Game Gear Micro / Nintendo Game & Watch Color Screen | Ashens

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Sega! Nintendo! Game Gear! Game & Watch! Only a few games! £40! £50! Why is this a thing? Where did we go wrong? Can I have a decent Game Gear remake please? No? Can I have a whole set of Game & Watch games? No? Oh.

[@TheRetroFuture]

Ah. I do love being teased with handhelds that have so much potential but turn out to be major disappointments.

[@bitemytail]

I'll get one of these mini consoles when they are better than my cheap Bluetooth controller + emulating on my phone. Which hasn't happened

[@eggsamillion]

I had a feeling you sent him these.

[@kleann]

hi the retro future

[@tagrauyoutube]

I purchased the game and watch because i love them so much and having the latest in the series was great for me, but i also was hoping it could be modded so i could put tetris on it

[@squirlmy]

@Enmity the Kindhearted Nintendo is actively hostile to such efforts. The fact that NES is easy to mod is entirely because of their efforts to make manufacturing cheap, including using as cheap components as possible. Nintendo could reasonably called a company that manages IP and produces gaming systems on the side. Their hostility was clear in the "mod" scene, even before the first emulators started coming out. They will scrounge the last penny they can out of any game or gaming system. They started as a company selling cards for gambling. Not trading, not for children: gambling. Addictive, legally questionable, gambling. This fact helps in understanding the company and how it acts.

[@dingdongbells3314]

That screen is so bright that it could ALMOST be used to illuminate the screen of a gameboy in the dark

[@thomasmcdougall8059]

Dull joke

[@daskamu]

Lol game boy fans getting butt hurt over this

[@TorutheRedFox]

not a GBA though you can shove it right up to a light that can illuminate two whole rooms and the screen still would be dim

[@KertaDrake]

@@TorutheRedFox You would also go blind from the reflection!

[@MartKencuda]

I didn't quite comprehend the scale of it until he showed the battery compartment.

[@MrMargaretScratcher]

Yep, those AAAs looked like AAs

[@Terrakinetic]

I used to dream of something like when I was 7 or 8 years old. 'If I only had a tiny game for my tiny hands that no teacher could notice.'

[@anonamatron]

And now. we have smartphones... How different school would have been if I had one of those to play with under my desk..

[@TheMailmanOfSteel]

The new Game and Watch is EXACTLY what I dreamed my original Game and Watch could be.

[@stormthrush37]

That's a good point. Just because this is too small for adult hands doesn't mean it'd be too small for kid hands.

[@sametto87]

Omg i was the same and i really like these tiny handhelds ;)

[@hypermecha223]

I used to dream of the same thing, like in the 70s I wished I had a tiny TV that I could watch anything I wanted on it. That's why even with phones, I still like to carry around a tiny little MP4 player with my favorite movies saved on it.

[@povilasstaniulis9484]

Quick Google shows these little GameGears have apparently been hacked already. They are basically tiny Linux boxes running some kind of emulator. Nintendo Game & Watch consoles have also been hacked, but those have really low-end hardware (an ARM micro instead of a real SoC, I guess due to their main purpose being a clock, not a gaming console) and it's only possible to replace their games, not add more.

[@dayoki8091]

So can it play Doom?

[@SunChipss]

Please link to both. It would be most appreciated, broski. I have a Blue GG Micro and I’m cool with Baku Baku and Sonic Chaos. I’d like to replace Sylvan Tale with Outrun and Gunstar Heroes with GG Shinobi.

[@MrGregory777]

Game and watch is not easy to hack. You will need special tools

[@tonybeattie3980]

Nintendo: We made a mini console. SEGA: Oh yeah, we’ll make a mini handheld! Ashens: It’s so small. Do you see? Do you see? DO YOU SEE?! DO YOU SEE?!

[@IvanovIvanAKrutoi]

*(Nintendo flags Ashens' channel with a copyright strike for too many unnecessary shoutings of the words "DO YOU SEE?!")*

[@Camelfacekamala]

.....It puts the lotion on the skin!

[@Offensive_Username]

It's a *micro* console, not mini.

[@mitchh3092]

Coming soon: Sega Saturn on a single grain of rice!

[@edwardthomson7366]

I do not see! It's too bloody small!

[@jmckendry84]

Imagine accidentally skipping to 5 minutes in and thinking that you were watching a normal-sized Game Gear being held by a giant

[@johnnyc.3261]

The “big window” is actually where you’re supposed to throw that thing out of too.

