The fever for mini-consoles is not over. In fact, it just got a lot more interesting: three years after the release of the Mega Drive Mini, SEGA itself announced that its new console, the Mega Drive Mini 2, will be released in Europe and America. next October 27. And if its design inspired by the mega drive 2 makes it an irresistible whim, wait until you see their amazing catalog of games.
Far from recollecting the classics reissued ad nauseam in lots of compilations and collections, SEGA has recovered more than 60 own and third-party jewels that are still absolutely essential today from Mega Drive, Mega CD and even unreleased rarities.
Mega Drive Classics
That Mega Drive include titles like Earthworm Jim 2, Super Street Fighter II The New Challengers or your brand new Virtua Racing polygonal makes it amortize itself. Even Soleil himself, never re-released, is back.
- After Burner II
- Alien Soldier
- Atomic Runner
- Bonanza Bros.
- ClayFighter
- Soleil (Crusader of Centy)
- Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
- Earthworm Jim 2
- Elementary Master
- Fatal Fury 2
- GainGround
- Golden Ax II
- Grenade
- hell fire
- Herzog Zwei
- Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar
- Midnight Resistance
- OutRun
- OutRunners
- Phantasy StarII
- populous
- Rainbow Island
- X-Ranger
- Ristar
- rolling thunder 2
- Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
- Shining Force II
- Shining in the Darkness
- sonic 3d blast
- splatter house 2
- Streets of Rage 3
- super hang-on
- Super Street Fighter II The New Challengers
- The Ooze
- The Revenge of Shinobi
- ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
- Truxton
- Vector Man 2
- view point
- Virtua Racing
- Warsong
Mega CD Classics
And be careful, we’re not just talking about 16-bit black beast classics: the Mega Drive 2 will add a dozen Mega CD games, including the controversial Night Trap or its brand new conversions of Ecco the Dolphin and Final Fight, as well as the mythical and indispensable. Sonic The Hedgehog CD.
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Ecco: The Tides of Time
- Final Fight CD
- Mansion of Hidden Souls
- Night Striker
- Night trap
- robbery east
- Sewer Shark
- Shining Force CD
- SILPHEAD
- Sonic The Hedgehog CD
- The Ninja Warriors
Rarities and new versions
Now, the jewel in the crown is the seven jewels that will debut on this console: never-before-released games, new improved versions, and even a VR Puyo Puyo that is technically a demake of the original.
- Devi & Pii (unreleased)
- Fantasy Zone (new version)
- Space Harrier II + Space Harrier (new version)
- Spatter (new version)
- Star Mobile (unreleased)
- Super Locomotive (new version)
- VS Puyo Puyo Sun (new version)
With a more compact design, six-button controllers (perfect for Super Street Fighter IIalso included) and this thunderous catalog of games, the Mega Drive Mini 2 It has all the ballots to become the best mini-console released to date. Or, at least, the most irresistible for those who love classic retro games.