This little fellow was released, https://sega.jp/astrocitymini/ and personally I am super excited about being able to have Golden Axe and Revenge of Death Adder at home nice and easily.
HDMI output with Usb controllers, it could be plugged into the TV. Potential is high.
Apparently M2 is not involved though and it reminds me a lot of these dodgy pacman arcade minis I’ve seen in the shops.
With a total of 36 games planned and a rather steep price I’m of two minds, although the one that wants to buy it is definitely more dominant.
Sp, looking for other people’s thoughts. Whaddya reckon?
1000% in. Clicky stick hallelujah!! I think the Neo Geo Mini would be closer to the dodgy Pacmans and this looks closer to the true ideal of that concept.
From a design standpoint I don’t know why but I’m more likely to get this then the neogeo mini even though the neogeo had what I would consider better games. Will see how the actually mechanics/emulation of it are when it comes out.
Excited for the separate pad and stick options. Somewhat excited for the cab, I thought I read it was supposed to be around 12,800 yen? Might get it when it’s discounted.
I have a Neo Geo Mini with controllers and it’s a cool device. I got mine for $90 but it’s been as low as $60 lately I think. Despite the lack of a clicky stick, games play very well on it and sound great. It also looks really cool on your desk!
fwiw, I can’t think of any Japan-produced, non-M2 Sega arcade ports in recent memory that weren’t fine, but if it’s not M2 or Sega AM then I have no clue who it might be… maybe Gotch has leveled up
I’ll probably pass. I find that I generally haven’t played the NES or SNES mini and so, I have been skipping all the of the other similar systems that have come out.
If they offered a pixel perfect screen like the Neo Geo one that came out, I’d probably look at it a bit more closely though.
Impossible with all the various resolutions of these games. Pixel perfect still wouldn’t give you a 4:3 aspect with Virtua Fighter or other games too, this will need some sort of interpolation to avoid uneven pixel sizes.
Which makes me wish for a proper retro focussed console to be released with online capabilities and a store front that can be continually be added to and updated by various companies.
I used Retroarch before it saved any core configuration or video settings so soon got fed up of switching resolutions all the time for arcade games, but even the stand alone emulators were still really well optimised and compatible considering the hardware, still such a ridiculously versatile and capable console.
I found that I haven’t used my MD mini as much as I thought I would, but then on that I’ve played most of the games already.
The Astrocity though, yes, I’ve certainly shoved enough coinage into Golden axe, Alien storm and Death Adder to make SEGA happy, but never in the comfort of my own home.
Plus I’ve not finished any of them (Excpt G. AXe)
Ordered mine this morning. While I don’t class it as cheap, it is better value than the Gamegear mini and it’s 4 games…
That M2 isn’t involved and they haven’t really said who is doing the porting/emulation is making this doubtful. I mean fuck, M2 is even doing that dumb fucking gamegear mini right?
