Sega Game Gear Was the Complete Package for Color Portable Gaming in the 1990s!

[@GTV-Japan]

Happy Birthday Game Gear! Please leave your Game Gear memories below!

[@BENULTIMAN2000]

I remember one of my Friends had a Old Game Gear and I remember playing a majority of the Sonic Games on the System along with that one Aladdin Game and an X-Men Game

[@GTV-Japan]

Awesome!

[@GTV-Japan]

I can’t reveal the supernatural powers I have that allowed that to happen.

[@SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980]

Still being a huge dinosaur nerd in the 8th grade, I had Jurassic park and another game I forget the name of, a rogue-rpg @1:50.

[@GTV-Japan]

The game at 1:50 is dragon crystal

[@Alianger]

The TV tuner was mindblowing at the time and so was the SMS converter. It's dead now but I loved my GG.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I remember it felt like magic! Thanks for watching 💫

[@Schwarzorn]

I misread that as _”I’m dead now”_ and almost fell out of my chair!

[@TankEngine75]

Happy birthday Sega Game Gear!

[@GTV-Japan]

The big 30! 🎈

[@beaudiu]

I dug around in attic recently and found two of these babies. I'm sure I bought them early 2000's and just stored them away. Unfortunately both fail to work... Loved this system, the look and the feel of it. Ahhhh the memories of stealing batteries from clocks and remotes!

[@GTV-Japan]

Haha yea I did the same thing. Then eventually mom would find out and get mad

[@TheMinchio]

Happy Birthday GG! , Thanks for all those good times you gave me back in the 90's ! (and the memories you left up to this day!)

[@GTV-Japan]

Celebrate! 🎉

[@Larry]

There's a fifth Game Gear Micro now, There's an Aleste collection bundled in with the PS4 collector's edition. But most excellent video Sir, never knew Sega almost picked up the Lynx, I wonder what 16-bit handheld Sega games would have looked like? 🤔

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh I thought you knew the Sega/ Lynx flirtation. I’m sure it wouldn’t have been as good as GG in the end. I also saw a neat set in Japan with the 4 micros and micro boxes of all 16 games but it’s 30000 yen so forget that!!

[@909crime]

shhhhh im tryna buy it

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh sorry. Forget what I said

[@freal]

larry strikes another comment section

[@GTV-Japan]

All are welcome!

[@nojot0]

3DS virtual console, yeah! I knew they were on there, but it's still nice hearing it mentioned. That HG detail is nice. I quite like that!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! Now it is possible it meant handheld game but hey cmon that’s pretty neat regardless

[@nojot0]

@@GTV-Japan It is.

[@GTV-Japan]

Ok. Shh don’t tell anyone

[@grumpymonkey811]

This thing is 30? *sweats profusely* I found a "working" Game Gear at a thrift shop not long ago. The screen and sound were in rough shape. Luckily, I worked with someone who knew how to do some soldering work. So I bought the components needed and he replaced all of the capacitors. Now it looks as good as it can get on the original hardware. It's nice to have a piece of hardware from my past. Well sort of. I never owned one, but I did get to use one from someone I used to know back then. But hey. Today is what matters and I can proudly say, the one I own is mine. Thanks for your insight as always. Cheers!

[@GTV-Japan]

Awesome! Recapping saves portables!

[@SEGARetroBR]

What a nice video! Thanks for making it! It's always nice to see the Game Gear receiving some love! Can't believe it will be 30 years old in just two days!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! Celebrate on the 6th if you can!

[@GuiOmania]

Game Gear is one of the most underated console ever !!!

[@GTV-Japan]

agreed! Fun games. Power. Expandability! And you can play in the dark!

[@OneUponADime]

Game Gear was great ❤️

[@ms.ilovecotton9778]

Happy anniversary Game Gear 🎉

[@GTV-Japan]

Yea! Celebrate! That’s a very cute avatar by the way!

[@ms.ilovecotton9778]

@@GTV-Japan appreciate it thanks! Love your videos

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! I’m sure you’ve seen my PCE videos then. But don’t be a stranger I always like talking in comments

[@jiryensaber6090]

