Game Gear
The Sega Game Gear handheld.
History[edit]
Development[edit]
While in development the Game Gear was known as Project Mercury.[1]
Development[edit]
The Game Gear was made domestically in Japan.[2]
Launch[edit]
.jpg)
The Game Gear was launched in October of 1990 costing 19,800 yen.[2][1]
Discontinuation[edit]
Sega discontinued the Game Gear in 1997,[1] with 11 million consoles sold.[3]
Technology[edit]
The internal architecture of the Game Gear is very similar to Sega's earlier home console, the Master System.[1][4]
Compute[edit]
.jpg)
The Game Gear uses an 8-bit Zilog Z80 based processor clocked at 3.58 megahertz.[5][4]
The Game Gear has eight kilobytes of RAM, and 16 kilobytes of video RAM.[4][6]
Hardware[edit]
The Game Gear has a 3.2 inch color screen with a resolution of 160 pixels by 144 pixels.[4][5]
The Game Gear uses a Texas Instruments SN76489 chip for sound.[4]
The Game Gear required the use of 6 AA batteries.[1]
Notable games[edit]
1991[edit]
- Eternal Legend
- Factory Panic
- Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe
- House of Tarot
- Ninja Gaiden
- Head Buster
- Popils
1992[edit]
1993[edit]
1994[edit]
- Fred Couples Golf
- Coca-Cola Kid
- Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible
- Poker Face Paul
- Popeye: Beach Volleyball
- X-Men
- X-Men: Gamesmaster's Legacy
1995[edit]
1996[edit]
Gallery[edit]
Console[edit]
Accessories[edit]
The Sega Game Gear with a Television Tuner attached. This allowed for gamers to catch over the air television on the go, a novelty during the 1990's.
Internals[edit]
References[edit]
 |
Parts of this page are based on materials from: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia. |
- ↑ a b c d e Life, Nintendo (3 June 2020). "Hardware Classics: Sega Game Gear - The System Which Spawned The Game Gear Micro". https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/06/hardware_classics_sega_game_gear_-_the_system_which_spawned_the_game_gear_micro. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ↑ a b "HISTORY SEGA 60th Anniversary" (in en). https://60th.sega.com/en/history/. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ↑ "I'll Never Love a Console Like I Loved the SEGA Game Gear" (in en). https://www.vice.com/en/article/gqmwwx/ill-never-love-a-console-like-i-loved-the-sega-game-gear-820.
- ↑ a b c d e "Z80 Assembly programming for the Sega Master System and the Game Gear!". https://www.chibiakumas.com/z80/MasterSystemGameGear.php. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ↑ a b "Sega Game Gear System Info". http://www.vgmuseum.com/systems/gg/. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ↑ "Sega’s Game Gear turns 30". https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/entertainment/tech-gaming/article/3104327/segas-game-gear-turns-30-amazing-portable. Retrieved 17 November 2020.