japanese version pictured above clearly has no cartridge slot, "other territories will have cartridge slots."

[sted]

id rather have a dreamcast mini tbh as most of the megadrive games youd want are on xbox/ps4/pc anyway a lot of dreamcast games arnt

[bald_pig]

I'll stick to the original consoles! I have a dreamcast and megadrive already

[Tesla]

I got the DC, couldn't get my old man to part with the MD when i left, (Or the Sega Saturn!)

[sted]

I'll stick to the original consoles! I have a dreamcast and megadrive already

 

my dreamcast is becoming unreliable but im not 100% sure if thats the new vga adapter (my old one died) or not as i dont really want to run it on a 42" screen(only thing i have with a scart on it) i cant imagine it blows up to that size well but its ok on my 24"monitor. i even ordered a new old stock msr to see if it was just that as my disk was a bit worse for wear but it still crashes a fair bit

[Tesla]

Yup. DC disks were a nightmare (THE GD-Rom format used basically had something like 4X as much density of storage on it, so a scratch on that was 4x worse than one on a regular CD)...the battery on my DC is failing, i always have to set date and time.

[sted]

Yup. DC disks were a nightmare (THE GD-Rom format used basically had something like 4X as much density of storage on it, so a scratch on that was 4x worse than one on a regular CD)...the battery on my DC is failing, i always have to set date and time.

 

yeah that as well but even the new copy of msr crashes a lot and the drive sounds odd so i think its had it but for an 18 year old device i cant grumble too much

[bald_pig]

Belt is going on mine, last time I played it I had to start spinning the disc by hand before closing the lid!

[flyinghaggis]

I was excited about this until I realised ............ATgames are manufacturing it!

 

 

AtGames Confirms It's Making The Mega Drive Mini, Then Deletes Tweet - Nintendo Life

Edited April 17, 2018 by flyinghaggis

[Davit2005]

Got the C64 Mini .

 

Summer Games, Winter Games, Pitstop, Speedball, and a whole load more. Even has access to a Commodore basic emulator.

 

https://thec64.com/games/

Edited April 17, 2018 by Davit2005

[Arthur]

I was excited about this until I realised ............ATgames are manufacturing it!

Not any more!

 

Sega Mega Drive Mini retro console arrives in September

 

Sega has revealed little information about the technical spec beneath the familiar console casing. At first, it was reported that retro hardware specialist AtGames would be handling the Mega Drive emulation – the company has previously produced a range of Sega console clones. However, fans expressed concerns about the quality of previous AtGames devices, and in September 2018, Sega tweeted that it would be working with an alternative partner to produce the software emulation for the Mega Drive Mini.

 

https://twitter.com/SEGA_OFFICIAL/status/1042216730049753090

 

[Arthur]

The Mega Drive Mini is now available to pre-order from Amazon.

 

www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NVMYB7K (£69.99)

 

 

^ Cheaper than a Mega Sg, although not as good.

Edited April 22, 2019 by Arthur

[Norphy]

Bah. No Road Rash, no sale.

[Arthur]

Bah. No Road Rash, no sale.

There's still time.

 

[flyinghaggis]

Bah. No Road Rash, no sale.

 

I suspect that like the SNES, NES and Playstation mini it'll only take about a week after release until someone finds a way to add your own games!

 

But yeah, hopefully they can get EA on board with stuff like desert strike and road rash!

Edited April 22, 2019 by flyinghaggis

[sted]

my biggest issue is the Japanese version gets the 6 button controller we get the 3 (and the only megadrive i owned was a Japanese one as it was multiregion so i could play USA/Japanese games so the uk one just looks wrong to me not as wrong as calling it a genesis but still wrong)

[synaesthesia]

 

But yeah, hopefully they can get EA on board with stuff like desert strike and road rash!

 

Ha. Hahaha. Hahahhahahahahahhahahahahahaha.

 

You've as much hope as you have of getting EA to make a good game, reasonably unbroken on release and without being laden with a million cash making exercises.

 

 

Not a fan of these silly mini things, much rather get the originals!

[sted]

Ha. Hahaha. Hahahhahahahahahhahahahahahaha.

 

You've as much hope as you have of getting EA to make a good game, reasonably unbroken on release and without being laden with a million cash making exercises.

 

 

Not a fan of these silly mini things, much rather get the originals!

 

the main problem with the old ones is that modern tvs dont have scart making it hard to connect them up.

 

as to ea yeah id love desert strike or roadrash but i just dont see it happening (unless someone there wants some positive pr for a change) the fact they had to tweet that the new star wars game wouldnt have them shows you how much the game buying public trusts them these days

 

ea sports weve added a 1 and a boatload of ways to give us more cash than you paid for the game (not as pithy as ea sports its in teh game but more accurate these days)

[DJ-1701]

You had scart? I remember my mega drive had the old coax signal... doubt that will be tuned in on DTV. :/ Ironically have Scart though.

[synaesthesia]

Good point. Easy to convert though, but I suppose people really want "sharp" looking large boxes instead of composite/svideo quality The purists among us disagree!

And yeah, it's typically easy to convert older kit to use composite and RGB signals for some awesome image quality on modern kit!

[sted]

You had scart? I remember my mega drive had the old coax signal... doubt that will be tuned in on DTV. :/ Ironically have Scart though.

for as long as i can remember yes (i know my acorn electron was rf and i suspect my md and snes may of been to start with but after that yes. i was slightly shocked when i got a replacement dreamcast (mine went funny) and in the stuff that came with was an rf adapter, and in the case of the dreamcast i cant remember the last time i even used scart on that as vga was an option

[Arthur]

it's typically easy to convert older kit to use composite and RGB signals for some awesome image quality on modern kit!

Everything looks better with HDMI!

 

DCHDMI review: Dreamcast gets a digital video upgrade - and it's stunning

 

... the arrival of a hardware modification with a pristine HDMI output is an absolute gamechanger. There's no doubt about it - DCHDMI is the best way to play Dreamcast on a modern flat panel display.

 

This internal modification is the first and only fully digital solution for Dreamcast video output. It overcomes limitations typically encountered with other solutions while offering the sharpest possible video output from your Dreamcast console. Most of the modification is internal in nature, with the only external difference coming down to the inclusion of a mini-HDMI output on the rear of the console. It's entirely non-invasive to the standard operation of the Dreamcast, meaning that you can run the analogue video output in parallel with the new HDMI output.

 

But what makes this modification possible is the fact that Sega pioneered a pristine 480p output for its last console, a massive evolution over the prior gen's more standard 240p - and it was glorious, especially if you owned Sega's own VGA box. This works great on a classic PC monitor of this era but if you're trying to play the Dreamcast on an HDTV either via VGA or via some form of analogue to digital converter, there are issues to consider.

 

[Sonic007]

id rather have a dreamcast mini tbh as most of the megadrive games youd want are on xbox/ps4/pc anyway a lot of dreamcast games arnt

 

 

A mini dreamcast would be amazing. There have been reportds of getting an emulated version on the Pi but it doesnt run great.

[sted]

A mini dreamcast would be amazing. There have been reportds of getting an emulated version on the Pi but it doesnt run great.

 

is a pi up to running dreamcast games even under ideal conditions? im not sure it has the oomph

[Sonic007]

Yep exactly. It worked but terribly and didnt run half the games.

 

I'd love a mini Dreacast to play CrazyTaxi though. Loved that game.