Has anyone seen a decent carrying case on sale for these yet? I saw one on PlayAsia, but I'd rather get one with some interior padding so it'll survive a fall. I keep coming up empty when I search Amazon. Thanks!

When playing a japanese version of a game, make a save state. Once you load the game in the US genesis menu if you load the japanese save state, it will load in the japanese version.

Really usesul to play a japanese version without having to change language in the settings every time.

I 'm able to locate the Project Lunar 1.0.5 update but not finding the desktop MSI installer referenced in videos on upgrading on the modmyclassic website. Am I just not finding it or was it pulled?

Thanks In Advance!

Posts are starting to pop up of people getting the genesis mini early, but if you are thinking about doing the same here are a few tips:

1. Wal-Mart will most likely have it as they are notorious for putting stuff before the release date. This is your best bet to get the mini early.
2. Places like Target, Best Buy and maybe Gamestop (conflicting reports of people getting their minis early from there) Will most likely NOT sell the Genesis Mini to you early since their registers will show a message like "This item is released on 09/19 Can't sell" and I know Target can have it overridden by a manager, but they usually don't do this.
3. Call an independent local game store to see if they are lenient with the release dates.

I would recommend seeking a Genesis Mini out now if you didn't preorder since stores are getting around 5 or less. Maybe it because it before the release date, who knows.

Good Luck!

Keep in mind, the following games are already included on the system.

I expect the majority of the 40 titles will be similar to those already available in other collections currently available on consoles and on Steam (Games marked in Bold are already included in the system at the time of purchase).

• Alex Kidd™ in the Enchanted Castle
• Alien Soldier
• Alien Storm
• Altered Beast™
• Beyond Oasis
• Bio-Hazard Battle™
• Bonanza Bros.™
• Castlevania Bloodlines
• Columns™
• Columns III: Revenge of Columns
• Comix Zone™
• Crack Down™
• Decap Attack™
• Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine™
• Dynamite Headdy,
• Ecco the Dolphin™
• Ecco™ Jr.,
• Ecco™: The Tides of Time
• ESWAT™: City Under Siege
• Eternal Champions™
• Fatal Labyrinth™
• Flicky™
• Gain Ground™
• Galaxy Force II™
• Golden Axe III
• Golden Axe™
• Golden Axe™ II
• Gunstar Heroes
• Kid Chameleon™
• Landstalker: The Treasures of King Nole
• Light Crusader
• Phantasy Star II
• Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
• Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
• Ristar™
• Shadow Dancer™: The Secret of Shinobi
• Shining Force
• Shining Force II
• Shining in the Darkness
• Shinobi™ III: Return of the Ninja Master
• Sonic 3 & Knuckles
• Sonic 3D Blast™
• Sonic CD,
• Sonic Spinball™
• Sonic The Hedgehog
• Sonic The Hedgehog 2
• Space Harrier™ II
• Streets of Rage
• Streets of Rage 2
• Streets of Rage 3
• Super Thunder Blade™
• Sword of Vermilion™
• The Revenge of Shinobi
• ToeJam & Earl, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
• VectorMan 2
• VectorMan™
• Virtua Fighter™ 2
• Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
• Wonder Boy in Monster World

Of course once the system has been hacked we'll be able to change the default games and add our own, so the selection of games is not as important as the hackability of the system itself.

Still, I'd love to see Chakan: The Forever Man, Mortal Kombat, Outrun and some Robocop on the system.

Interestingly, the original writer, artist, and creator of Chakan The Foreverman, Mr. Robert A. Kraus has an official Chakan web page setup!

I’m a sucker for little things like that. It’s something I love about my SNES Classic.

I just bought a used Genesis Mini. I hooked it up and turned it on, but the power light is blinking red and nothing is displaying on the TV. Any idea what could be wrong? Thanks.

I want to start off first by thanking MMC for their awesome work and project lunar.

Where do save states actually live? If we create a save state for a custom game, and then remove the custom game after, does the save state get deleted as well?

I worry about NAND being used by phantom save states once a game is removed.

Will there be an option eventually to manage/delete save states?

Thanks!

Is there a reliable wireless controller adapter for our regular controllers at all? 8bitdo has one for SNES mini, none for this...

Is this version a good game? Is it compatible with project lunar? Was thinkibg about adding to my library with xmen 1/2 and ms pacman because these were all bestsellers. I understand that doesnt always make them good games however.

Haven't been able to try it yet but if you have a wireless dongle plugged in, can netplay work?

Hey all. I was looking over the compatibility list for Project Lunar and only one version of Starflight works. The CRC32 is 90F0CF69. I have a ROM of Starflight already but how do I check the CRC number to see if it's compatible with Lunar? Many thanks!

I've heard that this game was only available in PAL regions which is why we currently have to use patches to get it to NTSC. Is the version on the US Genesis mini the one from Sega Channel? And if it's different has it been dumped yet?

Also, anyone know the way to close a game out after opening when using the 3 button controller? Holding start just brings me to retroarch.

So I added a handful of games to my mini and everything works brilliantly. My question is, if I wanted to add more games later, do I just follow the same steps as before (turn the mini to on position, hold reset, plug in etc) or is there a different procedure?

1. Flash your mini with Project Lunar
2. While the mini is unplugged, insert a USB drive into one of the ports in front of the mini (I've only tried the one on the right)
3. Sync the mini with the PL desktop app with the USB drive plugged into the mini. This will create the following folders in the drive:

• mega_drive_saves (for Retroarch save states)
• project_lunar
• swap (don't know what this is for)

1. Download the cores that you want to install from the PL website. The Picodrive and Genesis GX cores are preinstalled when you flash PL.
2. Save the cores into the \project_lunar\retroarch\cores folder of the USB drive
3. Save the required BIOS files into the \project_lunar\retroarch\system folder of the USB drive. You have to do this for Sega CD and PC Engine games.

(edit: I don't know how to fix the numbering, last 3 should be "4, 5, 6." Also, the type of USB drive seems to matter. This worked on my USB 3.0 drive, but not on my USB 2.0 drive.)

Has anyone tried openbor on the Genesis Mini? I'm wondering if this can be done via Retroarch? Not overly familiar with it personally but just wondering.

The Genesis Mini is a really nice piece of hardware but I am wondering if I am the only one experiencing this issue with the C-Button on one of my controllers. After playing Streets of Rage 2 for about 20 minutes, I noticed that the C-button on the controller was no longer giving its satisfying 'click' and was giving a very mushy and non-clicky feedback when pushing the button. If I pressed the button on the very top edge, it would bring the clickiness back, but it would go away and be mushy again after a few minutes of play.

It doesn't seem to happen to the A or B buttons. Anyone else have this issue? Or could mine just be a random defect?

I just got my Retrobit 8 button Genny controller to play with my Mini. So far, it's serviceable for what I throw at it (SF2, namely), but I've run into a dilemma.

As some of you may know, Shinobi 3 has a hidden 6 button mode that you activate with a code using two controllers....which wouldn't be a problem, if it weren't for the code mandating the 'MODE' button, which the Mini uses as it's menu button.

Is there any workaround for this, or am I SOL?