After the Genesis Mini released in 2019, Sega decided to go in a weird direction with its next throw-back systems. First there was the extremely tiny Game Gear Micro, and then there was the Astro City Mini, a tabletop recreation of its classic Japanese arcade cabinets.
The Astro City Mini has been exclusive to Japanese retailers for a while now, but Limited Run Games has announced that it will be releasing an English packaged version of the system.
In case you were wondering, our release of the Astro City Mini does indeed come in localized English packaging. Only 3,500 of these English-focused versions exist! pic.twitter.com/cuWwC0RCeo
— Josh Fairhurst (@LimitedRunJosh) March 22, 2021
As SegaBits has discovered, however, the included games are identical – there aren’t any English exclusives, and some feature Japanese text only.
Check out the full list of games below:
- Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (with Stella)
- Alien Storm
- Alien Syndrome
- Altered Beast
- Arabian Fight **
- Bonanza Bros. *
- Columns **
- Columns II
- Cotton **
- Crack Down
- Cyber Police ESWAT
- Dark Edge **
- Dottori Kun (Dot Race)
- Fantasy Zone
- Flicky
- Gain Ground **
- Golden Axe
- Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder **
- My Hero
- Puyo Puyo *
- Puyo Puyo 2 *
- Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R *
- Puzzle & Action: Tant-R *
- Rad Mobile
- Quartet 2
- Scramble Spirits **
- Sega Ninja
- Shadow Dancer **
- Shinobi
- Sonic Boom
- Space Harrier
- Stack Columns *
- Thunder Force AC
- Virtua Fighter
- Wonder Boy
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land *
- Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair
* Denotes a game that has menus and text in Japanese
** Denotes a game that has portions of untranslated text, but menus are entirely English.
Pre-orders for the Astro City Mini, Astro City Mini Style Kit, and Astro City Mini Gamepad will go live on March 26th at 10 a.m. ET.
Written by Tom Brown
Whether it’s an exciting new entry in a series long established or a weird experiment meant only for the dedicated, Tom is eager to report on it. Rest assured, if Nintendo ever announces Elite Beat Agents 2, he’ll be there.