[@aterack833]

“On you go, to the big window in the sky”

[@rubiks_20]

It looks like a tv

[@Arthurzeiro]

Playing Shining Force games in that thing's screen must be peak 2020 suffering.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Especially if the battery life is similar to the old one.

[@Danominator]

I like how an official product from SEGA is useless enough that to be featured on this channel.

[@Mr-Cough]

Allow me to introduce myself

[@waltercomunello121]

fun fact: with a simple LED backlight mod and some good rechargeable NiMH AAs the Game Gear can last up to 10hrs fun fact #2: the aforementioned mod is NOT the McWill, which consumes more power than a friggin starter engine - in fact, even more current than the original screen setup. You can notice it by touching the screen after a while, it gets quite hot. It's a whole microcontroller that translates the VPU video output signals. fun fact #3: the GG SMPS was a work of art back in the days - understandably so, because the backlight was absolute crap and the system had to spare every last bit of power it could gather.

[@Skawo]

Thumbnail: the world's saddest DS.

[@villagingvilager8515]

lol

[@BlueOysterStan]

*epicest 😎

[@Jemar630]

😮 lol

[@mikeyowens8891]

True lol

[@novustalks7525]

And next to it a game and watch

[@philipcorner574]

I'm a big fan of using regular batteries rather than internal batteries, because in 20 years you'll still be able to play the GameGear Mini... you just won't want to.

[@DragoonBB]

Yeah but if you forgot about it and the battery leaks. Theirs a high chance you'll have nothing to play either.

[@wendyheatherwood]

Yeah, get yourself a battery charger and a couple of packs of rechargeable double and triple As and you're good. Proprietary batteries are terrible.

[@philipcorner574]

@@DragoonBB "I'll leave the batteries in because I'm going to use it tomorrow" 10 years later: "Aww nuts!"

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@DragoonBB True, though I've found it's sometimes easier to fix than replacing a Li-ion, unless the manufacturers were kind enough to use an common type with a connector rather than soldering it straight in.

[@masterfarr8265]

you know what they say, The phrase " Sega does what Nintendon't isn't always a good thing"

[@scorpius319]

That phrase always irked me as a Nintendo-playing kid.

[@DinoBunnyStudio]

I had an aneurism reading that wtf

[@danieldavis2055]

@@scorpius319 - Same. I may have been a child back in the day, but Sega's advertising still struck me as childish and off-putting.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@DinoBunnyStudio A lot of Sega's technically superior choices ended up being their undoing. Nintendo has always worked off of inexpensive, well-understood hardware to keep their consoles affordable to the point of making a profit off of initial sales. Sega, on the other hand, wanted to include the newest and best for the sake of being ahead of the competition. Sega no longer makes consoles because the combined failures of the Sega CD, Saturn, and Dreamcast meant that they lost a lot of money investing in doing what "the other guy's don't." Even the Game Gear was barely successful, because it cost three times as much as the Game Boy at the time and Nintendo was about to release it first in a smaller form factor and then with a color screen.

[@GmodPlusWoW]

The size of it is comically tiny, almost a laugh. It's like the Game Gear was a little too big, so later the guys behind this said "hold my sake" and made the Game Gear Micro with gibbons in mind. I mean, if gibbons had the wits to play with consoles, this weeny little thing would probably be perfect for their hands. Still, the Game & Watch Color is alright, even though it only holds a few ROMs where most mini consoles (official and unofficial) typically hold dozens.

[@heggy_69]

Lmao yeah, it's like the original designer heard people said the original was too big and went in the complete opposite direction

[@hgrunt100]

Oh man garry's mod and world of warcraft would be a fuckin nightmare lmao.

[@expendableindigo9639]

It's about the same size as the Game BOY Micro.

[@jareknowak8712]

I have a Tetris console which is 1/3 the size of this GG. Not joking.

[@BavarianM]

@@jareknowak8712 the fuck you're going to play Tetris alright in it

[@bluekewne]

The Game Gear one is more of the Japanese audience; there's a big thing for keychain/bag/purse charms (most of the gachapons are full of keychain charms) so I can see how it's marketed for the JPN audience.

[@Agamemnon2]

Indeed, I think you've been able to get little capsule toy versions of the Game Gear there for yeeeears, about the same size as the Micro.

[@Pikachu132]

@@Agamemnon2 Yep. Not just Game Gears, Game Boys and all kinds of controllers as well. Japan loves little dangly things they can attach to their stuff so it can hang there and look cool.

[@anonamatron]

They have a gachapon machine I see fairly regularly with tiny Sega consoles. I'm always tempted to buy one, but then I think "why the hell do I need a tiny bit of plastic that looks like a Saturn or Game Gear??" This thing looks like someone took one of those and said "what if this thing really played games??? that'd be cool!"

