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  • Given I've covered the Fei Hao Chinese Mega Drive clone, I thought it was only fair to cover what passes as an officially licenced release, in the world of Sega; The AT Games Sega Genesis Flashback HD / AT Games Sega Mega Drive Flashback HD.
    Now this little machine has received some bad press. It's often touted as the Mega Drive Mini or HD Genesis; essentially Sega's answer to the SNES Classic Mini. But, people have criticised everything from its sound, to its clunky menu system. But I'm not one to take what I hear as scripture. I'm going to test this Sega Flashback and find out if it's actually as bad as some people make out. I mean AT Games must surely have learnt by now... surely?
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Комментарии • 764

  • @segasonic23
    @segasonic23 6 лет назад +59

    The Air Hockey "Bonus game" is actually an official TecToy Brazilian release. I find that interesting.

    • @gonzaloNMF
      @gonzaloNMF 3 года назад +1

      nice fact

    • @cartoonbackups
      @cartoonbackups 3 года назад +1

      I have a atgames portable genesis model from 2016 that has a few more tectoy games

    • @t.castro4493
      @t.castro4493 2 года назад +1

      Yeah, Sega was and is popular here, so they gave permission to TecToy to manufacture consoles and games.

  • @hellzenvy
    @hellzenvy 6 лет назад +34

    Its probably been said a thousand times in the comments but the USA version of the Snes Classic came with wall adapters.

    • @KarldorisLambley
      @KarldorisLambley Год назад

      a wall adaptor? what do they 'adapt' a wall into? a floor, or ceiling perhaps?

    • @marioboi323
      @marioboi323 2 месяца назад

      @@KarldorisLambley as in the plug for the charger. The brick that goes into the socket

  • @martinh4982
    @martinh4982 6 лет назад +177

    The big mystery with AT Games is that no matter how many attempts they've had at putting out a Mega Drive system, they simply can't get the emulation right. You'd think - just given the laws of chance - they'd have managed to get it right at least once!

    • @geoserenity
      @geoserenity 6 лет назад +11

      Martin H now to be fair, they have come closer than a lot of other cheap console clones. A number of more expensive ones too

    • @AdhamOhm
      @AdhamOhm 6 лет назад +31

      Especially considering emulation for the Genesis/Mega Drive has existed for almost 20 years, and decent emulators have existed on ARM architecture for at least half a decade. Not to mention they have full licensing support from Sega themselves.

    • @geoserenity
      @geoserenity 6 лет назад

      Strider VM that IS sad, android is better

    • @geoserenity
      @geoserenity 6 лет назад

      Strider VM i would not, android is really it’s own thing regardless of how it started.

    • @Nukle0n
      @Nukle0n 6 лет назад +8

      The reason a Raspberry Pi can have a better emulator is because you can get one of the open source ones that have a billion manhours put into it to get the sound right.
      When ATgames makes one of these they have to develop their own emulator, or license someone else's, and it's extremely rarely happened that someone has licensed a fan-made emulator.
      Alternatively you can do like Hyperkin and just piss all over the people who made an emulator by using their source code without permission.

  • @jensrobot
    @jensrobot 6 лет назад +67

    Not Jimmy Whites Whirlwind Snooker compatible!!! That's a pass then

  • @Xilefian
    @Xilefian 6 лет назад +47

    6:23 Oh hello, it's the Android System user-interface! I guess this is running Android! That's going to add a lot of overhead in itself.

    • @Nostalgianerd
      @Nostalgianerd  6 лет назад +21

      Ahhhhh, good old Android.

    • @xan1242
      @xan1242 6 лет назад +24

      At least gives you a nice platform for reverse engineering. At least you can put a better emulator inside yourself :D

    • @Calicoma
      @Calicoma 6 лет назад +13

      Or at least deleting all of the unofficial games and adding some of the missing ones, like Sonic 3

    • @oncameramastery
      @oncameramastery 6 лет назад +4

      I guess Sonic 3 wont work because of the custom chips for the save feature???

  • @LakoIsFun
    @LakoIsFun 6 лет назад +137

    It's Android, could tell by the boot logo, the message box and that loading bar.

    • @17R3W
      @17R3W 6 лет назад +14

      Lako
      THIS LOOKS SHOPPED / I CAN TELL FROM SOME OF THE PIXELS AND FROM SEEING QUITE A FEW SHOPS IN MY TIME.

    • @17R3W
      @17R3W 6 лет назад +1

      Die Gutesten
      😂

    • @Darxide23
      @Darxide23 6 лет назад +2

      @Die Gutesten Look, I found the guy who didn't get the joke.

    • @lewisfilby2394
      @lewisfilby2394 6 лет назад +1

      i mean yea, its Linux. nobodys trying to hide that

    • @AizensPlan
      @AizensPlan 6 лет назад +2

      Wait, is it Android or Linux? These aren't the same thing.

