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1775165 No.1775165[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

I just realized
The gamegear is the vita of the 90s
>far more powerful then its rival
>crazy graphics
>"on the go console experience"
>expensive
>way ahead of its time
>amazing and beautiful screen for the time
>got raped by its competitor
>aimed at an older audience

>> No.1775185

>>1775165
>Game Gear
>Older audience
Nigga, that's for the same kids as the Game Boy!

>> No.1775192

>>1775185
>aimed at an older audience
From wikipedia
>Before the Game Gear's launch in 1990, Sega had had success marketing its 16-bit home console, the Genesis, by advertising it as a "more mature" option for gamers. In keeping with this approach, Sega positioned the Game Gear as a "grown-up" option compared to the Game Boy. While Sega's marketing in Japan did not take this perspective, instead opting for advertisements with Japanese women featuring the handheld, Sega's worldwide advertising prominently positioned the Game Gear as the "cooler" console than the Game Boy

>> No.1775195
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1775195

But what about the games?

>> No.1775207

>>1775165
You forgot:

>no games
>a battery life of roughly five minutes

>> No.1775213

>>1775195
I really don't want this to turn into a /v/ shitposting event.

I'll say it, the vita lacks games, you can give me all the wikishit you want but the vita is lacking games that aren't ports that are good.

The gamegear was the same, it had few amazing exclusives but the few it did have were great.

I love my vita and 3ds, I also love my gamegear and gameboy.

>> No.1775217

>>1775195
There are probably more games that I want to play on the Vita

>> No.1775220

>>1775207
Lacking doesn't mean no games.

Also the vita has a better battery then 3DS

>> No.1775247
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>>1775213
I'm serious, what are some good GG games?

>> No.1775254

>>1775247
sanic
and that tails one where you don't go fast

>> No.1775257

>>1775207
The Vita has a much better battery than the 3DS.

>> No.1775267

>>1775247
http://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Game_Gear

>> No.1775271

>>1775207
The Vita's battery life is excellent, I don't know what you're talking about.

>> No.1775273

>>1775267
>Reddit's wiki

>> No.1775278

>>1775273
You post this every time that gets posted. No one cares, breh.

>> No.1775280

Everyone in this thread spouting no games has no clue what they're talking about. I know the gameboy nostalgia glasses are thick, you might have to take them off to realize the glorious truth:

http://mercenaryforce.web.fc2.com/gamegear/gamegear.html

>> No.1775284

Thread is a thinly veiled attempt at a 3DS vs Vita flame war.

>> No.1775285

>>1775280
>I know the gameboy nostalgia glasses are thick

No, I just don't like most of the Game Gear's games. Do you know how dumb you sound? Quit trying to turn everything into a console war, you moron.

>> No.1775289

They had shining force sword of hayja and gaiden. I liked those..

>> No.1775294

>>1775165

oh jesus, I remember those ugly ass antennas on the game gear.

i never want to go back there.

>> No.1775296

Crazy how the Vita is about 10000 times more powerful than a Game Gear.

But the Game Boy is still better than both while weaker than both.

It's called "spirit".

>> No.1775302

>>1775285

You must not be very familiar with the library then. What sort of genres do you enjoy? Do you know how dumb you sound by denouncing an entire game library? I'm sure you don't know even half of the games.

>> No.1775303

>>1775296
If you think your electronics have "spirit" it's time to call Ghostbusters. Stupid.

>> No.1775306

>>1775303
Autism plz.

>> No.1775309

>>1775302
>You must not be very familiar with the library then.

Or I've played them and didn't care for most of them. Aside from anything that I played on a friend's as a kid, I didn't like any of the ROMs I downloaded either.

>Do you know how dumb you sound by denouncing an entire game library?

No dumber than you did getting defensive about the thing.

>> No.1775314

>>1775309

What sort of genres do you like? I'm sure I could recommend some good quality games on game gear.

>> No.1775328

>>1775165
A dude wanted to trade me a GG for my GBC when I was a kid, I didn't take it. Did I did good /vr/?

>> No.1775336

Best soundtrack or best soundtrack?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BISQ1A4VFxg

>> No.1775339

>>1775314
Traditional RPGs

>> No.1775343

>>1775213
>I really don't want this to turn into a /v/ shitposting event.

The OP says otherwise.

>> No.1775354

>>1775165
>>expensive
Are you sure? You can have fully-fledged Vita (console, bigger memory card, some games, case) for as little as 200€, how's that expensive?

>> No.1775358

>>1775339
Do you like tactical rpgs ? the game gear's library of TRPGs kills other handhelds of that gen.

