Windjammers shirt? You earned this thumbs up.

I had around 5 or 6 reviews for the Mega SG in my YT feed. I picked yours to watch and you delivered. Thank you.

2AM here in Sydney and been waiting for this to go up - love these episodes

Happy this system seems to be a flawless release! As you mentioned, the only possible downside might be the exclusion of 32X games, however I'm sure compatability could be introduced in a later version and/or firmware update if need be. But unlike what a certain other unreleased product claims to be offering, I would rather take perfect compatibility with the entire Genesis/SMS/CD collection over "hybrid emulation" covering the Genesis/SMS/CD/32X.

that review embargo thing is an awesome advertisement strategy... suddenly I had 4 videos about this console in my sub feed - it makes it look like its a big thing everybody should have.

Great video, dude! The Mega SG definitely looks worth its asking price! I do love my OG Megadrive and I would never get rid of it, but this looks like something worth getting for travel or taking to people's houses! And I do love the fact that it plays practically everything you can throw at it!

Great production values on this video, and I especially like the brief historical context you provide at the start.

I wonder if it can handle the "reset the computer" stage of X-Men.

Thanks for the very extended testing video review of the Analogue SG. I did test and review many fake Sega consoles and must say this one is expensive only the best you can get indeed. Support for Sega CD, Everdrive and Virtua Racing this is .... awesome :D Really like your channel and the unique content you make.

This sounds like a really nice option, especially if you don't already have a Genesis/Mega Drive. When you think about the value it offers in comparison to a working console plus component cable along with component to HDMI upscaler it starts to make quite a lot of sense. More tech savvy people and those looking to play games from multiple systems would probably be better off looking at the MiSTer project but for the average person just looking to play their old collections with the minimum of fuss and great quality this seems hard to beat.

Great job as usual. I’m still on the fence with the Mega SG but only because I don’t play Genesis games nearly often enough to justify the price. That being said, I own a Super NT and couldn’t be happier with it. If the Genesis is your go to 16 bit console then getting the Mega SG should be a no brainer.

First of all, solid review. Thank you. With that said: most of the clone systems I've encountered over the years didn't use a GOAC at all. If you have a model with an actual GOAC, chances are accuracy, latency, and compatibility are at least *decent*, and can often be improved with modding. In my experience most of the clones I've run across used ultracheap baby ARMs and ran SHODDY emulators. The shoddy emulator based systems... well... they're mostly garbage for accuracy IMHO and input lag can be an issue too. But they are cheap, and they do offer basic HDMI out of the box. Some of them have very nice shells too as you mention. I wish the Mega Sg was licensed and used a repro of the Model 2 chassis. It's still fairly small, and nostalgia darnit!!! The Mega SG is sort of the best of both worlds and then some. Using an FPGA to create low-level simulations of the chips involved is the best way to go. Extremely good accuracy and compatibility, near perfect sound, and flawless no-lag 1080p HDMI. Plus Sega CD compatibility... but because there's no RGB output, you can't use it with a 32X. I'm not sure the Altera Cyclone V has the spare horsepower to mimic the small army of comparatively powerful chips in a 32X. We'll see, maybe a future iteration will have a faster FPGA some day. Speaking of Sega CD, I'd like to see them tackle that next. Release a Mega Sg CD unit that can work with either a Mega Sg OR original hardware. Good working Sega CD hardware is getting more expensive.

Beauty can't wait to get mine apparently delivery tomorrow to Canada but we'll see. One thing I hope this inspires is someone to make a Sega CD flashcart that plugs into the expansion port, I'd totally be into that.