Having Phantasy Star on the road was certainly enough reason to buy one... Damn right GTV!! Gun Star Heroes and the first two Sonic games were great and I loved the TV Radio feature. Especially at school... or like you said. Having at home. But by then I was sneaking out to go cruise with my friends. Allso used in school. At study hall. You know, to "study" music, games, etc. Since the teachers usually weren't pressent other than a occasional check-in. Having portable music with your video was a great magnet for certain things in study hall as well. What was that?? The girls wanted to catch a certain show during school?? I happened to have it. Gather around ladies. Let me help you out a bit. But you got to get reeaall close... oh, sorry. Just stretching. ;) It also made Detention fly by much faster using a book to an old outdated school book. So I cut out just the right amount to put the Game Gear inside. The book was labled Physical Science. Very appropriate I thought. By the way, I'm still waiting for my light novel to become an Anime. "Manly Delilnquent 1/3 trying to pick up Delinquent Girls with my desk transporting me to Another World!" The desk becomes a Testarossa, my Leather Jacket is endowed with the power of countless Karate Masters, Samurai, and Ninjas!! My car also transforms into a mecha called Macross! You got your Anime Girls with the typical school-girl uniform excpet super long skirtsl one uses a Metal Yo-Yo', another has a Rocket Launcher... they are the Muddy Pair!! And my girlfirend Limu wears a tiger bikini and flies through the air with lightning powers but she has cat ears instead of horns... and there's this thing about if someone throws hot water on me, I turn into a girl, warm water its a cat, and cold water transforms me back. So that's where the 1/3 part... oh, (cough) sorry. What were we talking about?? ;) (Ahem) That ring a bell for anyone? Can anyone name those actual Anime parodies? Sorry... just trying to get the longest/most comment award on GTV one of these days. =) Also my friend from Japan had one so we would switch one back and forth with each other so I could play the RPG's. I only got caught once and they wanted me to explain why I was playing the "Satanic"" Mortal Kombat at a private, religious school... I had to be the smart-ass of course. Told them my Demon Familiar ordered me to do it!! It did NOT go over well but enough to laugh and tell a story about it. My dad would come in with a serious expression but a bit of a smirk. Like, what did you say THIS TIME?? ;) By the way, the best radio was 69.2, the frequency for Magical Sound Shower. Best damn sound for the best damn racing game of the 20th Century hands Down - OutRun!! Picked it up in the background around 6:07... that song brings back so many memories. I loved it and still do!! That's what reminded me of the story. I do have someone drawing it that's much better than me. Right now, its just a silly story. As usual, another great upload and video from my favorite KZbin Channell and all-around awesome dude. You never cease to impress and this stuff sure brings back Nolstagia in a bitter-sweet way. Awesome stuff GTV!! Thank you for your hard work as always. Its like you bring Japan and parts of the past back to the present. And its awesome how you do it and the detail you put inot it. Can't recommend you enough to others. Keep up the awesome work as always!!

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey thanks! I'm always happy to deliver

[@jiryensaber6090]

@@GTV-Japan And you do, my friend. Stay safe and healthy. I always look forward to your videos and great content. Its like going on a voyage to Japan or back in time. You have so much detail. I totally appreciate all that extra work! =)

[@GTV-Japan]

David Saber well one video I have lined up is called American Gamer. So I’ll be breaking with that for at least once 😂

[@amerigocosta7452]

I loved the Game Gear back in the day. It felt premium and the screen at the time looked great. Nowadays they say it was blurry, but that's most likely true now that the units have aged. I actually remember the image being very crisp as you could play smooth scrolling games like the Sonic ones without any issue.

[@GTV-Japan]

As best I recall there was a little bit of ghosting. But the Lynx had it more. It was truly high tech. I knew someone who had a portable 3 inch tv and GG had a better picture than that! Thanks for coming by as always. Appreciate it !

[@Left-Earth]

*Sega is celebrating it's 60 year anniversary!* _60年のあゆみ_ (60 years of progress.) 🕹️🎮

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s amazing how they survived all this time too 🎊

[@LeftEarth2]

Here's to many more great years of GTV-Japan ! 🍻

[@BENULTIMAN2000]

Just imagine watching Saturday Morning Cartoons and the Disney Afternoon along with Weekday Afternoon Shows on Kids WB and Fox Kids on a Game Gear TV Tuner

[@GTV-Japan]

Where I’m from the Disney afternoon was on in the morning. Same shows but it didn’t use that name!

[@Lownamebrand]

I actually did this in 95 when I got a game gear for my 8th birthday 😎

[@GTV-Japan]

Must have been an awesome time! I never bothered because I Didn’t get reception without cable as it was. Thanks for watching your memories

[@Lownamebrand]

@@GTV-Japan reception was spotty at best depending on the WA weather from what I recall, but it definitely helped having 3 brothers and one TV... I'm just glad I had the ac adapter or I would've never been able to play the thing. Also I wanted to thank you for your content I've been binging all of your videos for a week or two now, you definitely deserve a million plus subscribers sadly I can only add myself

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks I appreciate that! New videos will be coming soon. I plan to make 27 new ones for this year.