Shining force - the final conflict
shining force gaiden 2
another shining force gaiden
Royal Stone

All of those are great RPGs . Look far better than anything available on gameboy also. I'm just comparing it because that was the other major handheld of that gen

>> No.1775368

>>1775358
Fair enough. Sorry I snapped at you. Whatever it's worth, I'm not big on the GB's library either. I only find a handful of those games good.

>> No.1775378

>>1775368
It's alright, we all get brutish over the net. I'm just too tired to put the effort into a good argument right now.

But yeah, I think tthis gen of handheld consoles needs to be played on original hardware, emulating can make them feel empty or lacking. I find only on the real hardware you get the experience of the console's limitations and can really appreciate the games

>> No.1775391

>>1775296
"Spirit" has nothing to do with it.

The Game Gear was just a shitty handheld. It was huge, heavy, and fragile, which severely limited its portability. Unlike the Gameboy, the Game Gear's backlit screen became useless if you tried to play it outdoors (a pretty serious flaw for a handheld!). It cost twice as much as a Gameboy, but had half as many good games (in the markets that mattered, at least) because every developer with a brain was releasing games for the cheaper, already established Gameboy. It wasn't even a very powerful handheld, aside from the GPU it was actually worse than the Gameboy in many regards.

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>>1775165
>even the d-pad looks similar

>> No.1775534

>>1775165
>got raped by its competitor

The Game Gear is still outselling the Vita, faggot.

>> No.1775541

>>1775534
brazil pls go

>> No.1775554

>>1775343
I am OP

>>1775284
I just saw a comparison
Please do not hate, love
>>1775328
GBC had GB and GBC games, yes you did well.
Although having a GG was pretty awesome back then.
>>1775354
Vita
>200
Memory card required if you want old model but even new model only has a gig lets say 16 gigs
>40
Games, lets say you buy gravity rush, P4G and Dragon's Crown
>100
Case
>20 because they come in sets with screen protecters and shit
Thats 360$ for a mobile console.
You can almost buy a PS4 for that much
>>1775534
>being this retarded
>implying in a few months the vita won't be ahead
>not knowing they sold gamegears for 7 years
>vita nearly matches sales in 3

>> No.1775570

There were so many good Game Gear love threads last year. What happened? I have a great library of Game Gear games, there are lots of good ones. I still love mine. Why so much hate in this thread?

>> No.1775574

>>1775570
how is your glue holding up?

>> No.1775576

>>1775574
glue?

drakkin?

>> No.1775589

>>1775273
For fuck's sake. This isn't /v/ here. That wiki is solid, reddit or not.

>in b4 b-back to reddit!

>> No.1776386

>>1775220
Pretty sure lacking means exactly that.

>> No.1776390

>>1775247
JP
MMPR & Movie
Sanic
That McDonald's game

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1776402

>>1775220
>Lacking doesn't mean no games
the autism of this board never ceases to amaze me

>> No.1776416

>>1775273
>posting on /vr/
>AKA /b/'s forum

>> No.1776417

>>1775247

http://mercenaryforce.web.fc2.com/gamegear/gamegear.html

Shining force - the final conflict
shining force gaiden 2
another shining force gaiden
Royal Stone
Phantasy star gaiden
Sylvan motherfucking Tale (amazing)
megami last bible
last bible s
Dragon crystal (nice little roguelike)
monster world 2
Godzilla Kaijuu Daishingeki


That's just RPGs. Most have translations too

>> No.1776428

Turbo Express/PC Engine GT was better.

>> No.1776437

Let's put a bit of a positive spin on this thread, I'd like to hear your guys' opinions on this.

Do you think the Vita will wind up doing well?
Right now I agree completely with >>1775213 when he said the library is lacking besides the ports. I say this because I was seriously considering buying a Vita this week because right now they're extremely cheap (craigslist and ebay yield used ones for 125 a pop in good condition, often with games and a memory card) and they have an incredible potential. They just need a better library of games.

Do you think it's possible for the Vita to have a really solid library of games like the Game Gear wound up having that'd convince you to consider throwing down for one?
GG didn't have a ton of classic releases like the Gameboy, but you can bet your ass it had tons of solid titles and tons of hidden gems.

>> No.1776438

>>1776437
I'll get one once it's hacked, if it ever is. I'm not aware of a single exclusive that really sells the system . The price isn't doing it any favors too

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1776454

>>1775165
>>far more powerful then its rival
Not really.

>> No.1776463

It's like you want to start shit, OP.

>> No.1776479

>>1775192
You know that the "mature gamers" marketing by Sega is bullshit, right? The only really mature move that Sega did was allowing Mortal Kombat 1 to be released uncensored at their consoles (even via codes).

