Sega Megadrive mini

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 05-12-2019 7:58pm

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

I'd be a very, very, very casual gamer at best, but the ability to add Mega Drive games to it is all I want for a hack. If that happens, I will probably pull the trigger on buying one

I'd love if you could add games officially, say something like the Nintendo store where you could buy the classic games. Sega could at least make its own games available on an e-store format on the web, you add the roms to the console with a usb or something. I'm sure it doesn't make sense, they would have done it surely and made some money off the huge catalogue of Mega Drive games.

markc91 · 06-12-2019 12:45am

So as a very casual gamer that had the megadrive as my first console and can remember playing sonic,paperboy,road rash and streets of rage am i better off getting the mini or the flashback?(would have no idea how to hack or anything so doesnt really appeal to me) just want to relive some childhood memories!

Tom Mann Centuria · 06-12-2019 12:54am

markc91 wrote: »

So as a very casual gamer that had the megadrive as my first console and can remember playing sonic,paperboy,road rash and streets of rage am i better off getting the mini or the flashback?(would have no idea how to hack or anything so doesnt really appeal to me) just want to relive some childhood memories!

Mini. Especially if they're a similar price.

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 06-12-2019 12:19pm

markc91 wrote: »

So as a very casual gamer that had the megadrive as my first console and can remember playing sonic,paperboy,road rash and streets of rage am i better off getting the mini or the flashback?(would have no idea how to hack or anything so doesnt really appeal to me) just want to relive some childhood memories!

The Mini is ready to play and works great. I got one for 70 euro out of Argos. It will need a power plug (5 volt, over 1.0 amp) and that’s it, you are good to go.

Sonic 1 & 2 are on the Mini, along with Road Rash 2. No Paperboy tho.

The Flashback has some issues, and at the same price, it’s probably not worth getting. If it were cheaper then maybe, as in much cheaper.

markc91 · 06-12-2019 4:04pm

Steyr 556 wrote: »

The Mini is ready to play and works great. I got one for 70 euro out of Argos. It will need a power plug (5 volt, over 1.0 amp) and that’s it, you are good to go.

Sonic 1 & 2 are on the Mini, along with Road Rash 2. No Paperboy tho.

The Flashback has some issues, and at the same price, it’s probably not worth getting. If it were cheaper then maybe, as in much cheaper.

Mini not come with a power plug

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 06-12-2019 4:27pm

markc91 wrote: »

Mini not come with a power plug

It doesn’t. It comes with the USB cable to connect from power plug to console. You probably have the type of power plug at home already as they are quite common, off the top of much head it’s a Type A USB 3.0 power plug. They are very cheap, you’ll find them in any Euro shop.

This is one.

I think it’s a trend nowadays for manufacturers to cut down on costs to not include one.

markc91 · 07-12-2019 1:32pm

ok cheers and is there any games that the flashback has that the mini doesnt that are worth having?

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 07-12-2019 4:27pm

markc91 wrote: »

ok cheers and is there any games that the flashback has that the mini doesnt that are worth having?

I think it possibly has more games, it's got 85 built-in. Just what I found online, this site mentions the line up on the machine. This is what it has that the Mini doesn't:

Lovin.ie wrote:

Alien Storm
Arrow Flash
Bonanza Bros.
Chakan: The Forever Man
Columns
Columns III
Crack Down
Decap Attack
ESWAT: City Under Siege
Fatal Labyrinth
Flicky
Gain Ground
Golden Axe III
Jewel Master
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat 3
Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
Phantasy Star II
Ristar
Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
Shining Force II
Shining in the Darkness
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic 3D Blast
Sonic Spinball
Super Thunder Blade
Sword Of Vermilion
The Ooze
Vectorman 2

The rest of the games are a mix of Master System games or filler material which never came out on Mega Drive. I don't think there's many must-have games in the list, maybe Ristar and Mortal Kombat. Down to personal taste I think.

markc91 · 07-12-2019 5:02pm

Just found my old mega drive no games though so no need for the flashback wheres the best place to get the mini?

MSVforever · 08-12-2019 5:12pm

markc91 wrote: »

Just found my old mega drive no games though so no need for the flashback wheres the best place to get the mini?

The cheapest I have seen them is in Harvey Normans for €75. I'm wondering if it will come down a bit after Christmas....