  • @jayash6108
    @jayash6108 6 лет назад +25

    I got original Megadrive, a CRT TV, original games, that can’t be beaten, play them as they were intended, that’s just my humble opinion :-)

    • @GoldenGrenadier
      @GoldenGrenadier 6 лет назад +4

      Jay Ash most old games can't be beaten anyway.

    • @m0m02k
      @m0m02k 6 лет назад +3

      Golden Grenadier Yes they can -_-

    • @lewisfilby2394
      @lewisfilby2394 6 лет назад +3

      ben. PAL ruined so many games with its slow down.
      im not being a dick, i own lots of original pal sega shit, but its true

    • @markpugh6808
      @markpugh6808 4 года назад

      Shame you can't nowadays as CRTs are hard to find these days and even when you do they are stupidly expensive

  •  5 лет назад +4

    The irony is you can load Mega drive roms onto the SNES Mini and it plays them flawlessly.

  • @noeuro
    @noeuro 6 лет назад +26

    There seems to be quite a lot of frame skip on the Sonic games, which should run at a solid 60. Is this how it plays or is it how you're capturing the video? Depressing if the former as it suggests that the hardware isn't powerful enough.

    • @Nostalgianerd
      @Nostalgianerd  6 лет назад +10

      The machine has frame skip issues.

    • @noeuro
      @noeuro 6 лет назад +1

      Ah that's a shame. Still not too bad and it depends on the game also of course.

    • @Calicoma
      @Calicoma 6 лет назад +1

      I've had one for a while now and I notice it mostly on the faster paced games, mostly Sonic titles, though I have not fully tried all of them yet.

    • @Scottish_Heat
      @Scottish_Heat 6 лет назад +2

      John Daniel Not good for racing or Sonic games. Can't play OutRun which slows the console down which is disappointing.

    • @zusurs
      @zusurs 6 лет назад +3

      It’s just so strange - hardware on this emulator device is literally thousands (!!!) of times faster than the original Megadrive, and it still sucks on emulation. It’s just pure laziness if the programmers!

  • @qurn
    @qurn 6 лет назад +1

    Streets of rage 1 & 2, and sonic 3 were left out due to copyright issues. The composer actually owns the rights to some of the tracks in those 3 games.

  • @HybridAngelZero
    @HybridAngelZero 6 лет назад +4

    I've always been interested in these. I do own original hardware, but the idea of it being region free sounds very appealing

  • @ninjapwnsatlyfe
    @ninjapwnsatlyfe 4 года назад +2

    i had 2 AT genesis consoles, both varied pretty heavily. 1 had a sd card inside that i was able to put more games on, and the other was a single solid chip.

  • @otaking3582
    @otaking3582 6 лет назад +5

    3:43 Wait, the European version of the SNES Classic / Mini didn't come with a wall adapter? Because the US one certainly did

  • @Daeys2411
    @Daeys2411 6 лет назад +3

    I had this console when it came out and I loved the headphone input ! Those simple ones with black cushions .. o man we’re is the time

  • @Calicoma
    @Calicoma 6 лет назад +3

    I have to say that this is probably the most fair review I've seen since I got mine. A lot of the complaints it's gotten have felt a bit harsh after actually using the device. And the unofficial games are horrible. I've tried to play through them all and if the horrible, short, repetitive songs doesn't make you quit, the horribleness of them will. One of my bigger complaints is that I cannot figure out how to either reset the thing or delete save states. It annoys me to be asked repeatedly if I'd like to load my state, but if you don't use slot 1, it will not ask you. It has no official support for adding any extra games, but upon disassembly, people have found out that it is running android and has a USB port. Using ADB, they were able to add roms to it, so that might be something to look for if you purchase one.

  • @damianhockey8890
    @damianhockey8890 6 лет назад +2

    I currently have a problem where on sonic it slows down MAJORLY. Where the music and the frame rate drops.
    A really good review dude.

  • @cleanycloth
    @cleanycloth 6 лет назад +4

    Interesting they managed to get that cartridge loading system working on Android (seems to be what they’re using on it judging by the cartridge loading bar and the round pop up text at the bottom of the screen at times). Wonder how they managed that?

    • @dustytux
      @dustytux 9 месяцев назад

      Anyone can access the Android and Linux kernel sources. It is easy to get raw access whatever is connected to the system if you have root access.

  • @gaeshows1938
    @gaeshows1938 6 лет назад +5

    we call it "seaga mega drive" in Australia

  • @SuperHns
    @SuperHns 6 лет назад +2

    Strange, I bought the SNES Mini here in Mexico, which is the USA model, and that one does come with a outlet connector, which you can plug the USB in.

  • @bit-ishbulldog2089
    @bit-ishbulldog2089 6 лет назад +5

    You can get stereo sound from the Mega Drive on the Mk1 version with the right RGB lead, it has a extra lead that plugs into the audio jack in the front of the console via the SCART socket.. I would stick with my original hardware (other option for stereo sound on the original Mk1 Mega Drive is if you have a Mega CD attached) use jack cable from Mega Drive to Mega CD and then a audio cable to a HIFI or TV if has inputs.. Does not work with the Mk2 Mega Drive.

