This makes me happy - Sega Genesis Mini 2
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
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Anthony is a Sega kid, so we got in the new Sega Genesis Mini 2 for him to take a look at. Is it a worthy successor, or should you stick to the original hardware?
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Awww
0:30 Comparison to the Mini 1
1:07 Included games
1:33 Unboxing
2:24 Checking out the console
3:52 Sponsor - iFixit
4:25 This thing is LIGHT
4:43 Powering it up and checking out settings
6:22 Playing Ecco the Dolphin and CRT filter comparison
7:57 Playing Lightning Force and trying Highspeed mode
9:11 Thoughts on included games
10:44 Teardown
12:00 Overall thoughts
12:25 Outro - Наука та технологія
the mini console industry is really capitalizing on the fact that their fanbase is overly nostalgic and is now old enough to have money themselves 😂
Yeah, and it's been that way for almost 20 years since the plug n play craze of the 00's, the Atari Flashback consoles, and then the crappy AT@Games SEGA Genesis mini consoles with piss poor sound that also took original Genesis carts with barely working IR controllers. So this is nothing new here, just the quality of the products have improved along with a slight price increase.
However I feel using OG hardware with flash cart solutions if you can afford it, or emulation will always be better.
I was kinda under the impression that the whole mini console thing flopped hard. I remember like 3 years ago Gamestop was clearing out the PS Classic for 20€, which considering the 100€ MSRP is insane. Even Nintendo who are not exactly the type to give any huge discounts cut the NES Mini price in half. Maybe in Japan and the US they sell like hotcakes, who knows.
@@KiinaSu I think if I remember right the PlayStation mini flopped mostly because they picked a crappy lineup of games but I don't feel like going back to check.
I have no problem with these as long as the emulation is good and the controllers are decent. It's simple to use, doesn't require owning a games collection to be legal, and if built well has a decent chance to still work fifteen years from now assuming we still have HDMI.
Yes that's the point
I'm not even a SEGA kid but enjoyed this a lot. Anthony's excitement about it is contagious.
Seeing him happy was a treat by itself.
agreed. I honestly don't really have as much of an interest in retro game stuff but I'm always looking forward to seeing him review these devices. Maybe one day I'll buy one :p
I've played the Genesis Collection on the PS3 and recognize some of the titles.
I love it when the UA-cam comment section unites to celebrate Anthony being great. He's just an all round loveable guy. I hope he sees these comments often :)
Always happy to see anthony happy.
He is a treasure to our community.
I enjoy hearing Anthony talk about literally anything to the point where I don't even skip over the sponsors he reads.
Right? He's the best
Haha yeah, he announces a sponsor spot and I'm just like "OK, good buddy, let's hear it"
It’s the acoustics of his multiple chins that baffle the spoken tones.
“I really like this - that’s why I’m gonna take it apart!” is such a relatable line
jeffrey dahmer Related for sure
@@Tampsey dude. No.
@@Tampsey I just commented the same thing lol
Haha yeah I lol'd at that line.
A Tech Quicky and now a ShortCircuit? It's officially Anthony day at LTT
And iFixit day.
Anthony is the true tech master in dojo LTT
The European Mega Drive 2 also had a power switch like that, and not the push button :)
This also depends on the model. My European ones all have a push button.
Anthony is not only very knowledgeable he also seems like a nice guy, he's got an honesty to him. Up there with one of my favorite tech guys 👍
I misread "Anthony in not very knowledgable" and I flipped the table and burned my own house down, but now that I re-read your comment... You're right!
@@mackado it's a thing, it did the same to me
Oh, this looks cute *clicks on amazon link in description > $600... yeh, nope.
I just clicked the link (and then the Amazon link at that page) and it shows $99 and change for the price.
I paid $140.00 for mine. But I also pre-ordered since July.. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@graphicsgod Me too.
Micro USB in 2022, I sense Anthony's disappointment
Even the USB-A on the front is somewhat disappointing. Nowhere the level of micro on the back of course.
I like micro USB. A simple connector to send some data and some power.
@@pinkpiano1794 USB-C all the things
Micro USB is flimsy, has a higher failure rate and the ports get damaged easier. Probably doesn't help that people try to connect them the wrong way.
Callum Leigh Montgomery
Why nerdy people cry about that, why you need other connectors, went mad?
You think it's faster on USB C plugs ? Nerdy people are the weird people here, we should only support gamers!
I love seeing things like this. Thanks, Anthony!!! Your videos are ALWAYS time well spent.