Pique · 08-12-2019 5:15pm

The 2 Lidls in Letterkenny were sold out of the Megadrive Flashbacks on Friday when I went in. Still a couple of Atari Flashbacks though (which I heard are actually decent enough, by comparison to the verdict on the Megadrive one).

markc91 · 08-12-2019 6:03pm

MSVforever wrote: »

The cheapest I have seen them is in Harvey Normans for €75. I'm wondering if it will come down a bit after Christmas....

Got it in smyths today for €75

80s Synth Pop · 08-12-2019 10:35pm

I was reading about the new trueblue mini for the mega drive mini (non atgames). Is this currently the only way to add more games?

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 09-12-2019 12:35am

80s Synth Pop wrote: »

I was reading about the new trueblue mini for the mega drive mini (non atgames). Is this currently the only way to add more games?

Project Lunar is going to be released soon, could be a few more weeks before it goes beta, it will allow you to add games yourself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=So8GESC6y6w

Skip to 5:10 into the video. The great thing is it will use the stock UI.

mondeo · 16-12-2019 12:42pm

These are 69 in Smyths now, dunno if to get one or not

. I have an emulator on an android tablet which works fine for all these games. I like the idea of having two official Sega controllers with this mini and rigging it up to my TV like old times. Is it worth 69 ??? I had the Snes mini and barely touched it to be honest. As a kid I had the megadrive and wished for an official mini version of it. Now that one is available I don't know if I even want to buy it now.

What should I do ? I'm sitting in Costa here having my usual bad cappuccino. Smyths is near by....

The Nal · 16-12-2019 12:48pm

mondeo wrote: »

These are 69 in Smyths now, dunno if to get one or not . I have an emulator on an android tablet which works fine for all these games. I like the idea of having two official Sega controllers with this mini and rigging it up to my TV like old times. Is it worth 69 ??? I had the Snes mini and barely touched it to be honest. As a kid I had the megadrive and wished for an official mini version of it. Now that one is available I don't know if I even want to buy it now.

What should I do ? I'm sitting in Costa here having my usual bad cappuccino. Smyths is near by....

The emulators are available for free online. How much are you really going to play it? Do you need more clutter and cables in your house?

B.A._Baracus · 16-12-2019 12:50pm

mondeo wrote: »

These are 69 in Smyths now, dunno if to get one or not . I have an emulator on an android tablet which works fine for all these games. I like the idea of having two official Sega controllers with this mini and rigging it up to my TV like old times. Is it worth 69 ??? I had the Snes mini and barely touched it to be honest. As a kid I had the megadrive and wished for an official mini version of it. Now that one is available I don't know if I even want to buy it now.

What should I do ? I'm sitting in Costa here having my usual bad cappuccino. Smyths is near by....

Project Lunar will be released shortly. So apart from the core games it comes with you can revist any other classics. Playing on a TV is a nice touch too.

Given it's christmas that 69 euro could give you a couple of hours of fun. Easily spend that on a night out.

mondeo · 16-12-2019 1:16pm

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

Project Lunar will be released shortly. So apart from the core games it comes with you can revist any other classics. Playing on a TV is a nice touch too.

Given it's christmas that 69 euro could give you a couple of hours of fun. Easily spend that on a night out.

I read about project lunar, that has been ongoing for months now. When will they release it I wonder. Adding new games would be the reason I would go for it. If it was locked down then I really wouldn't buy it. There are games I want that are not on it. Streets of Rage 1, Revenge of Shinobi, Outrun, Robocop. These were big ones for me and I must have them on it.

I also have an original Megadrive 1 which does not work anymore. I had a loose idea of gutting the megadrive mini and putting the board inside my original Megadrive 1. This would be cool i think since it's official Sega hardware going into an official original Megadrive. I could do a nice neat little job of this.

Hmmm ye I might swing around and get one and have some fun with this,

Inviere · 16-12-2019 4:34pm

The Nal wrote: »

The emulators are available for free online. How much are you really going to play it? Do you need more clutter and cables in your house?

You need to put a bit of work into emulation to give it that polished feel to rival these mini consoles. For a start, you don't want to be clicking "file", "load rom", and selecting roms with a mouse...from that very moment you're disconnected form the experience imo. Secondly, you need to set up and configure a proper frontend that allows you to browse through games via boxart (using a controller!). Thirdly, shaders...

I'm all for emulation, it's my method of choice for retro gaming, but the convenience of these first party plug n play minis has a lot to be said for it, to rival them through pc based software is a few hours work of set up (though imo the end result is far superior), and not everyone wants that.

briany · 16-12-2019 4:42pm

Inviere wrote: »

You need to put a bit of work into emulation to give it that polished feel to rival these mini consoles. For a start, you don't want to be clicking "file", "load rom", and selecting roms with a mouse...from that very moment you're disconnected form the experience imo. Secondly, you need to set up and configure a proper frontend that allows you to browse through games via boxart (using a controller!). Thirdly, shaders...

