Sega GAME GEAR Buying Guide & Fun Games 

Hahahaha! Great story jimmy :)

didnt they have a car adapter for the game gear?

+Mark W I believe so Mark

+MetalJesusRocks I could have really used one of those. :D

+MetalJesusRocks They definitely did, I had one as a kid. If I wasn't attached to some external power source I probably wasn't playing game gear...

+PlaystationPaul HE doesn't own a wii u though.

+rinddon I'm sure he knows someone who does.

Sorry metal jesus i missed one from my childhood. Desert Speedtrap,This game is a road runner game and a great one at that

I can't find the link for the guy who does the Game Gear mods wtf

I had a Lynx 2 at school and everyone thought it was cool when they saw it

Barnacules Nerdgasm Lynx is cool!

Thumbs up for the Atari Lynx. Along with the Gameboy, Turbo Graphx Express and the Game Gear this is one of my favorite hand held systems.

😂

+utoobninja well i dont know about John, but my fave is absolutely Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya, there are only a few RPGs/StrategyRPGs on the GG, so they are highly coveted by us RPG Fanatics.

I, honestly, hadn't play it enough to come up with a favorite. The Sonic games would be too blurry for me after I started running fast. To me, the Disney platformers ruled that system. Loved The Lucky Dime Caper.

John Riggs: RIGG'd Games i cant count Lucky Dime Caper myself cause it was on SMS first, still a great game though, the Illusion series was definitely a highlight of the GG.

Riggs!!!!!!! :D

John Riggs: RIGG'd Games i tought it was Ron Jiggs at first.. i had to take a closer look.

The Atari lynx was the psp of its time. Far more powerful

It was more powerful yes, but the Game Gear had higher resolution and more colors. Most importantly, the Game Gear has better games, although in the Lynx's defense, it's easier to get a full collection for it and there's still some homebrews being made for it while the Game Gear's library is basically done. Overall, both systems have their pros and cons.

The Game Gear screen was worse. I owned both. Having better games is subjective not a fact. Many Game Gear and Gameboy games were shovelware garbage. The lynx had quality not quantity. The Lynx has some amazing games not possible on the Game Gear.

Alec Xander But its issues (Most notably battery life and higher price tag) killed it. PSP pretty much had just the price tag issue, other than that... it is a beast.

Also the actual true "PSP" of that era was the PC Engine GT handheld. Although the Lynx still had superior sprite scaling and 3D power. And then in 1995 the Sega Nomad was the most powerful 1990's handheld with even WORSE battery problems like never seen before.

+MrMario2011 could there be an easy mod to use a lithium battery like the psp's or something?... Maybe I'm just talking nonsense here...

+Luis Badolato Assuming you could find the right voltage, you could 3D print a case that attaches to the underside of the game gear, and uses the screw port on the back to hold it in place and then run a cable to the power plug on top as there is not really an easy way to put one inside the case with the original screen taking up so much space, so you have to dremel out the battery cases to make them flush, and then wire up the correct voltage batteries if you would find some slim enough to fit with the battery covers closed, and wire those batteries to the power port on the top so they could be charged with a proper charging circuit. so yeah the external case is the better option. In fact as a Kid I had an external battery pack by DOCS that did go on the bottom of my GameGear in the same manner.

Rechargeable batteries back then didn’t have enough voltage. The brightness would be low from the beginning and could actually even damage the device. Or so I’ve heard.

@@MrCumstein Rechargeable battteries when Game gear was new (early 90´s) was dirt expensive.It was based on lead (environmentally doubtful and physically HEAVY),and they were not the best option for intensive consumption use,like gaming processors,either.Of course,you could load the n:r 1 set of batteries (with power from the car´s cigarette lighter output) at the same time as you played with the n:r 2 set of batteries,and then exchange ém with each other when needed.The problem though,if you played non stop,you would end its capacity cycle in about 2-3 hours.Loading lead batteries from the early 90´s would probably take 4-6 hours,so it still would´nt be a full working solution in the end anyway.But what are we talking about here ?.Why not just buy a CHARGING CABLE to the console itself,and say "F¤¤k y¤u" to the batteries,once and for all ?.Yeah,all console accessories is what makes its manufacturer´s blood sucking parasites.But with a such gaming obsession as mentioned,it´s actually a reasonable decision to take (personally,i like to just relax when i´m a car passenger,and have me a smoke or two if it´s possible.But that´s just me).