  • @leonalexander26
    @leonalexander26 6 лет назад +6

    I think the red LED is for showing if the power adapter is connected correctly because the LED went off when you pluged the power adapter into the "Mega Drive/Genisis"
    Greetings from Germany
    ~Thomas

    • @Scottish_Heat
      @Scottish_Heat 6 лет назад +5

      ABC DEFG It actually can power through a usb cable off its main board. The usb type B input is inside the shell unfortunately.

  • @schtive81
    @schtive81 6 лет назад +15

    Don't get me wrong, ATGames genesis/ Mega Drive products have always been spotty, and this one is no exception in many regards. But it is nice to see a fair review of this product without bashing it wholeheartedly. It is a shame that there isn't a higher quality Genesis throwback system though.
    Though I have to say, ATGames latest Atari Flashback is pretty nice.

    • @mattkugelman4369
      @mattkugelman4369 6 лет назад

      schtive81 to be honest because this one has some redeeming features here and there with atgames this the best you can get from their quality in console emulation

  • @ElectromasterTech
    @ElectromasterTech 6 лет назад +6

    That is android, I assume a custom version, but you can tell with the boot logo, toast msgs, and that options menu

  • @---777---
    @---777--- 6 лет назад +10

    9:02 he's like 'delet this'

    • @user-qp5yu1zq1m
      @user-qp5yu1zq1m 6 лет назад

      Superportvein Somebody actually made one of him.

  • @Zizzily
    @Zizzily 6 лет назад +2

    HDMI spec says it has to supply at least 55mA of +5V and a lot of TVs and such provide at least 100-150mA for powering active devices, like HDMI to VGA converters.

  • @Larry
    @Larry 6 лет назад +97

    I've got a Mega drive II converter you can try on it if you wish?

    • @MoviesNGames007uk
      @MoviesNGames007uk 6 лет назад +3

      I know Retro Freak is probably the best way to play classic games with carts or roms and has lots of decent features.

    • @Nostalgianerd
      @Nostalgianerd  6 лет назад +14

      Larry Bundy Jr I appreciate the gesture, but the inclination has passed.

    • @wisteela
      @wisteela 6 лет назад +3

      That would be great.

    • @raccoon681
      @raccoon681 6 лет назад +1

      honestly guys just get the real model 1 and a frame master. at games has been nothing but disappointment
      although i have to admit there audio is better then before.

    • @zanegandini5350
      @zanegandini5350 6 лет назад

      Joe from Game Sack already tried using one, it didn't work.

  • @Darxide23
    @Darxide23 6 лет назад +27

    Comparing this thing to the SNES Mini isn't quite fair. The Mini is manufactured by Nintendo themselves. This is third party licensed. Of course the Mini will be better quality. That said, I think Sega would benefit greatly from designing their own retro console that was capable of playing all official Genesis/Mega Drive games, Master System games, Game Gear games, and possibly even 32X games. It would be harder to do Sega CD just because the inclusion of an optical drive in one of these things starts straying too far from the concept of a small, inexpensive box to play your retro games. I know Sega is "out of the hardware market", but this probably wouldn't even be much of a stretch for them since all of these systems ran on essentially the same hardware and it's not like Sega would be working from scratch.

    • @Blink_____
      @Blink_____ 6 лет назад +4

      if they were smart they'd license Kega Fusion from Steve Snake

    • @SomeOrangeCat
      @SomeOrangeCat 6 лет назад +12

      Its very fair to compare them, as Sega released this as an answer to Nintendo's offering.

    • @colinjohnston8519
      @colinjohnston8519 6 лет назад +3

      They are competitors ffs, why is it unfair to compare them?? Catch a grip.

    • @enderallygolem
      @enderallygolem 6 лет назад

      We are comparing the product, no one carea how it's made

    • @SeekerLancer
      @SeekerLancer 6 лет назад +1

      It's perfectly fair. They're both the same type of product made for the same demographic. Sega chose to license out their name and games on a subpar product. Even they've realized it's a bad idea because they're dropping AtGames in the design of their new mini.

  • @megastation842
    @megastation842 5 лет назад +3

    I never had any trouble with this system?.

  • @SproutyPottedPlant
    @SproutyPottedPlant 6 лет назад +6

    Think I'll stick with my Megadrive X russian clones, they do as good a job as a Genesis 3 with it's mono sound and composite video but has all the switches for different regions and runs my Mega Everdrive!

  • @MrEmperorApples
    @MrEmperorApples 5 лет назад

    Here in America, our SNES minis did come with a Nintendo brand wall brick and charger in the earlier production runs. The later ones didn't include the wall brick. Thanks for the Reviews, Monsieur Nostalgia Nerd

  • @hevyDavid
    @hevyDavid 5 лет назад +2

    I remember playing Phantasy Star IV (4) on one of these and I thought it would be good enough for long play sessions so I never saved.
    Big mistake, the game crashed and I lost all my progress.

