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The Sega Genesis Mini is a pint-sized reminder of everything great about SEGA
You don’t need a large package to be this good…
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The long-awaited Sega Genesis Mini is finally available to buy. Well, kind of, as you still have to wait until next month for it to ship.
Coming in at a fairly cheap $80, you get 42 games and two controllers for that cash, giving you everything you need to relive some couch gaming with a friend.
The Sega Genesis Mini is everything good about SEGA in a tiny package
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Okay, so growing up in the early 90’s you were either a SEGA or a Nintendo household. Some of my friends had both, which probably said more about their economic band than any console allegiance. Anyway, if you wanted family-friendly fun you went Ninty, if you wanted something a little bit racier, a little bit faster, a little bit more bonkers, the Sega Genesis was the place to be.
Everything from crazy characters like ToeJam & Earl, Earthworm Jim, Sonic, and my favorite ocean mine-clearer, Ecco the Dolphin to more standard stuff like Golden Axe and Altered Beast packed their way onto the console. Now you can relive those glory days when SEGA was actually a console maker with the Sega Genesis Mini.
Here’s the full list of ROMs on the Sega Genesis Mini:
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Space Harrier 2
- Shining Force
- Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
- ToeJam & Earl
- Comix Zone
- Altered Beast
- Gunstar Heroes
- Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
- World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
- Thunder Force III
- Super Fantasy Zone
- Shinobi III
- Streets of Rage 2
- Earthworm Jim
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2
- Contra: Hard Corps
- Landstalker
- Mega Man: The Wily Wars
- Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition
- Ghouls ‘n Ghosts
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
- Beyond Oasis
- Golden Axe
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
- Sonic The Hedgehog Spinball
- VectorMan
- Wonder Boy in Monster World
- Road Rash II
- Strider
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Alisia Dragoon
- Kid Chameleon
- Monster World IV
- Eternal Champions
- Columns
- Dynamite Headdy
- Light Crusader
- Tetris
- Darius
Anyway, grab one while they still last, if it’s anything like the other mini consoles it’ll be gone before you blink.
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