Top Ten Must Have Game Gear Games

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[@opafritzsche]

Things you miss: Defenders of Oasis ( RPG, Round Based Fight, very niche Story ), AxeBattler ( Style of Zelda II Adventure, very well made ). Crystal Warriors ( Round Based Strategic Fight System, very nice made ).

[@ultimosis]

This list is fantastic! You've really done your homework! I always go crazy that people talk about SMS ports on the Game Gear and not the more original games like the FANTASTIC Power Strike 2...and there it was, the first game! Love it.

[@NiGHTS1980]

I love the Game Gear...

[@waverazor]

I love playing those power ranger game gear games, so easy to pick up and play. It's like a fighting game with some beat em up elements

[@UseTheSupeRsonic]

the special moves were so fun to pull off and they had a really satisfying noise when you hit enemies, sounded like digital bones cracking.

[@TyTye]

I still love all the Shining Force games. I wish SF3 would get a localised Steam release

[@JoshNieporte]

I loved playing Shining Force: The Sword of Hajya at night with headphones in. I know I gotta be up for school in 3 hours, but screw it.

[@24tommyst]

You have great taste, Josh.

[@VixXstazosJOB]

How did You manager the mean early clases? Those are a b#tch to deal with if you're not well rested.

[@jamesaitchison9478]

Nice list, and a strong line up of games shows just how good the Game Gear was as a Hand Held Games machine.

[@heilong79]

Some of the graphics are amazing for a handheld of the time.

[@returnedtheslab2126]

The backlight was innovative too

[@nemobubu]

⁠and the battery life. Joking. Love this console

[@RetroGamingLangers]

Agreed I struggle to choose between the gameboy, Game Gear and Atari Lynx at the time and got a game gear Christmas of 1991 I ever looked back yes the gameboy has better battery life and a lot more titles but the game gear will always have a special place in my heart…… playing shinobi 🥷 while watching jet on gladitiors on a Saturday night come on which teenage boy didn’t have a think for Jet 😂😂

[@Reshyrah]

I can definitely appreciate the time that went into making this video but there is one glaring omission here and it's RoboCop vs The Terminator. This Sega Game Gear port is hands down my favorite version. The graphics mimic those found on Genesis, the music is distinct and memorable.. even the occasional voice sample makes it into the game. Packed with 15 levels full of secret areas, hidden lives and weapons.. this is one game I always come back to. Seriously, it should have made this list.

[@xalba5245]

Solid list! I agree very much. But I would say that although Sonic Chaos looks definitively better, the first GG Sonic is the best designed and balanced Sonic game ever made by Sega. A masterpiece.

[@RetroGamingLangers]

I loved that game yeah agreed 👍🏻

[@T0m0zuki]

There are a lot of great games for GG. Road Rash, Jurassic Park, Batman Returns, Lemmings and some others are also worth playing.

[@mellowdude5476]

I feel like the exclusive tails games and battletoads would make the list.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Will Have to check these out man. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@diegog1853]

I don't know if puting some of the most expensive japanese imports as must have is really fair, since most game gear collectors can't have them and might be a long time to get them when they start collecting. To me what separates a must have list from a best games list is that the former is more akin to what every collector should realistically have in their game gear collection, they MUST have these games. There are a ton of 5 dollar GG games that I think everyone should have or search for. Cool list regardless.

[@JimHarrisonFilm]

Did anyone ever play Popils? It was an incredible puzzle game, but I never see it it any best of lists. It was also one of the only Game Gear games to have battery-backup enabled saving.

[@obiiWan7]

I had that game as a kid. Amazing game, among the best GG games together with GG Shinobi and Sonic

[@feiwong3634]

I still have it since childhood, I LOVE Popils, one of the best puzzle games I've played. I spent like thousands of hours on it, and creating stages was addicting as hell. Fun Fact about it: it was made by Bubble Bobble creator.

[@RetroGamingLangers]

Awesome game that

[@tomevil6]

Thank you for adding Panzer Dragoon mini! It is missing from most Game Gear top game lists.

