“It can play old cartridges, and it has the following games built-in…
Alien Storm Altered Beast Gain Ground Alex Kidd Arrow Flash Columns Crack Down Sonic & Knuckles Bonanza Bros Eswat – City Under Siege Golden Axe Fatal Labyrinth Flicky Decap Attack Shadow Dancer”
I spotted the new megadrive on play-asia ages ago, looks like it finally got a local release. I never bothered with it before because I didn’t want to mess around with getting a local power adaptor/converter for it.
I’ve checked some online reviews for this. It runs the built in games well. Carts is hit and miss. Some people are claiming basically no carts work, others that all carts work, with minor sound or graphic issues on a few games. Would be interesting to get, but I’m not sure if I could justify $49 for it. A genuine NES on the other hand. :)
You are not honestly comparing the Sega Mega Drive, one of the greatest gaming systems of all time with some of the best games of all time to the Virtual Boy are you? Because if you are your nuts.
Uhh… SEGA megadrive collection or sonic’s ultimate genesis collection for PS3 and xbox 360 for 10 – 23$. Included 42 games trophy/achievement support and Upscaling. DERP
Saw this days ago and was kind of surprised. I already have a Mega Drive 2/Mega CD/32x though. Also, I’ve heard these things have problems reading some (or the majority) of game carts. Most of the Play Asia reviewers of it were not happy.
Sega Mega Drive Collection is $15 less than this for up to 40 games, including most of these. Havta use you own existing X360/Ps3 controllers tho, sorry…
If you are suggesting that this is shopped… its NOT. I got the catalogue in the mail last night… I actually think this is a erally good idea.
Thank about it and think about the starcraft hype.
Most of us remember gaming fondly and many would like to revisit the simplicity of these old games (we now have less fingers than buttons on our cmtrollers).
Cost of the rights to manufacture and distribute this (next to nothing as it is 20 years old) cost of hardware (by comparison to todays tech, these machines could prob be made for a buck or so Cost of games – zero (licensing aside.) no development teams, release cycles, online support etc, fixed costs only adn all of the work is done.
You farm this off to a chineese/taiwaneese factory, pump out the product and then sell at a crazy low price point. older retro gamers pick it up cause it is half the cost of one game.
Parents with young kids (emphasise young) pick it up cause it is crazy cheap and almost disposable at that price before getting a 400 buck wii.
I think if tis works, there is no reason why the would not encourage nintendo to do the same…. I will be watching this closely.
It will not change the gaming industry or anything, but it is an interesting experiment
Page from the latest Kmart catalogue, as seen on Ecogamer.
Ross Moir
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:03 PMI’m not sure whether i should be more surprised by the mega drive or StarCraft 2 being only 25 bucks more expensive…
Shane
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:04 PMWow, did anyone know this was coming?
Jimu_Hsien
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 10:37 AMSaw it last year in Taiwan, didnt think we’d get it!
Stevorooni
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:09 PMHoly crap that’s a great way to replace my broken megadrive controllers (and have a megadrive that can run on AV cables)
Chuloopa
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:16 PMalso like to add:
“It can play old cartridges, and it has the following games built-in…
Alien Storm
Altered Beast
Gain Ground
Alex Kidd
Arrow Flash
Columns Crack Down
Sonic & Knuckles
Bonanza Bros
Eswat – City Under Siege
Golden Axe
Fatal Labyrinth
Flicky
Decap Attack
Shadow Dancer”
thistler
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:20 PMNice! I can finally replace my megadrive that my brother sold for weed (or sex)! Looks like it can play cartridges as well as having built in games.
Brett C
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:23 PMYeah but what are the 15 games?!
Michael
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:24 PMSweet! 29 bucks each for the Singstar games! Woohoo!
Michael
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:38 PM26 bucks even…
Damn that kinda ruined that joke, didn’t it?