Very glad to hear it's as great as we all expected. On the audio front, I just want to point out that there were several different revisions of model 1 and model 2 Genesis consoles, with different sound circuitry. According to a prominent post on Sega 16 forums "GUIDE: Telling apart good Genesis 1s and 2s from bad ones" there are many differences in each revision as far as filters and preamps. The Mega Sg is more focused on accurately reproducing a YM2612 and giving you a clean output of that, rather than coloring the signal with filters and bad preamps. But at least Analogue is giving you the option to tweak that a bit--it's clear they knew that some people would be a bit offset with the audio being different but it's analogous to adding scanlines to make it look more like a CRT. As a purist that's how I need to look at the Mega Sg---It's seemingly the best way to get the best picture and sound on a modern TV. That said, I play a model 1 on a PVM because I can.

My favorite review of the Mega Sg and I've seen them all. Great Job!

Bravo Analogue! I've been really excited to see life returning to the Sega Genesis. Different developers are starting to make new games for the system and the home brew community has been steady and very helpful to people who want to start programming games for the console. I was born in 1993 and I grew up with a super Nintendo and N64. I discovered the genesis at the end of my junior high days and the frame rate immediately captivated me. I had never seen a game run so smoothly in my life. Learning how to program for the Motorola 68000 has been a bitter sweet experience I'm sad that the paradigms behind these consoles are long gone but there are people out there holding candles for the SNES, Genesis, Jaguar and Amiga machines that keep their legacies going for younger people to discover.

I didn't realize FPGAs were this versatile. Very cool video as always!

You forgot about the original NT. It actually didn't use FPGA but used repurposed original CPU and PPU chips out of original Nintendo machines. People weren't keen about them stripping down used Nintendo consoles and so they ended up going FPGA after that with the NT Mini.

I am in love. Mine's upstairs, still in the box it was shipped in because I can't see the damn thing until my birthday next week!

The game Gargoyles only works on a real Mega Drive due to a programming error. For the longest tone emulators couldn't run it. You should try that game 😉

Hey is there any way you could do a future video for people on a budget trying to revitalize their OG hardware w/o breaking the bank? Best upscaling options on a budget, stuff like that? Rgb cables for old systems ect. I think that'd be great coming from you dude. Thanks

indeed the console wars are back,I knew it would happen! nice to see as someone who grew up on clasic nes and Sega

I don't have much use for these premium FPGA consoles myself as I don't own any games on cartridge nor do I wish to start collecting them, but I can't help but admire how much pride and effort went into the design and accuracy of these machines from Analogue. I find myself looking on with envy.

Nice, I was going to buy a megadrive, but this just arrived! What a great system to check out all those games I missed while growing up with C64 / A1200 :)

God everytime you upload im always astonished by the video and how great it is! Keep these great videos going!

Gotta be honest, MVG, MylifeinGaming, GameSack and Rerez have all uploaded a review of this system at the same time and i had to watch this one first, keep up the great work MVG.

The TecToy from Brazil, still produces the megadrive, but without compatibility with the sega cd and no hdmi, only composite video and a input for sd card to play roms. A good quality piece to have on your collection!

Mark III, Game Gear, Sega MyCard, SG1000/1000II, and SC-3000 cartridges will also be compatible once the adaptors come out later in 2019 ($9.99 each), for anyone who might be on the fence but also have those systems. This is basically an all-in-one Sega system (minus 32X of course)

Rep our local Seattle startups! It's so cool to see Analogue do so well and make such great hardware.

That Hastings sticker on the Contra cart...*memories*

I love all the background music of this video. Very well done!

The low pass filter helps but the FM chip in the model 1 still squeaks by with a more standout sound imo.

I kinda love that every Mega Sg review I've seen so far cites the Chemical Plant from Sonic 2 as a visual/audio comparison.

Analogue and 8BitDo are so good together like Bacon and Eggs you can't have one without the other, but together it's amazing!!