I'm all for emulation, it's my method of choice for retro gaming, but the convenience of these first party plug n play minis has a lot to be said for it, to rival them through pc based software is a few hours work of set up (though imo the end result is far superior), and not everyone wants that.

I think these little boxes are a great thing for those people who want to relive a bit of their childhood, but who never really got into PCs to the point where they're downloading and configuring emulators to do it.

The only problem with these things, really, is that they're a bit legally handcuffed in what games they can put on there, and this leads to some unusual choices. And then you might buy the thing and be disappointed a certain isn't on there, and then you're off googling how to get it on there via some 3rd party solution and with the amount of work you end up doing, maybe you'd have been as well to go the pure emulation route in the first place.

Inviere · 16-12-2019 4:45pm

briany wrote: »

I think these little boxes are a great thing for those people who want to relive a bit of their childhood, but who never really got into PCs to the point where they're downloading and configuring emulators to do it.

The only problem with these things, really, is that they're a bit legally handcuffed in what games they can put on there, and this leads to some unusual choices. And then you might buy the thing and be disappointed a certain isn't on there, and then you're off googling how to get it on there via some 3rd party solution and with the amount of work you end up doing, maybe you'd have been as well to go the pure emulation route in the first place.

Fair point, but I think those hacks generally get very refined and automated as time goes by. Within six months of a hack being released, it's usually almost down to a few clicks of a mouse, throw some roms on a usb stick, and away you go.

To set up a comparable experience on a pc, you'd be looking at configuring retroarch as a base, then running launchbox over it...the end result is so well worth it, but I would say it's a LOT more involved than hacking a mini. You could always download pre-configured packs, but I was never a fan of those...they're almost always borked in some way and you've no idea how it all ties together.

mondeo · 16-12-2019 5:47pm

mondeo wrote: »

I read about project lunar, that has been ongoing for months now. When will they release it I wonder. Adding new games would be the reason I would go for it. If it was locked down then I really wouldn't buy it. There are games I want that are not on it. Streets of Rage 1, Revenge of Shinobi, Outrun, Robocop. These were big ones for me and I must have them on it.

I also have an original Megadrive 1 which does not work anymore. I had a loose idea of gutting the megadrive mini and putting the board inside my original Megadrive 1. This would be cool i think since it's official Sega hardware going into an official original Megadrive. I could do a nice neat little job of this.

Hmmm ye I might swing around and get one and have some fun with this,

Well I bought it, ye its worth 69 imo. Playing it there the past 2 hours. Sonic has a little bit of slowdown at one point. Otherwise no problem.

Streets of Rage 2 is great, Echo the Dolphin is very nostalgic. The controllers are very light compared to the original one. The megadrive itself is very detailed, it's very true to the original one in appearance.

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 16-12-2019 10:54pm

mondeo wrote: »

Well I bought it, ye its worth 69 imo. Playing it there the past 2 hours. Sonic has a little bit of slowdown at one point. Otherwise no problem.

Streets of Rage 2 is great, Echo the Dolphin is very nostalgic. The controllers are very light compared to the original one. The megadrive itself is very detailed, it's very true to the original one in appearance.

Retro-Bit do a nice 6 and 8 button controllers. Been a long time since I held an original Sega control pad but these ones feel authentic. Argos do the wired ones for 22 euro.

mondeo · 17-12-2019 12:50pm

Steyr 556 wrote: »

Retro-Bit do a nice 6 and 8 button controllers. Been a long time since I held an original Sega control pad but these ones feel authentic. Argos do the wired ones for 22 euro.

I seen that 6 button controller yes, When Lunar becomes available I will probably buy that 6 button pad for the sake of SNES games.

I'm really liking this new megadrive system, was up until 2am this morning playing Shinobi 3. I got killed by a flying "brain" before I called it a night:pac:

Been a long time since I stayed up late playing games like this. Can't wait to get home now and try crack Shinobi 3 !

Chris_Heilong · 17-12-2019 3:22pm

If you do not have the means to get an original Megadrive and only have a HD tv at home then I would say this is worth it.