[@cheezdoodle96]

Suddenly I quite like the Game Gear Micro.

[@DirectorOfChaos9292]

It's still too effing small

[@farhadinho9]

I used to get blurred vision when playing my GBA micro for too long. I'll probably go blind playing that Game Gear micro.

[@ThatGuy-y2c]

Using a fresnel lens as a magnifier is like an expert level troll. You'd have a better product with an aspheric +1.00 diopter polycarbonate lens. Probably be easier to produce too.

[@madeupfred]

I was just about to say this.

[@LordZarano]

You can get some pretty decent credit card sized Fresnel magnifiers from AliExpress or Wish for about 10 for £1. I can't tell if this one looks terrible just because it's postage stamp sized or if it's bad quality or both, but 1.1x magnification is clearly not enough here.

[@aresx666]

you're right ashens, they did do a lot of gameboys in those colors lol

[@milesedgeworth132]

8:49

[@ash36230]

You don't know the pain of batteries until you've played an Atari Lynx

[@drwatson32bit]

This comment would really make more sense if the battery life were worse, at least markedly so, than the Game Gear.

[@Clay3613]

Doubles as a weapon!

[@goodall18]

If you are playing an atari lynx, the pain is implied.

[@namebrandmason]

I think Ashens made two videos about the Lynx a few years back.

[@SonicBoone56]

@@drwatson32bit right? The Lynx, despite being far more powerful, actually lasts longer on batteries.

[@spoonhanz]

Im watching this in portrait mode just like quibi intended.

[@JasperJanssen]

Who?

[@marcusborderlands6177]

@@JasperJanssen failed video streaming service that only had content in portrait mode

[@CptPrice23]

Jesus you know it’s small when it makes AAAs look big!

[@klg9549]

£50 is way too much for that "Game & Watch." Think about it: that's roughly the price of a Switch game!

[@Mireaze]

I'd take it over any switch game

[@klg9549]

@@Mireaze I guess you REALLY like Super Mario Bros. 1 and 2 then ...

[@Mireaze]

@@klg9549 yes, and there's already a lot of work going on to put more games onto it since it uses standard nes roms.

[@klg9549]

@@Mireaze I'm talking about it on it's own, as it is now.

[@garrkell]

For €60 it should have Super Mario Land 1/2/3, Mario Bros 1/2/3, Dr Mario, Super Mario kart, Super Mario World 1/2

[@TheBloodswordsman]

If I am to be buying a micro console - it has to be designed for me to play. I am buying these to play not just for collection.

[@jackkingsby116]

Yeah I find collections pointless if they serve no more than aesthetic purposes.

[@anasevi9456]

It's funny how Sega clearly only cares about the Japanese market for this megadrive era retrostuff, when the Japanese market barely gave a toss about the Megadrive and Gamegear back in those days. Why care about the markets that actually made them wildly successful amirite?

[@ZeKnife]

Just get a general 3rd party emulation device if you want it to be usable

[@squirlmy]

@@jackkingsby116 Take a look at eBay prices for the ZX Spectrum, especially compared to original price. They were designed to be made cheaply as possible, and it shows in its reliability, and like all electronics of its age, the capacitors often leak and destroy everything on the board, and yet... An Apple I is up on eBay right now for 1.5 million dollars. I sometimes consider buying two of small electronic items, just to keep one mint just in case it makes me a millionaire someday! ;)

[@jackkingsby116]

@@squirlmy wow that's a smart investment lol. I wish tech nowadays was more like the stuff of old. Sure it's better but I don't think a lot of this stuff is gonna have the same kind of sentimental value. Retro tech will always be cool to us future kids but modern stuff is boring. Ironically technology has come full circle where things are now too easy and we're looking at the past when things were hard with heart eye. Really crazy!

[@dawildbear]

Future Ashens the editor man is my favourite character in the ashens series.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Silver Skull is good and all, but Future Ashens the Editor Man is top tier.

[@KH12foreve]

I feel like this is a perfect representation of why Sega lost the console wars

[@juliamxd9614]

They sell this like a key chain that has a console built in not a mini console that you can use as a key chain

[@MrLeafsta]

The Sega City astro mini looks like a winner when released on the 17th of this month. Bezal support too. Clicky sticks too.

[@jerryjantola]

Intenet pedant: You're using the word "literally" wrong. Ashens: A screen _literally_ the size of a postage stamp. * literally covers the screen with an actual postage stamp *

[@TheHutchy01]

I mean it's not good when this piece of shit turns screen the size of a postage stamp from sarcastic aphorism to accurate description.

