Sega Mega Drive Handheld
The Sega Mega Drive Handheld is a portable videogame system containing 20 built-in Sega Mega Drive games. It has been manufactured and distributed since late 2007 by various companies, most commonly by Blaze Europe, TecToy for the Brazilian market & AtGames.
The 20 built-in games are fully licensed by Sega, and comprise of:
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
- Alien Storm
- Altered Beast
- Arrow Flash
- Columns III
- Crack Down
- Decap Attack
- Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
- Ecco the Dolphin
- Ecco Jr.
- ESWAT
- Flicky
- Gain Ground
- Golden Axe
- Jewel Master
- Kid Chameleon
- Ristar
- Shadow Dancer
- Shinobi III
- Sonic & Knuckles
- Sonic Spinball
Some versions include Shinobi III and Ristar, instead of Revenge of Shinobi and Sonic Spinball.
The games are accessed from a series of four menu screens. All games are provided in their basic state, with no additional enhancements or benefits. There is no functionality for two or more players, even though some of the games still include their multi-player options.
The physical specifications of the Mega Drive Handheld include: a back-lit colour screen, headphone jack, AV out jack, mono speaker, and volume wheel. The unit is powered by three AAA batteries. A composite AV cable is provided to optionally connect the device to a television.
The Mega Drive Handheld has been reviewed favourably, particularly in comparison to the technical problems of the Sega Nomad, a previous handheld console that played Mega Drive games. Most negative criticism concerns the selection of built-in games, which is deemed lacklustre. Another major downside is the inability to save games (all save data is cleared upon reset), which makes playing RPGs (e.g. Shining Force) near impossible.
A variant of this is sometimes sold in German discounters as Millennium Mega Drive Portable.
A special "Limited Streets of Rage Edition" of the system was released in early 2011. As well as the 15 main games, this edition also included Streets of Rage, Streets of Rage 3 and Virtua Fighter.
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