Mega Drive Mini, and now... Mega Drive Mini 2!

[the_debaser]

Robbing bastards. I’ll pony up anyway. 

[MagicalDrop]

Pre-ordered, if only to prolong the procrastination as to whether I will ever get more than 5 hrs use out of it. Apart from yet another attempt to see the end of Rainbow Islands. 

[Fry Crayola]

Given how little I've used my MD Mini 1, that price is unfortunately too high for what would basically be a nice looking ornament after a while.

[SMD]

You could sell that now and make your money back or more, let alone what you'd get for it in a few years when the collectors start mobilising.

[Phantoon]

Do we know for certain it's 60Hz games?

[SMD]

For some bizarre reason this got posted to the Sega of America Youtube channel:

 

 

Spoiler: confirmation that the lineup is exactly the same as the US version.

[Ninja Doctor]

Preordered but probably gonna cancel later to the date unless they announce some hidden stuff. 

[Keyboard Koala]

No doubt @dumpster will soon turn it into a fantastic emulation machine. 

 

Jk, can't wait for the tutorial to hack it and put the entire Mega-CD library (all 20 games!!) on it.

[DarhkFox]

Can you put mega cd games on the  hacked previous megadrive mini?

[Down by Law]

8 hours ago, DarhkFox said:

Can you put mega cd games on the  hacked previous megadrive mini?

Yes but you needed to install retroarch cores on it because it required bios files, and the stock M2 emulator wasn't designed for cd games so you had to use Gens or Genesis Plus etc. You could use the original frontend, even add boxart and synopsis, like I did for Snatcher below, but once you were in the game you had to use the retroarch frontend which was a bit of a bastard with a mega drive controller.

 

Also, you needed a USB stick to host the CD titles as the on board storage is 512mb IIRC. This new MDMini2 is 8gb apparently which would explain some of the price increase.

 

 

That's one of the reasons I'm excited for this, should be able to add further cd games but using the original frontend/save states to keep it as legit as possible. 

 

Just hope they've taken another pass at the CRT filter as the first was too dark and soft. 

 

These won't stay in stock long so get an order in that you can always cancel closer to release

 

[Zombait]

That price!! It has a few classic multi-player games and only comes with one controller? WTF 😵

[disperse and recoagulate]

35 minutes ago, Zombait said:

It has a few classic multi-player games and only comes with one controller?

Madness.

[Down by Law]

Is anyone genuinelly hard up for USB controllers these days though? I have at least 5 that would work on this, and if not you can always buy a USB retrobit Mega Drive or Saturn pad for about a tenner on amazon. If you have an Astro Mini controller , MD1 mini controller, 2.4ghz 8bitdo etc etc they will all work no problems.

 

I've had a mini NES, SNES and MD Mini and the second controller have always ended up being spares in the boxes. Got no friends interested in retro though so that helps 🥴

[DarhkFox]

I know this thing has more games on it but I do feel the ones that are included are not that interesting to me. The original MD Mini was more appealing.

 

why couldn't they have included the sonic games for example? even if it was just repeating.

 

Mind if it can be hacked that sorts that issue out.

[moosegrinder]

8 minutes ago, DarhkFox said:

why couldn't they have included the sonic games for example? even if it was just repeating.

 

They've just released sonic origins. No way they're giving that shit away again.

[Down by Law]

They are making 1/10th of the units of the original Mega Drive Mini which is why only Amazon are selling it. This is more akin to the PC Engine mini, a niche device for big time nerds like us mukkers rather than the mainsteam appeal of the original unit which had the Disney and Sonic titles on. 

 

As for the later Sonic games outside of Sonic 3D (which is on this) they want you to buy Sonic Origins for those.

 

 

[Keyboard Koala]

Aaaaand they're gone. Effin' lucky I got one. 

[MW_Jimmy]

Updated title - don't want folks thinking they are still available.

 

I didn't go for it in the end - I think that it's perfectly targeted to the enthusiast Sega fan but the Mega CD titles were just a little bit too disappointing. I have the first one and it's already setup to be the perfect Megadrive for me. 

[Down by Law]

With only 1/10th the supply of the below I dread to think of the resale market for the Mini 2 ! 

[moosegrinder]

Never use Amazon marketplace as a metric for the value of something. They're going for £80 - £120 on eBay (actual sold listings).

[Down by Law]

Oh i know. Those that only use Amazon (i.e more money than sense) will buy one of those though I guarantee it

[DarhkFox]

Went to buy one but oos.

[Ninja Doctor]

I’ll probably by hawking mine later for a reasonable 200% mark up. 

[keptbybees]

I've just managed to pre-order one now on Amazon, don't know if some more stock has become available.

[ox1973]

Yeah, back in stock on Amazon. I was wavering but have pre-ordered. The pull of the Mega CD games proved too strong in the end; one of my big gaming regrets is selling my Megadrive + Mega CD + games back in the mists of time (don't ask about the Neo Geo Pocket Colour, that's still too raw).

[Zombait]

Stock seems to be lasting well, either the price or the choice of games are putting folks off (Sonic makes a big difference?) or Sega have made more than what they claimed would only be 1/10th of units of the original 🤔

[Zombait]

7 days until it's released, is anyone excited about it at all? I think the price has put many off tbf. 

[dizogg]

I’ve preordered but thinking of cancelling. If anyone wants one but can’t get a pre order let me know.

[DarhkFox]

11 minutes ago, Zombait said:

7 days until it's released, is anyone excited about it at all? I think the price has put many off tbf. 

 

Of course I am! I'll get it, unbox it.. eventually hack it.. and it will stay on the shelf looking pretty 😋

 

To be honest with the games on it, i'm not massively excited but should keep me entertained for a bit till the hack is released.

[JamesC]

I'm still really looking forward to it.

The price takes some of the shine off but I think I'll have a lot of fun with it.