The moment we have all been waiting for is finally here. The last grouping of Sega Genesis game for the mini has been announced. There is some good news here, but honestly, there’s also bad. The best news of all is 12 games were released today instead of 10, bringing the total number of games up to 42.
Starting with the good, games like Kid Chameleon, Tetris and Virtua Fighter 2 will all be playable again. I have no recollection of Tetris being on the Genesis at all, but that is not surprising at all. Upon looking it up, it seems that Tetris cartridges are ridiculously rare. Like 10 in the world rare. So though that is an odd choice to include it, it’s also incredible.
Sadly, it is not all sunshine and roses. Personally, I was hoping Aladdin and Ristar would make their way to this console, but alas, it was not to be. There are two other games that also didn’t make the cut, that actually annoy me. Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles, will somehow not be included. I have no idea why, it makes no sense to me but there you have it. Clearly, they didn’t ask for my opinion.
The full list of 12 titles:
Virtua Fighter 2
Alicia Dragoon
Columns
Dynamite Headdy
Strider
Kid Chameleon
Light Crusader
Monster World IV
Eternal Champions
Tetris
Darius
If you are thinking that is only 11 games, then you have a keen eye. For some reason, Road Rash 2 was announced by the Sega Twitter account but does not appear on the Genesis Mini website. Color me confused.
The previous 30 games announced:
1. Ecco the Dolphin
2. Castlevania: Bloodlines
3. Space Harrier 2
4. Shining Force
5. Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
6. Toe Jam & Earl
7. Comic Zone
8. Sonic the Hedgehog
9. Altered Beast
10. Gunstar Heroes
11. Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
12. World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
13. Thunder Force III
14. Super Fantasy Zone
15. Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
16. Streets of Rage 2
17. Earthworm Jim
18. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
19. Contra Hard Corps
20. Land Stalker
21. Beyond Oasis
22. Ghouls ‘N Ghosts
23. Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
24. Golden Axe
25. Phantasy Star IV
26. Street Fighter 2
27. Mega Man the Wily Wars
28. Sonic Spinball
29. Vectorman
30. You Wonder Boy in Monster World