I'd say the Tails standalone game on the gg was my favorite. It was a nice departure from the Sonic franchise and used Tails with his intellect and gadgets to the fullest extent.
tails adventure is high on my list too. with sonic 2 having so many problems, aspect didn't start of as the strongest of game developers, but by the time triple trouble and tails adventure came out, they were nailing it.
Return of the jedi, sonic, shining force, arena:maze of death, gunstar heroes, batman, samurai showdown, fatal fury special, and MK 1-2 were epic as well back then!
I'm probably in the minority, but the SEGA 8-Bit systems had my favorite sound chips of all time. I LOVE the 'pings', 'hums' and 'whistles' it creates. I own a Gear Gear, but honestly, I mainly used it to play Master System games with the Master Gear convertor. I probably played 'Columns' more than any other Game Gear game.
@@craiggibbons8228 yeah everyone always talks about castle of illusion or even world of illusion being the best games. But the SMS/SGG land of illusion was better than both.
I used to be obsessed with Dragon Crystal as a kid, and would play it endlessly when we went on vacation. So many fond memories of completely ignoring Paris and playing Game Gear in the hotel.
Game gear was my first system I owned back in like 1992 Loved it my mom didn't want a home console so I had game gear, a computer and gameboy. I got some awesome games admittedly the portability was not great but I just played it on adapter Land of illusion and the Ecco games were my favorites
It's funny really, the switch has the same amount of battery life as the game gear but nobody seems to talk about that much. I love my switch, and I'd argue its portable in the same way the game gear was, in that as long as where you're travelling to has a wall socket then you can play it as much as you want. There's nothing wrong with that. You can't really carry a big console with you on holiday, and also you'd need a TV to be there. The game gear was a portable master system and the switch is a portable Wii U and they're both great. But the jokes about the game gear battery life never end even decades later.
@@duffman18 The Switch has a battery life of 4.5 to 9 hours. The Game Gear was much worse than that and you also had to buy expensive batteries while for Switch you can just plug it in and recharge it.
@@soulripper31 no you didn't. Everyone with a game gear had the wall adapter, and/or rechargeable batteries, so in that sense it's not different from a smartphone or a switch (and also, everyone with a gameboy had these things too, because they ate through batteries really fast too, not as much as the game gear, but almost; going back and trying to use a gameboy these days, it's really quite shocking how short a time they last, I don't remember it being this bad when I was a kid, but then my parents were paying for the batteries back then, not me). Anyway smartphones, switch, game gear, game boy, they're all portable systems. Because it's a different thing to, let's say, trying to carry a gaming PC with you on the train with you to see your parents. I can carry my switch with me everywhere and use it anywhere, just like with a game gear or smartphone. It's great
@@duffman18 You can't play your Game Gear on the go without batteries. Batteries suck, even rechargeable ones (as they also have limited uses and become gradually worse). So glad controllers no longer use batteries (except the Xbox controller which sucks lol).
So many memories from my teenage time: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Shinobi 1. I even recognized alle the music and effects. Incredible, that we can remember that.
Defenders of Oasis is my favorite RPG on that system. Such a fun game. I remember playing Crystal Warriors a lot as well but with no saving it was tough, died a lot.
The gg shinobi is such a wonderful game! I remember that it was one of the first games I downloaded on my 3ds. Sonic Drift 2 is highly underrated and I'd go as far as to say that its probably the best 8 bit racing game ever made. I would love it if sega and m2 would release a game gear mini handheld.
I agree with you. GG Shinobi is my favourite GG game, and Sonic Drift 2 is right behind it. People keep bashing the game and say it's a bad Mario Kart clone, but I never agreed with that. It's super fun once you figure it out
8 bit fighters have much to respect, given what they were aiming to achieve with what they had. GG MK2 with it hidden characters andf fair but challenging difficulty is a game I love
It sounds like the portable Shining Force game I always wanted! Shining Force 2 The Sword of Haiya was good but I always felt sad that it didn't include the town sections Shining Force 1 and 2 had.
