Why Does The Sega Game Gear Get No Respect !?

In today's video, we talk about the Sega Game Gear and why this handheld doesn't seem to get any respect.

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[GattlingCombo]

I had a gamegear in the 90s and fucking loved it. There were so many sonic titles that were doing things that other sonic games didn't. Sonic Labyrinth was about sonic losing his speed, and needing to use his fucking brain to find chaos emeralds to get his speed back. Tails' adventure was about Tails saving the forest using machinery. It's how I learned that tails was a genius engineer who made bombs and robots. Sonic Drift 1 and 2 were the first cart racers for sonic. It was hilarious seeing knuckle's giant fist appear out of his kart to down other opponents.

[xineohpinakc]

I saw a video where someone operated on one of these and replaced the screen with a modern lit lcd, new capaciters, and added lithium batteries and a charging system for it. If I remember correctly he got about a day of runtime with this setup.

[_skyyskater]

The Game Gear was, and still is, my favorite console of all time. My brother and I even had the cable to connect our Game Gears together, and regularly used it to compete in Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. As for the battery life, we simply just used a LOT of AAs. I'm sure my brother and I are soley responsible for a significant portion of the AA's in the NY/NJ landfills. Oh, and 3 hours was optimistic. It was more like 2.5 hours of gameplay, as they would die just 20 minutes before arriving to our grandparents house. When our Game Gears died, we knew were were close. And as soon as we got there, grandma would give us jumbo packs of AA batteries (and ice cream). We did eventually get car chargers.

[devingorney]

Parents got me one for Christmas on clearance after it was discontinued. And a bunch of cheap games to go with it. Loved that thing. They soon realized their oversight and also bought the wall and car plug ins.
Kept working until about ‘06/‘07 before the capacitors crapped out. Didn’t know it was repairable then and chucked it. Figured 10-11 years was a good run.
Still remember the GBC coming out and my neighbor was super excited for it and I’m like “Why? Sega did color years ago.”
Anyway, still play GG games via emulation at least weekly. Totally underrated

[bobhatescomputer]

Sega made an official exernal rechargeable battery pack and there were also knock off ones. I had some bricks that clipped in the original battery compartments on the sides. Those plus the clip on screen magnifier made it so ridiculously awesome. Never got the tv adapter but wanted it. Also Beavis and Butthead was a nice title that def got some hours put in.

[marinakyriacou]

I always wanted a Game Gear as a kid. I had a Gameboy and a Mega Drive and I loved them but I wanted to play Sonic on the go. Such a cool console.

[grimmdanny]

The only thing that kept me from getting a Game Gear is that I had a Genesis. When I saw GG games in magazines, it just felt like they were inferior 8-Bit versions of games I already had. So instead I had a Game Boy which appeared to have more original games, of games I didn't have.

[areaman]

I had a Game Gear as a kid. Before that NES. Dad got me one so I could have something to do in long car rides. It was super fun!

[weebnerdgaming]

Fun fact: The latest licensed Game Gear game is GG Aleste 3 on 2020. Primarily for the Game Gear Micro.
At least the game also can be played on the Switch and PS4 as an emulated Game Gear game.

[NimhLabs]

It should be noted that a lot of original Game Gears are slowly decaying. There are places you can download circuit boards to print off (with a circuit printer) and kits to fix screens/speakers

[bloocheez]

I loved and cherished my GG. Some of the best gaming moments of my life happened with that thing in my hands. I had an AC adapter, car adapter and a sack of rechargeable batteries so I never felt the squeeze of the SIX AAs every three hours.

[MaskedGEEK]

I also feel the GG had an excellent and distinctive sound chip which, just like it's color palette, was slightly better than the MS. True, it drained batteries dry like the Y2K bug was about to hit a decade early, but it was still a great system.

[lurkerrekrul]

I have three of these. Two were found in the trash (bulk trash, for one week, the city will haul away almost anything you pile on the curb), and one was given to me by a friend. All three have defective screens. I've never looked into fixing them.

[BunnychanFarabee]

What an underrated gem of a channel.I remember my Game Gear so fondly until it was lost in an airport terminal, honestly one of the if not the best portable gaming system of the 90s. Being able to play Sonic on the go was fantastic.

[brichan]

I had a Game Gear back in the day. I loved it, but it was barely portable. I had to play with it plugged in if I wanted to play for more than 2.5 hours. Still, it was awesome!

Yet another gem of a video, Mi’Lady. ❤❤❤❤❤

[MrKnightlore]

I agree, whilst I never owned one back in the day (I owned several down the line)- my mate had one and I used to play it daily. Great little system!

[zikzakfr]

The colour palette is 4096, it could display 32 out of them. The master system could display as many but out of a palette of 64.

[mythicdale]

I remember at school they had "bring in a toy day". Some kids brought in their action men, barbies, or 'cool' gadgets. A good few people brought in their game boys but nobody but me brought in a Game Gear. I remember the furore and shock about how cool it looked; there was no getting away that its coloured, back-lit, larger screen was lightyears ahead of the Game Boy. Young kids were acting like it was some sort of alchemical magic.

Clearly somewhere along the line Sega dropped the ball on marketing this thing to parents or kids, as no one had heard of it.

[linkthehero]

I still have my childhood Game Gear. Despite it being beyond dead and not working whether I use batteries or an AC adapter, I just can't get rid of it. I may have been born in 94, but I grew up on the old stuff.

[heckintech]

I wanted the GameGear SO BAD when I was a kid! I ended up being a GameBoy kid, and while I LOVED it, a little sliver of the ol' lizard brain kept daydreaming about colored, backlit Sanic 💙
I now have two gamegears, both in great disrepair, but ONE DAY I'll max one of them out with all possible repairs and upgrades! I'll definitely be making a video about it!
Side note, HUGE kudos to you for the quality, and FREQUENCY of your content! It takes me AGES to make a video. You're an inspiration, and I hope to match your skills someday!