Dubbed "Project Mercury" in its early development life and based heavily on the 8-bit Master System console – Sega's domestic NES challenger – the Game Gear arrived in Japan in 1990 amid a ...

It featured a library of games developed for the Game Gear and direct ports of Sega Master System games, such as Sonic the ...

The Master System lineage was immediately apparent, as Game Gear’s LCD drive signals were similar in timing to those used to drive a TV. There was even a composite sync signal, which was unused ...

Due to the Game Gear hardware being incredibly comparable to Master System, a lot of these versions of the games were nearly identical. Aladdin is the one that truly stands out.

On-the-go gaming has been around for years. Danny Howard, Aitch and AJ Tracey join impressive Radio 1's Big Weekend 2025 line-up ...

The Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator for Windows Phone which allows you to load up ROMs is now live in the Marketplace! Going by the name of Sonic's Jewels (SJ7), the app fetches for a ...

Multi-System Support: Emulates Sega Genesis, 32x, CD, Game Gear, and Master System. Ease of Use : Simple setup process and user-friendly interface. Performance : Runs games at a smooth 60 FPS ...

Sega’s Game Gear Micro isn’t just the smallest retro console we’ve ever seen — it’s four of them. ... glorious revival of a not-quite-classic system. by Sam Byford. Oct 16, 2020, 2:19 PM UTC ...

Sega is reviving its 1990 handheld, the Game Gear, as a mini retro-console for the company’s 60th anniversary. The Sega Game Gear Micro will be released in Japan this October, and it may be the ...

The Master System isn't home to as many iconic franchises as the best NES game s, or even the best Sega Genesis games, but it does have some stone-cold bangers and forgotten gems of its own.

Despite the tiny size, the Game Gear Micro's 1.15-inch screen manages a 240×180 pixel resolution, which actually improves on the 160×144 pixel resolution of the original Game Gear's 3.2-inch screen.