    • @hevyDavid
      @hevyDavid 5 лет назад

      After that I just downloaded a ROM and played it on my 3DS instead.

  • @dizzym9554
    @dizzym9554 6 лет назад +31

    The music is so... Unacceptably bad. Libretro emulators on Android sound much better, so you can't really chalk that up to emulation entirely

    • @dizzym9554
      @dizzym9554 6 лет назад +2

      Not saying the system isn't a good entry level for someone who's not big into this, but your "raspberry pi in a black box" idea honestly works better for that as long as you've got the patience for figuring out retropie. My pi3 struggles a little with some SNES games but it's pretty spot on for Genesis/MD when I've tried it.

    • @ShortHandedNow
      @ShortHandedNow 6 лет назад

      I have yet to see a SNES title that really strains my pi3 model B lol.(Seen a couple frames dropped in games that used the SuperFX chip.) A RetroPi build with a NesPi case is WORLDS ahead of this piece of junk for $100+ US dollars.

    • @ValdikSS2
      @ValdikSS2 6 лет назад +1

      Sega Genesis audio emulation wasn't extremely good only until recently. The most recent emulators go a great job, but the older one always fail proper GEMS emulation.
      The most known improper emulation is probably is Comix Zone Episode 1, Page 2-2.
      ruclips.net/video/WEvnZRCW_qc/видео.htmlm30s

    • @dizzym9554
      @dizzym9554 6 лет назад

      Yeah, difficulty in emulating the FM synth chip properly is why I caved and bought a Genesis a few years back.

    • @ChozoSR388
      @ChozoSR388 5 лет назад

      @@dizzym9554 Yeah, it may not be Genesis Model 1 music, but it's miles ahead of the dumpster fire that was the FireCore-based AtGames devices. Those things were...*shudders* I got one for Christmas, and wasn't prepared for the ear rape I was submitted to.

  • @emshomar
    @emshomar 6 лет назад +37

    The stuttering would seriously annoy me, and I'm not even an enthusiast

    • @adamrocks133
      @adamrocks133 6 лет назад +6

      Yeah me to, sound and music is a huge deal to me

    • @farmerfreakeasy9577
      @farmerfreakeasy9577 6 лет назад +3

      Agreed. Any stuttering is the difference between perfect or broken.

    • @Nickman826
      @Nickman826 6 лет назад +2

      Yeah the stuttering is just a huge deal breaker for me

    • @markpugh6808
      @markpugh6808 4 года назад

      @@adamrocks133 yep especially with Streets Of Rage 2

  • @ErectedGasCan
    @ErectedGasCan 6 лет назад

    My old Megadrive went on the fritz and lacks sound whenever the screen shows graphics (black screen/sound on and graphics on/sounds off), so i bought the small AtGames Megadrive chip clone and can't complain. It will never be a Sega but as a casual gaming device it's not to bad. I spent my childhood playing bootleg Famicom-copy consoles like the Konami Famicom so compared to that, i'm not to disappointed.
    AND my girlfriend got hooked on playing the Sega games so it worked beyond wonders.
    Would like this fullsize version and will likely buy it when found.
    Great video!

  • @pelgervampireduck
    @pelgervampireduck 6 лет назад +4

    the sound was very weird compared to the real hardware, and the colors looked less bright.
    this thing might be convenient for somebody that just wants a quick nostalgia fix but anybody that's serious and want to actually play the games should get a real megadrive and plug it to a crt tv.

  • @Dee_Just_Dee
    @Dee_Just_Dee 6 лет назад +4

    What's up with the faux _Star Fox 2_ cart on that SNES Mini? I'm loving it. Where can I get one?

    • @MAKEMEA
      @MAKEMEA 6 лет назад +1

      DrunkyMcSwervencrash I made it 😃 files up on thingiverse.

  • @dansmif
    @dansmif 3 года назад

    I love Colin's banter in the shop - "What do you want?", "Give me the money" 😂

  • @rangerready23
    @rangerready23 5 лет назад +2

    Got one for Christmas, been playing it for a couple days now--honestly, they must have updated the console, because this one is nowhere near the trash that most have made it out to be. The emulated sound has been *CORRECTED*! They've been working at that ever since the first ATGames handhelds. There is a *slight* trigger lag on the buttons, but once you play a few levels you don't notice it. I enjoy the system personally.

  • @Squeetube
    @Squeetube 6 лет назад +49

    Sega should never have licensed this entire market out to AtGames. So much wasted potential, especially in a post NES/SNES Classic world...

    • @prfo5554
      @prfo5554 6 лет назад +3

      Well at least now they also have a license with Retro Bit, although the developers of RetroArch aren't to happy about it.

    • @nintendo1889x
      @nintendo1889x 6 лет назад +4

      And yet the games run like shit on here, choppy framerate and bad sound, yeah "so much better". Apologist.

