| |  | VideoGames Sega Game Gear - Color Portable Video Game System |  | | | | | | | | | | Rating:  - Sega Game Gear
This is a great portable system! It has very good graphics. When I turn the sound on the highest level, it sounds even louder than my DS Lite! Unlike some portables, it has a backlight so you can see the screen in the dark. The control layout is comfortable and does not make your hands cramped. The screen is huge, about the size of a DS Lite screen. It has a game library of over 200 titles, from the classic Pac-Man, to Sonic the Hedgehog. If you're looking for a fun portable system, the Sega Game Gear is for you.
Rating:  - Plenty of bias to go around in here.
Sega's Game Gear was introduced in the early 90's (1991, I believe) to compete with Nintendo's already hugely sucessful Game Boy.This 8-bit handheld had specs comparable to the earlier Sega Master System.(I will say this now, anybody who says that this is a 16-bit handheld knows nothing about this machine or computers in general just like the people that say the Dreamcast is 128-bit.)
The Game Gear is, in a lot of ways, vastly comparable to Sony's PSP of today.Both had superior graphics then Nintendo.And both cost more then Nintendo as a result.However, both of these had/is having a hard time in the market because of their other similarities.
1.Both have an awful library of games.
2.Both have pathetic battery life.
3.Both have a bunch of gimmicks.(Although, Sega's was sold seperately and were horribly overpriced.The Game Gear's TV Tuner, for example, origanally retailed for over $200 if I recall correctly.)
4.And both were released late in the market when Nintendo already had a very firm hold on the handheld market with their Gameboy/DS.
All of these similarites are what killed the Game Gear and what is killing the PSP presently (among other things with Sony).
So, the question is, "Would you recommend this handheld?"Well, that depends.If you're a huge Sega fan and are looking for a nice cheap collector's item with all of its other bells and whistles down to a manageable price, I'd say, "Go for it."It is a nice novelty purchase.
However, if you're looking to buy this for some young kid or are looking for a cheap quality handheld for yourself, you're wasting your time looking at this.Hell, you could find a first generation GBA out there for the same price that they're asking for this thing in here.Even forgetting the limited amount of good games for this thing, this hulking beast of a handheld can eat 6 AA batteries in about 2 1/2 hours.Not to mention, this thing don't like rechargeable batteries either.I tried that back in the day and it flat out didn't turn on.So, you'll likely be teathered to a wall with an AC adapter to play your sub-par games.Oh, joy!
If you are going to grab this relic and are going to soon be looking for games for it, I'll save you the trouble of sifting through the sands to find the lost gems.
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sonic Chaos
Sonic Triple Trouble
Sonic Blast
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (It's Puyo Pop with Sonic villains.)
Mega Man (U.S. Gold developed it.)
Bubble Bobble
Shining Force: The Sword of Haiya
Ninja Gaiden
Shinobi 2
and Ms. Pac-Man
There are a few more, but those are fairly top of the list.Anybody that says games like Mortal Kombat and Sonic Spinball were good on the Game Gear are delusional.And don't expect any of these games to be quite on par with the origanal console versions.If you go in with a fairly low expectation, you won't be too disappointed.
Rating:  - a short summary on the game gear
(by the way im 14) the gamegear was extremely good for 1991, better than the nintendo game boy as far as color and sound. but because of the lack of technoligy at the time, there were many minor and severe problems. the size of it was bulky, hard to take around, but the gameboy had a small size, easy to take around. the gamegear took 6 AA batteries, and ran out in 5 hours of gameplay, which was totally unacceptible, but the gameboy used 4 AA batteries and lasted much longer. However, the gameboy had a black and white screen, its battery life was much better. So its a great system as far as graphics for its time, but had a problem with the use of batteris. If sega took their time as did Nintendo and made their system a little less futuristic, then the gamegear would have done better. its a fantastic system and i suggest it to anyone who likes video games on the go. GET SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ITS AWESOME AND MORTAL KOMBAT IS COOL ALSO. just be assured that the sonic games on gamegear are not nearly as fun as the genesis versions, but are still cool.
Rating:  - my past fools me again
i bought the sega game gear because i hold fond memories of it as a kid.it was the best thing around because it had a big color screen and you could take it anywhere.but, for some reason, when i got it and started using it, what i had was not fun.instead, i had buyer's remorse.finding that it wasn't nearly as fun to me now as it was when i was a lad, well, it was nearly traumatizing.if anything good can be said about the game gear, it's that it helps you appreciate the evolution that handheld systems have gone through.
Rating: - Ahead of it's time, overpowered by nintendo
This was a great color gaming system that broght the fun of most of the games of sega's genisis to a pocket version.The color graphics blew away any of it's competition at the time (except for the 16bit atari lynx system, highly overlooked), and should have layed waiste to the gameboy, except for the marketing and pricing.It is tough to believe that the survivor from this time period was the gameboy.This is family friendly, still readily available and with many titles in most used gaming stores.Very well worth looking at and buying for younger kids that may not be ready for a PSP.This has a few more maturer games for the pre-teens as well, so they can continue to devlop their interests beyond bubble bobble and kirby (even though bubble bobble is excellet, a classic).Worth looking at.
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