[@Alibm80]

5:17 Wibble Wobble ... Wibble Wobble ... Jelly on a plate ...

[@andrewhunt7328]

Wow makes me feel old 😂😂

[@PulledPurk]

Puyo is just Dr Robotniks mean bean machine

[@MrSomebodyStrange]

You HERETIC!!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . It's Kirby's Avalanche.

[@TaikoNoTetsujin]

You make Polybius sound like a good basis for an episode of Doctor Who...

[@DjVortex-w]

One thing that I wonder why they haven't thought of, and which I think might sell quite well: Customized mini-consoles. Customized with respect to which games it comes bundled with. In other words, you go to the company's website selling the mini-console, it has a huge list of old-timey games that the console supports, each game has a particular price (like 10 cents, or 20 cents, or whatever), you click on the checkbox of each game you want, and then you order it and pay the total, and they send the mini-console bundled with the games you chose.

[@Pikachu132]

What would be the point of that? It would be MORE expensive to produce personalized versions for each customer than to just toss every game on every console, so you'd literally be paying extra for the option of recieving less.

[@DjVortex-w]

@@Pikachu132 Yeah, because nobody in the history of humanity has ever paid for a customized product.

[@Pikachu132]

@@DjVortex-w The point is that it IS more expensive to prepare and send out a system loaded with your personalized rom collection picked from a list than it is to just send out one of the 10 000 pre-prepared systems you have in your storage. You're literally saying you want to pay someone to REMOVE specific roms from your system so you get LESS. It costs them literally nothing to just give you everything instead of removing the specific ones you don't want. People that pay for customized things pay for certain extras that actually cost the manifacturer extra as well. Already licensed roms cost nothing.

[@andybrown4284]

I remember finding out that my grandparents still turned off their fridge overnight just in case it caught fire, this was the mid 90's. Still have a couple of old game and watches that are still going strong

[@Scarfysmom]

Haven't checked in on you in a few years, glad to see you're still kicking it Ashens!

[@krashd]

A Game & Watch featured in the movie K-9, James Belushi was always playing it and in the final scene he pretended it was a bomb trigger.

[@user-gk4jp6lt2b]

“Super 53 in 1” I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@ShadowStarkiller]

Stuart: I'm sure many of you are watching and going "Aw, I really want one of those." Me: OMG someone actually BOUGHT that tiny thing?

[@vustvaleo8068]

I guess the Nintendo Sega wars still lives on in one shape or form.

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

it's devolved into sega just tossing pebbles at nintendo's windows, hoping to disturb their sleep.

[@Roboshi2007]

They shrunk down to fight, just like that transformers AU

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@Roboshi2007 That could refer to a couple of different storylines, but they actually did that in the main toyline - they started with Micromasters taking the place of the larger bots and then had the Beast Wars where the robots were roughly human size.

[@Roboshi2007]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio There's an AU were the transformers never left cybertron until the energy crisis got so bad they had to fight proxy wars using smaller bots.

[@jesusmckraken]

Just watched Polybius Heist. Loved it Mr. Ashens. Well done to all involved.

[@Lukeno52]

What we need is something based on the Nomad rather than the Game Gear - but with backwards compatibility for Game Gear games.

[@HawaiianKong]

I loved my Nomad. Playing Vectorman in the car was the coolest thing in the world back in the day

[@Dant2142]

So, essentially a portable Analogue Mega SG? I'd be all for that. I suspect the Analogue Pocket would get pretty close though.

[@fizzyBLACKpop]

Thanks Ashens! I followed the advice you gave me on Twitch and ate ALL the pears. I had a very poorly belly. 10/10 would do again.

[@theoriginalKland]

Both of these fail due to the lack of included games. This isn't 1985 and it costs next to nothing to add roms to the game systm.

[@Stephen__White]

Nintendo has a great excuse though, just get a Switch and it's online service and the only game you aren't getting is the actual Game and Watch game that let's face it no one is going to play for more than 5 minutes these days.

[@theoriginalKland]

@@Stephen__White It's the principal of it.

[@CayugaKing]

Love how nintendo forgot the built-in stand on the game and watch for 50 quid🙄

[@Vokabre]

If there was a stand it actually sorta would've worked as an alarm clock

[@VinceR3000]

ha, I was wondering the same thing, I remember they came with a metal kick stand on the back. Would have been nice if you're going to put it on a shelf and show the clock

[@Vokabre]

I recall also reading that unless running with external power the clock screen automatically turns off after a short time, so another minus for the clock usage (original Game&Watch barely required any power for the tiny lcd clock they had)

[@Milamberinx]

@@Vokabre yep, I tried that with my very own yesterday. I haven't tried it with USB plugged in though.

