Final Genesis Mini Lineup: What’s Here And What’s Missing
Today was the day Sega revealed the final ten (or is it?) games for the Genesis Mini they plan to release this fall. Unlike the junky “Genesis Flashback” put out by AtGames in years past, this will be a much classier, much better built mini-console developed by M2, the best retro emulation studio in the world. One, Tetris. Tetris was never officially released for the Genesis because Nintendo had exclusive console and handheld rights through most of the 90s. A prototype was developed by Sega in Japan before they realized this. Sega claims this Genesis version of Tetris will be a new version developed for the Mini, but have a look at the prototype’s logo vs. the confirmed title screen. Exactly the same. Don’t worry, Sega, we won’t tell. Oops…we just did. The other surprise is Darius, which was NEVER ported to the Genesis, not even behind closed doors. M2 made this port themselves, because M2 loves to go the extra mile when developing conversions (and that’s why we love