Did the Sega Game Gear have any good games?

The MegaDrive is a 16 bits console, so the comparison is pointless. The GG often came very close to the 16 bits games which tells a lot about how awesome it was. Mortal Kombat II, Ristar, Jungle Strike or Road Rash feel and/or look incredibly close to the MD games. I would argue Road Rash is even better thanks to the much superior music.

The GBC was fine, but color wise, it is super weak compared to GG games. The 4 colors palettes (3 for sprites) always looked awful to me. Compare Zelda to Sylvan Tale for example. Explains the difference between 4 and 16 colors palettes perfectly well.
You sound just like weird ass kid that loved the neogeo pocket color when we all went ham on the gameboy color.

Glad you liked the gamegear but that thing was dead where i lived same for the neogeopocket.
Mind you i bought that console with 20 games 8 years ago. Flipping love it. But the gbc be better 🦑
 
You sound just like weird ass kid that loved the neogeo pocket color when we all went ham on the gameboy color.

Glad you liked the gamegear but that thing was dead where i lived same for the neogeopocket.
Mind you i bought that console with 20 games 8 years ago. Flipping love it. But the gbc be better 🦑
You are not weird when you enjoy another console than the best selling one. Thinking this is weird.
 
I never owned one but had a friend with one and I'm sure I remember the Sonic's having some different zones to the Mega Drive versions.

So if you've never played them that might be something different.
 
I never owned one but had a friend with one and I'm sure I remember the Sonic's having some different zones to the Mega Drive versions.

So if you've never played them that might be something different.
Indeed the 8 bits versions are different and well worth playing. But because of the speed I recommend playing on Master System for Sonic 1, 2 and Chaos.
 
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how come the game gear failed? it seemed ahead of its time.
It being ahead of its time is a big part why it failed. Having a handheld that can play color games on a bright screen is great, until you realize the cost was 6 AA batteries that turned to trash in a very short amount of time.

And, despite people posting lists, there really wasn't very many great games. The lists I see here are filled with mostly mediocre to good games, but very few, if any, great or must-play titles.
 
It being ahead of its time is a big part why it failed. Having a handheld that can play color games on a bright screen is great, until you realize the cost was 6 AA batteries that turned to trash in a very short amount of time.

And, despite people posting lists, there really wasn't very many great games. The lists I see here are filled with mostly mediocre to good games, but very few, if any, great or must-play titles.
I say the same when I see lists of GB games. I grew up when GameBoy was new and hot and never could enjoy them. It was same with VirtualBoy.
 
I say the same when I see lists of GB games. I grew up when GameBoy was new and hot and never could enjoy them. It was same with VirtualBoy.
Game Boy has many more games that have held up much better than GG, even if you take away "good at the time" games like TMNT2 or something. Of course this isn't surprising because it wasm uch more popular, and many more devs worked on it. And nowadays the games can be even better because the hardware is so much better. With GB there is also this whole subset of under-the-radar puzzle games that nobody talks about that are genuinely excellent for anyone who likes puzzle games. This is because it was pitched to adults on their commutes and stuff.

Game Gear, I don't care how good a port it is there is absolutely no reason to play Jungle Strike or Mortal Kombat 2 today. Just play the Genesis version.
 
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Game Boy has many more games that have held up much better than GG, even if you take away "good at the time" games like TMNT2 or something. Of course this isn't surprising because it wasm uch more popular, and many more devs worked on it. And nowadays the games can be even better because the hardware is so much better. With GB there is also this whole subset of under-the-radar puzzle games that nobody talks about that are genuinely excellent for anyone who likes puzzle games. This is because it was pitched to adults on their commutes and stuff.

Game Gear, I don't care how good a port it is there is absolutely no reason to play Jungle Strike or Mortal Kombat 2 today. Just play the Genesis version.
Nah, even back then the games didn't hold up. They looked so shitty but I felt the same about GG, at least those were semi playable but I did just prefer the Genesis versions. Wasn't until the Nomad that I could handle handheld games.
 
Game Boy has many more games that have held up much better than GG, even if you take away "good at the time" games like TMNT2 or something. Of course this isn't surprising because it wasm uch more popular, and many more devs worked on it. And nowadays the games can be even better because the hardware is so much better. With GB there is also this whole subset of under-the-radar puzzle games that nobody talks about that are genuinely excellent for anyone who likes puzzle games. This is because it was pitched to adults on their commutes and stuff.

Game Gear, I don't care how good a port it is there is absolutely no reason to play Jungle Strike or Mortal Kombat 2 today. Just play the Genesis version.
Your post is mainly based on your ignorance. Works every time to demonstrate anything. I am sure you didn't know about half the games I posted in the first list.

