In the world of video games, a very curious fashion has proliferated to which many cannot turn their backs. And yes, we are talking about the mini consoles, some tiny accessories that pull childhood memories to rob the wallets of more than one. And it is inevitable to reject one of these jewels.
What's so special about a miniature console?
Call it collecting, sentimentality or pure consumerism, but the truth is that there is something about these miniature consoles that makes many video game lovers cannot resist getting their hands on one. The fault lies with Nintendo, which was the first to launch a console of this type with its Nintendo Classic Mini, and it was followed by all the ones that we are going to list below.
Real game or emulated?
All consoles rely on emulation to play the games, so gamers and purists might find some differences from the way the original consoles worked. But in reality they are details that could hardly be recognized by ordinary users, so they are fantastic versions with which to be able to remember old glories from our childhood.
All mini consoles
The market has been filled with options from all possible brands, so we are going to review all the miniature consoles that you can buy today in the market.
Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System
It is the first miniature console to hit the market. The demand it generated was such that the console sold out worldwide, forcing Nintendo to launch a second batch to meet the needs of players. It can currently be found on the second hand market and at a resale completely inflated by speculation.
Games included:
- Super Mario Bros.
- Super Mario Bros 4
- The Legend of Zelda
- Donkey Kong
- Metroid
- Kirgy's Adventure
- Super Mario Bros 2
- Dr Mario
- Punch Out!
- Balloon Fight
- donkey kong jr
- Zelda II: The Adventure of Link
- Excitebike
- Ice Climber
- Kid Icarus
- Mario Bros
- StarTropics
- Bubble Bubble
- final Fantasy
- Gradius
- Pac-Man
- Castlevania
- Galaga
- Mega Man 2
- Super C
- Castlevani II: Simon's Quest
- Ghost'n goblins
- Ninja Gaiden
- Tecmo Bowl
- Double Dragon II: The Revenge
Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System
If Nintendo's miniature version of 8-bit caused a sensation, 16-bit was no less. The Super Nintendo Mini once again generated endless queues in shopping centers, although the demand was more controlled thanks to a larger stock. Likewise, the console has exorbitant prices on the second-hand market, so if you don't have one, you're going to have to pay more to get it.
Games included:
- Super Mario World
- Super Mario Kart
- The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
- F-ZERO
- Super Metroid
- Super Street Fighter II
- Super Punch-Out !!
- castlevania iv
- Donkey Kong Country
- Mega Man X
- Kirby Super Star
- Final Fantasy III
- Kirby's Dream Course
- Starfox
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
- Super Mario RPG
- Contra III
- Secret of Mana
- Earthbound
- Super Ghost'n Goblins
- Star Fox 2
SEGA Mega Drive Mini
If Nintendo was expanding its coffers based on miniature consoles, SEGA was not going to miss the opportunity to do the same with its fantastic Mega Drive. At a time when consoles created a true world war between two sides, history repeats itself with the Mega Drive Mini with this miniature model with more than 40 games.
Games included:
- Alex Kidd in The Enchanted Castle
- Alisia Dragoon
- Altered Beast
- Beyond Oasis
- Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Columns
- Alex Kidd in The Enchanted Castle
- Alisia Dragoon
- Altered Beast
- Beyond Oasis
- Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
- Castlevania: Bloodlines
- Columns
- Ghouls' n Ghosts
- Golden Ax
- Gunstar Heroes
- Kid Chameleon
- Landstalker
- Light Crusader
- Mega Man: The Willy Wars
- Monster World IV
- Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium
- Probotector
- Road Rash II
- Shining force
- Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball
- Space Harrier II
- Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition
- Streets of Rage 2
- Strider
- Super Fantasy Zone
- Tetris
- Thunder Force III
- ToeJam & Earl
- Vectorman
- Virtua Fighter 2
- Wonder Boy in Monster World
- World of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
NEOGEO Mini
Did you think that an arcade cabin was going to be saved from a miniature version? That is just what they decided to do at NEOGEO as they brought to life this interesting miniature home console that looks like an arcade machine. Too bad it's not portable, since it needs a power connection to work.
