Sega Genesis Mini 2 Review - This thing is awesome! | MVG

One thing worthy of note is in the credits for the SMD Mini 2 is a dedication 'in memory of Rieko Kodama'. This is how fans found out she had died back in May. (No news spread about it at the time as it was made private for the respect of her family.) Kodama was a graphics cornerstone for games like Phantasy Star and Sonic the Hedgehog, and later directed Skies of Arcadia. She was working hard on this game collection to get them to work properly, as she helped make them in the past. Massive respect is due to her and her memory.

720p might actually be a better choice than 1080p in this case. Given that the Genesis resolution is 320x224, pixel-perfect scaling fills 93% of the screen in 720p, but only 83% in 1080p. And both 720p and 1080p scale perfectly into 4K, so 720p would give the clearer image.

I always wanted this console as a kid. Had to go to the neighbours house to play his. Brings back lots of good memories. Thanks for the video.

Worth mentioning that the most likely reason for the lack of Lunar or Popful Mail is with Working Designs refusing let others use their localizations (It's about $). It's been an issue with their works for years and a serious problem in getting people to play these games when they can't be easily ported+released to modern consoles. Great review by the way! I'm amazed after how good the first Genesis Mini was that SEGA was able to drop one that might be even better.

A curious fact: the european Mega Drive 2 includes the ROM of Fatal Fury 2, a game thought to be not released in Europe but actually a rare Blockbuster rent exclusive.

60 games to celebrate SEGA's 60th anniversary. It definitely was a labour of love.

If TecToy made a localized version for Brazil of this it would be an absolute smash hit

Bought a PS mini for about $25 awhile ago and ended up turning it into a full on emulation machine over the summer. Overall total cost for the mini, a USB flash drive and a couple of adapter was about $80, plays thousands of games, and took about an hour to set up from start to finish. Always hooked up to my TV.

I really like the concept of these mini consoles. I purchased a SNES classic simply for a cheap emulation solution with HDMI out. Though the same could arguably be achieved for less with a Pi (or the like), having original style controllers and a tiny version of the console I remember fondly from childhood is really cool. Great video as always, thanks for the content.

I think it was really smart of them to include some versions of these games with exclusive features only found on this system, I have one coming I can't wait.

I still love mini systems. I bring them on work trips, hook them up to the hotel tv and have coworkers come hang out. It’s always a popular ice breaker. Got one guy utterly hooked on Link to the Past most recently with my snes mini. Any time one of these things comes out I’ll pick it up. Good for house parties too. Kinda would have been cool if they had added a little fake Sega Cd add on for the console.

It would be fun to see MVG do an update on why systems like this and the Turbo Graphics 16 mini have been, “unhackable.”

Landstalker had a bug that prevented it from being played correctly on the original Mega Drive sold in Brazil. It used a raster effect that was not present on the first console, and emulators proved that by freezing on the same point with the raster emulation disabled. Since this is based on version 2 onwards, I think this will be ok.

Seeing the amount of love and care put into this really makes me want a Sega Saturn one someday.

Every single video you make has the best music always sets the mood perfectly

The Genesis to this day never ceases to amaze me with how much it can do with so little.

That's really cool about the inclusion of changing sound systems between Mega Drive 1 & 2.

One step closer to the Dreamcast Mini... I hope.

Some other changes that I've noticed... Thunder Force IV (Lightening Force) has an overclocked option. Bare Knuckle III is censored (with the dock level and boss "Ash" removed). Shadow Dancer has the World Trade Center removed on the title screen. The twin towers are just combined into a single wide building. Though it can still be seen at the end sequence of the game. (I also noticed this on their precious Genesis collection. Rainbow Islands EX has "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" music removed, unfortunately.

10:39 they did an amazing work with this TV-like wallpaper. It adds a great sense of imersion to me. Well done. And thanks for the video.