ECCO the dolphin 🐬 is honestly my favourite and most memorable game from my childhood. It is beautiful and terrifying at the same time!
I love seeing thing from my childhood brought back and being able to enjoy them again. I own a Sega Genesis model 2 and a handful of game, its nice seeing they put some of the hard to find and expensive one on the mini like crusader of centy.
I wonder if they will bring back tube tv and CRT monitors next for a more authentic feel LOL.
The genesis was the first console that I played way back in 95. Playing the mini classics were a nostalgia trip.
I bought this as the preorder came available. I love mine and it reminds me of one of my favorite systems growing up.
We need a mini show called ask Anthony. The people NEED THIS
Glad to see Anthony dominate the channels today :)
Ah that brings back memories, I had the same model of Mega Drive as a hand-me-down (though it had red power and reset buttons being the EU version).
I would get one. I was not a Sega kid and that has always haunted me. This being so clean looking really hits the retro kid in me.
If you don't have any history with them, it's just old crap !
After seeing the Atari 50 collection I really hope Sega puts out a product like that. We need more stuff like that. It's not just a collection of games, it's an archive with interviews.
I know right, i feel like they toss around collections but all of them just have one or two more games than the previous one, without a respectful emulation or any extras, this is one of the most added value product but still feels kind of short to me.
So I haven't bought one in years(No need imo) but didn't the Genesis Mega Collection stuff used to include extras like interviews and things of the sort? I remember getting it on the Xbox360 or the Gamecube or something at the time and seeing all kinds of extra video interviews and stuff like that. Granted it wasn't for everything, but it should be some extra stuff with it?
Anthony's passion is infectious. I'm not even a SEGA Kid but I want one of these.
I gifted the first Mini to my sister when she celebrated her 30th birthday.
I noticed when we played together that there were significant lag in, like, Sonic 2.
Read later online that you had to overclock it to make it run properly.
Just found your channel, this was great to see! Big fan of the older consoles in their new forms
It was a model 2 with a Sega CD that took up most of my teenage years. Sega CD was my jam with Working Designs at the helm.
Same here God I love my genesis model 2 and my SEGA CD!!!
Same. I remember playing the Sega CD Jurassic Park game and Ecco the Dolphin. Both frustrated the hell out of me back then, and watching playthroughs of them now on YT makes me be like "d'oh!"
Sega kid here as well! Sega Channel was THE BEST thing ever. I can't believe how ahead of it's time it was.
The Sega Channel was NUTS. I remember using it when I was young to play games like Streets of Rage or Sonic Spinball with my mom. Both games I haven't played in probably 20+ years.
I've still got my original Genesis model 1. Had so much fun with it growing up and managed to build up a decent library for it over the years.
Mine showed up about a month ago. Go to the settings and select Staff Credits. When the credits are running, you'll also see the Sega CD boot up screen. It's even got the music and Sega CD logo doing all that wacky stuff.
why you need that boot screen?
I wish Anthony would stream him playing all these.
I love this guy; consistently great videos -- Genesis was so great in its day
It's still great now. Timeless
That was a really informative video! Thank you. I just hacked a model 1 yesterday and wanted to see what the differences where down to the specs. Did you experience and latency with using the model 2 so far ?
This guy needs to make more videos, he is a plethora of useful nerd information and I love it! I'm so buying this 🤣
I was a Sega kid. Most of the games I had are not on the list but there are a few that I put a good amount of hours on. Nice to see some Sega CD games on there too. I had the genesis 2 along with Sega CD and 32x. Maybe ill have to try and pick one of these up.
The controls will be awful save your $$$
@@Edwardsjm too late 😬
@@Edwardsjm The controls are just fine.
This is cash grab on nostalgia. Just get a steam deck and emulate everything, more choices, more portable, more enjoyable. If I had to spend money on nostalgia I'd at least spend it sensibly.
@@zxbc1 because a steam deck is a sensible way to spend money... sensible would be using my unused pi 3 to emulate Sega games, but I don't want to mess with it, just want to sit back with my fam and play some classics.
I wasn't a Sega kid because my parents thought a SNES was enough, and you know it was in fairness, but now as an adult going back and playing these games and even new ones like Sonic Frontiers, I'd say I've become a Sega kid. This little mini-console looks great!
I still have the OG Sega Genisis model 2. With the Sega CD addon and a 32X. I have many fond memories playing games on that system.
