The days of Sega manufacturing hardware are over. But in these days of licensed technology and retro appreciation, Sega hardware still lives on, in this case with the return of the Nomad, Sega’s handheld Genesis.
Now called the Retro Gen, and being released by hardware company Innex (who you’ve heard of before), it’s a handheld that will play not only official Genesis/Mega Drive carts, but also “licensed games that have been downloaded and saved to an SD card using a special development cart”.
The Retro Gen packs an in-built battery you can charge via USB, and even has an improved six-button layout that more closely resembles the original console’s second, improved controller.
It’ll be out in the US on July 25, and costs $US50.
Retro Gen Portable [VGC, via GSW]
Bjorn Bednarek
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 3:59 PMWhat’s the snowboard game on the screenshot? It seems to be a racing game, with the track displayed at the top right. Must have a long boring straight section for the lift, or a perpetual downslope!
Cat Tactics
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 4:29 PMtoo right. thats fucking hilarious!
paulus
Friday, June 26, 2009 at 5:51 PMWhat the fuck’s up with that button layout?
DATNEWYAWKER
Saturday, June 27, 2009 at 11:31 AMYou young ass buck, that’s a genesis layout.