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Retro Gaming => Handheld & Tabletop Chat => Topic started by: zapiy on May 22, 2015, 14:12:27 PM

Title: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: zapiy on May 22, 2015, 14:12:27 PM
(http://www.lcv.ne.jp/~mgs1987/sega/gg2281.jpg)

This looks cool.

http://www.lcv.ne.jp/~mgs1987/sega/gg10.html (http://www.lcv.ne.jp/~mgs1987/sega/gg10.html)
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: TrekMD on May 22, 2015, 15:47:53 PM
That looks really cool.  Molded after the Master System but smaller. 
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: WiggyDiggyPoo on May 22, 2015, 17:01:10 PM
Is it a new system? Unreleased? The link is all in japanese so I cant tell!
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: Shadowrunner on May 22, 2015, 17:10:08 PM
I used translate on that page, which isn't the greatest, but it looks like a homebrew effort.

QuoteNote * This is the home page just to tell a pleasure to own
sales and production request of the production does not accepted at all.
 

That was at the bottom of the page. Very cool project but not for sale :(
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: zapiy on May 22, 2015, 18:34:48 PM
Yes it appears to be a one of homebrew effort but wow what an effort..

Looks official.
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: TrekMD on May 22, 2015, 23:55:39 PM
It does look official.  I think it would sell well if they decided to do so!
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: EchoPark on May 23, 2015, 06:37:24 AM
Looks brilliant and so professional done. I guess that comes with living in a age where machines are cheaper to rent or buy.

Kinda makes me wish I can find one of my working Game Gears now to have a play.
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: WiggyDiggyPoo on May 23, 2015, 11:30:43 AM
One off for him and a friend, good work by the builder. Its also not for sale or production request at all and from the (badly) translated page I read I hink he's bored of being asked :21:
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: Akuza on May 23, 2015, 16:42:04 PM
This would be amazing to have, the real question is why didn't Sega do a game gear player, similar to Nintendo's Gameboy player?

Sounds silly saying it now, but id love one, or at least someone to make a game gear player for the mega drive.
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: TrekMD on November 21, 2016, 01:19:50 AM
It's been a while since something got posted here about the Game Gear, so I thought I'd share this video...

http://youtu.be/9UgBDfidDTk
Title: Re: The Sega Game Gear System.
Post by: Dreamcast Gamer on May 16, 2017, 20:03:55 PM
Quote from: Akuza on May 23, 2015, 16:42:04 PM
This would be amazing to have, the real question is why didn't Sega do a game gear player, similar to Nintendo's Gameboy player?

Sounds silly saying it now, but id love one, or at least someone to make a game gear player for the mega drive.
The reason one never came out is due to the color palette and stereo sound of the Game Gear.  The Master System has a palette of 64 colors, whereas the Game Gear has 4096 (both can display 32 colors at a time).  The Master System also doesn't support stereo sound.  The Genesis has stereo, but still has less colors.  I'm sure it'd be possible to include any extra hardware required inside an adapter, no one has even bothered to try.  I'd love to see it happen though.