/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10347591
My cousin had one. I only ever played the NiGHTS demo and Street Fighter (I think Alpha) on it until a few years ago when I finally started emulating it. He also had Genesis, Game Gear, and eventually a Dreamcast. The SEGA side interests me a lot more than the "obscure" Japanese side... Same with basically every other console (maybe barring TurboGrafx)

>>10302994
Bluetooth is the only reason to buy this, if you're keeping it plugged in just go for the Retro-Bit USB controller instead, better yet just get the actual Genesis controller made for the Mini or the Switch

>>10218715
Play the games and that will show you exactly why. People like to claim it's as good as or better than the PS1, but you won't find anything like Crash, Spyro, or Tony Hawk games on here. Dreamcast maybe, but not Saturn. No proper Sonic game and no real use of SEGA's other Genesis IP's in general. It still has a decent first party lineup but overall it just pales in comparison to their other consoles. Combine that with being the least powerful console that generation (barring stuff like 3DO) as well as the most expensive one at $399, and everything mentioned here >>10218757 and you've got a recipe for disaster. It was kind of popular in Japan? But still didn't have the staying power of the PS1 or the unique style of the Dreamcast.