Batman Returns on the Game Gear was another unexpectedly awesome game. It's like the Master System version, but better balance and graphic effects, has an excellent soundtrack (Yuzo Koshiro) and the gameplay is fantastic. Pretty much Shinobi with a Batman theme truth be told. Loved that game and Shining Force on the Game Gear. The Majors Pro Baseball was another one I thought was quite good.
I have never played Castle of Illusion from Game Gear, but I agree with you. The Master System version of it it's a better platformer than its 16-bit counterpart.
Besides most of the games mentioned by you for me it definitely includes Wonder Boy, loved to play it in the arcade when it came out and also the reason for me to get a Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear. Besides the Disney and Sonic games I also enjoyed Asterix, Ax Battler, Bart Simpson, Chuck Rock, Columns, Super Off-road to name a few
Really great lineup here. Nice to see the Game Gear get some love. I still have mine, and yes it works but only after 2 hours of replacing caps. Little shocked you did not mention sonic drift 2.
1. Sonic the Hedgehog 1 2. Revenge of Dracon 3. Sonic 2 4. Dragon Crystal 5. Batman Returns 6. Shinobi 1 7. Columns 8. Psychic World Honorable Mentions: 1. Jurassic Park 2. Ninja Gaiden. (The first time I've played these two games was on an emulator, so they didn't count on my original list)
I never had a Game Gear as a kid but it is a bad ass little handheld for sure. One of my favorites is Shining Force The Sword of Haiya. Fun rpg that is always great to pull out and play
I love seeing more people discover the wonder and the hidden gems of the Game Gear. I'm quite partial to Sylvan Tale (Japan only but there's an excellent fan translation), Defenders of Oasis, and Ax Battler.
I re-capped my Game Gear a couple of years ago, and enjoyed getting back into it. My list differs quite a bit, but it's all fun. A few that I really love: Ax Battler- it gets crapped on and called a weak Zelda II clone. Well, Zelda II is my favorite NES game, so I welcomed a clone. It's clunky, but fun. Zenki- super underrated platformer that any GG fan should play. It's awesome. Woody Pop- I initially bought it because the name made me giggle, but it's a really good Breakout/Arkanoid-style game, and a good play.
I got the Game Gear on clearance with a bunch of games in '96 or '97 and I didn't expect to enjoy it that much. Great system...and I didn't even know the best games during the time I had it!
Great video man, I was a Game Gear kid all the way, I loved GameBoy games but Sega's backlit color display just wowed me. Played hundreds of hours of GG mostly plugged in since it ate batteries so bad. Absolutely loved being able to go play my handheld Master System at all our boring family functions & the road trips to get there! Really cool diverse library, I especially loved GG Road Rash back then
@@SegaLordX I'm glad I'm not the only one! 😂 I miss playing my Sega GG but it's faulty at the moment. It powers on but the screen is blank so unfortunately I can only play the GG classics via emulators! But I still have my Ssturn and Dreamcast in good working condition!
Speaking of fan translated GG games, there's also the great strategy game *Godzilla: Kaijuu Daishingeki* (Godzilla: Monsters Attack) much akin to Advance Wars. Neat stuff!
@@maybeitsneato True, it features the absolute beautiful simplicity of FCKING EVERYTHING UP with Kaijus. A pain in the @ss when playing as the military, though...
Grew up with the Game Gear, loved it! Second handheld console ever with full-color backlit screen after the Atari Lynx (that I wish I also had). You showed up some great games for it. Castle of Illusion, the GG Shinobi games or Royal Stone are brilliant and Road Rash is very impressive for a 8-bit system!
GG is awesome, but I often passed it up in favor of the TurboExpress. I got better battery life out of the GG though, so on the trip moving to the other side of the country I’d pick up the GG once the TurboExpress died. My parents weren’t keen on stopping at a gas station to buy overpriced AA batteries every 3 hours.😂
Great video. I’m a latecomer to the GG so this has helped me sort out exactly which games I should focus on getting. Sure, many prices are higher than a few years ago but still not ridiculous like many other retro games these days. Next step is to recap and screen mod the GG I just bought…wish me luck
Ive always been bummed that the MasterSystem/Game Gear versions of sonic the hedgehog never see the credit they get. I played them far before I managed to afford a Mega Drive!