CiDeRmAn · 17-12-2019 5:23pm

I'd love to pick one up, but they seem to be sold out in Smyths, at least in my neck of the woods.
It'll probably wind up in the cupboard along with the other mini consoles, the HDMI/Micro-USB are being occupied with a Retron-N at the moment, which is a pretty decent Nes clone which is playing my NES collection beautifully! Seems a shame to move it!

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 19-12-2019 11:16am

I hope to get one over the Xmas holidays myself.

I've had very little reason to buy one since I got the Mega SG. But one thing the SG doesn't have that the Mini does - save states.

I've little patience for ploughing through a game in one sitting nowadays, so for the sake of save states I'd rather have one.

o1s1n · 19-12-2019 12:45pm

Do you not find save states suck the fun out of a game no? Kinda just like fast forwarding through the game to get to the end?

Half the fun of a good platformer is seeing how good you get with each attempt

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 19-12-2019 12:58pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Do you not find save states suck the fun out of a game no? Kinda just like fast forwarding through the game to get to the end?

Half the fun of a good platformer is seeing how good you get with each attempt

It used to suck the fun out of it for me, but I find the opposite happens nowadays. My attention span is not as good as it once was, I can't stick to one thing for a long period of time, I have to stop and do something else. Retro games are one of my favourite kind of games but the idea of having to have them beat in one sitting puts me off going back.

There are plenty of Mega Drive games that do not come with a battery, but are long playthroughs - best example of this is Kid Chameleon. That game can take upwards to 5 or 6 hours to beat, but you can't save it if you play it authentically.
Castle of Illusion takes about 2 hours to complete and you also can't save anything on that.
Sonic 2 takes about the same length of time.

I tend to play my retro games in much smaller bursts nowadays, and having the mini, with save states, would help in that regard.

Retr0gamer · 19-12-2019 1:01pm

Yeah but Kid Chameleon Stinks!!!!!

I actually prefer retro games these days because they can be played in 1 or 2 hours. I feel new games I've to invest a lot more time in them to get the same amount of fun.

And don't get me started on modern games where tutorials can last over an hour.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 19-12-2019 1:02pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Yeah but Kid Chameleon Stinks!!!!!

Go 'way you ya snake, Kid Chameleon is awesome! :pac:

Retr0gamer wrote: »

And don't get me started on modern games where tutorials can last over an hour.

Do they all happen to be Japanese games? The whole reason I have never dove into Persona 5 is the thought of having to go through that whole tutorial process...... noooo thanks.

o1s1n · 19-12-2019 1:07pm

Is Kid Chameleon really that long??? mental! I've never made it passed the first few bits...generally for the same reasons that Retr0 mentioned above :pac:

o1s1n · 19-12-2019 1:09pm

Regarding tutorials, I still can't believe so many games still explain to you how to use the controls at the beginning in the most basic of senses. I mean is there really anyone left on earth that doesn't now how to use twin analog sticks?

Retr0gamer · 19-12-2019 1:20pm

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

Do they all happen to be Japanese games? The whole reason I have never dove into Persona 5 is the thought of having to go through that whole tutorial process...... noooo thanks.

While Persona 5 (and 3 and 4) have particularly long tutorials I find Japanese action games are far better than at this. Western games are the main culprits.

I mean compare your typical western opening with Metal Gear Revengeance where you fight a Metal Gear Rex, lob it's arm off, fight it again, run down the side of a clock tower and slice it in half... then half an hour later realise that that was the tutorial.

o1s1n wrote: »

Is Kid Chameleon really that long??? mental! I've never made it passed the first few bits...generally for the same reasons that Retr0 mentioned above :pac:

It goes on for ages and it really confusing as you can skip levels and end up going all over the place with a lot of levels looking and feeling like you've been there before. I tried to beat it years ago but got so bored about 4 hours in I had to give up.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 19-12-2019 1:32pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It goes on for ages and it really confusing as you can skip levels and end up going all over the place with a lot of levels looking and feeling like you've been there before. I tried to beat it years ago but got so bored about 4 hours in I had to give up.

See, that's where save states would come in handy! I can save it, leave it for a while, then when I decide I want to try again, I don't have to start from the beginning - I can just continue where I left off.

Also..... to further answer O1s1n's question about "fast-forwarding": I wouldn't use save states to cheese my way through a game, or to go back to where I was before I died, I did that one time, with Mega Man, but that was before I learned that I'm just bad at Mega Man and shouldn't be playing them, full stop lol

I use save states as a checkpoint if it makes enough sense (like the end of a level, or just before coming to a boss battle).

