Coining it in.
2020 has been a pretty rough year, but one of the things that has given us a little bit of happiness during the past 12 months is the fact that Nintendo’s one-time rival Sega is celebrating 60 glorious years in the business. During this period, we’ve seen prototypes, played games that were considered to be lost and even gotten our hands on a tiny Game Gear (an event which actually left us wanting more, but that’s beside the point). Now, Sega is rounding off its 60th birthday with another hardware launch – and one that’s perhaps even more niche that a Game Gear you can comfortably slip into your pocket without owning a pair of MC Hammer’s old trousers.
The Astro City Mini is, like the Neo Geo Mini before it, a tabletop arcade machine which comes pre-loaded with 37 games. It has a built-in LCD screen, a micro-switched joystick and six action buttons, imitating perfectly the original Astro City arcade cabinet from back in the day. It’s powered via a Micro-USB (not USB-C, sadly) port on the back, and boasts HDMI-out so you can connect it to your television for 720p gaming goodness. A 3.5mm headphone socket is also included, as are two USB-A ports so you can connect compatible controllers.
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