Same logic applies to GB : why play Megaman or Castlevania on GB when the superior games are on NES and SNES ? Same for Kirby, Zelda, Metroid, Mario, Donkey Kong Land etc...
 
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Your post is mainly based on your ignorance. Works every time to demonstrate anything. I am sure you didn't know about half the games I posted in the first list.

Same logic applies to GB : why play Megaman or Castlevania on GB when the superior games are on NES and SNES ? Same for Kirby, Zelda, Metroid, Mario etc...

Well, your post seems to be based on being unable to read, because I listed two ports specifically.

Most of the games you mentioned are not ports on GB, and some of the games are good and worth playing and some of them are not.
 
Well, your post seems to be based on being unable to read, because I listed two ports specifically.

Most of the games you mentioned are not ports on GB, and some of the games are good and worth playing and some of them are not.
Your initial post is just full of ignorance and the hardware being much better is an absolute joke. Speaking out of pure ignorance is fine, but you have to accept people fixing your wrong statements.
 
Your initial post is just full of ignorance and the hardware being much better is an absolute joke. Speaking out of pure ignorance is fine, but you have to accept people fixing your wrong statements.
I was speaking about Game Boy hardware - as in, you can play games on much better hardware than the mushy pea soup screen and it's a much more pleasant experience.

Again, you should learn to read before you try to discuss things.
 
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I was speaking about Game Boy hardware - as in, you can play games on much better hardware than the mushy pea soup screen and it's a much more pleasant experience.

Again, you should learn to read before you try to discuss things.
And Game Boy is not much better than Game Gear hardware wise.
 
Yes, I was speaking about playing GB games on modern vs. old hardware. That entire paragraph was a discussion of GB games.

Stop wasting my time because you don't know how to read.
This is a GG thread and your post WILL be understood in that context. If you want to discuss only GB then create another thread. Especially when you cite the GG a few words earlier in the same post.
 
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it will be understand in that context by people with reading comprehension difficulties, sure.
Yeah sure, you were not comparing GG and GB lol.
Game Boy has many more games that have held up much better than GG, even if you take away "good at the time" games like TMNT2 or something. Of course this isn't surprising because it wasm uch more popular, and many more devs worked on it. And nowadays the games can be even better because the hardware is so much better.
Hardware doesn't evolve over time by the way, specs remain the same, and GG has much better screens nowadays as well, as this is what you implied it seems.
 
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I say the same when I see lists of GB games. I grew up when GameBoy was new and hot and never could enjoy them. It was same with VirtualBoy.
GameBoy had hundreds of games and many genuinely great games.

Virtual Boy lasted about five days before Nintendo killed it.
 
anyone remember the gamecom?

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Did it have good games? Yea

Power Rangers
World series baseball
Sonic
Mortal Kombat
Etc

They were good. Looking to now. 0% shot even nostalogia would allow me to play on OG hardware. Screen is AWFUL. Burns through 6 AA bats in couple hours

The screen is once again about the worst you'll witness. Just awful.

Emulation is better. But ain't great still.

Fond memories of it. But I've played it as an adult and it simple doesn't hold up. IMO

Had that giant battery pack and the entire weight of it with that was like 275lbs.
 
Game Gear was awesome except for the ridiculous battery drain. I remember having a Spider-Man game I liked. And the sonic games!
 
6 AA batteries (at least that's my reason)
There are now two of us. It wasn't pleasant when you were almost at the final levels of Sonic, and the system would run out and shut down. In Mexico, it was a difficult task to get Game Gear games; I only had Sonic and MK 2.

I was never able to get more games, as they were difficult to see.

The device to connect it as a television, I never saw it and I did want that one.
 
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Gamegear was not just the first generation of cartridge portable gaming, but the only one in full colour.

Trying argue about what games run on it is defeating the point; it is the only option if you want portable full colour gaming. It is like complaining that Model T only comes in black. Beggars can't be choosers. (the power consumption is a different matter)
 
Are you trying to get actual carts or are we talking about emulation here?

Modernizing a Game Gear is a whole thing and only really recommended for people with a deep nostalgia for that very specific experience...which it sounds like you weren't really a fan of, so I would suggest either an Anbernic device like suggested above or a Steam Deck or whatever you might have that can run the games well, PSP, Vita, 3DS etc. Getting a Game Gear up to proper working order and with modern creature comforts is nice, to be clear, but it's very labor intensive and/or expensive to do right.
 