In any case, I assume the MD Mini is hackable, as the rest of the mini consoles???

mondeo · 19-12-2019 3:35pm

The nice thing about this system is that it's the first console Sega have made in years 20 years.

Back in the 1990's millions of people were using megadrives, now for the first time since the 1990's thousands or more people will be using Megadrive consoles again on xmas morning.

beejee · 19-12-2019 4:03pm

mondeo wrote: »

The nice thing about this system is that it's the first console Sega have made in years 20 years.

Back in the 1990's millions of people were using megadrives, now for the first time since the 1990's thousands or more people will be using Megadrive consoles again on xmas morning.

I swear, if I won some mega lottery I'd be at Segas door trying to convince them to get dreamcast 2 out the door. Incentives with a 100 million investment to get it started at least, pure vanity project

Second on the list would be to reform a Rare group to get a killer instinct 3 arcade cabinet off the ground (but not the xbox one version, a new build). Have 20 cabinets made with gold t-molding and diamond buttons. Oh yes!

Shapey Fiend · 19-12-2019 4:46pm

When I'm daydreaming I often think Sega could probably launch a midrange games system and do alright. 90% of the games coming out right now don't need a very powerful console. If you got a load of Steam stuff ported over, with Sega exclusives, and a load of retro stuff for hardware price of €200 would probably do alright. Maybe discounted PS4's and XBones would eat your lunch.

Retr0gamer · 19-12-2019 4:53pm

I'm constantly looking at digital foundry showing off the new fangled raytracing abilities on PC which will show what to expect from the next generation of consoles and giving a very unexcited meh. I'd say you could bring out a last gen system that could pump out 4K and nobody would be the wiser which was better unless side by side. I think we have reached a point where the increases in power lead to very small increases in graphical fidelity. So come on Sega. Give us Dreamcast 2. I'm bored of most Triple A dreck and need a console with such an eclectic and weird library. And blue skies! Nobody does blue skies like Sega. Even their darkest games like Streets of Rage are gloriously colourful.

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 19-12-2019 11:21pm

Wouldn't be able to play games on the Sega Mini without the save states to be honest, I don't have 2-3 hours to sit down and clear a game. Factor in my reflexes having slowed down massively, especially on platformers :pac:

Inviere · 20-12-2019 3:58pm

o1s1n wrote: »

Do you not find save states suck the fun out of a game no? Kinda just like fast forwarding through the game to get to the end?

Half the fun of a good platformer is seeing how good you get with each attempt

It depends on the game. If the design is fair, I'll stick with the pre-existing save mechanism. If it's grindey or ball busting, feck that, times have moved on & I've only gotten older, save states ftw

Retr0gamer · 20-12-2019 4:17pm

A lot of old games aren't as hard as made out and just need a bit of patience to get through. Poster children of Nintendo hard contra and Super C took me an afternoon each without the 30 lives code.

Of course there are bull**** moments in games where save stating is a god send. Looking at you Megaman 1 Yellow Devil and most of all the final boss of ninja gaiden and that stupid bug that kicks you back 4 grueling stage when you lose just one life to him! (seriously **** Tecmo for never fixing this in the western release).

1o059k7ewrqj3n · 21-12-2019 8:02pm

Road Rash II is a lot harder than I remember. Back in the day I never had it for more than a weekend when renting it out so I guess I never got into level 4 or 5.

On the Sega Mini it's very difficult and without the save states I'd get nowhere. I don't know how the game was supposed to be played back in the day because it takes me grinding tracks to get the money up to get new bikes. Most races I am lucky to finish, bike gets wrecked. I think it's the RNG? It's insane, obstacles over every hill.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 21-12-2019 8:17pm

Steyr 556 wrote: »

Road Rash II is a lot harder than I remember. Back in the day I never had it for more than a weekend when renting it out so I guess I never got into level 4 or 5.

On the Sega Mini it's very difficult and without the save states I'd get nowhere. I don't know how the game was supposed to be played back in the day because it takes me grinding tracks to get the money up to get new bikes. Most races I am lucky to finish, bike gets wrecked. I think it's the RNG? It's insane, obstacles over every hill.

Road Rash 2 (as well as 1 and 3) has a password system. I still have a sheet full of passwords in my original boxes of all three games. Probably my favourite racing game series of the 16-bit era.
No RNG on that one. Road Rash takes a lot of memorizing the tracks and a bit of practice before you get the hang of it. Each time you level up, the tracks get shuffled - one track is replaced per level, and they increase in length as well.

