I was quite taken by Sega's first trip into the world of the mini console, and thus I was excited by the announcement of a second Genesis, this one based appropriately on the Sega Genesis Model 2. The Genesis Mini 2 is the follow-up to the Genesis Mini I reviewed back in 2019. While this miniature homage to Sega’s beloved 16-bit system falls short of its predecessor and the TurboGrafx-16 Mini (also by M2) when it comes to the quality of the controller and its menus, it's still a wonderful little piece of technology that "lets us go to a place where we know we are loved." Nostalgia - It's Delicate, But Potent It takes us to a place where we ache to go again." Don was banking on nostalgia to sell slideshow carousels when he said that, but the whole pitch works just as well for these retro consoles. You can use it to browse your game with metadata and thumbnails.I'm going to just go ahead and paraphrase Mad Men’s Don Draper here and say the Sega Genesis Mini 2 isn't just a miniature all-in-one console, "it’s a time machine. It is optimized for joypad navigation and can be extended using a playlist system.
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