Classic Game Room - SEGA GAME GEAR review

Classic Game Room HD reviews the SEGA GAME GEAR which was originally released in North America in the year 1990! Handheld gaming has never been less portable but more exciting. The Sega Game Gear eats six AA batteries in two hours but delivers Sega quality video games on a full color screen. Take that black and white Nintendo Game Boy! Color! Even if you need to plug it in to play games lasting more than 2 hours... The Game Gear may show its age with a dim LCD screen and washed out colors, common with older handhelds these days. But an awesome library of collectable games await you for an affordable price. Perhaps you just want to rebuild your collection and relive your youth? Were you playing Game Gear in the hallway while making smart-assed comments as kids with their sad black and white game boys walked by? Did your Game Gear accidentally beat up a rival's Atari Lynx? Yeah, you know it. The Game Gear may not be the handheld of choice now but it was a terrific addition to the Sega hardware catalog and was built to last (as well as it could). This CGR review shows a Sega Game Gear in the video game review and features Game Gear games such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Mortal Kombat II. The Sega Gamegear review shows the Sega Game Gear screen, battery compartments and buttons up close.

while i was in the hospital after my head injury my grandparents got me the blue one... so much fun

[maximumrisk]

I once met someone who had this System and it was so awesome. It blew my mind, especially since it had color and the Guy also had an Antenna Adapter to watch TV on it. This thing was 20 Years ahead of its time. Not to mention that it played the regular Games you could also play on the big Systems. I so would love to see something like this today.

[gyrosvideodungeon]

I can speak for everyone that has a Sega game gear, THE GHOSTING IS REAL!

[JanicesSonHarpo]

The best thing about it was it came with a backlit screen. something Gameboy didnt comeout with til 2003 with the Gameboy advanced SP.

[Atlink]

In reality, the Game Gear was more of a portable Master System.

[MrSupersonic]

I remember playing one of those as a kid. my older cousin had one and I remember playing Sonic and a Power Rangers game on it.

[TravisWolfe]

I remember hearing the Green Hill Zone theme in the background when I was in and out of the hospital as a baby... My mom had a Game Gear... While those were traumatic times (had about 25 surgeries) I somehow pulled through and out of it all... Surprised I'm even alive today... To Sega... Thank you for making the Game Gear and Sonic the Hedgehog because you play the joyous parts of those crazy first months and years of my life. And to Sony... Thank you for Crash Bandicoot on the PS1 :)

[tayyc]

Bro im 33years old and back in 1992 this was my first Sega game gear when i was 6 years old.. Maan this brought tears to my eyes because it brought back memories.. Thank you sooo much for this awesome video👍👍👍

[Alcoholic_Nerd]

I remember playing nintendo 64 using a game gear with the tv tuner as a screen lol...

[jasonstewart]

it also had a sega master system game adapter

[I-am-Veritas]

Brings back memories of playing this in the dark under my blanket in bed 😊
Good times.

[Scioneer]

As I watch this review again I'm glad one of my Sega and my Majesco still have good caps. That GG screen on this review is screaming " Need New Capacitors!"

[TheCRTman]

I feel like an idiot for turning down one of these for $5 at the thrift store. It looked really cool in person though.

[Nanofuture]

I rocked the rechargeable battery pack with mine. That beast made the system half again as large and made other portable systems tremble with fear.

[carterscomputersandgaming]

Ever notice that the game gear is a portable master system?

[gingymobile]

I look on Amazon and 1 of the game gears and it was solid for 60.96$

[AizensPlan]

No wonder it was expensive, Nintendo didn't have these kind of graphics until the Gameboy Advance. And even then it wasn't backlit until the Gameboy Advance SP.

[dengeki]

Back when I was 2 my mother had a choice between the gameboy and the game gear. Despite what the guy in the store said, she was sold on the color, and the backlight and even bought an adapter so my siblings and I could play it in the car at night on long car trips. Thanks mom!

[thearcadeproductions]

i picked one of these up about 3 weeks ago, and can safely say it's MUCH better than the Gameboy.

[Arbiter]

i still have this. works perfectly :D with power rangers fighting game. that game was amazing