Sega Mega Drive Classic Game Retro Console 81 Built-In Games

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The Sega Genesis Mini, known as the Mega Drive Mini in regions outside of North America, is a dedicated console modeled on the Sega Genesis. In addition to these titles, the game includes two bonus games, Darius and Tetris, which are new conversions made for the Mini system that were previously never released for the original console.

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The PlayStation Classic released to celebrate Sony's first foray into console gaming landed with the force of a bomb. It was released in North America and Japan in September 2019 and in Europe and the Middle East in October 2019.

Launched with the EXP is the IREM collection and it comes with pre-installed Capcom games; overall you get 24 games, including Street Fighter II, Final Fight, Breath of Fire and R-Type. Project Jupiter was initially planned as a new version of the Genesis, with an upgraded color palette and a lower cost than the Saturn, and limited 3D capabilities thanks to integration of ideas from the development of the Sega Virtua Processor chip. In Japan, the Mega Drive fared poorly against its two main competitors, Nintendo's Super Famicom and NEC's PC Engine, but it achieved considerable success in North America, Brazil, and Europe. Vinte anos depois, Master System e Mega Drive vendem 150 mil unidades por ano no Brasil" (in Portuguese).

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In 1995, Sega announced a shift in focus to its new console, the Saturn, and discontinued advertising for Genesis hardware. Additionally, I was told that the marketing group would be contacting a known character designer (I won't reveal the name, but it made me cringe at the time) to make a character that showed exactly what the American market needed. Shiraiwa said this more mature look helped to target the Mega Drive to all ages, unlike the Famicom, which was aimed primarily at children.

The Saturn was released on May 11, 1995, [159] four months earlier than its originally intended release date of September 2, 1995. When they started getting heat about this game, then they adopted the rating system and put ratings on it. It can be plugged in and played or charged using the micro-USB connection (open the cabinet's back panel just like the real thing).

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Sega released two add-ons to increase the Genesis capabilities: a CD peripheral, the Sega CD (Mega-CD outside North America and Brazil), and a 32-bit peripheral, the Sega 32X.

While a new generation of home game systems got all the hype in '95, the older 16-bit machines still jumped off the shelves. The slight downside to the SNK Neo Geo Mini is it omits some of the fighting games found on the Japanese release for a broader selection of titles.