Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Mini Releasing Worldwide This September

During SEGA FES 2019 livestream in Japan, SEGA revealed their own classic consoles coming this September 19th. The consoles will be modeled after the Mega Drive and SEGA Genesis.

The US the Mega Drive would be branded as the Genesis. There will be 40 games in total, with 10 of them already revealed for both Japan and Western releases. 2 versions of the mini will be released with a USB-based controller with 6 buttons for JP and 3 buttons for western versions.

For Japan:

Castlevania Bloodlines

Comix Zone

Gunstar Heroes

MadÅ Monogatari

Puyo Puyo Tsu

Rent a Hero

Shining Force

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

Space Harrier 2

Wrestleball

Western versions will include:

Altered Beast

Castlevania Bloodlines

Comix Zone

Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine

Ecco the Dolphin

Gunstar Heroes

Shining Force

Sonic the Hedgehog

Space Harrier 2

Toejam & Earl

Classic consoles have been insanely popular since Nintendo released their own NES and SNES models. Both of which were in such short supply when they launched scalpers would resell them for hundreds of dollars more than MSVP. This became such an issue Nintendo limited sales to 1-per customer for the SNES Model.

Sony attempted to release their own console called the PlayStation Classic to less acclaim. Many complained about the lackluster selection of games. All of which the PAL regions version of the titles which featured a lower frame rate. The system would become heavily discounted in a short amount of time.

Adam Siddiqui, NoobFeed
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