[@Dekomata]

My biggest complaint is where tf is the alarm clock?

[@Balasca]

I'm looking forward to the Dreamcast mini that breaks my heart and runs on my tears.

[@Milamberinx]

Sega will make a few hundred thousand of them and just cart them straight to landfill, never bothering to let it live.

[@TheVirtuoso883]

With a mini VMU that fully works but is the size of your thumbnail

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@TheVirtuoso883 Given that the mini consoles have full-sized or at least 3/4 sized controllers, I'd expect a VMU to be smaller but not that much.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@Miles Prower Nothing pre-loaded, and it's not compatible with the original, so it's just sorta... there. Sure, it works, but there's nothing to connect it to.

[@designwithdaniel]

I thought including a range of Game & Watch games would be their first thought. That's a shame.

[@david12278]

Considering it was just made for the mario anniversary and only using the game and watch design for nostalgia I'm not surprised it's just one game and watch game on there

[@TheKrensada]

4:15 you got a volume control, you got a HEAD phone jack..

[@richardmullens4707]

Oh......

[@SsnakeBite]

the Game Gear Micro is real fucking cute and all but it really does feel like a piss take when there are tons of people who genuinely would love to have a modern version of a Game Gear that doesn't take up as much room, has a quality modern screen, doesn't eat up batteries like chips and comes with built-in games so you don't have to carry dozens of cartridges around. This is the kind of stuff these "mini" systems are really made for, especially since the Game Gear is a bit on the obscure side these days, and good luck finding a working one for sale, not to mention the games, and good luck being able to afford them. It's sad that emulation remains the best option for most people.

[@InfernosReaper]

I mean, to be real, people could just build their own emulation handheld that can emulate several systems and hundreds of games for the money just one of those stupid things costs. There even are kits for it that still cost less than one of these systems. That's just how much of a ripoff these mini-systems are

[@Stephen__White]

Emulation will always be the best option to play old games because you can have the Game Gear/Gameboy/NES/Genesis-Mega Drive/SNES all on one place. These mini consoles will NEVER be able to offer that.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@Stephen__White They could, but they have less storage space than a computer from the mid-90s

[@Stephen__White]

@@InfernosReaper See thing is you will very likely never see an official Mini console with all of those consoles in one system, and even if that does somehow happen you won't get every single game. That's my point. It wouldn't matter if they put a few terabytes of storage into a mini console, unless you want to hack it and put things onto it yourself you won't get everything in one place from an official product. It would just be far to costly to license all the old games that were not first party.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@Stephen__White It honestly dumb that anyone should have to license 20+ old media in the first place. Of course, that's a problem with the copyright laws. They started reasonable enough, but a lot of extensions got tacked on over the years, especially when Disney, a company that made bank off remaking public domain works, was about to lose copyright over Mickey Mouse. Gotta love greedy companies and lobbying. But anyway, why does anyone need anything *official* for doing *all* of the games ever anyway? There are plenty of good kits for Pi computers. Official things really shouldn't just be cheapass emulation boxes anyway. They be actual hardware made smaller & more energy efficient using the 20+ years of technological advancement.

[@zongzoogly4549]

Me:"Ah it doesn't seem *that* small, it would be a bit awkward but I think I could get used to-..." Ashens: "Here's the battery compartment" *wherein the AAA batteries seem to be the size of AA* Me: "Oh..."

[@redknight4]

dr. robotnick's mean bean machine is the western mod of puyo puyo 2

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

And the offbrand version of Kirby's Avalanche for the SNES.

[@GigglingChinchilla]

I'm surprised and at the same time not surprised at all that Ashens still has a postage stamp laying around.

[@Milamberinx]

What one Earth does that mean? Postage stamps are extremely useful for... you know... posting things.

[@GigglingChinchilla]

@@Milamberinx I know. But I don't know too many people who still send letters or packages with stamps. When I send a package I go to a store and they put the postage on it. Maybe it's an age difference, but I havent had to use a postage stamp for years.

[@gwishart]

You have to go to a store to send parcels?! Are there no post boxes in your country?

[@redrumtm3435]

The man has an old, dusty brown sofa. Of course he has postage stamps just waiting to be used.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@GigglingChinchilla It's a lot more convenient to have stamps on hand to put on your bills and such when you pay them than to take a stack of envelopes to the office to have them print them out.