>> No.1776486

PS Vita has much bigger support than Game Gear ever had. And while it's coming second after 3DS, it's not selling as bad as people want to believe. And that's coming from a person who prefers 3DS over PS Vita (I don't even have PSP althought I want to buy one, mainly as a good, portable Playstation 1).

>> No.1776508

>>1776479
game usually were less censored on megadrive, then there was shit like night trap, splatterhouse, decap attack, eternal champions.
Of course all that shit is really tame now.

>> No.1776514

>>1776508
>games
Fix.

>> No.1776519

>>1776454

>tech specs

They're very beautiful on paper, for sure. But it's hard to deny that you have lots of games looking way better on GG than GB. Compare Mario Land to Sonic games, for example. Even Sonic Drift, which sucks balls, is more beautiful than most of racing games for GB. I don't even like so much of GG, like SMS they're the proof that sucess isn't only about graphical power.

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1776615

>>1775589
>s-s-stuttering
I really wish people would stop doing this.

>> No.1776705

>>1776519
I'm not saying that the GG cannot produce prettier pictures, but when it comes to scrolling capabilities and the number of sprites per line, which are things that can actually be used to make better games, the GB wins.

>> No.1776823

The game gear was a terrible piece of shit with an awfuk display that displayed colors but also blurred images that made playing without getting a headache impossible.

It was also a colossal black chunk that make the grey gameboy seem ergonomic in comparison

>> No.1776931

>>1776615

w-why?

>> No.1776962

>>1776823
>>>/v/

>> No.1776993

>>1776823
Really? I remember being pretty blown away by it as a kid. Definitely looked better than a Gameboy.

But yeah, I remember it had six batteries or some shit that it would eat in like an hour. If it wasn't for that it could have been GOAT.

>> No.1777064

Game Gear was slow as balls shit with a terrible display. I'll take a responsive, well designed game in black and white over anything on the GG any day.

>> No.1777071

>>1777064
the only fags who say stupid shit like this never touched one of the originals in the 90s before the screens started to dim. The original gameboy screen was blurry as shit you retarded faget.

>> No.1777086

>>1775195
Sonic Chaos was the shiz. And the chakan port. And sonic 2 port. And Mickey Mouse castle of illusion. And spider-man. And the Donald Duck game where you play as his kids or whatever. And axe battler.
I definitely had more fun on my game gear than game boy.

>> No.1777135

>>1776823
The Game Gear could display truly AMAZING graphics, but said graphics used to turn into shit as soon the console attempted to MOVE them.

Meanwhile, the Game Boy could display and move good (less colored) graphics alike.

>> No.1777137

>>1777086
>And the Donald Duck game where you play as his kids
There's no such a Donald Duck game in the Game Gear's library, dude. The games included cameos of his nephews, but only had Donald as the sole playable character.

Thanks for revealing yourself as an underage faggot.

>> No.1777138

>>1777071
I played gamegear in the 90s, fag. The screen sucked, was even harder to see than the gameboy, and most of the games were really bad.

>> No.1777146

>>1777071
>The original gameboy screen was blurry as shit you retarded faget.
The Game Boy's blurriness could be blamed to the programmer's fault though.

Compare Megaman 1 and 2's annoying blurriness with Megaman 3 and onwards, for example.
Or Mario Land 2's blurry scroll and slow, blurry sprites to the following Mario Land game.

The Game Gear always had a blurry scroll and some games (Such as Sonic) used to be unplayable because the big sprites in the console's small screen used to give you nearly zero time to react to pitalls, spikes and badnicks. (The Master System versions were much better on the playability aspect.)

>> No.1777163

>>1777137
I'm 25, I just haven't played that game in fucking forever.

>> No.1777167 [DELETED] 

I like the vita for the reason I like the psp

A moderate amount of weeb games will be coming out no matter what

and no region lock

Worth it

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>>1777167
>>>/v/

>> No.1777201 [DELETED] 

>>1777163
Cool Story, Bro.

>> No.1777258

>>1776463
You know I kinda regret posting this.

I didn't think this many 3DStards would come and shitpost.
>>1776486
Anon, the vita cost sony a lot of money to make, and they aren't making cash of off it.

It wouldn't be so major if sony didn't have a loss per sale.
>>1777163
You know if you dropped the trip people wouldn't go against you.

Or didn't have the most retarded trip I've seen that isn't ironic.

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>>1777201
And you called me underage.

>> No.1777284

>>1777146
wtf no the old green screen just sucked at scrolling if it moves too fast anything will blur. It has nothing to do with software and everything to do with how fast things are moving on screen.

>>1777138
The screen was fine and the games were great. Just because your friend or whatever had shit doesn't mean all the games were bad. GG Shinobi 1&2 and Ninja Gaiden are better than any ninja games on gameboy.