    • @nintendo1889x
      @nintendo1889x 6 лет назад +2

      Ha ha ha ha ha! Snes Classic can be modded to play 80% of the Snes library, emulation is spot on and doesn't have dropped frame or bad sound emulation, but keep talking outta your ass XD

    • @700gsteak
      @700gsteak 6 лет назад

      Was it a license or a exclusive license? If it's not exclusive SEGA could still come out with a slimmed down console.

    • @nintendo1889x
      @nintendo1889x 6 лет назад

      No, but they could've used a company that actually made good products

  • @Vamptonius
    @Vamptonius 6 лет назад +1

    What you've got there is something running Android 2.3, I recognise the loading bar and notification bubbles from my old phone.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 4 года назад

      Yes, the OS is Android.
      The one I have has
      Monkey King 3.6 processor is actually a re-branded Rockchip RK3036 SoC with a dual core Cortex A7 processor and Mali-400MP GPU, and the system runs Android 4.4.

  • @ChibiTheEdgehog
    @ChibiTheEdgehog 6 лет назад +2

    Whoa they included the original Phantasy Star ... thats rare for compilations

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 5 лет назад

      Sadly, they got mishandled by AtGames.

  • @happyspaceinvader508
    @happyspaceinvader508 6 лет назад +1

    That same stuttering with the sound occurs in Sega’s recent compilation release on PS4 and Xbox One. Hmmm... 🤔

  • @TesserLink
    @TesserLink 4 года назад

    the sega genesis is the console i grew up with. playing sonic 1 and 2, sonic spinball, rocket knight adventures, clay fighter, and desert strike were my favorite games.

  • @overcooler
    @overcooler 6 лет назад +83

    I can't understand how you can say it is not that bad when it clearly has issues doing what it was supposed to. Playing Megadrive games, the stuttering or frame dropping which seems to be the case with every game is just unacceptable. It is emulating an almost 30 year old system and fails at it. That is completely unacceptable imo, and this system is just a piece of rubbish.

    • @moserfugger6363
      @moserfugger6363 6 лет назад +6

      I play the SMD Flashback for 2 months now. There are no issues, that annoy me and I have lots of fun, having many of my favorite titles all in one place, working just fine and including a save-option. Maybe for you this is "a piece of rubbish", but not everybody has the money or space to collect tons of cartridges and not everybody wants to load illegal copys of his favorite games on a raspberry pi. So there definitely is a large enough group of customers out there for which a "console" like this satisfies all their needs. No need to be a snob about it. ;-) Greetings from Germany!

    • @keiyakins
      @keiyakins 6 лет назад +1

      To hear people tell it though this thing will kill your pets and take a dump on your grandmother's grave. It's not even close to that bad. It's just not good.

    • @undeadsamurai8590
      @undeadsamurai8590 6 лет назад +5

      overcooler I've had mine for a week and have no issues with mine. stop belly aching bitch

    • @aqualung2000
      @aqualung2000 6 лет назад +4

      Completely agree dropping frames is unacceptable!

    • @robocop2283
      @robocop2283 6 лет назад

      only the preview models did that shit, FOOL

  • @Lrr_Of_Omikron
    @Lrr_Of_Omikron 6 лет назад +1

    They were selling the same thing at a family dollar here in Las Vegas for $39.99 usd

  • @dj_paultuk7052
    @dj_paultuk7052 6 лет назад +2

    For what it is at that price point its not a bad unit. Considering its just an emulation box with a £9 processor its doing a fairly good job. Ive still got my genuine MegaDrive. I replaced the cartridge slot with a modern more hard wearing one, replaced a few capacitors and its as good as the day it was made.

  • @justinholmes5614
    @justinholmes5614 6 лет назад +4

    Where did that little Starfox cart come from ?

  • @ldg9965
    @ldg9965 5 лет назад +1

    RE the SNES Mini USB power.
    Why not just connect it to a phone charger?

  • @Enchurito
    @Enchurito 6 лет назад +1

    3:40 uhhhh they DID include a wall plug, I just used one with my SNES mini yesterday.....

  • @kenterminateddq5311
    @kenterminateddq5311 6 лет назад

    Nostalgia Nerd has the Super Famicom version of the SNES Classic. This cat has to be from outside of the US.

  • @williampodoll
    @williampodoll Год назад

    My kids are 6 and 4 and they love it! No complaints here

  • @nokiot9
    @nokiot9 6 лет назад +1

    I was gonna buy one of these. Then I figured out how to use rom emulators on my Mac. That openEmu is a god send. Best thing I've ever put on my computer. Hands down.

  • @elhasmusic
    @elhasmusic 6 лет назад

    I have the thing at 1:47 that came in a red box and the audio is slow in every game, but it's also lower pitched! Have you noticed that?

  • @KokoroNoSama
    @KokoroNoSama 6 лет назад +8

    Where can I get a super magic drive?????

    • @todesziege
      @todesziege 6 лет назад

      Ebay? I don't think they've been made for like 15-20 years.