OMG...I remember Testing for them in the Sonic and Night Trap days. It's a real eye opener as to how Games were made. All the crazy R&D gadgets I saw was awesome.
When we developed these titles, it was not any crazy, just very nerdy !
The real excitement was getting the most out of these systems, support as many colors as you can, using more space for textures
As if I needed more reasons to love Anthony. Sega was my childhood too man
I’m not even old enough to have been born when SEGA was in the console market, but this looks really cool.
As a young kid I grew up with a Sega Megadrive (Genesis 2) that had a region mod. The absolute most fun games I used to play on it were Gunstar Heroes and Blades of Vengeance
On Brazil the official Sega vendor on the 90's made a new edition on 2016, but it was based on the original hardware, not emulation, you could even engrave your name on the console, i got one on the time :D
The lack of games is the big issue; I don't want two genesis minis to get all of the games. I barely want one genesis mini to get games that I could otherwise emulate.
Anthony being a sega kid feels unsurprising but still surpriss
1) Anthony's making me want this despite my mini 1 currently sitting unused
2) "you can setup an emulator box for less than this with a raspberry pi" awful big assumption that we can get a raspberry pi
I picked up a pair of wireless 6 button controllers for my original genesis mini. They even have a home button built in. Add in project lunar, and you can't go wrong.
Retro Time is back! Anyway, it’s unfortunate that they can’t include Sonic 3 without having to change the OST.
The sega mega drive was really cool, surely brings nostalgia to my face 😂
Man this threw me back. I loved playing Vectorman 1 and 2 on my Genesis
I'm not gonna lie, this popped up on my feed and after some internal debate, I watched it. And I really enjoyed it. You really were indepth in reviewing everything. The only thing that appealed to me in the genesis 2 mini was the sega cd games, I was unfamiliar with the other games so I may have to check them out. I'm going to watch more of your vids though, im always on the lookout for more stuff to watch.
So...what aren't you going to lie about?
It's so frikin' CUUUUTTTEEE💕💕💕💕I'm so buying this, thanks Anthony!!
Never had the Sega Genesis but damn the games look so good!
I was definitely a sega model 2 kid. Playing vector man with my mother was a major core memory.
sure brings back memories, i still have the original Genesis and Master System in my closet with some games.
On the one hand, I get it. I even appreciate it. I burned through countless batteries (and pissed off a few airlines) rocking my Genesis Nomad back in the day. Some games, I miss.
On the other hand, I have to wonder, who doesn't want free money? I mean how hard could it possibly be to set up a cloud-based store where you can download additional titles for a dollar each? It's not like anyone is making sales on such old titles anymore. And ... err ... some people just might, you know, be playing them for free. So to offer a legit way to buy something that no one is paying for anymore, how is that not a business model for something like this?
Power of Gaming in palm of his hand.
Great video Anthony!
And thanks for the Project Lunar Mention :)
I was so glad to hear the nod to Phantasy Star 4 - while I grew up on both sides of the gaming rivalry ( I always got Sega before Nintendo products on each generation ) - Phantasy Star 4 and Shining Force 2 were my killer apps that sold me on sega back in the day.
One thing I think all these minis are missing - is expansion packs - they could release the base system with X number of games, then all they'd have to do is introduce cartridges with more games, which would make the profit margins much larger, and reduce having to have a whole slew of these floating around needing full on hookups.
Still play PS4 at least once a year, hoping to finish school before Christmas and spend a few days with Chaz and the gang!
Hope someday they will release one for the Dreamcast 😋
Well, if they're doing a Sega CD mini as mentioned in here, I imagine the Saturn/Dreamcast could both be up as well. Though neither of those consoles did that well, so a retro version might not be worth it. Especially as the Dreamcast was Segas last hurrah in terms of consoles.
@@entryofemotion12 Sega looked into doing a Saturn mini but said the R&D and manufacturing costs would not make it feasible.
@@Resimaster That's not surprising in the slightest honestly. Anything beyond the genesis just didn't sell that well. So I don't think they've get a good amount of sales for any of the later systems.
When I was a kid, megadrive was the shit.
Holy crap, this actually has some banger games. Clayfighter, Desert Strike, Gain Ground, Ristar. My Sega Channel days are flashing back hard right now. Only thing it's missing is Battletoads, Worms, Road Rash, Skitchin, and General Chaos.
Back then I loved the challenge of beating Sonic games with an Atari Joystick since the controller ports were near identical (had to whittle the joystick cable end to fit). No pause button but you only needed one button for jumping.