[@tan_nerd07]

i'm not a h u g e fan of the game, because while, yes, it's very technically impressive, the gameplay is lacking and the homing shots just straight up one-shots anything you aim at

[@ThePerro]

I still have my game gear though it probably doesn't work but loved it! Especially loved the Sonic and Shinobi games that came out for it

[@ss8512]

Gamegear was ahead of its time. If i remember it was like 180-200 dollars which was alot back then.

[@kentawong9439]

Sailor Moon was by far my favourite platformer in this system; my sister's was Woody Pop

[@SamuelWei]

great video. my childhood !

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@the1ucidone]

Great list. But you missed one important game in my opinion. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I'm not kidding you. That game is a freaking masterpiece. So many cool moves and a solid cast of Power Ranger choice. Everyone plays slightly different and your Zords really help bring the action to life. I highly recommend Power Rangers on the Game Gear.

[@figment1988]

Both games are good but the movie adaptation didn't require the unlocking of Tommy because he was already available by default in the main story

[@figment1988]

@matt sort of. especially since the game is basically the same as the regular MMPR game

[@figment1988]

@matt the first part of the game is based on Season 2 when Lord Zedd took over as the villain, while the last few stages are adapted from the movie.

[@reagandow850]

Don’t know how I missed this video but damn! What a great collection of games for the game gear!!

[@RetroKingPin]

I love the content That Video Games Show! Keep it up!

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks retro!

[@LukesGamePage]

Nice one, very informative. I don't know that much about the Game Gear and been looking to play some more stuff in the near future, so saved your video for reference :-)

[@BlUsKrEEm]

Chaos over Tripple Trouble? To each their own I guess

[@korbendallas7181]

5:17 holy had a version of this on a blackberry pearl in 2005/6ish. Just like it. WILD

[@nomanshaikh9173]

Good list but also need a Bundle of Double AA Batteries for GG because it is also Battery Drain machine.

[@rustymixer2886]

Great video

[@PhilJLF]

I sold my game gear that was used for 80$ on eBay, I bought it brand new at Toys R us because it had color and the game boy didn’t, didn’t know how much better the graphics were until i played it.... everyone at school had a game boy though lol 😂 I think I was the only one with a game gear.... when the kid got the gamegear in the mail (one of my prized possessions since a child) / should have kept it ... he was so happy wrote the best review lol, I think I threw in miss Pac-Man, sonic 2, and taz goes to mars

[@sloppynyuszi]

It was a difficult portable system, but I couldn't get a TV in my room, so this was the best option. Plugged it into the wall and didn't have to disturb my family trying to watch TV

[@Kunio_Chile]

very great games of list, but I missed some really good ones like Asterix,Psychic World, Aladdin, Master of Darkness, Devilish, Mortal Kombat II, Ristar, Dynamite Headdy and Wonderboy. It is an incredible handheld that I still enjoy a lot in my free time.

[@withbravado1548]

Really enjoyed this video. I wanted a Gamegear when I was a kid, but never got one.

[@zackspiker_]

I had FF Special, it makes me very happy to see it here.

[@patrickmurphy9470]

I just found a Game Gear recently but it needs to be recapped. Can’t wait to fix it and start my collection.

[@rafaelraad555]

Excellent list

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@b-radvideoshow4737]

Awesome !! Just got my GG recapped. I have about 50 games for it.

[@JacobSegaNerd]

Batman Returns belongs on this list, considering its more forgiving than its Master System counterpart and plays insanely well for a port.

[@SkillJim]

Great vid dude! Love the game gear! Nice pick with Woody Pop, used to love that game back in the day, so fun to play, Shinobi 2 is awesome too! Will have to check out Panzer Dragoon Mini, heard of it before but never checked it out :)

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks Skill! Dude thanks for suggesting Woody Pop would never have heard of it other wise!

[@user-pv9pv4xf9c]

I agree that as someone who's been gaming since the NES, and has a pretty big retro game collection, IMO the Shining Force series is the number one hidden-gem franchise. TBH most older games do not hold up with what we have today. Nostalgia is a powerful drug that tricks our perceptions, but the Shining Force series produced some amazing turn based strategy games for any Fire Emblem fans out there looking to expand their horizons.