[@CarletonTorpin]

The brilliance of displaying this video with the Mercury / Handy / Game Gear frame is that it helps smartphone viewer pretend they have their own Game Gear, and the frame allows the screen-captured footage to display at its native resolution (or at least at a resolution that cleanly upscales to a 4K video). Great work, GTV!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks for noticing my attention to detail

[@Indalord.]

Thank you GTV for paying tribute to all these ephemeris

[@GTV-Japan]

No problem! 💜

[@mikesarahbell2633]

I don't care what you think, you can take the boy outta Picksburgh, but yinz cant take the Picksburgh outta the boy! I totally hear the accent, dude! So glad I found your channel, bro! Go Stillers!

[@GTV-Japan]

Yea! I still got the Cowher Power!! Thanks for finding me. It’s been a long time since I lived in the burgh. Need to get back and hit the south side. I wonder if Chaunceys is still around. 🍻

[@Rationalific]

And yet one more thing I learned. I knew that the 32X was "Mars", and we all know the Saturn (and I'd heard of a few others), but I didn't know this one was Mercury...or Hg.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yah! Well this sets up talking about Saturn later shh shh 🤫

[@Rationalific]

@@GTV-Japan Haha! Gotcha!

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s one of the first episodes for next year

[@Rationalific]

@@GTV-Japan I'm looking forward to it!

[@xmario3sonicp785]

Happy birthday, Game Gear. Never played you ever before, but you are still definitely a piece of gaming history worth remembering. Sorry I don't have any Game Gear memories to share. Still enjoyed the video regardless.

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey that’s ok! ✌️

[@Horos_de_Vega]

Quality of your videos is unmatched! Great history! I learnt a few things: thank you! I loved my GG bought in 1991 in France. In Europe, many actually prefer the 8-bit Sonic games than the Mega Drive ones. PS: many have criticized Sega for the mini Game Gears getting released this year. As for me, I am VERY happy that Sega promotes its 8bit history. 👍

[@GTV-Japan]

I think it’s neat. And why not try something ya know?? I’m also a big fan of 8 bit sonic. I love it!! I’m glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for coming by on day one! Pour a nice one and toast your game gear on the 6th! 🥂

[@Horos_de_Vega]

GTV Japan Wil do!!

[@vincently1995]

30th Anniversary of Game Gear (1990-2020)

[@VisualTedium]

It wasnt the pandemic that put me out of work. It was the Paperboy 2000

[@GTV-Japan]

My condolences. For me I lost the spelling bee because of a silent K in pants

[@Bole_ZG]

One "rich kid" (actually he wasn't that rich but he always have new toys, parents often fly to another country so they where able to find new toys) have game gear and Gameboy. In my country was hard to find regular Gameboy, I was so jealous and that's first time I saw Sonic game. I was satisfied with Lego and He-man figures,and later with Gameboy but I didn't play that much, I was more street kid etc.

[@Larry]

We had a kid like that at my school, his parents were Jehova's Witnesses, so they'd go to the US once a year for some huge convention thing and he'd come back with the latest toys. He once brought in a huge grocery bag full of Micro Machines once, and someone stole the lot!

[@GTV-Japan]

I think you’re better off for it! I’m always interested in hearing stories though about how things were outside the usual japan/us/uk that everyone always talks about. Thanks for watching as always friend!

[@skins4thewin]

Honestly, they really didn't need to enhance the color palette of the Game Gear. For a portable system the SMS color palette would have been perfectly fine. I honestly wish they had just used identical hardware inside the GG because then we would be able to play direct ports of GG games on our SMS systems today without too much trouble. Although I suppose we would still have the resolution issues that most GG to SMS conversions have these days, with the garbled mess being shown along the outer borders of the screen. This should honestly be masked off in code for these ports so that it ends up just being black borders or something of that nature.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yea that point always bothered me too!

[@mikaeki5245]

Awesome vid, as always.

[@feiwong3634]

I hold very dear to my heart the wonderful Game Gear, it was my first portable system back in 1994 and enjoyed it inmensely, games i played like a madman Sonic 2, Tails Adventure, Popils, Columns, Virtua Fighter Animation, Devilish, Desert Speedtrap, Shinobi, Fatal Fury Special and many other awesome games. Sadly the console died a few years ago because of a bad capacitor replacement work, ruining the screen, but i hope to get one with these awesome new lcd mods someday to continue enjoying the big boy.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks for sharing your memories

[@atarimonkey]

Great stuff! I ordered 2 of the GG Micros (both ones with sonic games on). Kinda hoping they might be hackable in a few months, get a few more games on there.