I'd love to try one of these out. Now, I hope at least someone else can relate to me here, but I never really grew up with any of these old consoles and games, and that's exactly why I find them fascinating. I like to try old games not because of nostalgia, but to see if there's anything good I missed out on.
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Really hope they make a Dreamcast one. Saturn has no chance but that would be cool also.
I would absolutely love a Dreamcast iteration of this. Although the problem is I don't think there would be that many games that would be considered classics. Shenmue for certain, maybe Power stone, a few others. Then again, a lot of the previous mini consoles seem to have just shoveled entire franchises on to their systems for the sake of filling out space on the box. I can still vividly remember the Christmas morning when I got my Dreamcast. I had been obsessed because the ads for the original shenmue have been running Non-Stop. I never told anybody I even wanted it because money was tight so I figured there wasn't any point. When I unwrapped it I wanted to know how they knew I even wanted it because one of the games they got me to go with it turned out to be Shenmue. Everyone insisted that they had no idea I wanted it, the console or the game, they just got it because they thought I would enjoy it.
@@Greshgore Oh there's plenty of classics for the Dreamcast. Jet Set Radio, Crazy Taxi 1 and 2(will probably require to change the OST tho), Virtua Tennis 1 and 2, Rez, Sonic Adventure 1 & 2, Soul Calibur, Omikron: The Nomad Soul, Grandia 2, Skies of Arcadia, Metropolis Street Racer, TrickStyle, Shenmue 1 and 2, Rayman 2, Chu Chu Rocket, Puyo Pop Fever (released only in Japan but localizing it wouldn't be very hard), Marvel Vs Capcom 2, RE:Code Veronica, Ikaruga, DOA2, Sega Rally 2, King of Fighters 99, Toy Commander, maybe you could throw some of the the NBA2K, NHL2K and NFL2K /2K1 /2K2 in there too.
You could probably also emulate some Naomi games such as Monkey Ball. And some Atomiswave games such KOF XI or Metal Slug 6, if SNK Playmore wants this of course. You could easily fit a DC mini with 30-40 games absolutely worth playing including 20 classics.
The problems are twofolds : 1) it requires much more power to be emulated correctly, not to mention that to this day DC emulation is far from perfect. 2) it'll need some beefed up flash storage, as Dreamcast games tend to occupy 1GB each, not to mention Shenmue occupying 3GB and Shenmue 2 occupying 4GB. A 64GB chip would probably be necessary, further increasing the costs of the DC Mini.
@@Liam3072 you're right I stand corrected I forgot how many of those were actually Dreamcast titles. I even was going to include Sonic Adventure 2 in there but I literally forgot for a Split Second that it was a Sega system so I thought there's no way to get the rights to Sonic LOL
My history for the 16 and 32 bit realm is Amiga but that's a nice little unit, some lovely MegaDrive titles on show there and extremely well emulated.
Excellent video 👍
I had the Gen 2 from my earliest childhood all the way up to my teen years. everyone else i knew had n64 or ps1-2 and i was still on my sega. they never just stopped working like nes or ps . i would later own most of the other consoles but i will say sega was by far gave me the best memories. i still remember seeing sega games in large cases that would swing left or right (kinda like how some poster displays in walmart are) . its actually kinda wierrd to think my dad was the one buyin the games so he could play. i would see him come in with a bag full and i would just look through the books in them while he was playin. he would be up late at night as i am now lol. odd to think back in those days my dad and sometimes my stepmom would play video games and my dad does still to this day and im 35 this year.
I want my mini *DREAMCAST!!!*
i'm early for once
Me too
Me three
Me four
I bought this because I heard it was one run only. I can't play it until christmas, but it looks so awesome.
HOLY CRAP! I remember a long time ago i used to play sega with my cousin. They were fun times. All this time later i could never remember the game we played. LIGHTNING FORCE! This vid just blew me back to when i was a kid playing games with my cousin.
We lost him guys 😔
THANK HEAVENS for stretch mode. I use my mini consoles on a 4:3 CRT TV in the den for authenticity and on the ones that don't have it I end up with a squishy tall image. With stretch mode I get a perfect full screen image just like I had when I was young.
The power button being wrong is because this is a reskin of what was released in Japan and they had that kind of switch on theirs.
Yeah they didn't care to make a push button one for us yanks.. lol. Maybe a modder out there will figure out how to wire a 3d printed push button for the rest of the world.
i have a dream that one day sega comes back and makes a new console 😢
I impulse bought one of these after I saw the modern vintage gamer video on it. The two sound modes are kind of what sold me, though I don’t have the Mini 1 but would love it.
