Unfortunately, many of the games included in the bundle feel like bloat and don’t hold up (like Virtua Fighter 2), but that won’t stop the nostalgic among us from enjoying them. For the RPG fans, Phantasy Star IV is a great inclusion. The list also includes several games that epitomize Sega’s lean into over-the-top attitude of the ‘90s, like Comix Zone, Vectorman, and ToeJam and Earl.
Mega Man: The Wily Wars, which gathers the first three Mega Man games into one package, is a great addition, and it’s nice to have games like Castlevania: Bloodlines and the punishingly difficult Contra: Hard Corps appear. The games list ranges from mainstays like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Ecco the Dolphin to games that never even released on the Genesis like Tetris and Darius. The Genesis Mini’s 42-game library is relatively huge compared to the 30 games on the NES Classic, 21 games on the SNES Classic, and 20 on the PlayStation Classic. Also, if you felt burned by Sony not including an AC adapter with its PlayStation Classic, fear not: The Genesis Mini comes complete with a wall plug. I love how these address two common complaints from competitors’ classic consoles: The Genesis Mini controllers have sufficiently long controller cables, and they give you the ability to access the main menu from couch rather than getting up to press the reset button. Some of the games support multiplayer, and the package includes two controllers that look and feel like the familiar three-button Genesis gamepads.
You’re able to choose from different backgrounds and screen filters, and can sort the massive library of 42 games by name, release date, or number of players. Each game allows you to set three restore points, so you can save different states as you play. Following the examples of the miniature consoles from Nintendo and Sony, the Genesis Mini sports the appearance of a smaller Genesis and crams a ton of the platform’s most classic, iconic, and popular titles into it.
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