[@GTV-Japan]

Cool! There’s also a special set with all 4 and 16 mini game boxes in a case

[@skins4thewin]

It's kind of baffling that we never got a Game Gear port of Phantasy Star to be honest. Not even Japan got such a port. VERY strange if you ask me. I mean that's a no brainer right there!

[@GTV-Japan]

on the master gear, it was a little glitchy, maybe the cart size was just too big, or they decided it wasnt worth the expense. who know but it sucks all way round

[@skins4thewin]

@@GTV-Japan Well that's cus the resolution is different. The GG can't properly display all the lines, same with any SMS game being played on the GG. Or is the game buggy in some other way? I don't think I ever tried Phantasy Star on the GG via an adapter. But they could have ported it just like they did so many other SMS games by simply reducing the viewable screen area. Shouldn't have been that hard & I imagine it would have been a popular title in Japan at least. Probably wouldn't have gotten it here in the states but at least we would have a Fan Translation of it by now & a great GG version of the game to play.

[@GTV-Japan]

@@skins4thewin some graphics glitch up. The master gear converter did warm in the manual that 4 meg games will have issues like that

[@skins4thewin]

@@GTV-Japan Ah I see. I have seen some GG's have issues w SMS games but at the time thought it was a hardware malfunction. It was a long long time ago that I even messed with SMS on the GG, will have to look into that further so I'm more informed about that specific issue.

[@AaronJLong]

I have so many memories of my game gear. Of course shortly after getting it we got the AC and car adapter because that thing destroys batteries. Car adapter was great for when we went on an 8 hour road trip to Florida. Got Sonic 2 with mine, but got more games like super columns, Ecco the Dolphin, Sonic Triple Trouble (my favorite) and Caesar's Palace. Later when I was a teenager my mom picked up a bunch more games for cheap on clearance including Sonic Chaos and Super Battle Tank so I had a chance to go back and enjoy the old handheld in a fresh way.

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s great to hear! I never took mine out much but ac adaptor was the way to go. Always

[@AaronJLong]

@@GTV-Japan I actually got a Game Gear as my first handheld. I was a big fan of the Sonic cartoon (the bad one. I was a little kid) and saw another kid playing what I later would learn was Sonic Chaos on a Game Gear and of course I was super interested. My parents actually got me a Game Gear shortly after because it was one of the first things I showed a genuine interest in. I loved it and had so many fun times. I even finished Ecco The Dolphin, which just like the Genesis game ends with an unfair autoscroller where taking the wrong path leads to death, and the nightmare inducing Vortex Queen. A few years later my older brother got his hands on an old brick Game Boy and some games, and what it lacked in graphics it more than made up for with games. Metroid 2, Tetris, Final Fantasy Legend 2 (I know it's actually a SaGa game), Wario Land, and later, Pokémon! I forgot about the Game Gear until I was a teenager and my mom brought home a bunch of Game Gear games she found on clearance in a shop when I was around 13-14

[@GTV-Japan]

That must have been near the rerelease. There were a lot of “new” games out there then

[@stupidbluebird]

i never got to play game gear, i was always jealously watching my older brother play it. by the time i got it as a hand-me-down it no longer worked!

[@GTV-Japan]

What? He never shared it once!? I’m sorry to hear that

[@fillgollinsdergroarticheme8442]

Hopefully you can save on Game Gear Micro.

[@GTV-Japan]

I don’t know. But it should As there are some RPGs on there. Thanks for watching

[@mightyfilm]

Not that the Mirco ones aren't cool in their own right, but just looking at them gives my hands cramps. I only played Game Gear a few times, but if there is one thing I'd say that makes the GG superior to the Gameboy, it's that the design was clearly designed for a more comfortable gaming experience. The Gameboy had your hands in close quarters, folding them over each other on the back. The GG was designed to be similar in size to a game controller.

[@GTV-Japan]

Good points ! I seriously don’t how you could play the micro for any extended period of time. Thanks for watching as always!

[@mightyfilm]

They have these micro-arcade machines. They're novelty products and I don't think they'd be fun for anything but very short bursts. Then I saw that they have one based on the TMNT arcade game. That would be pure torture to play. If anything, you'd probably snap the joystick right off in less than a minute in an intense game.

[@GTV-Japan]

Haha certainly true

[@tylersharp1377]

My older brother got me this with the Terminator game! 🤠😁👍 It was an awesome birthday!

[@GTV-Japan]

That is awesome! You have a great brother!

