🚗💨 I thought I would share with you all my experience with the AT Games Portable SEGA MegaDrive Ultimate that I recently purchased from FunStock
I have been feeling the need to revisit the good old MegaDrive days recently and the MegaDrive portable caught my eye, mainly as it was well priced and had the ability to load Roms via an SD card.
[Above – the SD card slot located at the top of the machine]
Having owned 2 Japanese SEGA MegaDrive’s and a Handheld SEGA Nomad I have had a pretty good exposure to the MegaDrive and the games released over its years of popularity, so revisiting them on the new portable was great for my retro gaming nostalgia.
[Above- The SEGA Portable, small and very light]
The machine comes preloaded with 20 of the usual SEGA MegaDrive compilation games like Golden Axe,Sonic and Streets of Rage, but the best part is adding your own games.
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[Above- Page 5/9 of my personal games list including OutRun (Obviously)]
Steps to add games to the SD Card and Screenshots etc.
1. Buy a SD Card. (The card must be SD only and not SDHC.
2. Format the card with your PC using the FAT Format. 3. Put the SD Card into the portable and select SD from the menu. This will create a folder called ‘Game’ to the card. 4. Remove the card and insert it into your PC. 5. Locate the ‘Game’ folder and add your Roms in there ( Rom format must be [.Bin] 6. Put the SD Card into the machine, select SD and you will see your games list.
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7. Put the .MDB file into your Roms folder.
8. Start the downloaded screenshot program as seen below.⬇
9. Open the .MDB file from your games folder.
10. Create your own game screenshot for your games list. The game names list must match your Rom names. 11. Add a game name then select the picture to accompany the game. ( pics must be no more than 120mm x 112mm in size and contain less than 63 colours. And that’s how to load games and have screenshots for your portable MegaDrive 😃
The Machine runs an emulator called Firecore which has a very good compatibility with most of the MegaDrive games released.
The weakest element of this machine is the sound quality. I won’t go on about it here, it’s well documented online and on YouTube. Below are some of the Yu Suzuki SEGA games that I dropped on the machine Frank ocean blonde album cover.
OutRun
SUPER HANG ON
AFTERBURNER II
SPACE HARRIER II
If your a MegaDrive fan but no longer own the machine this is a great way to re-live the good times of the MegaDrive (anywhere) .and now its more portable than ever.
Check it out at FunStock Games Price = £39.95
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There has been no shortage of ways to re-play games from the SEGA Mega Drive/ Genesis over the years with SEGA releasing and re-releasing their most popular games from the 16-bit generation on any and every platform. Without particularly trying I think I have about 10-12 copies of the Sonic the Hedgehog.
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Now there is at least one more way to replay 39 of those classics, the SEGA Genesis Ultimate Portable Game Player, (hereafter referred to as 'GUP') from the Dichroic Cat Electronic Company (AtGames Digital Media).
As for the name, I think most will agree that SEGA's own Nomad hand-held remains the ultimate portable game player. The Nomad enabled you to take your cartridge out of your home system and place it directly into the portable system for playing on the go, much as Nintendo's Switch facilitates in the 21st century.
The Real Ultimate SEGA Genesis Ultimate Portable Game Player.
But back to the future for a moment, the GUP does have the advantage of a back-lit screen, long battery life (through use of a USB rechargeable battery) and having 39 games from the original system packed in (without having to lug around a bunch of cartridges.
You can find the SEGA Genesis Ultimate Portable Game Player on Ebay for about $80 AUD.
The system is approximately the same size as a PlayStation Portable, with a slightly smaller screen and also significantly lighter, (while not so light as to feel cheap). The build is not up to Sony and Nintendo standards, but at the same time is ergonomically comfortable and mechanically well put together. Hindi songs 320kbps free download.
In the box you get the system itself, a USB charging cable and detailed manual which gives great descriptions of each game.
Pre-loaded onto the GUP are 39 Mega Drive games with standouts like Alex Kidd, Bonanza Bros., Comix Zone and Decap Attack joining the usual suspects like Sonic, Altered Beast and Columns. A complete list of games will be at the end of this review. There are an additional 41 'arcade games' which in actuality are free-ware quality clones that are usually shovelled onto off-brand counterfeit consoles you find sold in questionable parts of town. Such gems as Yawning Triceratops, Mr. Balls and Jack's Pea will keep you occupied for seconds at a time.
The well written and verbose descriptions of these generic games in the manual may have taken longer to craft than the games themselves.
The GUP has an audio out, SD Card slot, A/V out, USB Charging input, on/off button and a volume control dial.
This image gives a sense of the size of the GUP. Dimensions (cm, approx): 15.5 x 6.5 x 2 (L x W x D).
As for the SEGA games themselves, they play and display just as you would hope on a screen that is vivid, bright and highly detailed. While the audio has a lot of treble, through the one small speaker, when using headphones the quality greatly improves. Some have questioned the fidelity of the audio compared to the original system, but keeping in mind this is a portable system, and extremely small compared to the original this is a quibble that can be overlooked by most.
If you own some cartridges from the original system and want to make a legal back-up of them, or help doing so, there are many sites on the web that will enable you to do so. You can then transfer these back-ups onto an SD card and place it into the GUP, making the GUP a great way to access your full library of Mega Drive games legally, and on the go. (Supports .bin, .gen and .smd files). If you wanted to make back-ups of your other console games and try to play them on the GUP, you are out of luck. Remember this only the SEGA Genesis Ultimate Portable Game Player.
Nice clear 3.2 inch LCD screen and no complaints on the buttons or cross-pad.
The buttons have suitable 'clack' and the cross-pad is equally sufficient, something that a lot of these retro remakes get wrong.
Unfortunately, the modern conveniences of save states are not a feature of the GUP, which undercuts every positive aspect of the system. With no easy way to save as you play, a standard on most modern retro remake consoles, it makes the GUP a system not worth owning. Especially for a portable system, where in everyday use you may expect to be interrupted while playing.
The selection of games is almost perfect, the hardware competent and the expansion port via SD to unlock a larger library of SEGA games is commendable, thoughtful and well executed. If you can forgive the lack of easy saves then this is a great way to play Mega Drive Games on the go.
- Phil Fogg
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Full list of Mega Drive games that come on the system:
Sega Genesis Ultimate Portable Review
Alex Kidd (Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle)
Alien Storm Altered Beast Arrow Flash Bonanza Bros. Chakan Columns Columns 3 Comix Zone Crack Down Decap Attack ESWAT Eternal Champions Fatal Labyrinth Flicky Gain Ground Golden Axe Golden Axe 2 Golden Axe 3 Jewel Master Kid Cameleon Mean Bean Machine Mortal Kombat 1, 2 and 3 Phantasy Star 2 Phantasy Star 3 Ristar Shadow Dancer Shinobi III Sonic 3D Blast Sonic and Knuckles Sonic Spinball Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sword of Vermillion The Ooze Vectorman Vectorman 2 Comments are closed.
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