@@SegaLordX the mega drive ones are the OG. But sonic 1,2 and chaos emerald on the master system were there own complete game series. Just a shame they're rarely seen in an collections! Oh, and sonic racing on the game gear!
Great topic, list, and video. First, I will say that I think Road Rash looks quite impressive for the 8-bit hardware. And Rister looks extremely impressive, and it plays great. The Game Gear extended the lifespan of the Master System allowing us to see what the hardware could do when pushed further. And we see the results of that in Ristar and Gunstar Heroes. I finally got around to trying the Shinobi games a few years ago. I consider them both to be the top two games on the platform. I think I preferred part two when I played, but they were definitely close in quality and I can easily see it going either way. I remember playing a good bit of various Sonic games, which I mostly liked. Dragon Crystal was weird but fun, though there's a huge difficulty spike toward the end and it has some other quirks that make it hard to recommend. I remember liking Ax Battler and Super Monaco GP as well. I even really liked the first Mortal Kombat game on it at the time. I recall also playing Fatal Fury on the system. It wasn't as easy to tell which games on the system were the best, so I was very experimental with it and my library reflected that.
Man I loved the Game Gear. I remember using the TV tuner in college to watch the new at the time Batman the animated series. I definitely think that Sega knocked the ball out of the park with both Shinobi games. Some of my other favorites include: Sonic the Hedgehog, Samurai Shodown, King of Fighters, Land of Oasis, Columns, Space Harrier, Mortal Kombat, and GLOC.
I started collecting Sega Game gear about 5 years ago out of curiosity (and I got a heckin good deal on a starter pack) I have to say I had a lot of fun playing NBA JAM and Defenders of Oasis.
I was more of a Nintendo kid growing up even though we had sega consoles as well. But I still remember when my dad bought a GG and played it for the first time! We had about 25 games, the magnifier screen, carry case, ac adapter, that long rechargeable battery you to plug into ac port, and a game genie. I remember how small those Game genie were so small lol. Had so much fun and was a huge part of my childhood.
Holy! That Donald Duck sprite is amazingly detailed! You’d expect to see that on the GBA (granted the rest of the visuals weren’t GBA quality, but that sprite is incredible for the GG).
Oddly the only person I knew to have a Game Gear in the early-mid 90s was my grandfather's 2nd wife's son in law, so I didn't get to play it very much then, he was also extremely protective of it, had the big magnifying glass thing and always had it on the little metal kickstand on his coffee table haha. But one of the games he had for it was GG Aleste 2, and I remember being SO blown away by that game, and even Sonic 2, but especially the prior. As a young Gameboy owner that shit just felt like it was in a completely different league, no comparison, and made me feel like the GB must have been a rip off or scam or something lol. Never ended up with one before I got a Nomad in 97 until I inherited one from a friend in 2000 or so. It's battery life was definitely unacceptable, but the thing absolutely felt incredibly ahead of it's time.
The two other Game Gear games that impressed me the most were Shinning Force: Sword of Hyjia and Sonic Triple Trouble. But your number one choice is good one too.
I really enjoyed "Sonic Triple Trouble" and "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" on my Game Gear. Sonic was the only reason I played Sega at that time that wasn't about sports games.
My very first game on game gear was shinobi GG. I just couldn't believe I was playing a shinobi game on a portable console. Back then it was pure magic.
Super glad you made a top 10 Game Gear video, I've wanted to hear your thoughts on that subject for a while! Watching this made my Saturday! :) My favourites, now that I can finally have a Game Gear of my own, have been Sonic 1, Ristar, RoboCop vs The Terminator, Coca-Cola Kid, and Pac-Attack :)
Had this amazing console as a kid loved playing it all the time expensive in batteries I also got the tv tuner as well I was so happy that Christmas playing Sonic and Shinobi
I've never experienced the Game Gear on Original hardware 😢, however I'm recently playing its games on my everdrive 64 (but sound emulation it's horrible :/). Fatal Fury Special Puzzle & Action Tanto-R Wonder Boy Mortal Kombat II The Golden ax spin-off (I forgot its name) Keep the good work dude ✌💪
Jurassic Park, Batman Returns and Alien 3 were also games that kept me playing for hours. Oh, and Battletoads. The one I played most was probably Road Rash and Lemmings.
