Sega’s Genesis Mini 2 launches in October with more power and more games
by Chris Welch from The Verge - All Posts on (#61CG2)
Image: Sega Sega has announced that it's releasing a second edition of its Genesis Mini console in the US on October 27th. The company says this version is more powerful than the hardware released in 2019. It'll ship with a batch of over 50 games, and this time, some of those will be Sega CD titles. (Yes, Sonic CD and Shining Force CD are among them.) The Genesis Mini 2 will be available exclusively through Amazon, where you can already place a preorder for $103.80. Amazon is also charging $21.99 for shipping; the high costs are because US buyers will be importing this from Sega of Japan.
The hardware design is now based on the Sega Genesis Model 2, and you're getting the six-button gamepad instead of the three-button gamepad that came with the...