{"id":126037,"date":"2022-06-24T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T15:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-133582"},"modified":"2022-06-24T15:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T15:15:00","slug":"sega-announces-a-usb-cyber-stick-controller-for-the-mega-drive-mini-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/06\/24\/sega-announces-a-usb-cyber-stick-controller-for-the-mega-drive-mini-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sega Announces A USB Cyber Stick Controller For The Mega Drive Mini 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6fb42b154b201\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6fb42b154b201\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/6fb42b154b201\/cyber-stick-after-burner-edit.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Cyber Stick After Burner Edit\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.famitsu.com\/news\/202206\/24265731.html\">Sega \/ via Famitsu<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier today, Sega announced the next 11 games coming to the company&#8217;s next mini console, the Mega Drive Mini 2. But that&#8217;s not the only thing it revealed during the latest livestream.<\/p>\n<p>In a bit of a surprise announcement, Sega unveiled a new USB controller \u2014 based on the classic SHARP Cyber Stick \u2014 that will be compatible with the tiny console. The controller was known for having both digital and analogue joystick modules, and it was compatible with multiple systems including the X68000, the PC98 series, and the PC Engine (if you had the Micomsoft XHE-3 adaptor).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sega&#8217;s classic hardware producer Yosuke Okunari discusses the latest Mega Drive Mini 2 announcements: the games, the new USB Cyber Stick and more <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pQrXrhvkO6\">https:\/\/t.co\/pQrXrhvkO6<\/a>\ud83c\uddef\ud83c\uddf5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/txlFp7052w\">https:\/\/t.co\/txlFp7052w<\/a><\/span>\u2014 GSK | https:\/\/blacklivesmatters.carrd.co\/#donate (@gosokkyu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gosokkyu\/status\/1540318590137962496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>GaemsSX has some details and photos on the original console, along with a fully-scanned manual (but you&#8217;ll need to brush up on your Japanese language skills in order to read it). You can check the photos out <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/gamesx.com\/wiki\/doku.php?id=x68000:cyber_stick\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The USB controller will launch the same day as the Mega Drive Mini 2 on 27th October. The console and the controller haven&#8217;t been confirmed for a Western release as of yet, but we&#8217;ll let you know if they are. And there&#8217;s no guarantee we&#8217;ll be getting the Cyber Stick either!<\/p>\n<p>For a list of all the games coming to the Mega Drive Mini 2, check out our original post on the announcement, which we&#8217;re updating with the new announcements as they come:<\/p>\n<p><em>Did you get your hands on a Cyber Stick back in the day? Do you want to see this and the Mega Drive Mini 2 make their way over to the West? Let us know!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Sega \/ via Famitsu Earlier today, Sega announced the next 11 games coming to the company&#8217;s next mini console, the Mega Drive Mini 2. But that&#8217;s not the only thing it revealed during the latest livestream. In a bit of a surprise announcement, Sega unveiled a new USB controller \u2014 based on the classic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}