Lots of my favourite GG games in this list! One game I was always very fond of was Ninja Gaiden, sure it’s too short but the gameplay is razor sharp. This list also reminds me I need to get my white Game Gear recapped as the screen is totally gone now.
Sylvan Tale would be on my list. It's such a solid Zelda-like, I'm amazed it didn't continue on to become a big franchise. The fan translation for it is top notch.
My first handheld. Streets of Rage 1&2, Sonic triple trouble, Joe Montana football, Chakan, all the Batman games and Primal Rage were my fav games on that system. And you could watch TV too
I can't believe I've missed so many of your vids. m8, you even made a tribute about my very 1st game system that's the sega game gear I got on 13/12/92
NBA JAM, Ren & Stimpy: Quest for The Shaven Yak, Desert Strike, and Mortal Kombat 1,2,3 games for the Game Gear were my favorite. I remember how surprised I was when I unlocked The Beastie Boys while playing NBA JAM😆
Really solid list. If I were to put one Disney game in though I would have put Aladdin even though the game is pretty short. Other games I wouldn’t have had were Super Columns, Gunstar heroes, Dragon Crystal, Super off road and Sonic the hedgehog
I have a lot of love for the Game Gear, but I admit, I mostly played Sonic on it and not much else as a wee one, so much of the system's library is new to me. After looking at this, there are a lot of titles that are going straight to my must-own list. Especially Royal Stone, that looks absolutely amazing
Another good video. I don’t actually collect a lot, my money usually goes to new stuff, but lately I’ve been picking up old portables and Game Gear is on my wish list. I had one and even had that master system converter, but I don’t remember many games specifically. I loved Sega’s home consoles but nothing beat the Gameboy for me back then. Battery life was more important than color to me. And the Gameboy library is really good too.
Fantastic video dude. A lot of games I totally agree on, though I still need to play that Game Gear port of Robocop. Loved the Genesis version, can’t wait to try the GG version!
Biscuits and gravy is bonafide American soul food. Knowing a biscuit in England is what we would include under the term "cookie" I can see why someone from there would have that reaction. A biscuit here is like an unsweetened scone. Either way I love a heaping plate of biscuits and gravy myself.
Seriously, gravy and those big flaky grand biscuits and some scrambled eggs on the side. The gravy and eggs mix well. I don’t know about elsewhere, but in the south we’ll eat breakfast any time of the day.
Someone should open a southern-US-style biscuits and gravy restaurant chain in the UK. They'd clean up once the Brits realize what they're missing (and that their preconceptions of both "Biscuits" and "Gravy" are wildly inaccurate).
My favorites are: Ninja Gaiden, Aerial Assault, Halley Wars, Vampire: Master Of Darkness, Shinobi II, Sonic: Triple Trouble, Dragon Crystal, Star Wars, Garfield: Caught In The Act, Asterix: And the Great Rescue. As well as many others. But these are ones I own and recommend. I re-discovered this great portable later on in my life and am enjoying the game library it has.
I had never heard of the game gear when it was still supported, but a few yrs later i had discovered it in collections on the gamecube. I believe i had a plug and play console with a game or 2 on it, but they were sonic games. Since discovering it, ive thought this console was really cool. Always feel as though i missed out as a kid.