It is expensive tho after also getting a second controller, cost upwards of $140-150 after expensive shipping from Japan through Amazon.
I still haven’t even opened mine though but it’s sitting next to me in the sealed box
Second Anthony video of the day
Christmas arrived early, boys!
Worth mentioning the 8Bitdo M30 2.4G Wireless gamepad and Retro-Bit Sega Genesis 2.4 GHz Wireless Controller do work on the Sega Genesis Mini 2.
10:37 I dunno, the 'Retroflag' genesis case looks pretty nice. Would even claim it looks better built than that one and I'm a model 2 fan. The hardest part would be building the UI to be similar but it can be done.
Here in Brazil, de Sega Genesis is called Mega Drive. And the Genesis 2 was actually the Mega Drive 3 here. The Mega Drive 2 was exactly like the first one, just minor change on the reset buton color and the 16-bit label. I think it was just a marketing strategy, to promote Sonic 2 (that came with the console). But some people say that the Mega Drive 1 didn't had the TMSS chip on it, while the Mega Drive 2 had, while other people say there are versions of both with and without it. So idk, tho.
How were you able to get this, it's not available to ship to canada ? I had to order the UK mega drive to be able to have it shipped to canada.
I got the one that not only has prey loud games but can also tak cartridges as well.I love the X -MEN GAMES on sega
I recently had my Megadrive II mini arrive (same device, EU/AU name). Fantastic device.
It's funny that here in Brazil you could buy, for the longest time ever, "Sega Megadrive" consoles built by Tec Toy that could even load games from SD Cards. They looked exactly like the original Genesis and I remember seeing them available to buy on stores till around the late 2000s early 2010s. They were a steal (price-wise) and actually licensed hardware. I bet I can search MercadoLivre or OLX and find one of those to buy. The controllers were also *really* good compared to the current mini. If you're a Sega boy, Brazil is probably *the place* to buy new old stock and such, the console was an absurd success around here.
Waiting to see if they launch a genesis 3. That one was pretty small as a launch item, it would need to be 2x2” for it to be a mini version and keep up with what sets is doing with here.
1 Attention to detail I think is missing that would have been the cherry on top is to enable a pure 4.3 display mode, for those of us who connect the device to a 4.3 aspect ratio monitor or tv.
I paid $15 for a Genesis Model 2 at a yard sale like 5 years ago. Had to order an av cable off Amazon bc the rf adapter was junk, but still it works.
So, where can it be bought in Canada? Can't find it available anywhere, and the US Amazon listing doesn't ship it to Canada.
The best part of the mini 2 is the "Easy Mode" in Phantasy Star 2. Not nearly as much grinding required. I did, however, have to grind up about 20 levels to get past Dark Force, but it didn't take too long.
I bought the Mega Drive mini when it came out in the UK a few years ago. I was quite disappointed that the actual console didn't look like either of the original consoles, although the control pads were correct. It did have the ability to play original cartridges though.
That would have been an AtGames Mega Drive you bought then not the official Sega mini.
Still good bit of kit though.
I’m a saga kid as well. Road rash, Sonic etc the memories going on!
We still have a SNES, Megadrive (Genesis) and Gamegear as well as the original PlayStation - I think they all work (did last time I had them plugged in).
Once my setup is sorted I have a CRT TV to play them on 👍
You guys should profile GameBox's consolizers that take handheld motherboard and adds HDMI out with SNES control support.
I love the original console wrapper brings back memories
Two Anthony videos in one day!? LMG are spoiling us.
I had a Vectrex, a Master System, a 7800, and then a Genesis. It was weird having a popular system. Actually renting games...
Very cool video. It's great to know that the Sega genesis I played was the 2nd one. I was to young to know that 😆 at the time.
I really hope we get more mini consoles like this in the future. There's lots of potential to do other systems like this.
More Anthony please, He needs his own channel
Man it was so good to see Thunderforce IV. It has been a while, but it is still ingrained: Up, right, A, down, right, A, C, left, up, B, up, right. You're welcome.
Interestingly, I bought the Sega MEga Drive Mini 1 in Japan and that included two 6-button controllers, if they work with the Mini 2 it just might pick it up.. but the price... can only find the Mini 2 for around $200 in Europe.
Anything that worked on the first will work on the second, and vice versa.
Great presence and energy.
Lookin' Good Anthony! Keep up the great work guys!