[thevagrant]

Sega made a Genesis mini a few years back with 40 games.

Would be great if they made a console that let you play most games from master system, genesis, saturn to dreamcast.

[scheeseman486]

It wasn't so much Sega that made it, but M2 using off the shelf ARM SoCs.

Consoles and handhelds that can do all that exist though, they're just not made by Sega. A Steam Deck with a 1TB SD card is able to run almost the entirety of Sega's legacy back catalog, excepting a few titles that still aren't emulated correctly.

[imiric]

It still used emulation, though. None of these "mini" official systems is appealing to me. I can already use emulators on any device I already own, and have an equivalent or better experience. Why would I pay for a cute enclosure bundled with the same emulator I already use and a handful of games? Legality aside, they're a cash grab tugging at nostalgia strings.

What I _would_ like to see from the original manufacturers is an actual "mini" system, reimplemented using modern hardware components, and using software improvements (filters, upscaling, etc.). I would even settle for an FPGA implementation, which companies like Analogue are currently cashing on. The original manufacturers have an obvious advantage they can use, but it takes more effort than slapping together an emulator and some ROMs.

It would also be great to have an official digital storefront specific to these systems, with the entire game library, or as much as they have the right to publish. Similar to what Nintendo has done with their legacy systems, just separate from the Switch itself. It just seems like a huge wasted market opportunity to not do this right.

[thevagrant]

That's what I was getting at but didn't articulate it well enough.

I'd pay per title if the prices were reasonable. It does seem like a missed opportunity. I know plenty of people in their 40s who'd more likely slap money on retro titles than they would on any new game.

[zdhgbdthdtv]

Just use RetroPie