After A Year Of Radio Silence, My Arcade's Sega Mini-Arcades Are Coming This Year

That debut is certainly interesting, but speaking as a mini cabinets buyer, are My Arcade ones even playable? Judging by the pictures alone they look really small and uncomfortable, but I'd appreciate real users' opinions.

This could be good.
More arcade games, instead of the same tired worn out megadrive games, we have seen trotted so often the past 20 years or so.

@Moroboshi876

I never used one but I am assuming its like the Neo Geo Mini in this regard.
Best hooked up with to a tv with hdmi and a game pad.

Why is the screen 16:9 ?

Yes! Justcneeds TV out, please......

@Moroboshi876 I have the Galaga one (that happens to have Pacman/Mappy/Galaxian/Dig Dug/Rolling Thunder on it too, if you're prepared to crack it open and do some physical modding!) - I'd say it's fine as a little novelty, but realistically you're just not going to want to play on one of these for a long time.

@mr_benn The thing is a lot of people say that about Astro City Mini and Egret II Mini, yet they are comfortable to play in rather long sessions. But these MyArcade tiny cabinets seem smaller and with the stick and buttons very small and crammed.

But if you have one you know what you're talking about, so I'll take that into consideration. Thanks.

@Moroboshi876 I'd say @mr_benn is right and it is mainly about the look and novelty of these at this size but My Arcade have been steadily increasing the quality of their range (they started off using NES roms, for example but now usually use the arcade or similar custom rom). They are great to have on your desk for a quick break from work, to let the kids mess around on, to show off to mates and look great on a shelf. Will defo get the OutRun one if it comes out in the UK though still waiting on Pole Position here...

Yes, but will it allow for multiplayer considering outrunners (mostly the arcade version) is known for having an at most 2 cab hook up

Thanks guys, I've been basically passing on these things, but the announcement of an Out Run one made me raise an eyebrow like the meme woman. I'll think more about it. There is still time and reviews will come eventually.

Unless it has a steering wheel, what is the point?

Outrunners will be incredibly twitchy without analogue control.

@Null2
Because those are the cheapest most common screens
And these things are made to cost.
Considering its 50 bux, its budget is probably a fiver.

Having said that, i'd pick this up just for Outrunners alone.

Dreams of an full Outrun anthology of all the titles release...

Which actually doesn't sound too absurd if they have got hold of the Testarossa licence again for this little machine.

Can Sega just do a proper OutRun anthology on modern consoles, please. I loved OutRunners in the arcade. Haven’t played it for like 25 years

I know this is a far off idea, but I kinda wish there was a way to rent these things. I don't mind $50 for something like this, but I don't have the space to collect stuff. I'd love to play with all of these titles (all of the retro/mini stuff), but I know I would only play them a few times and then put them on a shelf; which I don't have room for. Let me rent one for a month and send it back. That scratches the itch, prevent clutter and someone makes some money off it. The trick is dealing with the inevitable damage from being handled by all sorts, and from shipping mishaps. Or, I need to press one of my single friends to collect this stuff and I just go over there for a game night.

@Moroboshi876 I have their Pole Position mini cab with the analogue wheel and it's very playable.

@X68000 It's going to use the same cab as their Pole Position one so it will have analogue control.

Second time is gotten a home release, actually:
https://arcadegamer.com.au/products/arcade1up-outrun
But not as portable as this one! Hoping it means we could get an OutRunners Sega Ages release or something too.

One year after my comments, I almost forgot about these things. Anyway, I'll consider some of them, but not all. Mainly Out Run, with the Outrunners arcade being available for the first time at home. It's not that it hasn't been ported as it incorrectly says in the article. It got ported to Mega Drive, for better or worse. Emulated arcades on consoles don't make them less arcade-only, since they're not ports. They're exactly the same, only emulated.

@Damo I know you mentioned it, but the sentence about the My Arcade Outrunners being a port (or any other arcade exclusive game that arrives to consoles) is something that I read very often (from any writer), and I was just pointing it out, don't worry. I liked the article!

Ahhh, if it's arcade roms, I'm gonna have to pick up OutRun..

Sega, who has arguably made the best arcade games in history, is getting several mini arcade units packed with mostly Genesis games, displayed on a 16:9 screen.

😔

Anyway, I kinda feel that this is a huge downgrade coming from Astro City Mini. They should have made the first one with more games or now a third one with the remaining interesting ones and even more obscure titles mixed too. I love that the Egret II Mini can be expanded with the SD slot, it started with 40 games and now they're 90. I didn't mind buying the second Astro City Mini with vertical games. Would prefer a third one than these toy-like devices, even if I end up buying one or two.

Oh OutRunners, how I want to play you on the big screen, but a 3.5 inch screen will have to do! Does anyone know if with a bit of tinkering a soldering iron if you could get one of this to output to a telly?!!

And why won't Sega release OutRunners on modern platforms instead of Sonic yet again??

Might have to get the OutRun one if it's only 50 bones.

I think I'll wait for Outrun to be revisited 12 months later in handheld form.

I like the looks of MyArcade's Pole Position handheld that seems set to ship here shortly and think a similar Outrun follow-up is a safe bet.

And heck, maybe they'll add in Turbo Outrun if they revisit it.