Games included:
- The King of Fighters '94
- The King of Fighters '95
- The King of Fighters '96
- The King of Fighters '97
- The King of Fighters '98
- The King of Fighters '99
- The King of Fighters 2000
- The King of Fighters 2001
- The King of Fighters 2002
- The King of Fighters 2003
- Samurai Shodown II
- Samurai Shodown II
- Samurai Shodown V Special
- Fatal Fury Special
- Real Bout Fatal Fury
- Real Bout Fatal Fury 2
- Garou: Mark of The Wolves
- World Heroes Perfect
- Kizuna Encounter
- Art of fighting
- The Last Blade
- The Last Blade 2
- Ninja Master's
- Aggressors of Dark Kombat
- King of the Monsters 2
- cyber-li
- Shock Troopers 2nd Squad
- Top Hunter Roddy & Cathy
- Ninja Commando
- burning fight
- Metal Slug
- Metal Slug 2
- Metal Slug 3
- sengoku3
- Alpha Mission II
- Twinkle Star Sprites
- Blazing star
- Top Player's Golf
- Super Sidekicks
- puzzled
Playstation Mini
Another revolutionary in the history of video games could not miss the appointment. PlayStation completely changed the history of video games with an incredible number of sales around the world, introducing the standardization of CD-ROM as a support and allowing you to enjoy three-dimensional environments with CD-quality sound. The console defined the childhood of many, and that is why it caused such a sensation in its miniature presentation. In any case, its high price stopped the reception of the product, and it can still be found for about 70 euros (even being sold for 29 euros on Amazon).
Games included:
- Final Fantasy VII
- Grand Theft Auto
- Metal Gear Solid
- Ridge Racer 4
- Tekken 3
- Twisted Metal
- Battle Arena Toshiden
- Cool Boarders 2
- Destruction derby
- IntelligentQube
- Jump Flash!
- Mr. Drills
- Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee
- Rayman
- Resident Evil Director's Cut
- Revelations: Person
- Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
- Syphon Filter
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
- Wild Arms
The C64
Veterans will immediately recognize the Commodore 64, the home computer that was successful in the 80s and which, in addition to allowing programming, offered the possibility of playing many games. Well, its miniature version exists, and includes 65 games and a joystick.
Games included:
- AlleyKat
- Anarchy
- Armalyte: Competition Edition
- Avenger
- Battle valley
- bounder
- California Games
- Chip's Challenge
- Confusion
- Cosmic
- Causeway: Trailblazer II
- Creatures
- Cyberdyne warrior
- Cybernoid II: The Revenge
- Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine
- deflector
- Everyone's A Wally
- Firelord, Gribbly's Day Out
- Hawkeye
- Heartland
- herobotix
- Highway Encounter
- Hunter's moon
- Hysteria
- Impossible Mission,
- Impossible Mission II
- Insects in Space
- Mega apocalypse
- Mission AD
- Monty mole
- Monty on the run
- nebula
- netherworld
- Nobby the Aardvark
- Nodes of Yesod
- paradroid
- Pit stop II
- Rana
- Foliage
- Robin of the Wood
- Rubicon
- skate crazy
- Skool daze
- Slayer
- Snare
- Speedball
- Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe
- spindizzy
- Star paws
- Steel
- stormlord
- Street Sports Baseball
- Summer games ii
- Super cycle
- Temple of Apshai Trilogy
- The Arc of Yesod
- Thing Bounce Back
- THING ON A SPRING
- Trailblazer
- uchi mata
- uridium
- Who Dares Wins II
- Winter games
- World Games
- Zynaps
Core Grafx mini / PC Engine mini / TurboGrafx-16 mini
Known in the United States as TurboGrafx-16 and in Japan as PC Engine, this little CoreGrafx is the compact version of the famous system that includes 57 games that mix versions of Japan and the United States. It is quite difficult to find it, although you can get one through Amazon France.
