Backwards compatible

RYAN LAMBIE

Peak Mini? Has the mini console era passed its peak? Looking at Sega’s recently released Mega Drive Mini 2, I’d say the evidence is there. As the name implies, it’s another miniaturised device packed full of old games – a hardware sequel to 2019’s Mega Drive Mini, but this time modelled on the smaller (and less fondly remembered) version of the console Sega first launched in 1993. This decision alone is significant: rather than go for a Master System Mini (too obscure for most markets outside Europe and Brazil) or a Saturn Mini (too hard to emulate on relatively cheap hardware), Sega’s gone for a second bite at its most successful console. And, in a sorry reflection of the global economic climate, the MDM2 is more expensive than its predecessor…

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