December 31st, 2007 by
Filed under: Gaming

It looks like that Mega Drive Portable we caught sight of a couple of months back is no longer exclusive to retro-happy gamers in Brazil, as a suspiciously similar-looking device has recently turned up for order at Play-Asia.com. As with the TecToy version, this one from AtGames is apparently officially licensed by Sega, and includes the very same line-up of twenty Genesis titles, including Golden Axe and Altered Beast, among other games with decidedly less hacking and slashing. Best of all, this incarnation the handheld is also a good deal cheaper than the TecToy, with it setting you back just $40. According to some early buyers, however, it seems that the emulation isn’t entirely faithful to the originals, but at that price it’s hard to complain too much.
[Via technabob]
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November 13th, 2007 by
Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds

While Sega’s Nomad handheld didn’t exactly take off, Brazil’s TecToy nonetheless looks to be ready to take its own shot at a portable Genesis console, although it’s new “Mega Drive Portable” appears to be decidedly more limited than Sega’s offering. The biggest drawback, as you might have guessed, is that the handheld drops the clunky cartridges in favor of twenty built-in games, including Altered Beast, Ecco, Kid Chameleon, and Sonic & Knuckles, to name a few. On the upside, it does at least appear to be a good deal more portable than the Nomad, and you’ll also apparently able to hook the device up to your TV for some bigger screen gaming. If that’s enough to put you in a nostalgic mood, you’ll be able to grab one of these for about $110 when it hits Brazil on December 5th.
[Thanks, Sapuca]
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