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Dude, gamegear had a TV tuner?! Dude. Lol

There were sony watchman tv's out long before gamegear if you just wanted the tv

I used the tv tuner which had an A/V in via a headphone jack. Would use a composite to headphone dongle to hook my VCR up to the gameboy and watch Hook over and over..

The macho man was the best guest...I miss the 90's.

Same here. Had the TV tuner

I would do that too (watch tv in bed), but I was doing it with the Turbo Express.

@Spit The Last Dragon huh? What kind of a stupid comment is that?

thats like a poor 90s kids dream

Don't you guys call it a "bum bag"? Bum is another term for someone's ass in the US.

thank you for that info, Han. you destroyed the Kessel run btw

12 parsects!

blaser ikr

my grandma had me thinking they were "heinie purse" in the 90's.

The Game Gear was more advanced than the Game Boy in basically every way, but as it turns out tech specs are not everything. The monochrome non-backlit display of the Game Boy ironically worked to its advantage. You could get many hours of gameplay out of it on batteries alone, making it truly portable, and it had good software support, and this is an ethos that Nintendo have largely stuck to ever since - don't get too caught up in being cutting edge and focus on the games. It's worked well enough, for the most part.

duracell lasted me around 4 hours

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Lol

The adaptor was my friend

I honestly feel like the blue game gear makes me think of pepsi.

In case anyone is still reading this, it's more expensive, but the tradeoff is that it doesn't suffer from the capacitor issues and is much more likely to still work.

+supernoob17 I just want to play the games in the best possible way...and often that older tech doesn't hold up today, so modding is a great way of bringing LIFE back into a system!

You can probably clean it up and fix it.

+Abel Perez I do not...yet, but I would like to because I LOVE the Genesis!

+MetalJesusRocks Have you done a Top 10 Genesis yet?

+Retro Hawk yes

The sequel is even better. It's a shame that the Shinobi games on the non-handheld systems never adopted the style of game play in the GG Shinobi games. Also, Batman Returns is another great Shinobi-style game.

+Kevin Bender You earned a HUGE THUMBS UP for mentionning the AWESOME GG Version of Batman Returns. It's my absolute fave handheld Batman Game EVER. The boss battles alone are worth the price of admission and my absolute faves Batman boss fights.

Yeah, a lot of Game Gear installments in various series are arguably the best in their respective series. It's a shame that Game Gear is such an overlooked system. It had a ton of great exclusives.

Yeah i agree i think at the time it was the fact that it ate batteries that put people off compared to the original gameboy that lasted an age.

Kinda overrated. Gameboy is more of my thing. Still, Game gear is bomb, Gameboy is even better.

I am in love with her too... What a nice GF to have, sexy and nerdy on a high level. She gets me excited on all levels...

Cookie 33 this is the creepiest comment I’ve ever seen LOL

Sk8jitsu yeah shes fun. Not complaining!

wildsmiley I love both, but Shinobi one will always be my first love

Yes

+Classic Contagious Gaming That's a very good idea! thanks :)

I have some original C64 games for sale Batman. kungfu2. karatake .. feued.a few more ..+a pile of copies all on 51/4 floppy. games have original sleeves no box stored in a covered disk caddy in bags.

+Alianger I thought so! I was excited for a second, because I actually have Land of Illusion.

Well that's the best one, so I think you made the right choice there. I'd say they're all worth playing though.

Yes th3 gameboy beats it so easily

+skabcat242 most everyone was a Nintendo fan, so GG and other Sega stuff usually fell under the radar, only those who branched out beyond that of nintendo actually bothered.

be glad about it

Kevin De Bondt oh i am, just saying how it was back then, not so much now, but ppl definitely miss out if they dont branch out between consoles.

+skabcat242 Same here, everytime I go to the game store, I see a bunch of cheap titles that I've been considering!

most everyone was a Nintendo fan? lol i am pretty sure you know nothing young americano

+Adam Stephens a 90s PC buying guide!? Man, that would be a 2 hour video! So much changed with hardware during the 90s, especially with video and sound cards!

Haha, true! So many good games to cover as well!

OMG the amount of time trying to setup my sound card on my old 486 PC computer was torture.

Always an instant like for these vids :)

It gets pretty hot.

+nuketowncity just get a genesis model 2 powercord... its not worth it to use batteries

Its a pun , I sold my game gear years ago , great device tho

+ConjUK I'm pretty sure it's Black Milk Clothing

Is she single??????? I will move from Denmark if she will have me...

@Michael O Callaghan DOUCHE