Years ago I inherited my wife’s family’s Game Gear. After a recap, and replacing the backlight, I started tracking down games to play on it. It’s been great exploring a whole library of games that I skipped out on as a kid! (I was a Nintendo kid) Now I have a nice little library of carts to play on this beast of a 90’s handheld.
Sonic Spinball
Oh god, I’m so fucking sorry. Do you have like a donation page for your therapy bills or something.
It’s not a bad game, it’s just that it’s full of insta-death, has no pause or save features, and there is no Continue screen should you fail. If we stopped because we were being called to dinner, it meant having to play…the whole…game…again…all the way from the start. Proudly, we did eventually beat it, but mother of fuck
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It’s not the worst thing I’ve ever played, but yeah… Sonic Spinball is a mess! Lol
Not something I’ll ever actually try to beat, but interesting to mess with when I have some time to kill.
Fortunately the Genesis version doesn’t have any of those issues (aside from the first stage, ironically enough, there’s only one insta-death place in each of the other stages), though it is weird that the portable version doesn’t have a pause or save function.
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Sonic 2 was STUPID difficult compared to the other Game Gear Sanic games.
Dynamite Headdy was stellar for its time, too.
Glad to know it wasn’t just me. The extremely tight screen space did not help things
The first boss with the balls was like HOW ARE YOU LIKE WHY STOP
Dynamite Heady has been on my list, still need to track down a copy!
My favorite game for Game Gear is Batman Returns and I never hear it talked about! It’s gorgeous, it has grappling hook based action gameplay. Every stage has two options to play through so you don’t get bored playing the same stages every time you power in on. And its very challenging but still beatable. I recommend it!
Yes yes yes and the big rubber duck boss!!
I’ve heard that one recommended before! I’ll have to make it a higher priority on the list of games to track down 👍
That is a beautiful collection. High rec for the Gamegear Shining Force games. seems you have one of them already.
Thanks!
Shining force seemed to come up on every internet list, so I had to track it down. It’s definitely a solid game that I probably would have spent HOURS on as a kid.
Hoping that at some point I have enough time on my hands to spend hours on it as an adult 😏
NBA Jam is the stuff! I played the heck out of it on SNES. He’s on fire! From downtown!
Mighty morphin power rangers was the first video game I ever beat, I was so proud of myself!
They’re surprisingly good games on here!
If it wasn’t for the non-existent battery life the Game Gear could really have competed pretty strongly with the Game Boy, at least in the early '90s (nothing could stop the juggernaut that was Pokemon, though). The game library was decent, it had a backlight and color, and you basically had a portable Master System when it came to power. I was a Genesis kid who had a Game Boy, but still always wanted the Game Gear to play the franchises I had on the Genesis on the go.
Thank goodness for modern electronics!
With a LED backlight, the battery life of this almost triples! And rechargeable batteries are way better than what they were in the 90s.
I didn’t have any Sega System as a kid, so all the Sega franchises have been brand new to me the last few years - there’s some really great stuff in there!
If you had to pick one, which would you highlight and why?
😬 Wasn’t prepared for that question, not sure I can pick only one.
I can say that lately I’ve been focused on Woody Pop. Slowly but surely getting the hang of that one. It’s a pretty interesting breakout/arkanoid where you are fighting your way through a toy shop. Every time you clear a room, you get a choice of which door to go through (and therefore) which room to tackle next.
There are power ups to collect, each room’s bricks seem to depict a different toy, and there’s unlimited continues. It’s a pretty simple but solid game.
Hmm that does sound pretty awesome, great choice!! I think I’m gonna see if I can find that one, you’ve intrigued me!
