By Jack Kirby’s New Gods, do I love the SEGA Mega
I still remember it, seeing the console running from behind the safety of a shop window and showing off all of its blast processing glory for Super Street Fighting II. That image of Ryu taking his fighting stance, lightning flashing above him and a Hadouken being fired out seconds later? Magical stuff on my young psyche, and a sign that South Africa was open for business.
Its been a few…decades since then, and as I watch my face instantly transform into an ocean of wrinkles, I’m looking at the rebirth of SEGA’s greatest console. The Sega Mega Drive Mini is its name, and the lovely-looking little device will finally be out on September 19 globally (which hopefully translates into a similar local release date here). In the US, the console will be called the Sega Genesis Mini. Sega says that there’ll be 40 games on the tiny console from launch, which so far includes the following ten games:
- Altered Beast
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Comix Zone
- Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Gunstar Heroes
- Shining Force
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Space Harrier II
- ToeJam and Earl
Hey that’s nine terrific games and Altered Beast! Nostalgia! The Sega Mega Drive Mini is currently priced at around £69.99/$79.99. I’ll update this post as soon as we get local word on its pricing and availability on our side of the globe.
Last Updated: April 1, 2019
Kromas
April 1, 2019 at 08:29
So is this real or fake cause today is the worst day to announce anything.
Geoffrey Tim
April 1, 2019 at 09:14
This is 100% real 🙂
It’s not being made by AT Games, who made the previous smaller mega drives (which were shit). It’s being done in house bey SEGA, so it might not be a hunk of garbage.
Captain JJ
April 1, 2019 at 08:43
I say we take everything as fake. Even Darryn’s existence.
HvR
April 1, 2019 at 09:03
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Kromas
April 1, 2019 at 08:50
Actually Darryn is like Santa or the Easter bunny. A lie our parents perpetuate so we keep our childlike wonder.
Captain JJ
April 1, 2019 at 08:50
XD This makes sense.
The D
April 1, 2019 at 09:37
MY MOM SAYS I’M REAL
Geoffrey Tim
April 1, 2019 at 09:14
This is 100% real 🙂
It’s not being made by AT Games, who made the previous smaller mega drives (which were shit). It’s being done in house bey SEGA, so it might not be a hunk of garbage.
Chris
April 1, 2019 at 08:29
Man I remember rocking Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine. It was like tetris with a twist.
Captain JJ
April 1, 2019 at 08:43
I really enjoyed Comix Zone. I have almost all of these games on Steam though, so if I had to get this it would purely be for the cool console…but that’s way too high a price for just that.
Original Heretic
April 1, 2019 at 09:48
Ecco! Man that was an awesome game.
And Shining Force is bloody marvellous, too. Man, jammed that for two days straight to finish it back in the day.
The D
April 1, 2019 at 09:55
I hope Story of Thor makes the cut, personally. That, and Urban Strike.
Dresden
April 1, 2019 at 09:55
+1 for Urban Strike!
Original Heretic
April 1, 2019 at 10:02
I loved all those Strike games.
Story of Thor! Man, I’d forgotten about that gem.