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Great that more people now have access to these rare games, notwithstanding that they appeared on the megadrive mini. Still access to a wider audience has to be a good thi mg, right?

This is one of my favourite SNES games - it set such a great atmosphere and a believable world. Yes there were issues with having to ask every character every command to ensure nothing was missed, but I still have great memories of this game. One of my favourites. I’m going to check out the switch versions for sure.

This sounds like a collectors dream but probably redundant for any sane person.

Still, gotta catch them all as they say!

@belmont
My view continues to be that we are in a bubble- no doubt some games are that rare, others as you say are not and should not command a retro premium. In time, like all bubbles this will burst.

No doubt this will be commercialised at some points by the crew of the good ship HMS eBay!

Impressive, but then the MS always handles the Phantasy Star dungeons well. That music though is classic MS chip tune!

What a great set up! My gaming real estate seems to be shrinking whilst volume of games increases. Hmmm.

I used to live inOsaka 2002 - 2003 and would often frequent the store. I had another opportunity to visit in 2016 and it was still there - picked up a neo geo Cd.

Glad to see it is still going strong.

Great to see the platform going from strength to strength, especially the inclusion of arcade releases.

Great article and sounds like you did yourself proud Martin. Am surprised there wasn’t greater use of solitaire as I always found the analogue better for aiming.

Loved playing this game - so many great multi player memories. The advantage of online play is that multiplayer is more accessible to. Disadvantage is the lack of physicality with other players.

How about revenge of Shinobi 🥷 on the megadrive? That had spidy, batman and Godzilla fighting as bosses.

Sega once again at its best.

I notice that the Ferrari logo has been replaced on the red car in Outrun on the megadrive mini 2 so it appears as though Sega has learnt from its past mistakes.

This article is flawed - the USD prices need to be adjusted for inflation in order to compare the launch price of a PS5 versus say the PS1. Would be interesting to re do the analysis to understand whether, at launch consoles are getting cheaper or more expensive in real terms.

However you are right in that I can’t recall an increase in the price of a console ever. The trend is always down.

Fantastic to see these ‘new’ ports coming out for classic systems. Props.

Great article which I missed first time around. A well written piece.

Explains why this has been added into the megadrive mini 2 line up; I hadn’t realised it was so big in Japan.

So sad, but also a tape of caution for other collectors purchasing sealed goods that have been stored in sub optimal conditions.

I hope someone finds a method eventually to safely separate the cards in time.

It would be really interesting to see Nintendo republish some of these ina limited edition.

RIP to a legend. His covers were a huge parts of the magazine his artwork adorned, and were often an imaginative reworking of the game title in hand.

Thanks for the good times!

This was also released on the Xbox 360 live and is a decent sonic title. I ve always preferred the 2d games but I remember seeing sonic adventure for the 1st time - you definitely knew the next generation had arrived!!

So pleased to see this heading to UK shores.

I’m pretty happy with the line up, everyone will always have a change here or there, but overall I think this is decent.

Thumbs up for Sega.

This looks a fantastic book and a worthwhile homage to KoF!

@MontyCircus what were the top 10?

Looks better than the master system version. Hopefully also plays better than the master system version which was frankly, terrible.

I wish this platform every success but the real estate under my television is already full.

This seems like a very niche market for Limited to try and address. Hope that doesn’t translate into high prices.

Brilliant article.

Unfortunately given Kim ted income as a teenager I would always spend my hard saved cash on a new game versus an action replay or game genie. That said I was always curious. I remember there being coded that allowed to you to “be@ the bosses inSF2 world warrior SNES. Didn’t work terribly well but at the time gamers were so desperate for that!

Why would they ever release SG-1000? The Master System would be a much more popular option with a large number of Sega games that wouldn’t require licensing
Sonic
Hang On
Shining
Alex Kidd
Phantasy Star
Master of Darkness
Etc.

A great console, could even have a 3D glasses version 🤩

As long as it had powerstone! This would have the potential to be awesome 😎

This looks awesome but how would I hide it from my wife? 😂

I am a big fan of these mini consoles as a very accessible entry point to exploring new systems, in addition to scratching that nostalgia itch. This system is a great example of the former. Can’t wait to try my hand at some of the highly regarded classics present. Consider me in🥳

This was a brilliant, entertaining and interesting read - much enjoyed.

Slightly off topic but I loved the use of the Atari logo in Bladerunner 2; evokes memories.

Looks very interesting- does it also cover better known houses as well?

I’ll stick with the original hardware, thanks and my neogeo x.

Great article - although this guy definitely comes across as quite the salesmen!

Whilst I loved stunt race fx at the time, playing it today I can see that it really was pushing the envelope on the SNES - the controls weren’t great, small viewing area and choppy visuals. But combined with the bouncy music and bright visuals it still just about works.

Great start to my Sunday morning.

RIP Jason and thank you for contributing to a magazine that helped define my world view and inspired me to go and work in Japan. The magazine was awesome. I remember the first issue I bought was the super play gold special, which was awesome! Good times, the magazines are still a fantastic read today

A great article which really took me back. I had a SNES back then, but in recent years have really come to appreciate the mega drive more and more. Even the much derided sound chip could pump that bass in a way the SNES could never replicate. Enjoy both for what they are - amazing consoles- and enjoy 😉

@JayJ totally agree

Tower of power - I assume this is sold separately, and so could be imported and attached to the western mini?

I actually prefer the 3 button pad as this was the variant I used back in the day, and a large part of enjoying these products is the nostalgia element. I won’t be playing street fighter 2 much as I already have hyper fighting on the SNES mini and arcade port on my xbox360 so this doesn’t bother me.

So for me I’ll be sticking with the western release for now.

What an interesting article - thanks for all the research that has clearly gone into this. In this day and age it seems almost unbelievable that companies/individuals were able to sell IP they didn’t actually own onto the likes of Sega and Atari.

@Darknyht totally agree

The master system was my first console, and I still have a master system II. It is a great system to collect for as the vast majority of games are pretty cheap. Also, and unusually, Europe was where the most number of titles were published, so prices in the U.K. tend to be cheaper than elsewhere globally (except perhaps Brazil!)

Great great article Damo - unlike many of your readers I only visit this site because of it’s first class retro content.

Atari Lynx compilation - now that would have been interesting!