The Story of the Mega Drive Mini - 4K

In this video, TheRetroPal explores the history of the Sega Mega Drive Mini, from the plug and play systems that were released before it and the decisions made by Sega to develop the Mega Drive Mini in-house.
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Freaking love the sonic controller

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Great stuff!!!

[@jayme69]

Fantastic video Jake! I absolutely loved it :-) Well done and thanks for sharing!