Games included:
- Ninja Spirit
- Bonk's Revenge
- JJ & Jeff
- Space harrier
- New Adventure Island
- Parasol Stars
- Ys Book I&Ii
- Air Zonk
- neutopia ii
- Dungeon Explorer
- Cadash
- R-Type
- Blazing Lazers
- Lords Of Thunder
- Soldier Blade
- Moto Roader
- Military Madness
- Bomberman '93
- Alien Crush
- Power Golf
- Chew-Man-Fu
- Victory Run
- Psychosis
- Neutopia
- Splatterhouse
- The Kungfu
- PC Genjin
- Akumajō Dracula X Chi no Rondo
- ninja ryukenden
- Ys I・Ii
- Jaseiken Necromancer
- Daimakaimura
- Dungeon Explorer
- Super Star Solider
- Super Darius
- Fantasy Zone
- Chō Aniki
- star parodyer
- Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire
- Snatcher
- Tokimeki memorial
- Bomberman '94
- nectaris
- Super Momotaro Dentetsu II
- salamander
- Neutopia
- neutopia ii
- Bomberman Panic Bomber
- Aldynes
- It Appears! gateball
- Gradius
- Gradius II – Gofer No Yabō –
- Galaga '88
- Dragon spirit
- The Genji And The Heike Clans
- The Legend Of Valkyries
- Seirei Senshi Spriggan
- Spriggan Mark 2
The A500 Mini
Undoubtedly, one of the best mini editions of this fever for the recovery of mythical game systems. Commodore's famous Amiga 500 is transformed into a small device with a fully functional mouse and gamepad. What's more, the first is an exact replica of the one that came standard with the computer and the second takes on the shape of the control of the old CD 32. Although it comes with a catalog of 25 very interesting gift games, you can expand it with any release that appeared in the 80s and 90s for both the standard and AGA models (Amiga 600 and Amiga 1200).
You also have available a busy scene of users who are recovering homebrew from the last 20 years and creating specific installations for this device with selections of games by company, year, genre, etc. These are the titles that come with this The A500 Mini:
- Alien Breed 3D
- Alien Breed: Special Edition '92
- Another World
- Arcade Pool
- ATR: All Terrain Racing
- Battle Chess
- cadaver
- California Games
- The Chaos Engine
- Dragon's Breath
- F-16 Combat Pilot
- Kick Off 2
- The Lost Patrol
- paradroid 90
- Pinball dreams
- Project-X: Special Edition '93
- Quack
- The Sentinel
- Simon the Sorcerer
- Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe
- Stunt car racer
- supercars ii
- Titus the Fox
- Worms: The Director's Cut
- Zool
Mega Drive Mini 2
It had to come. After the success of the first Mega Drive Mini (Genesis for North Americans), it was obvious that SEGA would try to do the same with the second generation of its 16-bit console that originally came to the market to offer a cheaper alternative that reduced costs, eliminating certain components – such as the headphone jack, for example – and compacting its design to take up less space. Now, it has been transformed into another Mini machine that we can reserve right now and receive at home on October 27.
In addition, SEGA has taken the opportunity to do an extraordinary job by evolving the old three-button controller to add the six-button one, as well as a selection of games that not only includes some of the best Mega Drive cartridges, but also Mega CD titles and other specials that the Japanese had hidden away and that are true classics.
Sega Mega Drive Games
- After Burner II
- Alien soldier
- atomic runner
- Bonanza Bros.
- ClayFighter
- Crusader of Centy
- Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
- Earthworm Jim 2
- Elemental master
- fatal fury 2
- Gain ground
- Golden Ax II
- Grenada
- Hellfire
- Duke two
- Lightning Force: Quest for the Darkstar
- Midnight Resistance
- OutRu
- OutRunners
- Phantasy Star II
- Populous
- Rainbow Six Extra
- X-Ranger
- Ristar
- rolling thunder 2
- Shadow Dancer: The Secret of Shinobi
- Shining force ii
- Shining in the dark
- sonic 3d blast
- Splatterhouse 2
- Streets of Rage 3
- Super Hang On
- Super Street Fighter II The New Challengers
- the ooze
- The Revenge of Shinobi
- ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron
- truxton
- Vector Man 2
- Viewpoint
- Virtua Racing
- Warson
Mega CD Games
- Ecco the Dolphin CD (Mega CD)
- Final Fight CD (MegaCD)
- Lunar: Eternal Blue (MegaCD)
- Lunar: The Silver Star (MegaCD)
- Mansion of Hidden Souls (MegaCD)
- Ninja Warriors (MegaCD)
- Night Striker (MegaCD)
- Popful Mail Magical Fantasy Adventure (Mega CD)
- Robo Aleste (Mega CD)
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms III (MegaCD)
- Shining Force CD (MegaCD)
- Silpheed (Mega CD)
- Sonic CD (Mega CD)
- Star Blade (Mega CD)
- Shin Megami Tensei (MegaCD)
- Tenka Fubu: Eiyutachi no Houkou (Mega CD)
- Wonder Mega Collection (Mega CD)
Special games
- Devi & Pius
- Fantasy Zone
- Space Harrier II + Space Harrier
- Spatter
- StarMobile
- super locomotive
- VS Puyo Puyo Sun
Indeed, such is the demand that in its first days in reserve it sold out. If you want it, be attentive to the replacement of stock.
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