Nintendo fans Opinion on megadrive flashback

StereoSound · 07-08-2017 12:27PM #1

I'm interested in Nintendo fans opinion on this system? It's listed on Argos website now. You think Sega will sell millions of these? They are jumping on the mini band wagon I think. They may or may not pull this off like Nintendo did.

ERG89 · 07-08-2017 12:29PM

StereoSound wrote:

You think Sega will sell millions of these? They are jumping on the mini band wagon I think.

It's not made by Sega so it's a mute point.

Heisenbug · 07-08-2017 02:33PM

From IGN:

Note that this $80 retro console isn’t manufactured by Sega – it’s made by At Games, which also produces the Atari Flashback. The Genesis Flashback boasts 85 built-in games, which is almost double the amount of the excellent Sonic’s Ultimate Genesis Collection that was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 back in 2009. Upon closer inspection, however, you’ll find that only 57 of them were actually released on an original Sega console. The remaining 28 are “bonus” games – all-but-unplayable ripoffs of classics like Space Invaders and air hockey. That means 28 games in this collection (33%) are straight garbage

CiDeRmAn · 07-08-2017 05:22PM

I commented on this in the SNES Mini thread.
It's sh1te.
The only way to effectively play Megadrive games is on a Megadrive.
After that there's emulated version via Nintendo eshop or on Android/iOS devices that are pretty good.
But there has yet to be a replica system that isn't based on the same crap SoC and is a waste of money, and I should know, I've owned a couple.

MilesMorales1 · 07-08-2017 08:33PM

Aren't they ****? Sega's been licencing these emulator machines for ages, and they're always ****.

Inviere · 07-08-2017 09:39PM

Junk

Banjo · 08-08-2017 10:42AM

Clearly though, they're successful junk. If people didn't buy them, they wouldn't get made. The company licensing the Sega IP needs to make a significant loss or they won't ever stop. But they're cheap and on paper they're great impulse-buy presents, so that's not going to happen unless, say, something happened to a full production run.

I don't advocate violence or criminal activity in the pursuit of some sort of gaming justice, but I guess if you have access to 4 volunteers, a fueled private plane, a fake pilots license, a copy of Flight Sim 2017 for practice, 3 rolls of duct tape, a carry-on sized rolling case, eight litres of diet coke, a selection of fake mustaches, a garden hose, 2 large coconut shells, a blond wig, a bluetooth speaker with an output of at least 10W, a copy of Dolly Parton's Greatest Hits, a loose and slightly slutty looking blouse, a pack of mentos, some finely ground rohypnol, a hammer, $803 in cash, a large horseshoe magnet, a map of Bermuda, 3 different coloured Mini Coopers and a bag of rice we could make this end now. Just sayin'...

MilesMorales1 · 08-08-2017 10:43AM

People were also paying €10-€20 for fidget spinners only a month or so ago. People are not clever.

Inviere · 08-08-2017 10:46AM

Banjo wrote: »

Clearly though, they're successful junk. If people didn't buy them, they wouldn't get made.

Time to invoke the Jedward defence...

RobbingBandit · 08-08-2017 10:48AM

Scummy gits will be selling these like hot cakes soon enough, I know of staff in two stores that bought a few of the megadrive last Christmas waited till they were sold out and cashed in, it's a toy not gaming cex don't buy them so not seen in same light by them as Nes Mini.

Banjo · 08-08-2017 10:59AM

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

People were also paying €10-€20 for fidget spinners only a month or so ago. People are not clever.

Do you have kids?
Sometimes it's worth spending waaaaay over the odds to shut them up rather than save a few quid and endure weeks of unending jabbering and whining.

I'm sure there's plenty of "clever" parents who ordered fidget spinners from China and saved themselves a fortune. Well, they're all dead now, every evening their kids tells the tell in a cave under the phoenix park and the spinners still haven't arrived.

StereoSound · 09-08-2017 11:52AM

Well I guess its shoite then, I did sort of consider it but nah, I already have a real megadrive with an everdrive cartridge modified with an SD card so I can load any game I want onto it anyways.

Nintendo fans Opinion on megadrive flashback

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