[@sneakyvee]

Awesome video! The Majesco Game Gear I heard has a slightly better screen, but the modding community for the game gear is really great if people ever want to venture into installing a modern screen on it. I nearly picked up a $30 game gear at a thrift store years ago but I wasnt sure if it worked so I passed on it. It's one of those libraries I didn't play as I kid but I look forward to diving into it in the future. I seen this picture with a size comparison of the Game Gear Micro next to a dreamcast vmu, and it's smaller than even at that! Even with the magnifier the game gear micro is a very niche product. Sega really dropped the ball on that one.

[@GTV-Japan]

I had an original and majesco GG. The majesco one has a better screen naturally. But the screen guard is cheap and scratches and fogs up. So it’s worse that way

[@sneakyvee]

@@GTV-Japan Interesting to know you have first hand experience with both versions of those game gears considering most people always leverage the majesco one in youtube videos. I like the Coca-Cola styled one exclusive to Japan. It's a shame it costs a small fortune to get one.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yea all that stuff in Japan is priced out. I say forget it and just emulate and imagine you own it ha ha. Yea I bought the majesco one because my brother had the original at home still. But yea what’s up with other channels?! It’s like they just rote learn an internet post and repeat the same pablum ad nauseum and ad infinitum

[@mrbuu82]

I had Sonic and an X-Men game for the system, but my favorite game was The Majors: Pro Baseball. The Game Boy was great for platforming and action games, but the sports games often felt lacking. The Majors was good for single games or going through a season. I put a ton of hours into the game and it brings back fond memories of both my grandparent's house and Julio Franco's odd batting stance.

[@GTV-Japan]

A lot of people are mentioning the X-men game. I’ll have to take a look!

[@slashingkatie7872]

Fun fact. There’s a Game Gear in Child’s Play 3.

[@GTV-Japan]

oh yea! i remember that

[@MattGreer]

Would have been pretty cool to see what Sega could have done with the Handy.

[@GTV-Japan]

Certainly! All those 3rd party games and all, but it just makes sense in the end to recycle the master system.

[@kapparomeo]

7:10 - wow, that is a Fun Fact For Fact Fans!

[@GTV-Japan]

The funnest! 🎉

[@coconut4219]

I didn’t have an actual Game Gear, but I did play some GG games on the 3ds. I will always be a big Gameboy fan, but the Game Gear is a worthy contender! Phantasy Star on the go? ^~^ Never knew about the project Mercury fact! That would explain why the Sega Saturn was named the way it was. Cool video! Makes me want to play some Game Gear games!

[@GTV-Japan]

The odd thing is that Saturn supposedly began as project aurora. So go fig

[@HybridAngelZero]

I have so many good memories with the Game Gear. It was the first game system I ever bought with my own money: Little kid me saved up allowance and lunch money for months and finally got the blue Game Gear that came with Lion King. It always made me sad that there wasn't ever a Super Game Boy equivalent for the Genesis. There's even a perfect name: Mega Gear! Also, fun side note, the Game Gear's backlight is actually provided by a florescent bulb, and lot of mods for the system remove it and the screen and replace it with a modern LCD screen, and it usually gets over 12 hours of battery life!

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s cool! Thanks for sharing your memories with us!

[@Randhrick]

Nice video, the end blew my mind. As a kid, I did not have the GG but a friend lent it to me for about 2 weeks and played some good titles like Sonic columns and some other stuff I forgot. It was a bit ahead of its time but was a nice little portable console. Will you be getting a GG Micro and do a review or give your impressions? Or not, as

[@GTV-Japan]

I will not be getting a micro. Too expensive and no time to play it. The concept seems neat though. Thanks for watching as always!

[@GTV-Japan]

I will not be getting a micro. Too expensive and no time to play it. The concept seems neat though. Thanks for watching as always!

[@GTV-Japan]

I will not be getting a micro. Too expensive and no time to play it. The concept seems neat though. Thanks for watching as always!

[@DumbBunny5328]

Slight correction on the resolution. The Game Gear’s screen works more like a crt than a more traditional lcd. This way, it is capable of higher resolutions so sms games aren’t squashed. In fact, some game gear games are quite literally master system ROMs on a game gear cartridge.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I said that in different words.

[@JolliAllGenGamer]

I just replaced my game gear glass screen because it was scratched up so bad from the previous owner. The caps are still good on it.

[@GTV-Japan]

Nice! I’ve heard there’s some decent lcd upgrades these days. Thanks for watching ✌️

[@DehnusNorder]

Imagine, Portable Space Harrier on a Lynx. It could have been, it never was. Good games on an Atari Lynx LOL :P

[@GTV-Japan]

scaling was awesome!!

[@chrismyghostwriter]

The only thing about the Game Gear that was worth it back in the day was the TV Tuner. My brother and I thought it was so awesome to have a portable TV that also played games.

