September 19, 2019 · Computer or hardware
Sega Genesis Mini (2019)
A half-size Genesis/Mega Drive with 42 games, emulated by M2 after Sega parted from AtGames.
Launched September 19, 2019 at $79.99, with Europe delayed to October 4. It carried 40 Genesis games plus Darius and Tetris bonuses and used an ARM Cortex-A7 SoC. M2, known for Sega Ages, did the emulation, adding save states and widescreen. Outside North America it is the Mega Drive Mini. It sold over 300,000 units by March 2020.
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Facts
- Date
- September 19, 2019
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Microconsole
- Maker or publisher
- Sega
- CPU
- ARM Cortex-A7 quad-core
- RAM
- 256 MB DDR3
- Graphics
- Mali-400 MP
- Media
- 512 MB flash
- Units sold
- 300,000+ by March 2020
- Generation
- 8th
- First sold in
- North America, Japan
- Notable games
- Sonic the Hedgehog; Streets of Rage 2; Gunstar Heroes; Phantasy Star IV
Source: Wikipedia
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- Sega Genesis (North America) (ancestor, 1989)
- Sega Genesis Mini 2 (successor, 2022)
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