Sega-licensed "Retro Gen" might have you hunting for cartridges

***wraggster*** · June 27th, 2009, 13:19

Sega's already given its seal of approval to a few Genesis / Mega Drive-based handhelds, but never one like this new "Retro Gen" device from Innex, which makes use of actual, dust-collecting cartridges instead of just some mere on-board memory. Of course, not everyone has a stack of Genesis carts at their disposal (a sad state, indeed), so the handheld also apparently comes pre-loaded with 20 unspecified games, and you'll supposedly even be able to eventually load some "licensed ROMs" onto an SD card using a special cart. While it's still not clear exactly how widespread of a release it'll get, at least one retailer does already has it up for pre-order for just $49.99 (discounted from $59.99), and it's promising a ship date of July 25th.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/26/s...or-cartridges/

**Eviltaco64** · June 28th, 2009, 01:02

I wonder if it supports the 32X. :P

***Darksaviour69*** · June 28th, 2009, 03:06

nice

**MAXIMUSpowers** · June 28th, 2009, 21:33

looks terrible

**VampDude** · June 29th, 2009, 18:29

I would rather purchase another MegaDrive console (or one of those ugly Nomad's), because I don't think the ABC XYZ buttons are placed comfortably... It's clearly yelling out the words "third party tat", whilst SEGA's handheld console said nothing through there not being a market as the GameBoy dominated the handheld market.

Though bulky and ugly (plus requires 6xAA batteries), I would much rather have this.

Instead've this.

SEGA just don't care anymore, they should be making things instead've approving others to do so.