[@GTV-Japan]

Portable tvs if the same type were as expensive so yeah it was a great value and “magic” if your had stations nearby 👍🏻

[@napoleoncoronadocortes5740]

Great video camarada, i think if the Game gear with the tv Turner officially came to México in 90s, had been very sucessful. Because in My neighborhood where i came from almost people had a black and withe televisión, and the fights about the what color it's the jerseys Jorge campos ended.

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh sure! I can imagine that. We had a portable tv that was black aand white and actually pretty big and the tv tuner was way better. I didn’t actually have one though. Only saw it in stores

[@NoelComiX]

Awesome man. I need to get a micro. :)

[@GTV-Japan]

Next week!

[@apollosungod2819]

The idea that Sega was gonna buy someone else's hardware, including portable hardware was something that would have been a mistake since Sega headquarters in Japan had their own hardware engineers and this is something that keeps getting underestimated by even the professional gamer journalists. The NES was nothing but portable FamiCom/NES hardware with battery saving limitations and a black and white screen decision... NEC's PC Engine Express was a posh high end electronics and 1987 cutting edge tech in the palm of your hands but obviously it was not a Nintendo device... and the customer was able to stay being fooled in that prices was informative when it was not... you were getting what you paid for... the only thing with GG is that the screen aspect ratio and resolution could have been solved to match the NEC but who knows... additional engineering and possible higher prices that would go down if unit sales reach one million plus in a years time or less.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and opinions!

[@Mikehero69_]

Just imagine the drastic change of history if Pokemon had been made for Game Gear instead of Game Boy. SEGA had published a couple of Game Freak's games on Mega Drive, so it could of possibly happened!

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh hooooo !! Alternate history! Hey guys! I found this hidden gem on gamegeer. A late release called pawkit monsturss. A fine piece added to my collection by generous donation 😂

[@Mikehero69_]

@@GTV-Japan Make sure you buy them all up before announcing what a super secret hidden gem it is 😆

[@GTV-Japan]

Yea hmm if I charge extra for insider (trading) access I could make even more!

[@EoR_2B4GOT10]

I m still waiting on retro bits rerelease of the Sega Nomad they made several adapters for the RDP2 so I m hoping for a Master System and Game Gear adapter i thought about getting one of the gamegear minis but they are just not enough for me to go through the trouble of importing one I would probally get the Blue version since it comes with gunstar heroes and sonic chaos(sonic and tails)

[@GTV-Japan]

Same here. Especially when the new will wear off and you might find it discounted later. A thinner ps vita like machine with the same GG shape and 50 games built in woulda been better I say.

[@BENULTIMAN2000]

Maybe if the Game Gear Micro does well in Japan that SEGA of America might release a More Deluxe Version of it with all the Games from each of the Separate Models as well as some Extra Games added to it via Fan Service

[@GTV-Japan]

I hope so!

[@Caligula666x]

Handsome boy modeling school was the best 30$ i ever spent!

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s better than that time I was a spelling bee and misspelled kpants

[@pferreira1983]

Game Gear was always a weird platform in that it was doing Master System games but with different resolution and things added or taken away? I'm a Sega fan but I've never really seen the pros of GG because the cons are very obvious at times. It's a nightmare to collect for as well so I've stayed well clear! I also thought Sega selling the micro was a bad idea. I mean unless you're a toddler you're not going to be able to play the thing! 😆 Anyway good video. 👍

[@GTV-Japan]

I think it was meant for anyone who never heard of the sms. But still an easy cheap way to recycle tech. It’s almost like the iPod touch in way

[@pferreira1983]

@@GTV-Japan I think we're used to systems that have their own exclusive games (like the Lynx) and art style. Maybe that's why I have an issue with the GG. Still has good points though.

[@GTV-Japan]

I can see that. From my point of view the two are not connected and just share the same cpu

[@pferreira1983]

@@GTV-Japan You know one good point of the GG? Theoretically it had the best version of Star Wars because it had an extra level the NES and Master System version didn't. 😂

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh?!

[@skins4thewin]

Lol 4 hours? I dunno what sort of Super Batteries you were using, but I've never heard of anyone getting 4 hours out of their 6 AA's on the Game Gear. More like 2 hours if we're being realistic.

[@MaryTownsendRyokansDomain]

Game Gear still my favorite over Game boy because I can watch TV on it and that was cool back the 90's, but I didn't realize this beauty was a Master System portable

[@GTV-Japan]

Sega was very good at reusing old tech that’s for sure

[@MaryTownsendRyokansDomain]

@@GTV-Japan I know right

[@fonkyjunkie]

I remember i had the Game Geaf. What a fckn console

[@NinjaKingAce]

6 "mainline" Sonic games on Game Gear Sure...