  • @beauwalker9820
    @beauwalker9820 6 лет назад +1

    Wait, why/how does your SNES Mini have a StarFox 2 cartridge in it?

  • @blackhatfreak
    @blackhatfreak 6 лет назад +1

    Now you have to do one for the legit Sega one coming out this year.

  • @RETRONuts
    @RETRONuts 6 лет назад

    No Mega CD version shame.I already built one from a RPI3 and a Mega drive and Mega CD1,its looks lovely

  • @stevesstuff1450
    @stevesstuff1450 6 лет назад

    This is the best AT Games Megadrive console so far...... most built-in games play well, and the few other cartridges I've tried so far have worked perfectly! The on-screen display is now nice and auto-crops the games to run in 4:3 ratio, and they all seem to scale well up into 720p HD, and sound good too - and of course don't have that old analogue screen-buzz sound that was always present even when using RGB Scart cable.....
    I know this console won't run some games even like "Sonic 3", but overall, it's a great way to get into Sega gaming for newcomers - having the old Master System and Game Gear games here too.... but the fact that most Megadrive cartridges also work, makes it a great HD system for general use too for Megadrive fans, and it looks great, and sounds good too - no buzzing from analogue sources, and good to see that AT-Games have sorted out most of the sound emulation problems too!

    • @stevesstuff1450
      @stevesstuff1450 6 лет назад

      GamingDude800: No. No, it doesn't. Have you tried this model? This isn't like the older versions using a totally different emulator that did have frame-drop issues, and horrible sound. This one is solid. Looks good, and sounds good, and via HDMI too... it may not be 'perfect', but it's far better than what went before... and until Sega themselves release a "classic" type console to try and match Nintendo, then this is about the best available - and it's very good.....

  • @kaboomgamer333
    @kaboomgamer333 3 года назад +2

    Not really half bad for what it is. If you want a cheaper SG mini, this is a fairly good option.

  • @davidlevy706
    @davidlevy706 6 лет назад +5

    Nintendo did include a USB wall adapter with the (ugly) North American model, presumably because the US and Canada use a single style of power socket for this type of device. Your model is distributed to numerous countries with multiple power socket styles in use, so the added cost of localization (which would have been passed on to the consumer) probably made this impractical.

    • @matturban9103
      @matturban9103 5 лет назад

      My brother heard a guy call those little power supplies Wall Warts. I like that,kinda funny.

    • @Curlyheart
      @Curlyheart 2 года назад

      I don't find the us snes ugly I do however find the us controller ugly with those smartie looking buttons (not the chocolates)

  • @donnamaria666
    @donnamaria666 6 лет назад

    I used to play the old SEGA mega drive when I was a kid I m an adult now and sonic the hedgehog is all I ever played . I’m glad they updated it to 2018 . I got this for Easter .

  • @cbmysteryracerDEV
    @cbmysteryracerDEV 6 лет назад +4

    The ATGames SEGA consoles aren't the worst things ever, but at a price of $80, people expect something that feels more professional than a console that feels like it was made by an amateur hobbyist. The NES and SNES Classic Edition consoles feel like they were made by people who truly care about giving gamers a quality retro experience, with a good selection of games that represent what made those consoles so great during their time, a charming user interface, and a quality physical case. They properly give gamers a retro experience that's worth their time. The ATGames SEGA consoles, however, feel like they just did the bare minimum they needed to, and nothing more. The selection of games is sub-par, the user interface looks boring, and the physical case feels cheap. And for $80, doing the bare minimum isn't good enough, especially when the SNES Classic Edition can do so much better for the same price. ATGames needs to put much more effort into making a worthy retro experience for their SEGA Mega Drive Mini, they need to work with SEGA to include a quality list of games that properly represents what made the SEGA Genesis such a great console, and they need to make a user interface that's more charming than the barebones one they've been using for all their consoles. People want a retro experience that's worth their time, and the SEGA Genesis is more than deserving of a better quality than the lackluster one that ATGames has churned out for years.

    • @stuartcaffrey2949
      @stuartcaffrey2949 6 лет назад +1

      Couldn't agree more. Fuck AtGames.

    • @talldorf6445
      @talldorf6445 5 лет назад

      Maybe that’s the whole reason SEGA booted AtGames off there actual mini console and taking another year to develop it for a global release.
      At Games is a shovel ware company who will try there damnest to get people’s money. Even going as far as tricking influencers into saying there garbage plug and play consoles actually use arcade quality roms when consumers got home console roms.
      Just hope that the 2019 one is good.

  • @mikeclarke3990
    @mikeclarke3990 6 лет назад

    I bought this for my kids, disappointed in no streets of rage games but they love sonic and I'm a massive phantasy star nerd.

  • @slipperygreasyeasylildoodo6708
    @slipperygreasyeasylildoodo6708 5 лет назад +1

    *Nostalgia* Critic + Angry Video Game *Nerd*= Nostalgia Nerd

  • @arcadeaddict4539
    @arcadeaddict4539 6 лет назад

    as long as they finally fixed the pitch issues from previous versions I'm happy

  • @bremCZ
    @bremCZ 5 лет назад

    I'm thankful that Nintendo didn't include the wall adaptor because I have too many of the bloody things already.

