SEGA Might Release a New Retro Handheld, Cartridges and All | Retro Handhelds
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A new rumor claims licensed SEGA hardware could return as a cartridge-based handheld aimed at 2D indie games instead of basic retro emulation.

(Apologies if this was posted already, but I searched and didn’t see anything.)

I think there’s definitely a niche market for a low specs/low price handheld for 2D retro-style games. Here’s hoping the rumor is true!

  • _NetNomad@fedia.io
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    6 days ago

    a company that’s done licensed Sega hardware before

    this is interesting. where the mega drive and gg mini hardware done in house by SEGA? because unless that was another company that they could recontract, the only other companies i can think of are TecToy, who were making functional non-emulation Master Systems well into the 2000s for South America, and AtGames, who the less said about, the better.

    if SEGA Forever had been a bit later, they could have just licensed SEGA-branded Anbernic Arc-Ds. it’s a shame that initiative fizzled out so quickly

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      See, here’s the thing. The mini mega drive was released like 4 times. I think the first one was back in the mid 2000s trying to capitolize on the plug and play craze at the time. That one might have been done by AtGames.

      They had one around 2016 that was juuuuuuuust before the NES Classic craze started. That one WAS done by AtGames, and it was awful.

      The other 2 I don’t know who did it. My point is, when it comes to the mini console megadrives, there are like 4 of them, and their history is a confusing convoluted mess. It’s probably like WWII. No matter how much I learn about WWII, the next time I watch a video, I learn something new. Did you know hitler potentially could have began work on atom bomb technology development as early as 1942? The only reason hitler dismissed the idea is because the scientist was jewish. I won’t repeat the quote hitler said upon being explained the concept of the atom bomb. I’d probably get reported to mods for hate speech. Lets just say that hitler was enthusiastic about the idea until he learned the lead scientist was jewish. At which point he said some very antisemetic things and refused to fund the research. He really shot himself in the foot with that one.

      …just the foot for now.