Asking if what was basically a portable master system (the superior 8 bit system) had good games....duh it had them in droves

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Worth it for the shining force and sonic games which at the time were exclusive. Until sega CD and genesis conversions.

People forget how well this thing did and how long it was supported in the UK. Not like Brazil but still. Some of the best Amiga games and developers kept it going.

I mean it's basically a master system in your hands, if not zoomed in. How can you not respect it.
 
Asterix
Alien Storm
Tazmania
Any of the sonic games

Plus, you can use the Master System convertor to play any Master System games on it
 
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Not very helpful if you're looking for physical games, unless you know Japanese. But here are some fan translated GG rpg games I thought looked neat and recently added to my retromachine:

Moldorian: Hikari to Yami no Sister
Moldorian: The Sisters of Light and Darkness is a 1994 RPG for the Sega Game Gear. It's notable for its unusual combat system (read the manual, we translated it for a reason!) and a quality soundtrack by the esteemed Hitoshi Sakimoto.
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Sylvan Tale
Sylvan Tale is an action RPG for the Sega Game Gear that was only released in Japan. It was unique for its time due to having a more linear progression than was common for action RPGs, being much more closely tied to the items in the player's possession at whatever point in the story.

The script was written by Keiji Terui, a scriptwriter for anime like Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball, as well as previous Famicom games such as The Legend of Zelda, Yuuyuki and Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de.
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Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict
Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict is a turn-based strategy role-playing game for the Game Gear. It served to tie in the Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention and Shining Force II series together and was the final game in the series storyline to be based around the two games storylines directly.
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Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible Special
Last Bible Special is a part of Last Bible series, which are a sub-series within the Megaten universe. The events of "Last Bible Special" take place in an alternate Middle East in the beginning of the Christian era. You play as Materu, a young warrior who gets an assignment from the bishop of Jerusalem to travel to four dungeons. The demon king Graias is controlling other demons who found their hideout in those dungeons, and it's your task to defeat them.

Unlike the three previous Last Bible games, "Last Bible Special" features 3D first-person dungeons, like in mainstream Shin Megami Tensei games. The game is heavier on dungeon crawling: you cannot travel on the world map, but are taken automatically to the huge dungeons which you should complete in a specific order. In the town, you can buy items, as well as recruit party members. The battles are random and turn-based. Like in all Megaten games, you can communicate with the demons you encounter and convince them to join your party.
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Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira
Follow up to Crystal Warriors, Royal Stone is a turn-based RPG where you explore dungeons, gather information, cast magic, and recruit monsters, Royal Stone has an "elemental" system consisting of fire, wind, water, and earth to determine strengths and weaknesses. Most of the game is played out in an environment shown through a bird's-eye view, but there are also battles shown from a behind view. A party of companions can be gathered.
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Phantasy Star Gaiden
Phantasy Star Gaiden is a Sega Game Gear role-playing game developed by Japan System Supply and published by Sega. A spin-off of the popular Phantasy Star series, it was released exclusively in Japan in October 1992.
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It's always fun to go back and see what developers could do with limited hardware.
 
Not very helpful if you're looking for physical games, unless you know Japanese. But here are some fan translated GG rpg games I thought looked neat and recently added to my retromachine:

Moldorian: Hikari to Yami no Sister


Sylvan Tale


Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict


Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible Special


Royal Stone: Hirakareshi Toki no Tobira


Phantasy Star Gaiden

It's always fun to go back and see what developers could do with limited hardware.
Lunar was great as well, you should check it out.
 
I am partial to Sonic 2 on Master system. It's my favorite Sonic. Less speed and more exploration than the Genesis games.

But not sure it's the same game on Game Gear. It should be.
 
Game Gear had about 30 minutes of portability until the battery died. But it had some fun games, I just always played it plugged into the wall.
 
Had a GG back in the day and it was great.
Used the AC adaptor brick most of the time to play without chewing through batteries. Had the TV adaptor and the Master System adaptor. Played through the SMS version of Dragons Trap on it and loved it. The GG Sonics were good too.
 
Used the AC adaptor brick most of the time
This is how I have always used mine. But even back then, you could use rechargeable batteries. It worked fine.

It's interesting that you bring up the MS adapter as this was technologically super interesting.

In order to fit the 256x224 in the 160x144 of the GG, what they did is that they went "sub pixel" in terms of resolution.

A pixel is composed of 3 bars of color. So technically you can divide a pixel in 3. And what they did, is express the original pixel in only 2 color components. This is why colors look a bit strange, but this is also why it overall doesn't look too bad. Much better than skipping pixels vertically for sure. Horizontally they skip lines though.
 
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