Wow. It's A Nice System. Take that AtGames! ;-)

I am so glad they added a low pass filter option for the audio! I rather like the muffled sound of the original system as it's just a bit nostalgic for me. This definitely scratches that itch :)

6:04 The Mega SG (with or without low pass filter) sounds brighter, because the lower Hz are missing, so the higher ones have more room. Obviously, there'll be some hardware hum, as well. It's very apparent with reference headphones. The entire sub is gone, so the dynamics of the mix change. Less rumbling bass to create dynamic loudness changes in the higher ranges, makes the whole mix less dynamic, making it sound neater and under more control, instead of gritty, dark and a bit out of control.

In 90s some clones from China easily could run Virtual Racing and work with both 32x and SegaCD and were cheap something like 80 bucks

Now let's see them tackle the 32 bit era. Here's hoping for a Saturn version >_

As a C64/Sega kid, this brings back memories.

It actually played the FM sound of the Sega Master System game Aleste/Powerstrike. They thought of everything

Ohh so cool!! Can't wait to play Sonic on my PAL Megadrive edition Mega SG!

"Vectorman" was my absolute favorite.

You should test micro machines 2. It has two extra controller ports in the cartridge. Wonder how it'll work.

Should be getting mine in the mail this week! Very excited :)

Dude you and MetalJesus just blew my mind!!!! 😲

I literally return to your channel for the honesty. It's hard to find elsewhere!

That is awesome, I have that same mini console with the red and blue controllers haha.

Great video brotha! I've been on the fence about a Mega Sg, but I think this has pushed me over and I I'll pick one up.

I'm drooling over this, I knew it would be good. Simply amazing. I want one! :)

Just an amezing product, now let’s see how sega will do it with their upcoming sega genesis classic mini.

I received my shipping notification on Friday, so I can’t wait to get mine! Given the master system compatibility, I would be curious to see how they handle compatibility with F-16 Fighting Falcon when the Sega Card adapter is released. It is supposedly the only game that the Genesis cannot play, due to a special graphic mode that is only available on the Master System.

You even managed to show the stunning audio! Quality video!

Damn! It's obvious that a buttload of work went into that thing! Well done Analogue, keep up the good work! Maybe for your next trick you can release your own sega-CD addon? Hint, hint!

I'm sticking with original hardware, component cables, and a PVM, but that 8bitDo controller is great

👍 for including _Magical Hat no Buttobi Tābo! Daibōken_ instead of the aesthetically inferior Western conversion, _Decap Attack._

Man, that Pinball Dreams music!

Can’t wait for this console to make to my doorstep!

It's crazy you and Game Sack put out a review at the same time!

That is one slick Windjammers shirt.

Even with the low pass filter option turned on, it is *very* easy to tell the mega sg from the original megadrive.

I don't own any of Analogues products but I'm pretty certain I'm going to start buying them all now I know they are here for the long haul. Nice shirt too!

I seriously want that Windjammers T-shirt

Great review MVG! The only thing putting me off getting an unit is the price. $190 is a tough sell for a causal gamer. But it was nice to see a company making a retro unit that does things correctly.

Excellent review and the usual quality from analogue and MVG. Between this review and Game Sack's in depth review you'll be sure to have everything covered.

Analogue PS1 and PS2 would be great but may not happen..Sony wont let that fly but also will fail to give good alternative...

I'm so jelly right now God I wish I had one of those like always great review man

I don't understand people complaining about the price...this will play Genesis from all regions, Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000, and SC 3000. That's FIVE systems. Pretty much every cartridge or card based console Sega has ever made other than 32X will work on this. Hell if someone came out with a console that ONLY played Game Gear for $200 I would buy it.

Put a headphones on and compare sound in left and right channels from 6:11 to 6:17, and then from 6:25 to 6:30.

I have an original model 1 US Genesis but it is kinda finickey when starting games usually i just get the Sega copyright notice screen then the screen goes black takes two or three tries to get a game running, anyways my solution was to get Analogues Mega Sg and am really enjoying the system. I might buy another model 1 for when my garage sale bought one bites the dust. Great review Analouge have released nothing but amazing clone systems and i think they will continue to put out high quality clone systems and i will buy them all.

