TiffToff88 Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 Right, a bit of background for you - The first ever games console i got was a Sega Mega Drive. Absolutely loved it. I played it so much that it eventually conked out (Around about the time the PS1 came out fortunately). I still have the damaged console, along with all my games, in the hope that some day they might be worth some money to collectors. Fastforward to today, i discovered that there's a new Mega Drive available, with 80 built in games and a slot for old Mega Drive cartridges. Well, its my 29th birthday this saturday so when the mrs asked me what i want for my birthday the choice was obvious. She got online and ordered it straight away. Cant wait for this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joachim1965 Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 Sega rally, what a game...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffToff88 Posted 14 March 2017 Author Share Posted 14 March 2017 Nothing beats the Sonic games. Particularly Sonic 2. Infinitely better than the Italian pornstar plumber on nintendo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcarr21 Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 Remember having a premier manager game on it and starting a new season if Andy Cole wasnt on the transfer list you would just start a new game until he was on there. Buy him and you won the league. Easy I had some great games. All about Road Rash. Smacking people with chains whilst riding bikes was amazing Zool and Cool Spot were also highlights along wit the obvious Sonic games. Sonic and Knuckles was brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain King Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 Bonanza Bros! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffToff88 Posted 14 March 2017 Author Share Posted 14 March 2017 1 minute ago, kingcarr21 said: Remember having a premier manager game on it and starting a new season if Andy Cole wasnt on the transfer list you would just start a new game until he was on there. Buy him and you won the league. Easy I had some great games. All about Road Rash. Smacking people with chains whilst riding bikes was amazing Zool and Cool Spot were also highlights along wit the obvious Sonic games. Sonic and Knuckles was brilliant Premier Manager is genuinely the main reason i'm excited about the new Mega Drive. It was the first Football Management game i ever had. The full version was quite difficult when you had to start in Division 3, and i seem to remember it had serious problems with constant player injuries and players retiring to run country pubs. But still a brilliantly addictive game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 Does it come with Daytona USA? The best worst sega soundtrack ever. I can't believe my parents let us play this game 5 hours a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastAnglianFox Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 Also has Golden Axe 1,2 and 3 and Mortal Kombat 1,2 and 3 installed......I'm in!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffToff88 Posted 14 March 2017 Author Share Posted 14 March 2017 Heres the full list of included games. Brings back a lot of memories! MEGA DRIVE CLASSICS: Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Alien Storm Altered Beast Arrow Flash Bonanza Bros. Chakan: The Forever Man Columns Columns III ComixZone Crack Down DecapAttack Dr. Robotnik'sMean Bean Machine ESWAT: City Under Siege Eternal Champions Fatal Labyrinth Flicky Gain Ground Golden Axe Golden Axe II Golden Axe III Jewel Master Kid Chameleon Phantasy Star 2 Phantasy Star 3 Ristar Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master Sonic & Knuckles Sonic Spinball Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog II Sonic 3D Blast Sword of Varmilion The Ooze Vectorman VectormanII Mortal Kombat I Mortal Kombat II Mortal Kombat III Adventure in the Park ARCADE GAMES: Cross the road Jack's Pea Jewel Magic Curling 2010 Plumbing Contest Wall-Breaking Bubble Master Break a Fireline Mahjong Solitaire Warehouse Keeper Chess Memory Snake Air Hockey Spider Naval Power Mr. Balls Cannon Fight or Lose Bottle Taps Race Bomber Checker Hexagonos Whack-A-Wolf Mirror Mirror Panic Lift Black Sheep Flash Memory Brain Switch Mega Brain Switch Hidden Agenda Dominant Amber Hide and Seek Jura Formula Lost World Sudoku Meatloaf Rotation Mya Master Mind Skeleton Scale T-Rex Memory Match Yawning Triceratops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingcarr21 Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 Kid Chameleon what a game. Ristar as well. Some great games on there. Knew columns would be on there. Think that was on every type of 6 in 1 game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 This is it: Obviously, the success of the new NES Mini put SEGA under some pressure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 If it's what I think, the new Megadrive has these weird IR joypads (shaped like the originals) but you have to point the controller directly at the console or it just doesn't recognise any input, bizarre Back in the day it was a brilliant console - Sonic, Streets of Rage series, Gunstar Heroes, Shinobi, Dynamite Headdy, Road Rash, Aladdin (!), it had a brilliant catalogue and I fvcking love the sound chip it had, everything sounded really punchy and full of bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stix Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 3 minutes ago, Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo said: If it's what I think, the new Megadrive has these weird IR joypads (shaped like the originals) but you have to point the controller directly at the console or it just doesn't recognise any input, bizarre Yeah you're right, I have one. I don't want to put a downer on it but......its a bit shit really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 Just now, stix said: Yeah you're right, I have one. I don't want to put a downer on it but......its a bit shit really Yeah I only played one at a pub for 20 minutes so I wasn't sure if with fresh batteries it would perform better but it definitely seemed more of a novelty than a proper system. Nice idea though, especially as it takes the original cartridges too I reckon the best bet is to just scour eBay for