Twinkle Tale, a Mega Drive action game from ZAP Corporation first released in 1992, has never had an official release outside Japan. According to Time Extension (10 November 2026), Retro-Bit and Limited Run Games are now making newly localised cartridges for it.
What is in the box
The Collector's Edition has a boxed Mega Drive / Genesis cartridge in a Lucent case with a full colour manual, an outer box and a reversible sleeve with new art by DANMAKUMAN, and each copy is individually numbered. Pre-orders at Limited Run Games get an exclusive Dragon Red cartridge casing.
Price and dates
Time Extension gives the price as around $60 or €52. Pre-orders opened on 10 November and run until 20 December, with shipping expected in March 2027. It will also be sold by other selected retailers; the article does not name a UK price, so we have none to show.
Why it matters for collectors
The article's author notes that some people who sold their original copy are glad to buy it again without "modern collector prices". It is a reminder that a new boxed run can be the cheaper way to own a rare game, and that a physical copy needs no store account.
What our prices show
We do not track Twinkle Tale yet. For another set of Mega Drive era games on a modern disc or cartridge, Sonic Origins Plus was, on our check of 12 November 2026, £14.99 boxed at Hit for Xbox, £15.95 at The Game Collection for PS4, £17.85 at Hit for PS5 and £21.85 at Hit for Switch. The cheapest download we found was £34.99 on the Microsoft Store, £20.00 more than the cheapest boxed copy.
Source: GameShelfClub price data. Shop prices are new, in-stock copies in each shop's product feed; prices can change at any time.