In the past two years, Sega has plunged three times into the nostalgia of miniaturized games with the Sega Genesis Mini, the (bizarre) Game Gear Micro and the Astro City Mini – a tiny version of the company’s enduring arcade cabinet. Thanks to Limited Run Games, the Sega Astro City Mini is heading west after its launch in Japan last December.
Limited Run Games will open orders for the Sega Astro City Mini on Friday, March 26 at 10 am EDT. The case is priced at $ 129.99 (close to its original Japanese price of 12,800 yen), and Sega enthusiasts can also purchase a matching gamepad for $ 27.99 and an arcade-style kit – which includes a base, stool miniature and tabletop – for $ 39.99. It appears that Limited Run Games is not selling the Sega Astro City Mini arcade stick (sold for 12,800 yen in Japan) that Sega launched last year.
The Sega Astro City Mini has an LCD screen, HDMI output, a headphone jack and two USB-A ports. It also comes with the following arcade games:
- Alex Kidd: the lost stars (with Stella)
- Alien Storm
- Alien Syndrome
- Altered Beast
- Arab fight
- Bonanza Bros.
- Columns
- Columns 2
- Cotton
- Crack Down
- Cyber Police ESWAT
- Dark Edge
- Dottori Kun (Dot Race)
- Fantasy Zone
- Flicky
- Gain ground
- Golden ax
- Golden Ax: Revenge of the Death Adder
- My hero
- Puyo Puyo
- Puyo Puyo 2
- Puzzle and action: Ichidant-R
- Puzzle and action: Tant-R
- Rad Mobile
- Foursome 2
- Scramble Spirits
- Sega Ninja
- shadow dancer
- Shinobi
- Sonic Boom
- Space Harrier
- Stack Columns
- Thunder Force AC
- Virtua Fighter
- Wonder boy
- Wonder Boy in the Land of Monsters
- Wonder Boy 3: Monster Lair
Limited Run Games claims that only 3,500 units were made for the United States market, so act fast on Friday if you want.