Game Gear

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Game Gear
Designer Sega Enterprises
Manufacturer Sega Enterprises
Distributor Sega Enterprises
Tec Toy (Brazil)
DISAM (Mexico)
CPU 4 MHz Zilog Z80
Graphics 3.846153 MHz Yamaha YM2602B
Memory 8 KB main RAM
16 KB video RAM
Media ROM cartridge
Released Japan: October 6, 1990
Europe, North America: April 1991
Oceania: 1992
Added to Museum December 25, 1991

Game Gear was a portable video game console by Sega Enterprises.

It was distributed by the Distribuidora De Articulos Modernos S.A. de C.V. ("Distributor of Modern Articles S.A. of C.V."), a limited liability corporation with variable capital, in Mexico.

Tec Toy distributed the Game Gear in Brazil.

Hardware

The Game Gear was based on Sega Master System hardware.

It had a 4 MHz Zilog Z80 CPU and a 3.846153 MHz Yamaha YM2602B GPU with 8 KB main RAM and 16 KB video RAM.

It played video games via ROM cartridges. With the Master Gear Converter it could also play Sega Master System cartridges.

Physical Game Gear games owned by the WEC Museum

Name Developer Released Notes
NFL '95 BlueSky Software 1994 WEC Museum owns just the cartridge.

Digital Game Gear games owned by the WEC Museum

Name Developer Released Notes
Baku Baku Animal Sega 1996 On blue Game Gear Micro.
Columns Sega 1990 On PlayPal and red Game Gear Micro.
Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine Compile 1993 In Sonic Origins Plus.
Ecco: The Tides of Time Novotrade International 1994 On PlayPal.
G-LOC: Air Battle Sega CS 1991 On Virtual Console for Nintendo 3DS.
GG Aleste Compile 1991 On white Game Gear Micro.
GG Aleste II: Lance Bird Compile 1993 On white Game Gear Micro.
GG Aleste 3 M2 2020 On white Game Gear Micro.
The G.G. Shinobi Sega CS 1991 On red Game Gear Micro.
Gunstar Heroes Treasure, M2, Sega CS 1995 On blue Game Gear Micro.
Megami Tensen Gaiden: Last Bible Multimedia Intelligence Transfer 1994 On red Game Gear Micro.
Megami Tensen Gaiden: Last Bible Special SIMS 1995 On red Game Gear Micro.
Nazo Puyo: Arle's Roux Compile 1994 On yellow Game Gear Micro.
OutRun Sega 1991 On yellow Game Gear Micro.
Puyo Puyo 2 Compile, Sega 1994 On black Game Gear Micro.
Royal Stone: To Open the Door of Time Sega 1995 On black Game Gear Micro.
Shining Force Gaiden Sonic Software Planning 1992 On black Game Gear Micro.
Shining Force Gaiden II: The Sword of Haya Sonic Software Planning 1993 On yellow Game Gear Micro.
Shining Force Gaiden: Final Conflict Sonic Software Planning 1995 On yellow Game Gear Micro.
Sonic Blast Aspect 1996 In Sonic Origins Plus.
Sonic Drift Sega 1994 In Sonic Origins Plus.
Sonic Drift 2 Sega
Arc System Works
1995 On PlayPal and in Sonic Origins Plus.
Sonic the Hedgehog Ancient 1991 On black Game Gear Micro and in Sonic Origins Plus.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Aspect 1992 On Virtual Console for Nintendo 3DS and in Sonic Origins Plus.
Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos Aspect
Sega CS
1993 On blue Game Gear Micro and in Sonic Origins Plus.
Sonic the Hedgehog Spinball Sega Technical Institute 1994 In Sonic Origins Plus.
Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble Aspect 1994 On PlayPal and in Sonic Origins Plus.
Sonic Labyrinth Minato Giken 1995 In Sonic Origins Plus.
Super Columns Sega 1995 On PlayPal.
Sylvan Tale Sega 1995 On blue Game Gear Micro.
Tails Adventure Aspect 1995 On Virtual Console for Nintendo 3DS and in Sonic Origins Plus.
Tails' Skypatrol Japan System House
SIMS
1995 In Sonic Origins Plus.