SEGA is already the third mini machine. Unfortunately for Western fans of the Igel press company, two of these products, the Game Gear Micro and the Astro City Mini, were only released in Japan.
SEGA and Limited Run Games, it’s a business that works. After several obviously fruitful partnerships, the two companies will procrastinate. And in surprising ways, to say the least. Indeed, Limited Run has just been announced the sale in a few days an official western version of the Astro City Mini
This version of the small arcade terminal from SEGA is limited to 3,500 pieces and is packaged in English (The usual packaging for the Astro City Mini is in Japanese). And as for the games included, the list will be the same as in Japan. The 37 tracks present in the machine produced by SEGA Toys are:
- Alien Syndrome
- Alien Storm
- Golden ax
- Golden ax: revenge of the death adder
- Columns II
- Dark edge
- Tant-R
- Virtua Fighter
- Fantasy Zone
- Altered beast
- Bonanza Bros.
- columns
- cotton
- Take action
- ESWAT
- Gain ground
- Ichidant-R
- Puyo Puyo
- Shadow dancers
- Shinobi
- Boy wonder
- Wonder Boy in Monsterland
- Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
- Arab fight
- Ninja princess
- Stacking columns
- Sonic boom
- Scramble spirits
- Flicky
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Quartet 2
- Thunder Force AC
- Alex Kidd – The Lost Stars
- Wheel mobile
- Seishun scandal (intitul My Hero en occident)
- Space Harrier
Accessories sold separately
Next to the terminal Limited Run Games also offers two accessories for the Astro City Mini: the Astro City Gamepad and the Astro City Mini Style Kit.
For information, Pre-orders and accessories for Astro City Mini will open next Friday, March 26th at 4:00 p.m. (KST). The Astro City Mini costs $ 129.99, the gamepad $ 27.99, and the Astro City Mini Style Kit $ 39.99 ).
As an aside, note that for those who want to buy an Astro City Mini but don’t want to buy it through Limited Run Games, the Japanese version of the device allows the English menus. It is therefore relatively easy to use for people who cannot read Japanese.
What do you think of this announcement? Is she thundering you? Are you planning to purchase the machine through Limited Run? Did you import the Japanese version? Tell us everything in the comments below.