[@viscountalpha]

The smb game and watch is really quite awesome. I love mine.

[@thegreatcalvinio]

Good thing scalpers and bots have made getting a Game & Watch easy to get...

[@RetroRespawn]

Yeah I bought mine with zero trouble after release, from Amazon at RRP. Ironically the ebay prices that scalpers are listing at, are coming down gradually, as they've realised that theres no particular shortage this time around. Mind you... They'll be back with a vengeance when Nintendo takes them off the shelves in March.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I got mine super easy by walking into a store and buying it. They're apparently being made to keep up with demand, they just won't be available after March next year.

[@RetroRespawn]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio exactly this!

[@TheMailmanOfSteel]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Guess I'll pick up a second to keep in the package unopened...

[@shaun1353]

I remember having something called a master gear. It was a master system extension for the game gear that allowed full size MS carts to play on the GG. It was awesome for the evenings when the one colour tv in the house was commandeered for eastenders and I wanted me some psycho fox

[@IvanovIvanAKrutoi]

Alright, now where's that review of the full-sized C64 and the ZX Spectrum Next?

[@patio87]

I remember when the gameboy micro came out always thought it looked amazing, never got one but still want one now for some reason.

[@scotteverett7834]

Is that RetroAhoy narrating the Polybius Heist trailer in the middle???

[@offender0]

It 100% is. Sadly that's all he does, he isn't in the movie IRRC

[@novustalks7525]

I bought the game and watch and I love it. It’s such a neat and charming retro device and ideally they would release a whole line of them maybe even the dual screen models but oh well

[@JC_303]

15:20​ the Japanese version of Super Mario Bros. 2

[@woaioppai4022]

A Japan focused release makes sense, as the Japanese (Girls) are used to handle very small things. In Africa, nobody would even know what to do with something so small.

[@jimmyhopkins1]

my wife hates me but atleast i can watch ashens and cry

[@CarrotConsumer]

Your wife hates me too, it's okay.

[@badger5008]

It looks like you can listen to Radiohead and cry as well.

[@DedicatedAngler]

I hate my wife

[@fauster2850]

@@badger5008 godspeed and silver mt zion have some good songs to cry to

[@fisheatbrocoli3696]

I come here because I want to remember my old days. Ashens is the only youtuber I know that keep his style since the beginning. No fancy here and there. Just the same old Ashens. This is why I love him

[@biscuitsalive]

If the artist formally known as “Prince” wants a games console.... XD

[@CaptainCrazyble]

Hahaha nice one

[@cosmicjenny4508]

The anniversary Game & Watch seems more of a better buy than that line of Game Gear Micro... At least you can PLAY the games properly with the G&W!

[@fattiger6957]

$60 for two nes roms in a fancy case still isn't that enticing for anyone who isn't an insane collector.

[@Wuerfel21]

Although playing SMB1 is like, the lowest bar there is. The sheer amount of ways to play that one game is astonishing. SMB2/lostlevels is a bit more rare, but only because no one cares about that one.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

@@fattiger6957 It's enticing to my dad who like Mario and hasn't been able to play it since I took the NES with me when I moved out for college. He refuse to play a system with more than 2 buttons and a D-pad because he's afraid it will be too much to keep up with. And to be fair, since the Game & Watch came out in 1980, this is really meant for an older audience to begin with.

[@fattiger6957]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Even for people with heavy nostalgia, paying so much for so little should be an immediate turn off.

[@RetroYoungen]

Not gonna lie, love my SMB G&W. I was waiting for a seat at the poker room near me, and I could play SMB properly (emulation on my Android phone is nice, but the tangible buttons make it worth it for me). After that, having the clock on (sometimes) while I played poker was wonderful and kind of calming.

[@Malandrin]

spawn wave reviewed this ages ago, but I dont care because of ashens comments are always on spot and makes it so much better

[@Mandalore06]

I feel like this is Nintendo and Sega responding to those stupid little arcade machines that are too small to play.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

It is.

[@deku812]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio perhaps, but as I noted, the Game & Watch is correct to their original size, they were meant to be played at that size.

[@KertaDrake]

If they REALLY wanted to make a joke out of it, they should have made it a bit more powerful and shoved Sonic '06 on it.

[@robertsides3626]

I can hear the moans of agony coming from my battery drawer every time the Game Gear appears on screen. That thing committed more ritualistic sacrifices than the Aztecs. Now we just need the Virtual Boy micro.

[@ItsRickysChannelSHORTS]

Hmm.. so after all these years, it seems as though Nintendo & Sega are now getting into that Pop Station action.