I can play Road Rash 1 with my eyes closed up until I hit level 3, then I have to really concentrate because, like with 2 and 3, you have to modify your bike, increase its speed, and that's where the difficulty ramps up. The faster the game gets, the harder it is to maintain control of the bike, and it just gets ridiculous, because then you have to not only focus on controlling your bike, but also defending yourself against other opponents and avoiding oncoming traffic (or any traffic, really) and praying to god a cop doesn't show up should you fall off lol

Sorry, I went on a bit of a drivel. I've been a massive fan of Road Rash since it came out - play them all the time. So happy it's on this mini console.

CiDeRmAn · 22-12-2019 3:10pm

Gamer Bhoy 89 wrote: »

Road Rash 2 (as well as 1 and 3) has a password system. I still have a sheet full of passwords in my original boxes of all three games. Probably my favourite racing game series of the 16-bit era.
No RNG on that one. Road Rash takes a lot of memorizing the tracks and a bit of practice before you get the hang of it. Each time you level up, the tracks get shuffled - one track is replaced per level, and they increase in length as well.

I can play Road Rash 1 with my eyes closed up until I hit level 3, then I have to really concentrate because, like with 2 and 3, you have to modify your bike, increase its speed, and that's where the difficulty ramps up. The faster the game gets, the harder it is to maintain control of the bike, and it just gets ridiculous, because then you have to not only focus on controlling your bike, but also defending yourself against other opponents and avoiding oncoming traffic (or any traffic, really) and praying to god a cop doesn't show up should you fall off lol

Sorry, I went on a bit of a drivel. I've been a massive fan of Road Rash since it came out - play them all the time. So happy it's on this mini console.

I love them too, especially the second one, but the 3DO version is the tops for me everytime.
Did you play the MegaCD/SegaCD version?
It's a weird hybrid of RR3 and the 3DO/PS game.

Shapey Fiend · 23-12-2019 12:30am

The balance on Road Rash 1, 2, 3 and 3DO is spot on. It's the main reason Road Redemption is totally disappointing by comparison.

mondeo · 23-12-2019 1:02pm

Anyone attacking ghouls and ghosts ? Ridiculously hard. I stopped half way through it, it's not fun playing a game this difficult. Is there any cheats for a GOD mode for Ghouls and Ghosts ? My sanity is tested too much with this game.

Retr0gamer · 23-12-2019 6:14pm

mondeo wrote: »

Anyone attacking ghouls and ghosts ? Ridiculously hard. I stopped half way through it, it's not fun playing a game this difficult. Is there any cheats for a GOD mode for Ghouls and Ghosts ? My sanity is tested too much with this game.

I've beaten it.

It's not too bad once you get the hang of it with Stage 4's boss and Stage 5 being the only sticking points that can screw you over with RNG.

Also if you aren't playing the game on hard you are missing out on extras from the arcade game

Also the megadrive version is some ways is tougher than the arcade game as the hit boxes are much bigger and less forgiving.

Doge · 24-12-2019 1:56am

Shapey Fiend wrote: »

The balance on Road Rash 1, 2, 3 and 3DO is spot on. It's the main reason Road Redemption is totally disappointing by comparison.

I always thought the balance was off in the ps1 version of “Road Rash” which i presume has the same gameplay as the 3DO?
Ive played the PC version also and seems pretty much the same gameplay as the PS1.
In fact the only thing that impresses me is the awesome intro with soundgardens rusty cage, and the cut scenes about that game.

Instead of having the speed matching mechanic like the mega drive games, i found i was just whizzing past rivals instead of getting into epic battles especially at the front 5 places in the mega drive games.

Despite the digital graphics Road Rash 3 is my most played game out of all of them, it saves your weapons for the next race also which is a great improvement. Track design is more interesting also.

Have to a agree on Road Redemption, too much fighting in the game with normal riders who arent racing against you.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 24-12-2019 3:25am

So is this thing even hackable? I bought it on Friday (on impulse) and I'm surprised at how well it's put together, not just from a hardware perspective but from a software one as well.

Each game has it's own little description and can also be region-switched. I also love the way you can switch the views of the menu to either front cover art or spine art.

This begs the question of whether this system is easy to hack or not. The other mini systems don't have as much "character" as this.

TBH, if it can't be hacked, I wouldn't even be mad. It seems to be a perfect package minus a few questionable omissions (no Revenge Of Shinobi, really?)

Anyway. I've came across this page on ModMyClassic.com where it describes a hack for the console in great detail but no download link? Unless I'm missing something...

Sega Megadrive mini

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