Sega Mega Drive Mini - anyone ordered/bought one?

[g3org3y]

Released today.

I never really played the Mega Drive, it was either NES or SNES but this was my wife's console of choice when growing up so I've bought one (for her )

Decent selection of games and reviews are v favourable.

Shame they decided to go for the original 3 button controller especially given they've released this with Street Fighter. S'pose I'll have to do my Street Fighting on the SNES mini (or buy 6 button pads).

To be this good takes SEGA.

[paul99]

I should have one delivered today. Will look great with the mini NES, SNES and Playstation classic gathering dust under the TV

I do like the small form factor, the feel of original pads and the plug and play nature of these mini consoles so ill keep collecting them if they are reasonable priced. There's a 'mini' PC Engine due out next year https://www.amazon.co.uk/Konami-PC-Engine-CoreGraf...

[Zoon]

paul99 said:

I should have one delivered today. Will look great with the mini NES, SNES and Playstation classic gathering dust under the TV

Not just me then.

[matrignano]

Received mine earlier!

Still at work so haven't opened it, the box is quite tiny, smaller than a shoe box.

I'll be very hangover tomorrow (and probably still on sunday too), so the timing is great

[Luke.]

I like it.

Massively pixelated, as to be expected, but quite a different vibe/look/feel/whatever from the mini Nintendo offerings.

Won't use it much, but nice to have.

[usn90]

No desert strike!!

I like golden axe but I have that and streets of rage on the saga PS4 classics

would buy for desert strike alone

[soad]

[g3org3y]

Zoon said:

paul99 said:

I should have one delivered today. Will look great with the mini NES, SNES and Playstation classic gathering dust under the TV

Not just me then.

+1 (apart from the Playstation Mini).

Played the SNES Mini twice, the NES Mini once but that's about it. I notice the prices of these are quite strong on Amazon.

The thing that gets most use tbh is my N64. Proper quality gaming. Would buy an N64 Mini if they made one...please Nintendo

[eltawater]

I gather the Japanese megadrive mini comes with the six button controller.

I'm using wii pro controllers on the snes mini for megadrive games so no issues with buttons there.

N64 games on the snes mini are mostly ok when using the wii pro controllers.

Would be interesting to see if sega have left the door open for modding!

[matrignano]

Just spent a good few hours getting Road Rash... it’s harder than I remembered!

[bristolbaron]

Tempting!
Give me a quick run down -
The 40 games are pre loaded?
Is there an online store to download more?
Will the machine take the original ‘cassettes’?
Will the machine take the original controllers?

I have an original mega drive and a stack of games in the loft. I never use that, I’d probably never use this, but I kind of need it

[eltawater]

bristolbaron said:

Tempting!
Give me a quick run down -
The 40 games are pre loaded?
Is there an online store to download more?
Will the machine take the original ‘cassettes’?
Will the machine take the original controllers?

Yes
No
No
No

[thebraketester]

Blimey its all come flooding back.... I loved the Wing Fortress levels on Sonic... that whole game was amazing in fact.

[g3org3y]

thebraketester said:

Blimey its all come flooding back.... I loved the Wing Fortress levels on Sonic... that whole game was amazing in fact.

You nostalgia you lose.

[ukaskew]

We've got a few Mega Drives but one of these under the TV is more practical, some great games.

The 8BitDo Wireless Mega Drive Controller works great with it and has 6 buttons, well worth investing.

[Rick_1138]

Got mine today as a treat after clearing out a ton of never to be used GW and Forge world stuff.

Put a chunk into savings so was an easy sell to the wife!

Played sonic 1 and 2 and a bit of ecco (swore...a LOT!)

Does anyone else feel in sonic the delay between pressing a button to jump and jumping is a noticeable delay, was getting annoying.

This was a thing in the emulation and cheaper sega 'retro' consoles but the mini wasnt supposed to have this issue as was official and was played about with to stop this.

[Outbound]

Raspberry Pi with Retropie installed= Ability to run all consoles up to PlayStation (not N64 very well) with as many ROM files as you can fit on the micro SD card of choice.

Can even put in a mini Megadrive case:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Retroflag-MEGAPi-Function...

[BaronVonVaderham]

usn90 said:

No desert strike!!

I like golden axe but I have that and streets of rage on the saga PS4 classics

would buy for desert strike alone

+ 1 and Jungle Strike too!

Am almost swung by Road Rash though...

[eltawater]

Currently available on ebay until 21st November for a smidge over £50 if you use the voucher code PRIZE20

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SEGA-Mega-Drive-Mini/38...