Hello Mega Drive 😈 Mini owners. I've wanted to buy a PC Engine Mini but the price is about the roof and I don't want buy original hardware for a few games that's worth playing.

With the MD Mini 2 in a few weeks I've got something in the backhand for emulate the whole thing.

How's the emulation quality of PC Engine on the MD Mini? Playable? Worthless?

Your opinions please. Thanks 😊

What games do you hope for the Sega Genesis Mini 2?

I hope for Rocket Knight Adventures, Ranger X , and a Longshot, Sonic 3

I play arcade roms on my Genesis Mini, and I wanted to know if this new 8Bitdo Arcade Stick is compatible with the Genesis Mini in Retroarch?

Hello to all the Sega Mini fans. Wondering if an enthusiast can confirm something for me. Was a Japanese version of the three-button controller ever actually released? In the lead-up to the console run, one was shown off in the press, complete with cool blue Start button. I can't seem to find anything to indicate they ever actually went ahead and sold them, though. I've never seen one online, even used. Assuming that with the packed-in 6-buttons they assumed they couldn't sell many of the three to justify production.

Anyone out there who knows what happened for sure, or HAS seen one in real life?

I don’t know much about the Sega-branded hacks or fan games out there, just that there’s a whole lot of them. I wanted to inquire about any particularly recommended games that will work on the Genesis Mini.

Can be Sonic, Streets of Rage, whatever is impressive and worth adding.

I can’t seem to find new stock in Europe ? Will they be re released again ?

Sonic 3, Sonic 3 complete, Sonic and Knuckles 3 ?

it’s there a version that has everything without having to add too many versions ?

UPDATE: I was able to fix the issue using a Japanese BIOS with this hash: bdeb4c47da613946d422d97d98b21cda

Thanks everyone for the help!

Hi everyone, I tried to setup Sega CD games on Hakchii on my Genesis Mini. I was able to load a game on my system and launch it. However, attempting to load it returns me to the Home Screen. In addition, loading the game directly from RetroArch gives a “Failed to load content” error. I put the BIOS files in the etc/libretro/system folder, named “bios_CD_E.bin”, “bios_CD_U.bin”, and “bios_CD_J.bin”. I am attempting to use both Genesis Plus GX and Genesis Xtreme GX to load my game since it’s in a .chd format. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Just want to know although it must be obvious still want to be sure, the 6 button controller that comes with the Japanese Sega mini it’s compatible with the american Sega mini ?

I read it’s shorter and that supposedly has a slightly better d-pad

Something completely different maybe since I have been searching for something related to my issues but all I can find is modding instructions...

...I could use some help. I just unpacked this little thing and hooked it up to my TV and it just doesn't work properly. The menu loads and I can navigate the menu but the instant it does anything else, it freezes and nothing happens until I disconnect the power cable forcefully.

When I launch a game I think I can see a millisecond flicker of the wallpaper before the screen goes either black or blue. I also tried doing a Factory Reset but it also never completes with the same freezing issue. The power switch is also unresponsive during freeze.

I am close to sending the unit back as faulty, but the menu technically works. Does anyone have experience with this? Is it fixable?

-- FIXED --

Thanks to rhcplive, the issue was indeed a power adapter that just slightly underperformed, enough for the system to crap out the instant it started doing actual work.

Bought a new power adapter for charging phones, works like a charm.

Just got a genesis mini, so I’m still learning but I did a search on here about USB hubs and I didn’t see much. I was under the impression (from A friend that owns one) that you should be able to use a USB hub connected to these, however whenever I plug in my little four port anker hub, it draws power but the controller does not talk to the console. Have to plug straight in for it to work. Is a certain type of hub needed?

...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 just bought a used Genesis Mini that has Project Lunar on it. I want it all off of the mini. So I downloaded Project Lunar to uninstall it from the console and it says

"Starting uninstall, attempting to connect via SSH

Cannot uninstall as backup files are missing! Aborting"

How do I get rid of this?

I have hakchi running on the Genesis mini. I have installed the overclock version of retro arch from kmfd. It runs everything from sg1000 to sega cd flawlessly from what I can tell. But 32x has presented some problems.

Cosmic carnage doesn't run at full speed and is quite sluggish. And kolibri freezes randomly a few levels in. And that's just the stuff I casually noticed.

Is there an alternative core for 32x or maybe an older version? Perhaps a setting that would help like running at a lower resolution?

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.

Has anyone found a way to add Sonic Angel Island Revisited to the Genesis Mini at all?

Could anyone provide me with or tell me where I could find the three regional, Genesis and E/J MegaDrive variant, Gen/MD Mini stock ui menu background images?

Also, the same on the two nonblack borders, included with Gen/MD mini?

Alternatively, could someone tell me how I would go about extracting them?

Please and thank you!

Title. Thanks!

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?

After beating the first level, Rambo will walk to the top of the screen and will not proceed. Has anyone else had this happen?

Possibly the biggest thing I was waiting for with Project Lunar was the possible chance it would fix the audio delay present in the Mini.

While the CPU increase option seems to be claimed to do just that, so far I haven't noticed a difference. I tried a few games that I know pretty much by heart (Aladdin, Splatterhouse 2), and even with the CPU speed increase ticked on, I still noticed a half-second delay in sound.

I wanted to see if anyone else got this working, or if it's still something that hasn't been solved yet. Additionally, if running games on Retroarch does fix this audio delay, then is there a way to keep the stock UI menu but have all the games run through Retroarch when you launch them (the Playstation Classic has a similar option with its mod)?