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release = WW: October 27, 2022| | release = WW: October 27, 2022| | ||
added_to_museum = | added_to_museum = North America: March 23, 2023<br />Japan: May 7, 2024| | ||
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Unlike the original [[Sega Genesis Mini]], the Sega Genesis Mini 2 includes [[Sega CD]] games in addition to Sega Genesis games. | Unlike the original [[Sega Genesis Mini]], the Sega Genesis Mini 2 includes [[Sega CD]] games in addition to Sega Genesis games. | ||
It also included ports of ''[[Space Harrier]]'' and ''[[Space Harrier II]]'' by M2 which use the 128KB extended VDP mode of the [[Sega TeraDrive]] [[computer]]. | |||
One six-button controller is included which connects to the console using a USB connection. The video is output through HDMI. | One six-button controller is included which connects to the console using a USB connection. The video is output through HDMI. | ||
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==Development== | ==Development== | ||
According to [[Yosuke Okunari]], a creative producer within Sega that also worked on the Sega Genesis Mini and the [[Game Gear Micro]], a miniature [[Sega Saturn]] or [[Dreamcast]] was considered for Sega's next mini console. However, the cost would be too | According to [[Yosuke Okunari]], a creative producer within Sega that also worked on the Sega Genesis Mini and the [[Game Gear Micro]], a miniature [[Sega Saturn]] or [[Dreamcast]] was considered for Sega's next mini console. However, the cost would be too high due to the microchip shortages caused by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. That shortage caused the price of the Game Gear Micro to be about one and a half times higher than initially projected, and Sega wanted a mini-console similar in price to the Sega Genesis Mini in order to maximize sales. Sega had access to the board used in the Sega Genesis Mini, however, it would not be powerful enough to run Saturn or Dreamcast games. Thus, a miniature console based on the Sega Genesis model 2 was chosen with a price point only slightly higher than the original Sega Genesis Mini. | ||
The Sega Mega Drive Mini was revealed on June 3, 2022. Sega | The Sega Mega Drive Mini was revealed on June 3, 2022. Sega increased its marketing in Japan and held most of its available hardware for the Japanese market. However, because the Sega Genesis Mini sold more in North America and Europe than in Japan, the Sega Genesis Mini 2 was a worldwide release. Due to microchip shortages, however, the stock of the Sega Genesis Mini 2 was lower than the original Sega Genesis Mini. | ||
==Games list== | ==Games list== | ||
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!| Notes | !| Notes | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Aah! Harimanada]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Aah! Harimanada (video game)|Aah! Harimanada]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[ | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Mega Soft]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[After Burner II]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[After Burner II]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[ | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Studio 128]]<br />[[Dempa]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Genesis | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Genesis | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Combat King: King Colossus]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Combat King: King Colossus]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega CS]]<br />[[Brainbusters]]<br />[[KNU]]<br />[[Team D-Axe]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ecco the Dolphin]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Novotrade International]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Novotrade International]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Sega CD | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ecco: The Tides of Time]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Ecco: The Tides of Time]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Novotrade International]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Novotrade International]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Sega CD | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egocentric Gambler: Mahjong Dojo]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Egocentric Gambler: Mahjong Dojo]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[ | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Yellow Horn]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Lunar: Eternal Blue]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Lunar: Eternal Blue]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Arts]]<br />[[Studio Alex | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Arts]]<br />[[Studio Alex]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega CD | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega CD | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Magical | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Magical Taruruto-kun (1992 video game)|Magical Taruruto-kun]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Freak]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Freak]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Magical Girl: Silky Lip]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Magical Girl: Silky Lip]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Freak]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Game Freak]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega CD | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Megapanel]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Megapanel]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[ | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Namcot]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[ | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Namco]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Phantasy Star II]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Phantasy Star II]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega R&D2]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega R&D2]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega AM1]]<br />[[CRI]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms III]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Koei]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Koei]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive/Mega CD | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega Drive/Mega CD | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Space Harrier]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Space Harrier]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Studio 128]]<br />[[M2]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Studio 128]]<br />[[M2]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | TeraDrive | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Space Harrier II]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Space Harrier II]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega R&D2]]<br />[[M2]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega R&D2]]<br />[[M2]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | TeraDrive | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | New port by [[M2]]. | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Spatter]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Spatter]]'' | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Starblade]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Starblade]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Namco]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Namco]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega CD | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | ||
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Wondermega Collection]]'' | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Wondermega Collection]]'' | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[JVC]] | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[JVC]] | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Mega CD | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | No | ||
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes | | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Yes |
Latest revision as of 23:20, 13 September 2024
Sega Genesis Mini 2 | |
Designer | M2 |
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Manufacturer | Sega |
CPU | 1.3 GHz Quad-Core ARM Cortex A7 |
Graphics | Mali-400 |
Memory | 256 MB |
Media | internal storage |
Released | WW: October 27, 2022 |
Added to Museum | North America: March 23, 2023 Japan: May 7, 2024 |
The Sega Genesis Mini 2, known as the Sega Mega Drive Mini 2 outside North America, is a miniature video game system by Sega.
It contains fifty built-in games, running on an emulator designed by M2, and is designed to resemble the second model of the Sega Genesis.
Unlike the original Sega Genesis Mini, the Sega Genesis Mini 2 includes Sega CD games in addition to Sega Genesis games.
It also included ports of Space Harrier and Space Harrier II by M2 which use the 128KB extended VDP mode of the Sega TeraDrive computer.
One six-button controller is included which connects to the console using a USB connection. The video is output through HDMI.
Sound selection
The Sega Genesis has both FM and PSG sound sources. As the sound was different between the two models, there is a choice of playing music and sound effects as they would sound on a model 1 or a model 2.
Development
According to Yosuke Okunari, a creative producer within Sega that also worked on the Sega Genesis Mini and the Game Gear Micro, a miniature Sega Saturn or Dreamcast was considered for Sega's next mini console. However, the cost would be too high due to the microchip shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. That shortage caused the price of the Game Gear Micro to be about one and a half times higher than initially projected, and Sega wanted a mini-console similar in price to the Sega Genesis Mini in order to maximize sales. Sega had access to the board used in the Sega Genesis Mini, however, it would not be powerful enough to run Saturn or Dreamcast games. Thus, a miniature console based on the Sega Genesis model 2 was chosen with a price point only slightly higher than the original Sega Genesis Mini.
The Sega Mega Drive Mini was revealed on June 3, 2022. Sega increased its marketing in Japan and held most of its available hardware for the Japanese market. However, because the Sega Genesis Mini sold more in North America and Europe than in Japan, the Sega Genesis Mini 2 was a worldwide release. Due to microchip shortages, however, the stock of the Sega Genesis Mini 2 was lower than the original Sega Genesis Mini.
Games list
Fifty games are included in the Sega Drive Mini 2.