SEGA Mega Drive Mini

The Sega Mega Drive Mini, is a dedicated console modelled on the Sega Mega Drive, it was released in 2019. The Mini emulates the original console’s 16-bit hardware, and includes 42 games made available through emulation.

The Mini is half the size of the original Sega Genesis. It includes two full-size replica controllers that connect through USB.
Inside the unit is an ARM-based SOC ZUIKI Z7213 and 512 MB of flash memory.

The Sega Genesis Mini features 40 Sega Genesis games, with the selection varying depending on the region. In addition to these titles, the game includes two bonus games, Darius and Tetris, which are new conversions made for the Mini system that were previously never released for the original console.
All of the games have a save state feature to pause and resume progress and can be played in either the original 4:3 aspect ratio with optional wallpapers or stretched to 16:9 widescreen with HUD elements modified to fit onto the screen. Certain games have regional variants that can be accessed by changing the system’s language settings (e.g. switching the system language from English to Japanese will change Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine into Puyo Puyo.)
M2, who previously collaborated with Sega on the Sega Ages and Sega 3D Classics Collection series, produced the Mini’s ports. Sega emphasized first-party production quality in its marketing for the Mini, as the company returns to the hardware business after last producing the Sega Dreamcast in 2001.

Since its release, the first Sega Genesis Mini console had sold over 300,000 units by the end of March 2020.