<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Application
Genesis	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
,	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Mega	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
in	O
regions	O
outside	O
of	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
dedicated	B-Device
console	I-Device
modeled	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mini	O
emulates	B-Application
the	O
original	O
console	O
's	O
16-bit	B-Device
hardware	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
42	O
games	O
made	O
available	O
through	O
emulation	B-Application
software	I-Application
by	O
M2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
follow-up	O
,	O
Sega	B-Application
Genesis	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
2	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
2022	O
and	O
includes	O
53	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
Genesis	O
and	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mini	O
is	O
half	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inside	O
the	O
unit	O
is	O
an	O
ARM-based	O
SOC	B-Architecture
ZUIKI	O
Z7213	O
and	O
512	O
MB	O
of	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
either	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
(	O
dependent	O
on	O
region	O
's	O
bundle	O
options	O
)	O
full-size	O
replica	O
controllers	O
that	O
connect	O
through	O
USB	B-Protocol
(	O
thus	O
original	O
controllers	O
are	O
incompatible	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
USB-to-Micro-B	O
power	O
cable	O
(	O
USB	B-Protocol
AC	O
adapter	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
HDMI	B-Protocol
video	O
cable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Korea	O
is	O
a	O
slight	O
exception	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
there	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
as	O
the	O
Super	O
Gam*Boy	O
and	O
Super	O
Aladdin	O
Boy	O
;	O
none	O
of	O
these	O
names	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
Korean	O
Mini	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
switching	O
the	O
system	O
language	O
from	O
English	O
to	O
Japanese	O
will	O
change	O
Dr.	B-Application
Robotnik	I-Application
's	I-Application
Mean	I-Application
Bean	I-Application
Machine	I-Application
into	O
Puyo	B-Application
Puyo	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
North	O
American	O
and	O
European	O
models	O
of	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Application
Mini	I-Application
come	O
bundled	O
with	O
two	O
three-button	O
controllers	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Japanese	O
model	O
comes	O
with	O
two	O
six-button	O
controllers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Official	O
model	O
accessories	O
of	O
a	O
miniature	O
Mega-CD	B-Device
,	O
a	O
miniature	O
Super	B-Device
32X	I-Device
,	O
a	O
miniature	O
Sonic	B-Application
&	I-Application
Knuckles	I-Application
lock-on	O
Genesis	O
cartridge	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
miniature	O
Sonic	B-Application
the	I-Application
Hedgehog	I-Application
standard	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
cartridge	O
were	O
also	O
sold	O
separately	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Miniature	O
replicas	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
32X	I-Device
in	O
both	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
and	O
European	O
versions	O
were	O
also	O
manufactured	O
but	O
only	O
distributed	O
to	O
select	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mini	O
2	O
system	O
is	O
modeled	O
after	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
variant	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
console	O
and	O
comes	O
bundled	O
with	O
over	O
50	O
games	O
and	O
a	O
single	O
six-button	O
controller	O
in	O
all	O
regions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
SOC	B-Architecture
chip	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
Mini	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
more	O
memory	O
and	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
Mini	O
's	O
emulation	B-Application
features	O
,	O
the	O
Mini	O
2	O
includes	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
sound	O
outputs	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Genesis	O
or	O
Genesis	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
Mega	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
model	O
accessories	O
consisting	O
of	O
a	O
miniature	O
Mega-CD	B-Device
2	O
,	O
a	O
miniature	O
Virtua	B-Application
Racing	I-Application
cartridge	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
miniature	O
Sonic	B-Application
CD	I-Application
disc	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
alongside	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
including	O
compatibility	O
parts	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
Mega	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
and	O
its	O
accessories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
a	O
USB-powered	O
Cyber	O
Stick	O
controller	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
flight	B-Device
stick	I-Device
controller	I-Device
produced	O
by	O
Sharp	O
was	O
released	O
alongside	O
the	O
system	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
provides	O
analog	O
input	O
for	O
After	B-Device
Burner	I-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Night	B-Application
Striker	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Starblade	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Application
Genesis	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
features	O
40	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
games	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
selection	O
varying	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
these	O
titles	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
includes	O
two	O
bonus	O
games	O
,	O
Darius	B-Application
and	O
Tetris	B-Device
,	O
which	O
are	O
new	O
conversions	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
Mini	O
system	O
that	O
were	O
previously	O
never	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
original	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Application
Genesis	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
2	O
features	O
53	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Genesis	O
and	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
add-on	O
peripheral	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Application
Genesis	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
Sega	O
Fes	O
show	O
in	O
April	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
announcement	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
trend	O
of	O
releasing	O
smaller	O
versions	O
of	O
retro	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
delayed	O
in	O
September	O
,	O
missing	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
30th-anniversary	O
window	O
,	O
when	O
Sega	O
dropped	O
its	O
partnership	O
with	O
AtGames	O
,	O
whose	O
2017	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
Flashback	O
was	O
critically	O
panned	O
for	O
its	O
production	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	O
emphasized	O
first-party	O
production	O
quality	O
in	O
its	O
marketing	O
for	O
the	O
Mini	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
company	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
hardware	O
business	O
after	O
last	O
producing	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
menu	O
music	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Yuzo	O
Koshiro	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
composer	O
of	O
the	O
compilation	O
's	O
Beyond	B-Application
Oasis	I-Application
,	O
Streets	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
The	B-Application
Revenge	I-Application
of	I-Application
Shinobi	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
Sega	B-Application
Genesis	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
console	O
had	O
sold	O
over	O
300,000	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
followup	O
,	O
the	O
Sega	B-Application
Genesis	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
2	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
on	O
June	O
3	O
,	O
2022	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
worldwide	O
on	O
October	O
27	O
,	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