[@joshlunt7827]

Outrun is a great game! Played it at a hotel in Blackpool once 😁

[@fattiger6957]

Had the GG mini been the same size of a og gba, it would have been perfect. The Game & Watch is a complete ripoff for what you get. I could get a Genesis Mini this weekend for the price of the Game & Watch. Both of these are some of the worst examples of companies cashing-in on collector's nostalgia. Even worse than Sony half assing the PS1 Classic. At least you can hack that.

[@TheHutchy01]

I wanted one of those Game and Watches right up to the price because it fulfills a niche in my life that exists but at like £15-20 not that much.

This was just reuploaded (probably as a mistake) and I watched it all and got this uneasy feeling that I've already seen it. Lo and behold, here it is!

[@Vokabre]

I'd imagine the only redeeming factor for the Game Gear Micro would've been an ability to connect it to hdmi.

[@zzoinks]

It seems so cute. I feel like if there was a bigger, playable Game Gear Micro, Sega could still make this cute, tiny replica just for fun. They could keep making the playable version and a toy version (without electronics) which is cheaper. I think a toy version would be fun to carry around with keys and fiddle with without worrying about damaging an expensive collectors item. It could be a cute watch, keychain light, play some chiptune Sega tunes, FM radio and MP3 player. If the controls were improved, could it be a mini Bluetooth controller for smartphones? (just some random ideas) Maybe that could ruin the collectability of the collectors version, but I'm sure it would still be very unique.

[@queazocotal]

Screen casting over wifi even might be acceptible.

[@Webshooters1]

@@zzoinks I was excited when they announced these Game Gear Micros hoping it would be in the vein of those smaller retro consoles but with modern advances like the NES/SNES Classic/Sega Genesis/PS Classic but when I saw just how small they were (and the fact they were exclusive to Japan) I was saddened. I owned a Game Gear myself back in the day and had a few games like X-Men Mojo World. I still want a Game Gear Classic that's smaller than the original brick but with the better backlit screen, rechargeable battery, maybe even an HDMI port so it could be played on the TV and perhaps an MP3 player for the hell of it.

[@curtmack]

"But you know, I still have a bunch of Game Gear cartridges. If only I could play them on a more modern device..." Announcing the next Ashens movie: Ashens and the Analogue Pocket Conspiracy.

[@TheDarkQueen89]

When I first saw these I thought it was just a non function miniature replica of the Game Gear. Imagine if Nintendo did a Game Boy Mini.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I'd like to see a Game Boy Classic the size of a Game Boy Pocket but with however many built-in games, backlit color display, and rechargeable.

[@PupRiku]

Stuart's Game Gear is the most pristine one I've ever seen...I've never owned one but I love the games, hope Sega release a better one over here.

[@speedwaynutt]

Fun fact Ashen Reuploaded this video because he thought it never got posted.

[@dennisbowen452]

Phew that's a relief. I woke up this morning thinking oh boy a day off and a new ashens video but it was deleted like 2 minutes in and I was sad

[@jnerdsblog]

The point of the Nintendo one was it's a Mario 35th anniversary thing. That said, an all-in-one game and watch (incl. the double-screen games) would be AMAZING

[@john_toss]

There’s one left in stock at a GameStop 30 miles away from me. Should I go for it?

[@Alanphuphalee]

Watch the whole video first

[@john_toss]

@@Alanphuphalee 4:17

[@ComputerBladet]

Highly doubt you will use it. It looks nice and thats fine but really... expensive and to small screen.

[@hyliandragon5918]

Yeah, as long as you're actually going to play the games.

[@tncorgi92]

Better get it before GameStop closes for good.

[@johnbeer4963]

Hey ashens: You sound like a man who knows his old gadgets. As a child of the 80s, I really miss AA batteries in things. Especially now that Eneloop rechargeables are actually better than all but the most expensive alkalines... Perhaps i'm not alone. I like that Sega went for the AAAs, shame they made it so small though. It's definitely a japanese market thing.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I've found some pretty good AAA rechargeables, but regrettably can't find them at the moment.

[@Vokabre]

When even comparing GBA SP and GB Micro it really is a shame that the Micro is a bit.. too Micro, it has the best screen compared to even the SP, but it's just a bit too small.

[@Vode_ika]

Check out the second version of the SP with the much better backlit screen.

[@TheTurnipKing]

They had about umpteen million other GBA models by that point. The Micro was pretty much just a tail-end novelty.

[@coyoteartist]

The clock bit is quite well stocked with cool little tidbits according to The Easter Egg Hunter. There's like 35 things that happen at different times. He did a video shwoing them all.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

There are actually a few more beyond what he showed. Someone lost count somewhere.