I had the game gear which I bought new in a store circa 1992. I also had the Atari Lynx, which I speculate was also boosted by the same jerk who stole my Game Gear with my vintage 1950-1960s tube amplifiers in mono : (. Least I got what's left of my health. Praise Jesus. Great video. I am a new subscriber and I have learned so much from your videos. I also have found every video fascinating and to be made with content that I enjoy absorbing into my brain. Thank you for making your video's and please...."keep em coming"
My "Sega confession": I've never been a big fan of any of the Genesis Road Rash games. My first Road Rash experience was on the 3DO, and none of the earlier (or heck, LATER) games compared. I don't think I could play the GG version...but this is a solid list. Can't believe you made a top 10 Game Gear games without a single Sonic game! I'd definitely have put Tails' Adventure on there, at least.
I didn’t get one of these until Christmas 1998, & I was sooooo Happy!! Absolutely loved everything about it! I got it w Sonic Columns Choplifter I really Loved Choplifter & it was my Favorite game outta there he whopping 3 I had..
I've never played a GameGear, and I am 32. I think it's insane that an early 90s handheld even had color, but I can't say most of the games look all that appealing. Seems to have more charm than substance in most cases.
Technically yes, goes without saying, but as a PORTABLE, that is, something you can actually enjoy on the go, the game boys battery life clearly gave it a huge advantage. The GG definitely had a place though, despite essentially being just a portable master system, thanks to its unique library
This brought back some memories. I always loved how the sprites looked on Streets of Rage. Castle of Illusion looks alot like the Master System version.
Anyone here in Lucky dime caper camped baddies to getting the discs instead of the hammer? Besides that the game gear was first console, I had many good memories with it, the game I want to mention here are Crystal Warriors as I come back to here mostly once a year and putt & putter, a game that I not planned to acquire back then but it was a prize for a strange contest involving a Sonic badge that would activate during certain TV programs, great replay value though
18:56 this audio and gameplay brings me back to early 90s. This cart was cemented in my carry-all and always came with me no matter where I went. It was so good on the go. Games like this melted time away. Nothing else mattered between you and that little screen.
My favorite GG game was World Series Baseball 95. I didnt get exposure to many games for this platform back then so my knowledge of the system was limited to what I owned and read about in Gamepro magazines
Criminally omitted from this list: Batman Returns -- Great action platformer. Defenders Of Oasis -- Best Game Gear RPG. Fatal Fury Special -- Best fighting game. Sonic The Hedgehog -- Best portable Sonic game.
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I'd say the Tails standalone game on the gg was my favorite. It was a nice departure from the Sonic franchise and used Tails with his intellect and gadgets to the fullest extent.
tails adventure is high on my list too. with sonic 2 having so many problems, aspect didn't start of as the strongest of game developers, but by the time triple trouble and tails adventure came out, they were nailing it.
The Game Gear version of columns is THE version for me. The sound effects, the visuals, the music, so many hours spent.
Return of the jedi, sonic, shining force, arena:maze of death, gunstar heroes, batman, samurai showdown, fatal fury special, and MK 1-2 were epic as well back then!
I had the Game Gear. I remember playing Sonic 2, Columns & Mickey Mouse.
My 5 Top Games for it, along with Bubble Bobble and Sonic 1.
@@miltywhitneysmiltank6607 Did you ever try Tails' Adventure? It was an interesting redo/spinoff from the sonic series.
@@Classixish I just picked up Tails adventure, surprisingly fun!
I'm probably in the minority, but the SEGA 8-Bit systems had my favorite sound chips of all time.
I LOVE the 'pings', 'hums' and 'whistles' it creates.
I own a Gear Gear, but honestly, I mainly used it to play Master System games with the Master Gear convertor. I probably played 'Columns' more than any other Game Gear game.
I used to play the game gear/master system Disney games with my dad. They are amazing and I've so many good memories with them
The Disney games on master system and g
Gamegear were just great memories ❤ x
@@craiggibbons8228 yeah everyone always talks about castle of illusion or even world of illusion being the best games. But the SMS/SGG land of illusion was better than both.
I used to be obsessed with Dragon Crystal as a kid, and would play it endlessly when we went on vacation. So many fond memories of completely ignoring Paris and playing Game Gear in the hotel.