David Ferris
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:37 PMyeah starcraft totally runs on the mega drive guys
Guest
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:38 PMThe Wiggles game? :/
706-2
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:44 PMAre they seriously re-releasing this, or is it just a mistake? Cause I’d get one just cause I never had one as a kid.
oggob
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:48 PMIs that real? and does it take carts?
Chuloopa
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:53 PMyes and yes – or so i’m told
Stevorooni
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:53 PMI spotted the new megadrive on play-asia ages ago, looks like it finally got a local release. I never bothered with it before because I didn’t want to mess around with getting a local power adaptor/converter for it.
MrBS
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:55 PMLooks like the unit Blaze released in the UK last year. I wonder if it can run games at full speed 60hz….
Luke Marshall
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:55 PMI’ve checked some online reviews for this. It runs the built in games well. Carts is hit and miss. Some people are claiming basically no carts work, others that all carts work, with minor sound or graphic issues on a few games. Would be interesting to get, but I’m not sure if I could justify $49 for it. A genuine NES on the other hand. :)
Justin Robson
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 4:56 PMThat is really, really cool. I wonder how it’d look on a HDTV?
I hope Nintendo do something like this…
Cav
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 7:58 PMWith the Virtual Console already in place? Not likely
Cpt. Pajama Shark
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 5:13 PM???
Why can you even buy this?
What’s next.. Virtual Boy?
For shame…
Blackwater
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 7:35 PM12 year old spotted.
Flash
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 8:26 PMYou are not honestly comparing the Sega Mega Drive, one of the greatest gaming systems of all time with some of the best games of all time to the Virtual Boy are you? Because if you are your
nuts.
Kye
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 9:33 PMU mad?
Whats so bad about doing this exactly? Just because its old doesn’t mean they shouldn’t do this.
Go back to your Modern warfare 2.
Brendan Ingle
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 6:44 PMHopefully they will release heaps of cartridges, I am positively salivating thinking of all the old games I used to play.
Zachary Clarke
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 7:04 PMWish Nintnedo would do this with the SNES or NES
Jeff Shaw
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 7:12 PMUhh… SEGA megadrive collection or sonic’s ultimate genesis collection for PS3 and xbox 360 for 10 – 23$. Included 42 games trophy/achievement support and Upscaling. DERP
Jayson Solis
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 7:35 PMdoes it come with a HDMI cable?!
Michael Barnes
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 8:12 PMSaw this days ago and was kind of surprised.
I already have a Mega Drive 2/Mega CD/32x though. Also, I’ve heard these things have problems reading some (or the majority) of game carts. Most of the Play Asia reviewers of it were not happy.
hristinho18
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 8:37 PMSega Mega Drive Collection is $15 less than this for up to 40 games, including most of these.
Havta use you own existing X360/Ps3 controllers tho, sorry…
LoopyLuke
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 10:55 PMsuspecting a shoop.
FatShady
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 10:20 AMIf you are suggesting that this is shopped… its NOT. I got the catalogue in the mail last night… I actually think this is a erally good idea.
Thank about it and think about the starcraft hype.
Most of us remember gaming fondly and many would like to revisit the simplicity of these old games (we now have less fingers than buttons on our cmtrollers).
Cost of the rights to manufacture and distribute this (next to nothing as it is 20 years old)
cost of hardware (by comparison to todays tech, these machines could prob be made for a buck or so
Cost of games – zero (licensing aside.) no development teams, release cycles, online support etc, fixed costs only adn all of the work is done.
You farm this off to a chineese/taiwaneese factory, pump out the product and then sell at a crazy low price point. older retro gamers pick it up cause it is half the cost of one game.
Parents with young kids (emphasise young) pick it up cause it is crazy cheap and almost disposable at that price before getting a 400 buck wii.
I think if tis works, there is no reason why the would not encourage nintendo to do the same…. I will be watching this closely.
It will not change the gaming industry or anything, but it is an interesting experiment
DKnight1000
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 12:04 AMI’ve heard the sound chip has errors with things out of pitch, I’d like to see it for myself.
Malorion
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 9:09 AMBut can it run Crysi… oh wait.