[@TheyCallMeBruce13]

The OG Shining Force is my #1 all-time favorite Genesis game. Just an absolute masterpiece.

[@thirdsupernova]

What is the intro music and outro music. I feel like I heard the intro music before, maybe Elevator Action?

[@oldmenwithnewguns5997]

Excellent list, never heard of panzer dragoon mini.

[@zosxavius]

The best game on GG was Phantasy Star. Once you got the master system converter LOL. I played that game to death and probably beat it 3x. Man those enemy graphics were AMAZING. I am truly sad that Road Rash did not make this list. I played that so much on GG.

[@woodeyelyegaming1401]

My favorite game gear game is actually a sports game, Evander Holyfield boxing. Awesome game!

[@davidhiram8045]

Excellent selection you only missed Sylvant Tale

[@Sinisteve]

Just bought myself a modded game gear with the mcwill screen, had no idea woody pop was an breakout clone so just ordered it, devilish is another good game in the genre

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Ooo nice! Woody pop is such a good time, you won't be disappointed =) Thanks for watching.

[@Sinisteve]

That Video Games Show £6.50 boxed delivered from cex, can’t go wrong ha

[@cinnamondan4984]

Fatal Fury Special on GameGear is wow

[@Friedchunk]

Top video! Happy to have quite a few of these in my collection. I would love to add Power Strike 2, but it's crazy expensive these days 🥲

[@R1SKbreaker]

What is the closing music at the end of the video?

[@rollinthunder8671]

The crazy thing about this is a Game Gear is Just a Game Boy Advance if Sega had just develop the technology more to use less batteries Sega would be living in a completely different situation

[@mastercheapgamer278runners9]

They could have make Shinobi II: Silent of Fury in Mega Drive too. I know I usually like the Shinobi series in a long time but I think it should've belong here. On the Mega Drive, they had The Revenge of Shinobi and Shinobi 3, these only 2 games in this system.

[@segafan5188]

I wish there would be a game gear 2 not the micro

[@loranfrank4403]

What is the awesome game music I hear 16secs in the video

[@SylveonTrapito]

Excelent choice of games! Maybe the battery life is a big problem, but the game catalog Is beautifull.

[@borrellipatrick]

Most of the games on the list aren't on the virtual console for 3ds. Makes me think that sega/Nintendo should've pushed it more 😅 Love the game gear shining force game, have that on my 3ds

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Shining Force is such a great game on the system! Haha I'm up for more GG games on the shop!

[@masenkostar]

Because 3/10 on list weren’t released in America

[@stubbwinkley4015]

I can’t believe these graphics are from games on a handheld in the mid 90s

[@SharifSourour]

Always love your taste!

[@aryinc]

the gg has such good graphics. nintendo 8bit and gg 8bit are a true diffrence. gg almost looks like 16bit compared to nes.

[@sloppynyuszi]

The game gear can display more colours than the Mega Drive. Just can't handle as many sprites, parallax layers or resolution. Fantasy Zone on game gear really shows off the colour capabilities

[@aryinc]

@@sloppynyuszi the pallet is bigger. but not on screen, gamegear always amazed me graphic wise. a very special system. it will never and could never outdo a genesis graphic wise. genesis tough was kinda poor on colours, just 64 and mostly 30 or some or screen.

[@kitsunemetal]

i never really played the game gear but i played the saturn version of Panzer dragon on the music is so good.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Totally agree man, the music in the Saturn version of Panzer was truly epic!

[@mastercheapgamer278runners9]

I've never heard of that too but I hope it's worth playing on the Game Gear.

[@woodeyelyegaming1401]

One time I was playing, sonic 3 maybe? on my game gear on the way to the family cabin and I got to the final boss fight and the batteries died! I was sooo pissed off that I never played that game again lol

[@cupcakesuwu1995]

Sonic 3...? That never released for the Game Gear, it was a Genesis exclusive. You probably were playing Sonic Chaos or Sonic Triple Trouble.

[@9ElevenGamer]

Defenders of Oasis!