  • @AdhamOhm
    @AdhamOhm 6 лет назад +1

    3:20 makes me wonder what kind of shoddy soldering job on the circuit board is inside that thing if an HDMI connection causes the power LED to glow.

    • @dtrainbcca
      @dtrainbcca 6 лет назад

      HDMI has the ability to power devices. I found out the hard way when my PC was powered off and unplugged but the connected tv was powering my graphics card lighting.

  • @clipshark1
    @clipshark1 2 года назад

    Snail maze was a built in game for very early mk1 master systems, They go for a bit more on ebay if it has that game as the was no cartridge or memory card version available.

  • @MrParmenio24
    @MrParmenio24 6 лет назад

    Did the SNES mini in Europe not have a power supply? Here in FreedomLand, it came with one.

  • @chico20m
    @chico20m 6 лет назад

    Oh, man. You were merciful. Game Sack destroyed that thing with their review.

  • @Calicoma
    @Calicoma 6 лет назад

    Just found out that this will run over a standard USB port if you can find the appropriate barrel connector. I got one from my old usb hub.

  • @TXFDA
    @TXFDA 5 лет назад

    It makes me wonder why this thing gets the go ahead to use certain big games, but something like the Sega Genesis Classics collection on consoles gets left out of some of them. Like, Genesis Classics didn't even get Sonic 3 or the knuckles addon. I was sure the Classics collection would have at least gotten a DLC pack or two by this point to make up for some of the obvious missing games.
    Games like Mortal Kombat 1-2, Aladdin, Zombies ate my Neighbors, Sonic 3, and so on. I know some have to go through licensing, but come on, I'd say it's worth it to make a definitive collection, rather than yet another collection that's missing obvious titles. Besides that, they could have done well if they added a Game Gear pack, Master System pack, and a Sega CD pack. Hell, even a 32x pack for that Doom and Chaotix. They could have done a lot with the Sega Genesis Classics game, but they haven't really touched it outside of a small update here and there.

  • @RetroGamingDev
    @RetroGamingDev 6 лет назад +1

    Great review, I have been wondering if this thing was as bad as I heard. It seems like a fairly capable substitute for the real thing and/or if you want HDMI output for your Genesis/MegaDrive collection. The only thing I am wondering about is if this thing is hackable like the NES and SNES classic to allow more roms to be loaded onto it.

    • @justanotheryoutubechannel
      @justanotheryoutubechannel 2 года назад +1

      I wouldn’t call it fairly capable if it can’t even run at a full framerate.

  • @orderofmagnitude-TPATP
    @orderofmagnitude-TPATP 6 лет назад +5

    Yeah i have an old "at games" megadrive type that AVGN reviewed....the sound was bloody awful. Insulting in fact. This looks and sounds much improved albiet not perfect by a long shot.

    • @Nostalgianerd
      @Nostalgianerd  6 лет назад +2

      I've seen the machines where the pitch & key is off. They're like something out of a dystopian horror film.

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 4 года назад

      @Turd Ferguson
      I have an atgames SEGA Genesis. It works fine. I copied about 200 ROM files to a SD card and insert it into the machine and can play them without problems. It can even download the ROM from a cartridge and play it.
      The only problem is that the controllers are wireless and need 2 AAA batteries, which will last 1 month. I don't have a original SEGA controller but I will try to buy one someday and plug it into this atgames.
      It came with 100 games but I think about 80 are SEGA Genesis/MEGADRIVE, a few are Mastersystem, a few are GameGear and 10 or 15 are some no name games.

  • @SuperHamsterGaming
    @SuperHamsterGaming 6 лет назад

    I did get a USB wall adapter with my SNES mini. I use it to charge my phone sometimes. It must have been different in the UK.

  • @dipakroli411
    @dipakroli411 6 лет назад

    Hello! Great and very complete review!
    Don't you know if the "Sega Genesis 4-Player Adapter" by EA sport works with this console?

  • @lumanpimiento6106
    @lumanpimiento6106 6 лет назад

    The system has no issues playing cartridges,,that’s a great feature the fact you can play all your old games

  • @RetroTechSelect
    @RetroTechSelect 6 лет назад

    Nice rundown. I have an older Genesis Classic from AT-GAMES and its emulation is mich worse than what's on display here.

  • @heilong79
    @heilong79 6 лет назад +3

    There seems to be frame dropping. The Fei Hao is better.

  • @secarrollsecarroll4782
    @secarrollsecarroll4782 5 лет назад

    Did the SNES classic not come with a wall plug in the UK? I got a USB wall adapter here in the US for both the NES and SNES.