>> No.1777417

>Nobody ITT has played Shinobi 1/2 for the Game Gear.

Fix that, would you?

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>>1777417
>The G.G. Shinobi
Fuck! I was just about to post this.

>> No.1777454

>>1777284
Bitch, have you ever played a real Game Boy cart?
The blur is drastically decreased on late Gb era games. (It was still there, yes. Not as evident as in early GB games lime super Mario Land.)

>> No.1777485

Donkey kong land is still pretty bad and it's 1994. I play all my GB games on a color cause I don't have an original GB anymore

>> No.1777496

>>1777485
Play them on GBA SP, its the best for GB and GBC games. It backlights them and you can change the resolution.

If you don't own a GBA then you should really buy one.

>> No.1777561

>>1777496
Play both GB and GG games in a PSP, bitches.

There, problem solved.

>> No.1777595

So what's the Atari Lynx? Shit, I actually still have mine.

>> No.1777609

>>1777435
Probably best game on the GG. I played it as a kid and never cleared the last stage. It's a huge maze and I never bothered mapping games. Cleared it on an emulator after watching a Youtube walkthrough.

>> No.1777638

>>1777561
PSP's screen sucks dick for GB and GBC games.

>> No.1778671

>>1775589
>solid

The thing lists broken ports and has for a long time. It's dead anon, give it up.

>> No.1779270

>>1775192
More mature to appeal to teenagers and the cool kids who emulate teenagers, not more mature to appeal to adults.

There was a big breakthrough in adults owning consoles with the later release of the PSX that shapes your perspective.

>> No.1782564

I keep telling everyone Game Gear was the psp of its day, but nobody believes me.

>> No.1783070

One of the greatest things about the Game Gear was that backlit screen.

So damn good especially back in the day when it seemed my family and I were taking night time car journeys a lot of the time.

>> No.1783086

>>1775207
Not to mention it required more batteries than the Game Boy.

Sometimes having color just isn't worth it.

>> No.1783091

>>1775247
Streets of Rage 2
thats all I needed.

>> No.1784039

>>1783070
And one of the worst things was the screen's complete inability to display anything under sunlight.
Which completely invalidates the entire point of being a portable console.

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>>1775192
I remember the rich kids in town each had a Game Gear, nobody else had ever seen one. We finally heckled a rich kid into bringing his GG to school. He constantly talked shit on gameboys for being ugly, no color, cheap crap for kids. He shows up, we watch him play zool for five minutes and the shitty Garfield game for about 30 seconds before the batteries die.
>Let me borrow some batteries guys *sweat sweat*
>Six batteries
>OFW

>> No.1784102

Do the Game Gear and Turbo Express TV tuners still work after the digital transition?

>> No.1784117

>>1784102
Never had them but I'm going to assume they were working with the analog signal, if that's the case then no. They would if you have Set-top-box capable of RF output but without that, I don't think so.

>> No.1784140

>>1777086
Sonic 2 was unplayable due to how downsized the screen was from the Master System. It made it so your reaction time has to be split second. I can't imagine what that stage where you just had to hop on random springs and hope for the best was like.

>> No.1784348

>>1784140
sonic 2 on the game gear is one of 6 video games i've beaten in my career of video gaming.. cross country road trip and a car adapter were the only reason, since all i had was sonic and columns with me.

>> No.1784361

>>1784348
Sonic 2 is a good game, the game gear just kinda hinders it.

>> No.1784403

>>1782564
The PSP sold 80 million units. The Game Gear only sold 11.

>> No.1785462

>>1784361

8-bit sonic 2 was just not a good game. The MS version was not any better, either

>> No.1785471

It wasn't expensive. The problem with the game gear is it eats batteries like candies, and Sega never released and updated version, and the game gear really needed it.

>> No.1785476

>>1775273
Every time
even if that were true it recommends lots of good games

>> No.1785492

>>1784084

Should have used Duracell. No battery is stronger, longer. I never had an incident where my GameGear would die too quickly.

>> No.1785512

I had one of these and preferred it to my GameBoy and Lynx, though the Lynx had some great ports like Rygar.

Game Gear had games. it was the handheld that introduced my mother to Sonic the Hedgehog (not a gamer, and she just had to go back to unlock the good ending).

I had the peripheral that was like a small box with a magnifying glass that effectively double the screen size and eliminated glare.

Defenders of the Oasis was a pretty good game. Surprised it hasn't been mentioned.

I don't think it was a like Vita, Lynx might have been more that than Game Gear. Game Gear was a really great little system though.

>> No.1788515

>>1775165
Does that mean Sony is new Sega

>> No.1788558

>>1775336

that is some avant garde shit you got there