bargains - apart from the rare titles, old Sega stuff is pretty cheap second hand so just get a working Megadrive (they all still work!) and bulk buy the games. Or emulation (although it doesn't feel the same) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stix Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 13 minutes ago, Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo said: Yeah I only played one at a pub for 20 minutes so I wasn't sure if with fresh batteries it would perform better but it definitely seemed more of a novelty than a proper system. Nice idea though, especially as it takes the original cartridges too I reckon the best bet is to just scour eBay for bargains - apart from the rare titles, old Sega stuff is pretty cheap second hand so just get a working Megadrive (they all still work!) and bulk buy the games. Or emulation (although it doesn't feel the same) The portable one they've just released is a much better concept for me personally. Although the games are still shockingly bad graphically, which is to be expected obviously. But playing them on a 50" TV really does emphasise that fact. Edit: Although the 3.2" display on the portable one is pathetically small! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-layrex Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 I collect Sega games, have my Mega Drive model 1, Saturn and Dreamcast all set up and well cared for in my study, connected to a beautiful old B&O CRT. Saturn is my fave, something special about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z-layrex Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 1 hour ago, winchesterton said: Does it come with Daytona USA? The best worst sega soundtrack ever. I can't believe my parents let us play this game 5 hours a day. That was an Arcade, Saturn (and later Dreamcast) game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairmetalgamer Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 1 hour ago, MC Prussian said: This is it: Obviously, the success of the new NES Mini put SEGA under some pressure... It came out ages before the NES mini and it's not actually made by Sega, some random crappy company paid for the rights to make it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lako42 Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 1 hour ago, z-layrex said: I collect Sega games, have my Mega Drive model 1, Saturn and Dreamcast all set up and well cared for in my study, connected to a beautiful old B&O CRT. Saturn is my fave, something special about it. I was the only one of my friends to buy the Saturn over the PS. I ****ing loved that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 5 hours ago, TiffToff88 said: Right, a bit of background for you - The first ever games console i got was a Sega Mega Drive. Absolutely loved it. I played it so much that it eventually conked out (Around about the time the PS1 came out fortunately). I still have the damaged console, along with all my games, in the hope that some day they might be worth some money to collectors. Fastforward to today, i discovered that there's a new Mega Drive available, with 80 built in games and a slot for old Mega Drive cartridges. Well, its my 29th birthday this saturday so when the mrs asked me what i want for my birthday the choice was obvious. She got online and ordered it straight away. Cant wait for this! Forget it, you've got £300 extra council tax to pay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 3 hours ago, hairmetalgamer said: It came out ages before the NES mini and it's not actually made by Sega, some random crappy company paid for the rights to make it It was only sold in Brazil and seeing the way Nintendo pushed their NES Mini and how successful their launch has been, SEGA has now been put under some pressure to release it to the rest of the world (or starting in Japan through another party, to say the least) also. http://www.pcmag.com/news/349332/limited-edition-sega-genesis-reissue-due-in-2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairmetalgamer Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 22 minutes ago, MC Prussian said: It was only sold in Brazil and seeing the way Nintendo pushed their NES Mini and how successful their launch has been, SEGA has now been put under some pressure to release it to the rest of the world (or starting in Japan through another party, to say the least) also. http://www.pcmag.com/news/349332/limited-edition-sega-genesis-reissue-due-in-2017 Argos were selling it years ago, I know this because I bought one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Footballwipe Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 4 hours ago, z-layrex said: I collect Sega games, have my Mega Drive model 1, Saturn and Dreamcast all set up and well cared for in my study, connected to a beautiful old B&O CRT. Saturn is my fave, something special about it. I listened to the audiobook of Console Wars, centered around Tom Kalinskie. A brilliant book. I get the impression that the Saturn suffered from Japanese mismanagement and the fact it came out at the same time as the Playstation? I have fond memories myself. I had a SNES and my sister had the Mega Drive. Many hours whittled away on Aladdin, Sonic I and II, Ecco the Dolphin (never actually completed that, just messed about) and a lorry load more games I've probably forgotten. Bought a console with eight games on eBay about nine years ago now for £30, so whip it out every now and then. I do enjoy the speedruns and longplays that some people have on YouTube. The skills amassed by some people playing these games is exceptional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legend_in_blue Posted 14 March 2017 Share Posted 14 March 2017 I have the 32X. It's worth a pretty penny these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiffToff88 Posted 10 April 2017 Author Share Posted 10 April 2017 Finally got around to setting it up and playing a few games this weekend. Massively disappointed with it. The controllers are tiny, and massively unresponsive. as others have said, you have to be pointing the controller directly at the mega drive for it to work. Brilliant idea to bring out this new version, but very badly executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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