  • @poopedcheetah2
    @poopedcheetah2 6 лет назад +5

    I got a wall block with my snes classic...nice and Nintendo branded

    • @RobBulmahn
      @RobBulmahn 6 лет назад

      Same here; my American version had one in the box. Maybe it's something with the European version?

    • @tssf
      @tssf 6 лет назад +1

      And japanese version. Only the North American versions have an ac adapter. Here in Canada mine came with one too

  • @dad7275
    @dad7275 6 лет назад

    Being able to play the original software means alot. But as your video showed not everything is On-Q especially with the audio and the small lag as compared to to the original hardware and thanks for pointing that out. As for the SNES mini, there is a lot to be desired with the absence of a cartridge Port. To me personally a lot was left on the table and the desirability suffered cause of. Enjoyed the video. Thanks for the info.

  • @zoomstop
    @zoomstop 6 лет назад +10

    Love your channel, you are the Techmoan of video games

  • @d05music17
    @d05music17 6 лет назад

    Nice vid thanks for the review. What’s the track you play at the beginning??

  • @AGwolf2097
    @AGwolf2097 6 лет назад

    Super Magic Drive niiiiiiice :P What size is yours? I have a 24mbit model, I'd love to upgrade it but it's almost pointless in this day and age.
    I was gonna make a video on it years ago but proper edited and professional-looking videos for youtube are way more time-consuming and labor intensive than they seem on the surface. I'm too lazy, so all my quirky game stuff just hides in miscellaneous storage boxes.

  • @SquallRanger
    @SquallRanger 6 лет назад

    I grew up with Sega specially the genesis i really wish they make a new console. I still can't believe that Sega never make a new one because to many fans are waiting for that

  • @ldg9965
    @ldg9965 5 лет назад +1

    lol.
    Those Reactor controllers look like Wahl hair shavers.

  • @BastienAuxer
    @BastienAuxer 6 лет назад +3

    Fair review but I prefer the original hardware. I get all that I need with an Everdrive.

  • @DrSalvador555
    @DrSalvador555 6 лет назад

    This reminds me of a single platform "Retron 5"...didn't they get into trouble for the rom being dumped like that?

  • @awesomedez
    @awesomedez 6 лет назад

    honestly, your review me respect this console more. they actually put real effort in this.

  • @johneygd
    @johneygd 6 лет назад

    Hey thanks for pointing that out that it doesn’t work with the manacer despites this unit has composite out, because the emulator just simply messes up those timings sothat the game just cannot read in time for what it’s looking for.
    You are the only one brave enough to test out the manacer on this emulator based machine.
    So the conclusion is getting a lightgun work with an emulator is just simply impossible because of screwed up timings.
    Whoever knows that a quantum computer could do that but i doubt about that.
    Again thanks alot for pointing that out👍👍

  • @TheRealJPhillips
    @TheRealJPhillips 6 лет назад

    nice video sir. was wondering what your feelings were on the new RETROBIT RETRO ARCADE System

  • @sci3ntologist
    @sci3ntologist 6 лет назад

    Hey there Nostalgia Nerd, I'm curious if this iteration of the AT Games Genesis works with
    Battery back up cartridges. I have the previous 80 games AT Genesis (the small round
    looking one) When I tried to play my copy of Shining Force 2, it would load my saved data just fine, but after I had tried to save and reload the data playing on the AT console. that didn't work.

  • @oncameramastery
    @oncameramastery 6 лет назад

    Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but is it refusing to load any cart with custom chips as it has to pull the game to its own work ram? Presumably even simple additional chips like save functionality wont run, that must be why Sonic 3 isn't a built in game?

  • @williammagoffin9324
    @williammagoffin9324 6 лет назад +1

    I picked up the older version of this at work for $15 on clearance, it comes with wired controllers rather than the wireless ones (which our demo model has and they stink), it has composite output not HDMI (I'm fine with that my TV supports virtually every major video interface known to man), but it can't save games (there goes playing RPGs like Phantasy Star) and has a far more awful looking menu interface. I've played quite a bit of Arrow Flash and Revenge of Shinobi and they seem reasonably fine, not perfect but fine.
    Given that my Genesis and NES got stolen back when I lived in a bad neighborhood the chance to play some games I've not played in over 20 years is worth the $15 I spent.

  • @Nukle0n
    @Nukle0n 6 лет назад

    I wish these things would have some option to blur colors a bit on the horizontal axis, since a lot of games exploited TVs doing that to do fake colors or fake transparencies. You can see it a lot in Aladdin.

  • @markanthony7300
    @markanthony7300 6 лет назад +1

    I've just bought a flashback and only played it in twice in weeks

  • @yukmouth2009
    @yukmouth2009 6 лет назад

    I like it. Everyone needs to try it there self to see if they like it.

  • @rexthesheep
    @rexthesheep 6 лет назад

    Someone's probably said this already, but it's likely that the Streets of Rage trilogy isn't included due to additional licensing costs with Yuzo Koshiro, who still partially owns the rights to these games. But that hasn't stopped it from appearing on previous ATGames systems, so who knows?