Mega Drive Portable
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Distributor: Simba's Video Games, Proyavlyay Emotsii (Russia/CIS), Dynacom Argentina (Argentina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mega Drive Portable is a brand of portable Mega Drive clones sold In Russia/CIS, China and parts of Asia, South America.
The Mega Drive Portable rather than rely on standard-size Mega Drive cartridges, games was distributed on smaller Game Boy Advance-sized carts which are then compatible with the entire range of Mega Drive Portable systems. Within these carts contains a Mega Drive ROM, likely taken from the internet, repackaged and sold for use on the go.
There are a handful of Mega Drive Portable compatible devices, most of which appear to have been based on pre-existing shells developed by Nintendo.
The console began a new trend in Russia for portable devices. It had certain competitors like MDPortable, DVTech Discovery and others.
Contents
- 1 Mega Drive Portable (ZW-16S)
- 2 Mega Drive Portable + 15 games
- 3 Mega Drive Portable 3D
- 4 Mega Drive Portable 3D + 5 games
- 5 Mega Drive Portable Ultimate (ZW-16H)
- 6 Mega Drive Arcada (ZW-H105B)
- 7 Mega Drive Slim
- 8 Mega Drive Mobile
- 9 Mega Drive Micro (ZW-16V)
- 10 Mega Drive SP (ZW-16Q)
- 11 Games
- 12 Magazine articles
- 13 External links
- 14 References
Mega Drive Portable (ZW-16S)
This appears to have been the original unit, built within the shell of a Game Boy Advance. All Mega Drive Portables seem to extend the functions of a Sega Nomad, with the ability to connect to a TV screen while having headphone support, a built-in speaker and a 960x240 pixel resolution 2.5 inch screen. The specifications are otherwise identical to that of the Sega Mega Drive. Often they come in a variety of colors too.
Mega Drive Portable + 15 games
Released on November 15, 2008.[6]
- Sonic & Knuckles,
- Ristar,
- Vectorman,
- Sonic Spinball,
- Golden Axe,
- Alien Storm,
- Bonanza Bros,
- Decap Attack,
- Eswat,
- Ecco,
- Gain Ground,
- Comix Zone,
- Dr. Robotniks,
- Shadow Dancer,
- Columns III
Mega Drive Portable 3D
Attempting to cash in on the 3D craze, the Mega Drive Portable is almost identical to the first Mega Drive Portable, just with a built-in battery. There is no third dimension involved.
Mega Drive Portable 3D + 5 games
Mega Drive Portable Ultimate (ZW-16H)
Mega Drive Arcada (ZW-H105B)
Mega Drive Slim
A unit based on the PlayStation Portable that comes with a built-in battery pack (which fully charged claims to last 10 hours). The buttons were not replaced.
Mega Drive Mobile
Almost identical to the above, the Mega Drive Mobile just has a different shell.
Mega Drive Micro (ZW-16V)
The Mega Drive Micro steals its design from the Game Boy Micro and adds two extra buttons, meaning the system can play six-button Mega Drive games. It also has 32 games built-in:
- Disney's Aladdin
- Alien 3
- Animaniacs
- Ariel The Little Mermaid
- Barbie Vacation Adventure
- Bart vs. The Space Mutants
- Batman
- Batman Returns
- Batman: Revenge of the Joker
- Battletoads
- Battletoads & Double Dragon
- Bonkers
- Bubba 'N' Stix
- Castle Of Illusion
- Chase H.Q. 2
- The Flintstones
- The Jungle Book
- Quackshot
- Robocop 3
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Sonic The Hedgehog 2
- Spider-Man vs. the Kingpin
- Streets Of Rage
- Super Battletank
- Talespin
- Taz-Mania
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster's Hidden Treasure
- Turbo OutRun
- Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3
- Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin
- Super Mario 2 1998
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist
Mega Drive SP (ZW-16Q)
Identical to the above, but this time using the shell of a Game Boy Advance SP.
Games
- Main article: List of Mega Drive Portable games.
Magazine articles
- Main article: Mega Drive Portable/Magazine articles.
External links
- Official website (Russian) (archive)
References
- ↑ http://www.simbas.ru/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-03-31 22:17)
- ↑ http://www.simbas.ru/ (Wayback Machine: 2007-08-04 12:11)
- ↑ http://www.simbas.ru/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-01-13 19:28)
- ↑ http://www.simbas.ru/ (Wayback Machine: 2010-01-26 23:49)
- ↑ http://www.simbas.ru/ (Wayback Machine: 2011-09-20 16:08)
- ↑ http://simbas.ru/ (Wayback Machine: 2009-01-24 01:56)
- ↑ http://exeq.ru/exeq/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96&Itemid=106 (Wayback Machine: 2012-10-23 14:13)