[@coyoteartist]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio cool. I'd like to get me one of them if I ever see one.

[@AA-hi6os]

This channel watches like a Peep Show episode. It’s bloody brilliant.

[@joshuascholar3220]

That was the REAL, Japanese Mario 2 that they didn't release here. I was expecting the American Mario 2, which was also a great game (called Doki Doki Panic in Japan - and didn't use Mario characters).

[@jmckendry84]

Good spot! I had to double check I'd remembered this correctly, but the Japanese Mario 2 was eventually released in Europe and North America as "The Lost Levels" on the Super Mario Allstars cartridge.

[@nicklandkroon8182]

What I wanna know is how anyone can pay £40 for that?!?! £14 more like it...

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Just because it's small doesn't mean it's any less complicated to manufacture.

[@jmckendry84]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio and it probably wasn't made in massive quantities that would allow them to drive the price way down, either.

[@thelakeman2538]

I mean at this point these companies probably know that the people who would be playing these games today are most likely just gonna emulate them or buy them in virtual console (and in the case of Sega they have the whole Sega forever thing on mobile), so they instead just target their hardcore fans who will buy these just for the sake of collecting them.

[@Aalborg42]

The Game and watch is Nice. But I cancled my order. I already own a few time pieces.. and those 3 games on it is a piss take.

[@Nancy-hy5so]

Wish I bought the Zelda game n watch when they were Walmart. The Easter eggs in Mario one is cool love the infinity lives by holding down the A button at the beginning of the title screen and the part where it sings while telling you how to draw Mario's face that will come up by holding the a button in the clock screen.

[@Black_Revue]

Segs: Let's make the MOST unplayable Classic Console on the Market. Sony: You'll be sorry...

[@carrissasky5635]

Finally, Sega outdid Sony on something.

[@Armed2Ninja]

I don't get that could you explain?, is it reference to the psp or the psp go?

[@spanner7576]

@@Armed2Ninja could be about the PlayStation classic I think that one was pretty bad.

[@graumail]

I would put up with the ridiculous size if the shining force games were in English. Love me some shining force

[@RocketRoosterFilms]

Still, I am happy to hear that Nintendo provided a quality product, physically, far above the competition once again!

[@TheGreatestPlayerInTheWorld]

I remember buying this in 1992 happy days 😍 although I only played it with plugged in as batteries 🔋 died in like 10 minutes 😂

[@erectilereptile7383]

Here before Justin Y.

[@cinnamonbeardstud]

Would totally get a reboot or mini game gear. The fact it was full color and mobile was absolutely insane for the time, and completely worth the cost of batteries. Just like early laptops with those massive battery packs, by today's standard yeah pain in the ass but for the time absolutely mind-blowing. It was the only sega thing I used and even though I sucked at the games I loved it.

[@retr0life]

In the meantime, this console has already been hacked and you can play DOOM on it.

[@wi_.franck._8305]

That sofa is a piece of history hahhahaha

[@ekoturnip]

Fact : Play this at half speed and Stuart sounds like he's had 10 pints. Pointless but amuses me.

[@andrewhunt7328]

Maybe the mini micro has made ashens turn to drinking 🥴🥴

[@AWellesley]

The Game Gear screen may be rubbish today but at the time it was amazing compared to the competition. Colour! Backlit! The alternative was the mono OG game boy. I know which one of the two I wanted as a kid.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

The main issue with the Game Gear besides its slightly blurry screen and short battery life was its price. It cost 3 times as much as a Game Boy in 1993 ($149.99 vs $49.99). Then the Game Boy Color came out and the Game Gear was officially dead.

[@AWellesley]

​@@OtakuUnitedStudioYou're correct about the price, I said I /wanted/ it, not that I ever actually owned one as a kid.

[@David315842]

2020 continues to disappoint says Ashens, oh and go watch my new film! That's basically this whole video.

[@theoldone22]

fusion of the Game Boy and Game Gear is being worked on, it's called the Analogue Pocket. It plays Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, Neo Geo Pocket Color, and Atari Lynx games. No word on yet on if they plan to add GameKing or WonderSwan Color support.

[@hypurban]

What kind of subhuman animal accidentally reuploads this video 8 months later, then deletes it when realizing their mistake????

[@The-Pizza-Zone]

Apparently, KZbin told him it had never actually properly uploaded. Of course once he learned it HAD properly uploaded, well, no need for the same video twice

[@Mireaze]

I would kill for a full set of gamegear micros