
Likewise, the European/Australian design is based off the PAL Mega Drive packaging, and the Japanese/Asian versions are based off the Japanese Mega Drive packaging. The default design of the main menu in the US version is based off the packaging design of the Genesis.

No US version is available for Sonic Spinball, however. On European/Australian systems, PAL versions of Sonic Spinball, Beyond Oasis, Castlevania: Bloodlines, and Contra: Hard Corps ( The Story of Thor, Castlevania: The New Generation, and Probotector) replace the US versions on the English language setting, though the US versions are still available by setting the language to Chinese for Beyond Oasis and Korean for Castlevania and Contra. On a US system, setting the system to Chinese will set games to Japanese, while setting it to Korean will use English. This also sets the game to the selected language in some games (though not all). Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine into Puyo Puyo.

Most notably, changing an International system to an Asian language will turn Dr. It's worth noting that by changing the system language, the player can access alternate region versions of most of the games included on any system. Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition At least 19 titles are different according to each version of the system:ĭr. The selection of games between regions are different. Additionally, pressing C on the Screen Settings screen will activate scanlines. Pressing B on the game library screen will switch the view from front covers to a spine view. (Source: ModM圜lassic) Undocumented Features US and European versions of the Tower were also made, but these were limited runs and not for sale. In addition to the standard release, a "W" version was also released in Japan that included two six-button USB Mega Drive controllers.Īlso released alongside the Japanese versions was the Mega Drive Tower Mini, containing miniature versions of the Mega-CD and 32X plus Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic the Hedgehog carts, which can be attached to the Mega Drive Mini to form the Mega-CD 32X, though the addons are hollow shells except the Mega-CD (containing a printout of the interior, including a Sonic CD disc).

The system comes with 40 pre-installed games, plus a more faithful port of Sega's Tetris and a licensed fan port of the original Darius. Sega tosses its hat into the plug-and-play ring once again with the Sega Genesis Mini, though this time they opted to manufacture the system themselves with M2 developing the emulator. There's a whole lotta words here, but not enough pictures.
