It's great for us, but if you think your kids will give a shit then you're mistaken. My boss got the Megadrive out and was showing his kids some of the classic games like Streets of Rage, Altered Beast, Sonic etc and they just laughed at the music and shit graphics and went back to playing their Xbox. You're best just getting ports, i remember Playstation did one, Xbox might as well. You can def get them on PC, even on Steam.Thinking of getting one of these to relive my youth, and to show my kids the games I played when I was their age. Is it worth it, or will the games just seem shit now compared to modern games? £69 with 42 games included seems decent value.
I doubt they would give a shit as most old games were rock hard. And you died. Lots.Got the SNES mini and tbh, as cool as it is to own one, as its a nice little thing to look at, most of the games haven't aged well. There are one or two exceptions, but yeah. I can presume it'd be the same for the Sega Mega Drive Mini. I'm a pretty avid gamer though so maybe that's only heightened it.
It's not even a graphics thing - its in a gameplay way too. There are lots of modern games that are still released with a pixel/2d style like most of these had, but they're modern, so they're super responsive, varied in their challenges and have a helluva load of variety. Just better designed in general due to the industry learning loads and improving their craft. Most of the older ones are exceptionally crude when compared. Slow in terms of response, repetitive and a bit too simple. Not all of them of course, but games are largely better today, simply because the industry is just much more experienced.
Tl:dr - it'll be something you pick up, mess around with for a night or two, and then probably never go back to it again. That's what I did, despite loving all those SNES games when I grew up. Nowt wrong with that of course, but i'd say lower your expectations. As others have said, doubt your kids will give a shit really.
Was going to say this, loved this game, played it to death!Worth it for Toe Jam and Earl. I had a SNES, but my friend had a Mega Drive and I used to love playing that. My cousin even had the MegaCD and 32X.
What games are on the SNES mini? Mario Karts?Got the SNES mini and tbh, as cool as it is to own one, as its a nice little thing to look at, most of the games haven't aged well. There are one or two exceptions, but yeah. I can presume it'd be the same for the Sega Mega Drive Mini. I'm a pretty avid gamer though so maybe that's only heightened it.
It's not even a graphics thing - its in a gameplay way too. There are lots of modern games that are still released with a pixel/2d style like most of these had, but they're modern, so they're super responsive, varied in their challenges and have a helluva load of variety. Just better designed in general due to the industry learning loads and improving their craft. Most of the older ones are exceptionally crude when compared. Slow in terms of response, repetitive and a bit too simple. Not all of them of course, but games are largely better today, simply because the industry is just much more experienced.
Tl:dr - it'll be something you pick up, mess around with for a night or two, and then probably never go back to it again. That's what I did, despite loving all those SNES games when I grew up. Nowt wrong with that of course, but i'd say lower your expectations. As others have said, doubt your kids will give a shit really.
There's a pc emulator. Google is your friend. Word of warning...it's fucking hard and bloody annoying.Can anyone tell me how I can play jet set willy again? Think it was on the Zx spectrum?