My favourite Mega Drive game was a biggie, that of Zero Tolerance which had a huge map and for its time abs amazing graphics, sadly didn't age too well imho but it was the first real go at having something a bit more advanced for such a low end machine.

Waiting here in the Philippines its 12 in the midnight. JUST FOR ANOTHER AWESOME MVG EPISODE

Try 6 button controller in passthrough mode with MK1 and "Alien 3". They both have the same issue on Model 1 consoles.

Wow, very nice review. I was wondering if this was running Titan's demos and at that second he said yes, it runs Titan demos :)

id love to buy this console once im done getting me a nintendo switch to jailbreak and a new gaming laptop and tv

6:11 is the stereo reversed on the Mega Sg? The one sound channel is on the right in the Mega Drive sample and on the left on the Mega Sg test. It also seems to be the same with the HD Ultra clone.

The audio sounds brighter as a *result* of it being cleaner. High frequency detail, such as high frequency sound, is less resilient to noise-related distortion.

"$190 to some people is a hard sell", you forgot to mention the extra $50 on top of that for the shipping outside of the US as well. At $240 dollars it is even more of a hard sell.

I’d be interested in more info on game gear games. I’m not aware of other platforms that run game gear on a tv at all. How is resolution handled compared to larger console resolutions? What about game gear’s expanded color pallet? And how do 2 player game gear games (that use two systems and a link cable) work?

The heavy chord sounds more synthetic, less rounded and deep, more dithery even with the low pass on

That's one slick looking Sega Genesis/mega drive games

Now they just need to do a Dreamcast and they have my money.

What happened with the OSSC vs MegaSG graphics comparison?, just that 10 seconds of Sonic 2 and one frame of Castlevania, with no comentary or opinion?, really?

Fantastic review! A must have I think.

It's great to see that the system works flawlessly! I wish maybe that Analogue's consoles were cheaper, but what can you do?

For those who care about upscaling and are trying to decide between the Mega SG, or an original Genesis+upscaler, it'd be worth looking into whether there are any games that have issues with the latter. Games don't always play nice with original hardware + external upscaler combos. For example, I've seen that Super Mario Sunshine and the Mega Man X Anniversary Collection both react badly to Wii-HDMI upscalers (especially the Anniversary Collection), with both games becoming overall darkened... except for the bright greens, which instead become hypersaturated.

Its just as good as Super NT. 32x games I can live without but would be nice if they can implement that later on and maybe a matching CD unit. Not sure how hard it would be to create a CD unit.

This is the only channel doing a “review” of these today that admits it was sent a unit for review.

No reason to watch any other review of this. Modern Vintages gamers knowledge is the best.

Your videos are top notch and very enjoyable.

Great video. You got me hyped for this wonderful piece of kit. Poor thing looks lost when connected to the Mega CD, tho xD

Will this work with those cartridges that add extra players? i.e. Micro-Machines 2 Turbo Tournament. Could I use the 8BitDo M30 connected into one of those cartridges?

Awesome review! Thanks for the info!

Awesome job with the review. Definitely one of the best out there. Hey, has anyone tried an old Super Magic Drive copier on this? Just curious. I will probably dig mine out just for kicks. I had trouble running my Super Wild Card DX on the Super NT, but I guess that was due to it drawing too much power and the USB adapter not supplying enough.

I'd love to hear from MVG to see how his views may have changed on the Mega SG now he's looked at the MiSTer.

while it's a good introduction to earlier consoles (i had all early 8/16/32 bit Sega systems),omg going back all that time is,imo,mindnumbing.

Seems perfect, but the blue and red buttons would be much better if they were grey.

Getting one on payday. Can't wait to play sonic again

Just kidding. The MD audio was so awesome ..the SNES sounded a bit too clean and clinical by comparison. Great that they included that old game, too.

I’ve already got it! Awesome should see it linked to the sega ca 👊