Tec Toys to release handheld Mega Drive, sort of
Posted by Graham. Filed under G, News, Retro. Tagged with Genesis, Handheld, Mega Drive, Portable.
Brazilian-based company, Tec Toys, are adding another Sega device to their list, a portable Mega Drive. Unfortunately not quite as cool as the Nomad- the real handheld Mega Drive, from Sega.Â
This ‘Portable Mega Drive,’ does not take Mega Drive/Genesis cartridges, instead, like so many other similar handhelds, has several built in games.
Some 20 games to be precise:Â
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
- Alien Storm
- Altered Beast
- Arrow Flash
- Columns III
- Crack Down
- Decap Attack
- Dr. Robotnik´s Mean Bean Machine
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Ecco Jr.
- E-SWAT: Cyber Police City Under Siege
- Flicky
- Gain GroundÂ
- Golden AxeÂ
- Jewel Master
- Kid ChameleonÂ
- RistarÂ
- Sonic and Knuckles
- Shadow Dancer – The Secret of Shinobi
- The Revenge of Shinobi
While the device may not be able to play all Mega Drive titles, (that’s the dream), it does have some advantages over the Nomad, like; Less batteries (3 x AAA), a High-def screen (apparently), and A/V inputs so you can link the device up to a television, for that true console feeling.
I have to say, this is quite tempting, just as a cool Sega-related gadget to own, plus I like most of the games in the list.
The device is due for release December 5th, from Tec Toys, for $110 (about £55).Â
Comments on this article
There have been 17 responses to this article.
Playing Sonic and Knuckles without Sonic 3 is so fun!!!
What an expensive turd.
Kogen
Posted November 13th, 2007 at 7:08 pm.
What we need is an SD card reader in one of those.
I wonder if theres a way to hack the storage in those machines?
Id sure love to have something else on it.
How can you have Ecco Jr. but not Ecco 2?
Sonic and Knuckles but not Sonic 3 or 2?
Its an odd grab bag mix.
Plus why cant it look like a genesis controller? :P
shadow1w2
Posted November 13th, 2007 at 8:14 pm.
110 bucks? Are they out of their mind?! If this was like $20, I’d get this in a heartbeat.
Dr. SEGA Monkey
Posted November 13th, 2007 at 9:34 pm.
not to mention its blue and looks nothing like a megadrive…. should have tried to copy the design into a handheld ..
George
Posted November 13th, 2007 at 11:17 pm.
110 Bucks is quite fine, if you apply the 8$, Virtua console price tag and multiply it by 20 which equals 160.
So it is very cheap!
I just they would release Dreamcast Model .2
cube_b3
Posted November 14th, 2007 at 3:44 am.
For a little more you have a GP2X or a PSP that have all the megadrive catalogue -.-
landman
Posted November 14th, 2007 at 8:19 am.
Who’d pay that to play games built to play on a TV screen on a tiny, shitty looking handheld with weird games and a bad button layout? At least with VC you’re playing it on a regular display, with a good controller, and you get to pick what you want so you’re not stuck with stuff like Alex Kidd in the Enchanced Castle and Ecco Jr.
Kogen
Posted November 14th, 2007 at 8:41 am.
We have exactly the same product distributed in France: http://videojet-jeux.fr/megadrive.htm
ZikZak
Posted November 14th, 2007 at 9:26 am.
Kogen: Who? Lower middle-class Brazilians. Why? Well, a Wii costs around US$800 in Brazil (US$110 for new games).
(Importing is not an answer: add shipping costs plus 60% import tax - over item price + shipping, plus around 18% of sales tax over all this. Not so cheap either).
Brazil is tax hell.
SegaBR
Posted November 14th, 2007 at 1:15 pm.
I’d say the only games on this collection I’d really play regularly are Columns, Mean Bean, Gain Ground, Kid Chameleon, Ristar, and Sonic and Knuckles. That’s 6 games, at about $18 each. For me, not worth it, especially because of Sega Genesis Collection and Sonic Mega Collection. Though in Brazil, I can see where the appeal might be. It’s a good idea, at the very least.
Bryan
Posted November 14th, 2007 at 1:28 pm.
A bit pricey, but I’d be a liar if I said I didn’t want one…
Ben L.
Posted November 15th, 2007 at 8:22 am.
I am DEFENATLY geting this! I has my fave games on it! And to top things off, It’s beeing relesed on my birthday! Isint that exicting?
Damy
Posted November 16th, 2007 at 4:26 pm.
Nice, but useless to me without Technosoft games.
ROBOTRON
Posted November 16th, 2007 at 4:51 pm.
On the contrary and to correct what was said in the article above, the Nomad did have an A/V output (although proprietary) to hook it up to a TV.
gan
Posted January 11th, 2008 at 7:57 am.
get one here for £29.99
http://www.segaretro.net
Craig
Posted July 29th, 2008 at 5:34 am.
Hi my name is karnan from england and i’m getting this for my birthday
You should buyi t in argos ,CHEAPER!
WHY DON’T YOU VISIT http://WWW.SEGARETRO.NET
yOU CAN PLAY SONIC THE HEDGODE
BYE BYE
Karnan
Posted November 29th, 2008 at 2:14 pm.
Hi my name is Karnan from England and I’m getting this for my birthday!
You should buy it in Argos ,CHEAPER!
Why don’t you visit http://www.segaretro.net.
You caan play sonic the hedgehog (a kids game) and watch video reviews about it.
BYE BYE
Karnan
Posted November 29th, 2008 at 2:25 pm.