Update (August 6, 8 AM ET): As luck would have it, you can basically ignore the second half of this article. When we originally published this news, only the all-black with grey buttons model was shown on Retroid’s website. It turns out that was just a placeholder, with the company revealing the official Pocket Classic 6 SG will indeed have the Blue Start button. Plus, if you use code CLASSICSGSAVE5 at checkout, you can save $5 on this beauty.
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It’s been almost a month since Retroid first teased the Sega Genesis Retroid Pocket Classic, which started with a simple tweet saying that if the post got 350 likes, “we’ll make a Genesis themed Classic 6.” Needless to say, that threshold was smashed, as the tweet currently sits at 1.2K likes, and as such, there’s a new color option available over on the Retroid store.
As you can surmise, there isn’t anything different about this version of the Pocket Classic, besides that it adds another 6-button color option to the lineup. Until now, this version was only available in the “Classic 6” which is themed after the Sega Saturn. Honestly, this is pretty cool to see, as the Saturn and Genesis themes are almost perfect matches for the 6-button Pocket Classic.
That being said, I am just a tiny bit disappointed in the final decision. That’s because a day after the initial teaser, the Retroid Twitter account had a poll asking whether the Start button be blue or grey. With almost 900 votes, Blue won out with a 62.5% to 37.5% victory, but that’s nowhere to be found on Retroid’s website.
Instead, we just have the original version with all but three of the buttons matching the black color of the rest of the shell. Of course, this is just a minor detail in the grand scheme of things, but I probably would’ve instantly ordered one if the Blue Start button was there. Now, I just have to hope it’ll show up as part of Retroid’s DIY lineup of accessories, even if that means swapping it out myself.
Nevertheless, it just wasn’t meant to be, but on the bright side, at least we can now buy the Genesis version if we want. Speaking of which, pricing remains the same, so you’ll have to shell out $129 + shipping to get one. As for shipping there are three options available with 4PX priced at $20, YunExpress at $25, and DHL at $38.
Hit the link below to check this out for yourself, and let us know if you plan on picking one up, or if there’s another color combination that you’d like to see Retroid release.
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Few questions. How many games are on there? Can I choose which games I would like emulated on there? Is it ony Gensis games or also Super Nintendo and Arcade games too? And is there a limit to how much games to add?
Is there 2player mode to use???
Its kinda odd that they didnt put genesis d pad so it could be more like genesis inspired vertical version retro console