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Who else remembers the love/hate relationship this thing caused? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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You LOVED playing yours, but HATED the awful battery life.

You LOVED reading segas official catalogue full of game gear games and genesis games, but HATED that there was always that one game gear game you always wanted but could never get (huge props if you remember the catalogue)

You LOVED playing your friends game gear, but HATED that you had to give it back to them because you wanted one yourself and didnt own one.

You LOVED playing all your game gear games, but HATED there was always that one game you couldn't even pass level one on.

You LOVED playing a game on it, got excited when reaching a new level, just to either die or have the game gear die, forcing you to start over completely again, which you HATED.

My suffering: playing Sonic Triple Trouble. The chaos emerald levels with knack were fucking BRUTAL (they made Elden Ring look easy by comparison-at least at my young age). After hours and HOURS I finally got them all, just to get a game over on an easy part of the final level. Pain, nothing but pain.

My most cherished nostalgic memory: sitting on our couch, game gear plugged in, and playing it while soaking in the christmas tree lights, various household holiday lights and decorations, along with the accompanying presents. I cant quite place why that memory has stuck with me. If I had to guess, at the time, I was truly at my happiest. I got to play my game gear and anticipate my presents!

.......I truly long for those days again.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Probably the game I played the most on the Game Gear was Shinobi II The Silent Fury.

I still have the continue code I always used to have everything unlocked. "3FFFE".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Ooof.... Shinobi series was tough

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Damn, I completely forgot playing Shinobi on Game Gear... I don't remember which one it was. I thought it was 3, but apparently that wasn't on G.G. It was probably 2.

I vaguely recall being stuck at the last level where it required switching back and forth through all of the powers you obtained throughout the game, and it was really fucking hard. Don't think I ever beat it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And you could watch TV in it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

With the Tv Tuner. That was bought separately. For not a little amount.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, i know. Our "rich friend" had both, of course

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I never actually saw the tuner in the wild

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To be honest, it was fairly underwhelming.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah it felt very.... Niche.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I had a game gear. Never knew it existed. Would have been dope watching a bunch of shitty local channels

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

There was also an adapter to play Master System games.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

My dad was a bit of a tinkerer, and he attached a power plug to the battery terminals of my gameboy and gamegear to avoid buying me batteries. So long as the wires never popped off the battery springs, I was right as rain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

My dad did the same thing. It was permanently wired to his car and we loved it. We drove cross country a few times and played the entire time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I still do that to some of my electronic devices—the ones that aren’t soldered-in LiPO4 batteries anyway.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

They sold rechargeable battery packs for them. I'm almost positive mine had an ac adapter plug on the console itself too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I still have mine and my daughter is probably old enough to enjoy it. Guess I need to repair the barrel jack connector and make a USB PD to barrel jack adapter so she can play all day. Thanks for the reminder!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I wasn't the one who hated the battery life--my mother, who had to pay for the batteries, hated the battery life.

I just loved it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Mine has dead capacitors so I can't play it any more. 30 year on, I don't think I could speed run Sonic 2 any more. I loved NBA Jam. I have memories of playing in the car in the driveway because I only had a car power adapter.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Caps are a lot easier and cheaper to fix than you might expect.

It can be revived!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sonic 2 was the game I could never get past the first zone on lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

The first boss was stupid hard on Game Gear. Beating it was 50% luck. The MasterSystem version only had low bouncing rocks to dodge.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have one in my closet.. It runs but the screen has gone to shit, which I hear happens when they're stored away. I was thinking of replacing the screen with an LED but I just don't have the time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have you thought about paying for it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That or I'll sell it to someone who will do it and enjoy it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

I remember I had a yard sale once. I was selling spiderman action figures from the 1994 animated series.

I traded 6 figures for a game gear, with 1 game.

I had a genesis at home, and the AC adapter worked in it.

Still to this day I can't believe I got that deal. I have no idea what ever happened to that thing. That was like 30 years ago.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

The OG Steam Deck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I wanted one so much. I had a game boy, but at home i had a Genesis. I really wanted to play sonic on the go.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Ah, the pioneer days for handhelds. I wanted a game gear so bad, then I got one for christmas!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

My brother and I actually had NES at home and Gameboys, but we traded them in for Gamegears.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Third one was me. My friend had one and I loved playing Columns on it. I remember we did a camp out in a tent in the backyard and ran an extension cord for the power adapter since that thing ate batteries like there was no tomorrow

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Ecco the dolphin, Shinobi, Streets of Rage, Sonic, etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nba jam was my jam. I think it's the game i played the most. I never liked basketball or sports games, this thing had me in a death grip

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah - agree. I actually played that one first on SNES with my cousin. It really is a great game, and I mostly avoid sports games.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Played so much road rash on my dad's gear during long drives in the Ohio countyside, I think we either had a adapter for the cig lighter or a special battery pack or both because it seemed to last long enough for me, but definitely shorter than. My OG Gameboy ran for. Was a great color handheld before that was common

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Honestly it was way ahead of it's time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

The adapter would fry if you played too long, so I bought a generic one, my friends had to do the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My cousin had one that didn't see much use, but we would play Prince Of Persia every now and then. He also had Chessmaster and some kind of bootleg cartridge that had Spy vs Spy and probably other games I don't remember. He also had the TV antenna.

I believe I would have given it way more use had it been mine.

I also remember seeing some kind device to record yourself while playing being advertised?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I seem to vaguely remember that camera as well 🤔

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Mine is fried. But still in a closet at my mom's. Damn, I really wish I could play ristar again 🥲

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Duuude ristar was so dope

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I loved the Game Gear. It truly blew my mind when I learned as an adult that it was basically a Sega Master System made portable. Made me imagine what could have been if the Game Boy had been a portable NES.

Favorites: Sonic Spinball, Castle of Illusion, Taz Mania, Chuck Rock, Mortal Kombat.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

…that it was basically a Sega Master System made portable.

Wait, what?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yep. Most of the games on the Game Gear were Master System games.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

TIL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I only heard about the game gear when I read an article about Defenders of Oasis, one of the only original RPGs to come out on it.

I managed to emulate it on my phone and it's an adequate game, I'd like to see what a modern entry in the series would look like