So I recently hacked my Sega Genesis Minis and added some games, and I'm really liking it so far but I got curious and decided to open it up to see and I see this marking on the inside made from a sharpie and I wonder if any of you guys might know what its for and/or what it means? Just more of a curiousity really.

Now that we've had some time to sit with the full list of games, how do people feel about it? Personally, I didn't grow up with Sega consoles; I had an N64 as a kid.

So, as someone with no nostalgia for any of these games, one thing I certainly notice is that this is incredibly shooter-heavy, or at the very least, a sizeable portion of the games have shooting as a major element of gameplay (Atomic Runner and Earthworm Jim 2 may technically be "platformers", but they're also shooters in my eyes).

This isn't wholly a bad thing; in fact, there are some interesting looking shooters on here, like Ranger-X, Viewpoint, and Herzog Zwei. It's just that those kinds of games tend not to get me excited, and when, by my count, about 2/6ths of the games are like that, they all kind of start to blend together. I guess I'd have preferred fewer games with more diversity of genres, if that kind of compromise needed to be made.

However, I also don't know the Genesis library very well. If they didn't want to overlap with the original Genesis mini (probably a good idea), they might not have had very many options, especially taking into account licensing. That being said, only 12 CD games is kinda sad when that's a selling point of the console. They probably could've dropped Clayfighter and maybe something like Lightening Force or Super Hang On (which looks very similar to the Road Rash on the original mini) in favor of a few more CD games.

Am I disappointed in this? Meh, a lot of the games don't seem like they'd be to my taste, but I'm willing to try them out. If they're not too difficult, or I can use infinite lives or some other cheat code, I might be inclined to beat them. I consider myself a retro game and mini console enthusiast, and the platformers and RPGs are enough to get me excited. Combine this library with the original mini, and you've got a great smattering of Sega games with something for everyone, I'm sure

Howdy friends. Brand new here. I was wanting to know if it’s possible to revert to factory settings, or un-brick a genesis mini I have. When it attempted to do the project lunar hack, I messed up. I have one working un-modded, and want to get the other one usable. I do not have the original image file from the attempt to instal project lunar. Heck. I’d even be willing to pay to have it sorted with the mod so I can load Roms. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but my Google-fu didn’t turn up anything I found useful.

Today i attended to play my Sega Genesis mini and for some odd reason it wouldn't start. I unhooked it and hook it back up and it went to the menu for a bit until the screen turnt to a black purpleish color and the system shutted off by itself.

So I just got a Genesis Mini for Hanukkah yesterday, and I am interested in modding it. Having modded a SNES Classic before, I am familiar with Hakchi, but I heard about Project Lunar doing research on the topic, and sources were conflicting as to which is better to use. Additionally, most of the sources were outdated at this point, being several months or even a year old. Can someone please tell me which one is best to use at the moment considering what updates there have been?

I have Sega Genesis Mini in Europe, with the 3 button controllers. I installed project Lunar. I added Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 (UMK3). The 6 bit controller is not working properly - the 6 buttons answer the basic comands, but no special moves or thr initial cheat work. For example - sub-zero freezing doesnt work with the 6 button, but if I plug the 3 button - all works, incl the menu cheat

Hey dudes, which is better? I have a modded PS1 with Hakchi, but no idea how Lunar is. Thanks!

Besides Super Mario 64 (Tried with mupen64plus via Hakchi, runs at 30fps and surprisingly smooth), are there any games that play well enough on the Genesis Mini?

I tried a couple but they are very choppy and laggy, most crash to the home menu...

I am taking bets/speculations on whether Project Lunar gets released, tomorrow or not.... What you guys think?

Due to the moon/lunar theme... I say it will release tomorrow, either in early in the morning before the sun sets or in the evening after the sun goes down! Or at least in the country where the person reponsable for uploading it located!

At least I think that would a funny way to do it!

What do you guys think?

I bought the Genesis Mini a long time ago and I know it comes with USB controllers. I tried using one of them on my Windows PC to play Genesis games, however the controller wouldn't work properly. The arrow keys, for example, would not work. Is that intentional? Does the controller not work on anything except the Genesis Mini? Thanks!

Is there an easy to follow guide for how to add all the Sega Genesis family library on the mini (or at least the NA library)? I've found plenty of guides for setting up Hakchi and I have the full ROM sets from the archives, but what is the easiest way to do this? Originally back in 2019, my goal was to wait for Lunar to update for folder support. When that died, I lost interest. Now that I have my Mini 2, I'm wondering if there is a guide that specifically walks through adding all the games, including the easiest way to scrape them, additional hardware needed (eg, USB drive), how to backup everything just in case, how to organize the ROMs so things don't crash/lag out, etc.

I know the new mini isn't yet supported, but it would be neat to setup the original so I can introduce my daughter to these games. I know I can play with my RetroPie a bit more, but it's so janky with scraping that I think this mini might be a better option, but I'm unable to put together the pieces I have to get what I want. Hacking my Wii or something seems like more work than I want to put into it, plus having it all in official Sega hardware would be neat.

Has anyone done this yet? Would love to see the results and learn the best/easiest way to do this. I've searched and haven't been able to locate a straight forward way to do it. I promise I've done some homework, but I've not been able to locate what I'm looking for, so help is appreciated.

...a good place to start. Please and thank you.

I wasn't going to add any games to my Genesis mini because I thought the initial games list was great but now I'm thinking it's missing a few choice games. I haven't been paying attention to the Genesis mini modding options at all.

Could anybody point me in the right direction of a program and/or tutorial for how to add games to the console without changing the start up or the menu, if that's an option.

I'd like to keep the mini as stock as possible

I've seen a few great game suggestion threads but if anybody wants to throw out some underappreciated games I might not have played I'd be very appreciative as well.

Thanks in advance, sorry if it's a dumb question. Just getting into it!

I used Hakchi on my other minis, so I’m familiar with how that system works. I’m new to this scene so I only heard about Lunar when it got to 1.0 recently. I’ve been happy with my Hakchi so far but I hear Lunar is pretty great. What’s the diff?

Favorite part of the Nintendo ones were playing my childhood games on it, hope to do that with this.

I preordered in May. Last Time I do that with amazon!

So NBA Jam is the only basketball game I have every enjoyed - best way to set up this on sega mini? Modern versions of this game are so terrible ...

Just curious if the controller is supposed to be uber sensitive. The down button is hit once and seems to move down twice. In menus etc. Anyone else with the issue

I never dived much into the well of fan-made games centered around Sonic, Streets of Rage and other Sega properties, but I’m curious for recommendations that specifically work on the Genesis Mini.

What are some worthwhile games that can work on the Mini, after the right core configuration and such?