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SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive Mini: Review Thread
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It would be crazy hard to get the licenses going again. In the case of some of the Madden titles, you'd need to get 1) EA, 2) NFL (luckily EA has a deal in place), 3) NFLPA (they are taking a harder line to make sure Legends players get paid).
It would probably be so cost prohibitive.
They could go in an remove player names, but then you'd need the original files, and who knows if EA even has those...
It's truly a bummer - and anyone that works with sports leagues, knows how difficult they can be.
That's too bad, considering the number of action based games on the genesis that'd be a life saver. We'll definitely waiting to see how the hacking scene turns out
Just for future reference. If you want to refer to a hard drive, use HDD for hard drive disk. Use SSD for solid state drive. Since HDDs are slowly being replaced by SSDs in many applications, using hard drive or HDD has fallen out of fashion when talking about storage space since it's not applicable many times, especially in smaller devices where you're talking about neither and just getting into flash memory (which is a lower quality version of what is used in SSDs).
If you want to know how much storage something has, just use the word storage as it's a catchall and you don't have to get some smart ass answer out of some dude on a forum who damn well knew what you meant.
Haven't played a good chunk of these games in ages. Don't think I'm gonna pick it up on release day but definitely before the end of the year.
Does anyone know if the Hori Fighting Commander works with this when set to PC mode?
Amazon.com: HORI Fighting Commander for PlayStation 4 & 3 Officially Licensed by Sony - PlayStation 4: Video Games
Amazon.com: HORI Fighting Commander for PlayStation 4 & 3 Officially Licensed by Sony - PlayStation 4: Video Games
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My gut feeling is that it won't be as popular as the Nintendo consoles. The thirst was real for those, and people were complaining nonstop about not being able to get one since they kept selling out. Who knows though, maybe they will take off like the Popeye's Chicken sandwich. I have no money to spare for one atm anyway.
You can choose any region in every model of Megadrive mini. It'll even change the box art to match the region.
Everything looks amazing but I'm going to cancel my preorder! I will pick it up later though.I gotta stop spending money on everything lol
You can play Puyo Puyo 2 this way too, instead of Mean Bean. Pretty cool.
I'm super interested/tempted to get this, but I have a SNES and PS Classic that I hardly ever play, and I own all my favourites from this on the Mega Drive anyway.
Still, glad to hear it's really good, after years of crappy Mega Drive plug and plays.
Still, glad to hear it's really good, after years of crappy Mega Drive plug and plays.
Beautiful thanks!
Amazing! Well, guess I'm going to buy one!
to clarify, everything CAN run at 60 hz, but there are games on the collection that, when you select the EU option, run at 50 hz optimized. So for certain games, it has both a 50hz and 60hz toggle.
Same for me. It's near the top of my all time list.
Unfortunately, what made it great for me is not what I'm getting in the box.
This was our go-to party console in the college dorm in the early to mid 1990s
Many long nights spent playing NBA Jam, Madden 95, NHL 94, Mortal Kombat, and Street Fighter II SCE with all the people that lived on my hall. It was THE ultimate multiplayer console.
As mentioned in the Kotaku review though, due to the licensing issues, all those games that helped it become a serious challenger to Nintendo, are not going to be found here.
If you change the region, Mean Bean disappears and it gets replaced with Puyo Puyo 2.
The Rerez video claims that the Mini randomly adds a second input to whatever you press and it can ruin the experience. I think it starts at 6:26 in this video.
Finished paying off my pre-order Tuesday. I'm more excited for this than any other September release. The Genesis was the first console I played. It was passed down from my parents in the late '90's. I wasn't around for it's heyday, so it's really cool to be able to buy a "new" Genesis and play a lot of the games I grew up with
I got the US, JPN, and Asia versions ordered, and I also have the Megadrive Tower of Power preordered as well.
Can't wait
Can't wait
Yeah, all the sports games missing is a bit of a bummer. Would have been great to at least get Mutant League Hockey or something unlicensed to get gameplay representative of that era of EA Sports titles.
At least you can switch the region to JP and play the version of Contra that's actually reasonably balanced.
So is there any reason to not just buy the Japanese version that comes with the 6 button controller? (Aside from potential importing costs/surcharges)
all 3 versions listed have different games, there is no one single version of this that has all the titles.
They include different games.
Specifically, on any version of this device, you can change the region for the games included in that particular console, but the three different versions of the console include a different subset of games.
why does it not get replaced w/ puyo puyo 1. that is the question i'm asking
I guess it's different strokes for different folks because the Japanese action games are pretty much what defined the system for me-- not Acclaim ports of Midway arcade games or sports titles.
Excellent reviews all around, can't wait to get mine and will also be getting one for a friend as a gift.
This is another the reason I cancel my preorder! My SNES classic is just sitting here. I love it tho. I'm going to pick this up a lil later.
Ah yes! How can I forget that. You must be a similar age to me. Remember even my non hockey friends crowding around to take me on in NHL 94. Was such an awesome time for gaming.
So do I, shame they neglected the rest of the world with these add ons
Japanese action games were my most played type of game on the system, too, but I also spent a lot of multiplayer time with more mainstream gaming friends playing stuff like EA Sports and Mortal Kombat. It was just a great system for everyone because of the variety. It had games for the hardcore crowd and what people call "dudebro" games today. It was also the best place for Euro-style games if you didn't have the money for an Amiga. Many of my defining Genesis games (Mystic Defender, NHL Hockey, Flashback, etc.) aren't even on the mini but the line up is still incredible.
Yeah, most of my friends were really into NHL Hockey on it esp. I never really got into sports games though.
Played the shit out of Mortal Kombat tho :P
People keep expressing interest in hacking this thing to add more games onto it but tbh I'm more interested in the reverse.
I want to see specifically what, if anything, they did to tinker with the games on the device itself, and perhaps port these versions of the games to other devices. Not just for new conversions like Darius but for everything else too.
I want to see specifically what, if anything, they did to tinker with the games on the device itself, and perhaps port these versions of the games to other devices. Not just for new conversions like Darius but for everything else too.
Ars Technica's review: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019...s-does-what-ninten-did-and-thats-good-enough/
So, yeah, we liked it. But I'm surprised to see more people not point out one fatal flaw with the three-button controller default + a system menu issue....
So, yeah, we liked it. But I'm surprised to see more people not point out one fatal flaw with the three-button controller default + a system menu issue....
Mean Bean gets replaced by Puyo Puyo 1, just to clarify
You can see it in the video in this IGN article. The box art for Mean Bean Machine is replaced by Puyo 1's
This is what Puyo 2's looks like
You can see it in the video in this IGN article. The box art for Mean Bean Machine is replaced by Puyo 1's
This is what Puyo 2's looks like
Because the full game list gets changed to the Japanese version :P.
What he's trying to tell you is that Mean Bean Machine gets replaced with Puyo 1, not Puyo 2.
It's been a long time since I touched SCE with a 3-button controller but doesn't start toggle punch and kick, rather than requiring you to hold for one or the other?