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The definitive mini console of 2019, the SEGA Genesis Mini, has been completely revamped! Its improved hardware is tucked away in a new, compact design based on the SEGA Genesis Model 2. In addition, the console now comes with the 6-Button Control Pad. The controllers released for the SEGA Genesis Mini are also compatible.
Sega CD titles can be played on the SEGA Genesis Mini 2.
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And consumers wonder why Sega won't make a Saturn or Dreamcast Mini yet. It's because gamers are cheap and broke. "Chip shortage" = people won't pay current prices
I don't disagree with any of this, but "limited production" or "scarce" have always been vague terms, and it's even more difficult to tell how many of these have been produced. Obviously, the demand isn't there, although I have thoroughly enjoyed mine.
What is causing me to go on this tirade is when I seen this restock after the original amount sold out, SEGA pretty much exposed themselves this time as liars, without US division this company would of shot themselves in the foot way before the the Saturn and Dreamcast eras. You are correct that those terms are vague but to say it then when it was sold out just a few weeks ago just to be selling again with shipping eliminated showed how silver tongue the japan division operates with, but its all good though because tactics like this is what hurt them during the Saturn and Dreamcast era.
I'll be waiting till this Sega Mini 2 gets below $50 in price before I even consider buying one of these. Way overpriced for what you get. That's why I waited for the first Sega Mini to get discounted to $38 (tax included) before I bought mine...
This is not a good mini system. Games have input lag, some games worst than others. Even worse is the sound lag, which affects all games. Just hoping someone hacks it to make this thing more useful. Ending on a positive note, the system looks pretty 😉
I'm still waiting for mine, but for what it's worth, I read multiple professional reviews and they all specifically said there was no input lag. I have no lag on my mini 1 so I hope the same will be true here. Could be your setup but I'm sure you fiddled with it. Hope you get a good resale price if you can't get it to work. Heck, hope I get a good resale price if I can't get it to work 😉
Tempted but it looks like a lot of filler games. Maybe if it goes down to $50.
Bad take. Look at what some of these cartridges/CDs are going for. And that's if you can find a Sega CD that hasn't bricked itself. If you want to legally own these games, this is a solid option. The build quality is impressive. It's still just an emulator - no original hardware or simulated hardware via FPGAs. But this isn't a cheap AtGames knock-off.
~15 years ago, a girl borrowed my copy of Desert Strike and then ghosted me. I'm not spending $10-15 replacing it when I can just buy this.
I'll be waiting till this Sega Mini 2 gets below $50 in price before I even consider buying one of these. Way overpriced for what you get. That's why I waited for the first Sega Mini to get discounted to $38 (tax included) before I bought mine...
Owning both, this is considerably better in quality than the first Sega Mini. But I do agree that if you're patient, these will get much cheaper.
Also, for people repeatedly asking "why doesn't it have (insert game here?)" - Remember Sega released two consoles. The Mini 1 might have the games you'd rather be playing: https://genesismini.sega.com/
You're better off hunting down a Playstation Classic if that's what you want. That thing was hacked pretty much day one.
The cryptography password they used was SONY. No idea if they cared that little, or some engineer did us a solid making it that easy to hack. I'm guessing they didn't care, because they packaged some PAL games on an NTSC console, causing odd frame studdering.
But these did get down to ~$20 at one point. You know they were selling them at a loss. Used/refurb models still sell in the $15-20 range. Definitely a great option if you intend to mod the console to side-load other emulators or add additional legally purchased games.
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~15 years ago, a girl borrowed my copy of Desert Strike and then ghosted me. I'm not spending $10-15 replacing it when I can just buy this.
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Also, for people repeatedly asking "why doesn't it have (insert game here?)" - Remember Sega released two consoles. The Mini 1 might have the games you'd rather be playing:
https://genesismini.seg
But these did get down to ~$20 at one point. You know they were selling them at a loss. Used/refurb models still sell in the $15-20 range. Definitely a great option if you intend to mod the console to side-load other emulators or add additional legally purchased games.