[@GTV-Japan]

You know it!

[@DezorianGuy]

4:50 What's that music from? 4:58 what do you exactly mean by we got sf2?

[@GTV-Japan]

Shingling force 2 for game gear. It was called Something else in English but I forget!

[@GTV-Japan]

I honestly don’t remember what music that was. But my guess is gunstar heroes

[@DezorianGuy]

@@GTV-Japan The was sword of Hayja. Ah, so just one of those 2 come to the west? Just part 2, not 1? :O

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah just 2. It makes no sense

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

Fun Fact: Once upon a time Nintendo wanted to make a portable system (GameBoy). They had a deal with Citizen to make the screen (the Game N' Watch previously used Sharp screens). But Nintendo for some reason decided to go with Sharp. Yoshihiro Taki from Gunpei Yokoi's team was tasked to bring the bad news to Citizen. To do so, he decided to make a new (fake) set of specs for a colored portable screen, sent it to Citizen and told them the mono screen will be done by Sharp. While Citizen the colored one at a later date. Then ghosted them. LOL Years later the Game Gear was launched by Sega. Surprise, surprise, Citizen manufactured the LCD screen. According to accounts of Yoshihiro Taki, he disassembled one and found the device suspiciously similar to the fake design he gave Citizen. Which their contact at Citize denied. LOL (Source: Yoshihiro Taki interview by Florent Gorges

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s very funny 😄

[@DontKnowDontCare6.9]

@GTV-Japan What's even funnier is Yoshihiro Taki knew the fake machine he made was not feasible, given that it's a battery drain and expensive.. 2 complaints always associated with the original Game Gear. In comparison, then Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi mandated the portable machine to be within ¥10k ($72 in 1987). Yoshihiro Take kept a professional diary where he took notes of his daily activities with Nintendo, meetings and with whom. Even a lot of technical data.

[@GTV-Japan]

@renatoromero9956 funny how today the exchange rate is almost the same

[@NY_Mountain_Man]

Mentioning how the Switch has a battery life equal to the game gear is fair. But, you don't spend have to spend $5 for a single charge either!

[@GTV-Japan]

Well that’s true! Long live radio check and the recharging nicads

[@duckhive]

why are some your videos 60fps and some aren't ? ;*(

[@GTV-Japan]

I don’t know. I’m sorry. I can’t figure out the settings I guess. I try to sent them all at 60. Is this one 60 or not?

[@GMdieselman]

What is the music that starts at 2:02?

[@GTV-Japan]

The main stage music from Psychic World, one of my favorite Game Gear games. Thanks for watching!!

[@GMdieselman]

@@GTV-Japan Thank you very much for responding! I just discovered your channel yesterday and have been binge watching your videos. I absolutely love your format with the old commercials. Looking forward to more older Sega and Nintendo related videos!

[@GTV-Japan]

I always reply to comments! Sometimes I just can’t recall the things I’ve used but that’s one of my fav game songs! I only have 3 vids planned for the rest of the year and the last one is another Sega master system game! One of the best that isn’t sonic or phantasy star. It’s all I can say now. Hope to see ya there

[@SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980]

Game Gear drained the crap outta those x6 batteries. I remember still being tethered to a wall with the AC adapter. 🤷‍♂️

[@GTV-Japan]

Same here. Lynx too! We had a radio shake charger and 12 batteries but lived by the wall to play!

[@MisterMoncivais]

I still have mine! I just need to buy a power adapter.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’ve noticed the battery contacts wear out eventually so yea plug in and good to go!

[@dorcyvor2981]

😃👍

[@GTV-Japan]

✌️

[@skins4thewin]

Are you sure that the Majesco Game Gear sold for only 30 bucks?? That seems impossible! I don't know how they could have possibly sold it that cheap, without the system having some MAJOR drawbacks compared to the original, which as far as I know it doesn't. Heck, from what I understand the screen is actually slightly better on those units!

[@GTV-Japan]

It was! Maybe they had unsold units and didn’t have to build any. Who knows!?

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey I wanted to let you know I heard an old old interview where some guys from Atari were talking about the 80s90s and they mentioned that even in 1991 the game gear made a $15 profit on each unit. Some kind of cheap screen or something. It really made jack tramiel mad and he’s walk around the office grumbling about it. So maybe the GG was cheap to make Even when it was new. So maybe it was next to nothing to remake in 2000

[@skins4thewin]

@@GTV-Japan Lol damn.... Maybe you were right then.. i still haven't heard anything about it only costing 30 bucks tho. I am thinking that price may be what it sold at before it was finally removed from shelves, aka the heavily discounted price that happens to unsuccessful consoles. I do not believe for a second that it was sold for 30 bucks when the system was first reintroduced. There is just no way. Lol it does make you wonder just how much they were making off the Gameboy as well, and how little they must have been making off the Lynx. And I guess electronics being manufactured for next to nothing overseas is nothing new.