[@RetroGamingLangers]

Awesome game 👍🏻😎

[@detectingretro6313]

Decent list that

[@matthewclear4936]

Tails sky patrol. Japanese exclusive and obscure, is maybe the shoot em up game for the gg

[@arcadeslum5882]

Devilish was the best game made for the game gear, extremely underrated.

[@elgoog-the-third]

Panzer Dragoon is definitely a game I wouldn't have put on that list, but eh. Very nice list otherwise!

[@TheOfficialLilC]

Does anyone know the name of the name and/or artist of the song played at the end in 9:09?

[@BILLTHORPE]

Never heard of Sonic Choas!

[@yannisbskt]

I LOVE Game Gear. Happy 2021

[@역사잼]

Um nice collection

[@jonathanbetenbender307]

6:00 did you say mini mouse. In any case good vid

[@tracytang7422]

What song is the outro from? :)

[@evanti4959]

A like your list, but there are a vary good game miss: Power Rangers mighty morphin, X-Men Legacy, Terminator, mk2, Sonic triple trouble, dragon Crystal, psichico world, ristar,tails Adventure, both Asterix. Fatal Fury Is on my top 10. Year After year i bought around 60-80 games for my GG. Ooh almost forget out run

[@masenkostar]

Half of these games weren’t even released in America

[@TobeyStarburst]

Which ones?

[@Paul_Digital_island]

whats the song at the end of the video ?????

[@superduty4556]

I loved my game gear but my parents hated my battery needs. They didn't believe me how awful it was on power.

[@figment1988]

Thank goodness for warehouse stores that sold batteries in bulk.

[@SupaBubbaMusic]

What’s the song in the outro?

[@v1nag3r]

I love sonic triple trouble and game gear

[@antoinedodsonsbandana5856]

8:26 Why the hell did you name your character "goronsex"?! 😂😂😂

[@dj2bklyn]

I have every game

[@kjhansonkjhanson6643]

yess shining force shout out the best

[@alexmorpheus6762]

Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict ❤

[@doaflip4176]

What's the outro music

[@taskanawa9604]

super monaco gp 2 and terminator 2 is good to

[@doaflip4176]

There's a fan remake of sonic chaos

[@admiralAlfonso9001]

The game gear could have probably done a lot better if the battery life was better

[@rubenhazuky890]

I love game gear the best

[@onaretrotip]

Good picks, James. I never got on with Panzer Dragoon Mini personally.

[@thatvideogamesshow]

Thanks mate, thanks for watching =) True, one of the guys who watch mentioned you are getting rid of some of your DC games! Message me on twitter if your still getting rid of them man. @thevgshow

[@onaretrotip]

They're actually long gone I'm afraid, I recorded that video two months prior to uploading. Sorry.

[@RoboBlue2]

It's really overpriced for what you get. $200 for a decent Space Harrier clone is insane when there's already a good port of Space Harrier on the system.

[@LitGaming999]

Got my game gear with sonic1, sor2, and shinobi 2 plus the charger for 50 bucks. Gotts love the facebook marketplace.

[@matthewcleary288]

I got megaman complete with box for 10bucks at a local rummage sale

[@matthewcleary288]

Megaman for the gamegear that is

[@xXCigarXx]

I just got mine for 50 bucks too! Mine came with super columns sonic 2 sonic and tail combo cart taz-mania and shinobi 2 and the official game gear carrying case and the lady even put 6 batteries in it!

[@josephchurchill6720]

No Sylvan Tale? Space Harrier? Triple Trouble? This list is a fail. Seek the games made exclusively for GG; Japanese GG games are amazing.

[@matthebonnvonbon8089]

Lol the story isn't going to receive any rewards

[@christophersavart5589]

Panzer dragoon was pretty bad tbh. All the others are great games

[@ss8512]

Samurai showdown was a better fighting game.

[@sloppynyuszi]

I would disagree, but its a close call

[@j.goggels9115]

Panzer Dragoon???? Look at the screen. It's the most basic game ever.

[@GonzoDonzo]

I can tell u which game u dont want and thats echo the dolphin.