[@GTV-Japan]

That’s possible. Also the lynx had a weird special screen so it probably cost more

[@skins4thewin]

@@GTV-Japan Would bet money on that being the case. Sort of like how the Nomad and Virtual Boy both got all the way down to 50 bucks before they were done. I ended up buying both of those systems at that price. Would have never bought them at full price but when I saw them for that cheap I thought hell why not? I didn't know that about the Lynx tho, what was special about it's screen that made it cost more?

[@retrogameroom195]

Come on ken I need new videos.......you da man

[@GTV-Japan]

I am always making new ones, and will be back soon with more

[@Alinktome]

In 2024 i regret so badly I sold my game gear in the 90's. Oh please listen to me: never sell something you once loved.

[@GTV-Japan]

Why not buy another one?

[@aegisreflector1239]

I know this is blasphemy for gamers, but growing up i had a gameboy and enjoyed it. But always thought it was severely overrated. When i played GG i actually felt the fun i had when i would play a home console. When the gameboy color came out i thought maybe now it would surrpass the GG in my eyes, but i was also dissapointed, in that it was just a GB with with a mediocre color pallet. It wasnt until GB Advance where i felt nintendo finally created a worthy handheld like the GG. Point is i loved GG, i played it and enjoyed significantly more than GB and GB color. I always argue that nintendo handhelds although nice n fun have also been overrated compared to other companies handhelds which in my opinion were significantly better than what nintendo were doing at the time.

[@GTV-Japan]

I don't think its blasphemous! Any other company besides selfish stubborn Nintendo would have seen to release a color upgrade as soon as the game gear took off. of course there was the lynx two but 2 (actually 3) color competitors? it was crazy. I had a gameboy too but by 91 i was totally done with it, except for FF legend games. I thought the early batch of Nintendo made games, Tetris, Alleyway etc were ok, but Castlevania, TMNT and a few others were not very good. And i would read the gossip section of EGM in 93 94 95 96 and they always kept touting a color game boy around the corner, only for it to not happen. well it did in 1998?! Good Lord! People only keep defending Nintendo for one reason. The myth that they "Saved the gaming industry" combined with the fact that they are the longest running hardware manufacturer, this streak, legacy, what have you HAS to continue uninterrupted and be blindly defended at all costs. At least that is how I see it! Thanks for sharing your opinion!

[@aegisreflector1239]

@@GTV-Japan Yes i understand your point, and agree. Although i still like nintendo, because im a fan of art and videogames. Growing up n still now i owned and played nintendo products, however i was never blind to how their competitor's handhelds were just as good if not better than nintendos. Like i mentioned, i always had significantly more fun and impressed by the GG when compared to gameboy. Same with neo geo pocket color. It was imo a handheld that blew gameboy color out the water and could compete imo with the great gb advance,given more chance and time. Seriously, i would see and play neo geo pocket color n GG games and be hyped and impressed, and then see all the pokemon games that were so popular for GB n GB color n thinking how underwhelming they were compared to the other handhelds. Same again for PSP and DS, DS was great but PSP was amazing, and i would even say same with Vita and Switch. Switch is a great hybrid, but the vita imo was just as amazing and a better handheld, given the smooth controls and dpad, while switch has more gimmicky controls. Thank you for responding and your content!

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I kind of forgot about later competition that was up against essentially the game game boy from 1989. I can’t explain it. I loved the psp! Vita too. It was kinda expensive though but a great machine

[@MAIcrosoft]

Ah yes, the fetish Japanese have with actually working miniaturized versions of electronic devices lol

[@GTV-Japan]

yep. very neat, i say

[@MAIcrosoft]

@@GTV-Japan Yes indeed! But what I find amusing is that it's clearly targeted only for market Japanese market, but most people outside of the target market end up importing them and end up being disappointed as you can see in many reviews here on KZbin. Don't know if what I worded makes sense to you but you get what I mean right? It's like people getting mad over game franchises turning into Pachinko/Pachislot, but this has not only already been done since forever and people complaining about it are not even the target demographic meaning they will likely never deal with the actual product itself.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yep I get it totally! And English speaking KZbinrs also just naturally love to complain. Everything is a “dumpster fire” before they ever try it out.

[@analogmoz]

Really, it all makes sense: over the decades humans grow smaller and smaller. These micro machines reflect this.

[@brainfragment2975]

Lol handy..