Ignoring Paris xD
Thats similar to me but we where in Bavaria. And i played GG Shinobi, Fantasy Zone, Prince Of Persia etc. In my room. 😄
Game gear was my first system I owned back in like 1992
Loved it my mom didn't want a home console so I had game gear, a computer and gameboy. I got some awesome games admittedly the portability was not great but I just played it on adapter
Land of illusion and the Ecco games were my favorites
It's funny really, the switch has the same amount of battery life as the game gear but nobody seems to talk about that much. I love my switch, and I'd argue its portable in the same way the game gear was, in that as long as where you're travelling to has a wall socket then you can play it as much as you want. There's nothing wrong with that. You can't really carry a big console with you on holiday, and also you'd need a TV to be there. The game gear was a portable master system and the switch is a portable Wii U and they're both great. But the jokes about the game gear battery life never end even decades later.
@@duffman18 the switch stays on the dock in my house. I'm a bit of a gaming n@zi tho 👀
@@duffman18 The Switch has a battery life of 4.5 to 9 hours. The Game Gear was much worse than that and you also had to buy expensive batteries while for Switch you can just plug it in and recharge it.
@@soulripper31 no you didn't. Everyone with a game gear had the wall adapter, and/or rechargeable batteries, so in that sense it's not different from a smartphone or a switch (and also, everyone with a gameboy had these things too, because they ate through batteries really fast too, not as much as the game gear, but almost; going back and trying to use a gameboy these days, it's really quite shocking how short a time they last, I don't remember it being this bad when I was a kid, but then my parents were paying for the batteries back then, not me). Anyway smartphones, switch, game gear, game boy, they're all portable systems. Because it's a different thing to, let's say, trying to carry a gaming PC with you on the train with you to see your parents. I can carry my switch with me everywhere and use it anywhere, just like with a game gear or smartphone. It's great
@@duffman18 You can't play your Game Gear on the go without batteries. Batteries suck, even rechargeable ones (as they also have limited uses and become gradually worse). So glad controllers no longer use batteries (except the Xbox controller which sucks lol).
So many memories from my teenage time: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Shinobi 1. I even recognized alle the music and effects. Incredible, that we can remember that.
Oh yes, Shinobi. 😋👍
Bye the way, good Profile picture 👍
Defenders of Oasis is my favorite RPG on that system. Such a fun game. I remember playing Crystal Warriors a lot as well but with no saving it was tough, died a lot.
The gg shinobi is such a wonderful game! I remember that it was one of the first games I downloaded on my 3ds. Sonic Drift 2 is highly underrated and I'd go as far as to say that its probably the best 8 bit racing game ever made. I would love it if sega and m2 would release a game gear mini handheld.
I agree with you. GG Shinobi is my favourite GG game, and Sonic Drift 2 is right behind it. People keep bashing the game and say it's a bad Mario Kart clone, but I never agreed with that. It's super fun once you figure it out
Sonic Drift 2 > Mario Kart 64
i love sonic drift 2 and am so glad its getting new love now its out on the switch
I remember playing Mortal Kombat I and II to death. Also Fatal Fury Special was actually pretty decent. And yeah, Columns got a lot of love.
8 bit fighters have much to respect, given what they were aiming to achieve with what they had. GG MK2 with it hidden characters andf fair but challenging difficulty is a game I love
No way, there was a sequel to Crystal Warriors?! Would have loved that if they’d released the game in English!
It sounds like the portable Shining Force game I always wanted! Shining Force 2 The Sword of Haiya was good but I always felt sad that it didn't include the town sections Shining Force 1 and 2 had.
Batman Returns on the Game Gear was another unexpectedly awesome game. It's like the Master System version, but better balance and graphic effects, has an excellent soundtrack (Yuzo Koshiro) and the gameplay is fantastic. Pretty much Shinobi with a Batman theme truth be told. Loved that game and Shining Force on the Game Gear. The Majors Pro Baseball was another one I thought was quite good.
Yup, I've talked up Batman Returns before. Good stuff.
I punched my Game Gear screen thanks to GG Shinobi, It Broke and I cried all night LOL I couldnt pass the last stage
Edit: I was 11 years old
Psycho Surfer ouch, I always had a pillow to batter. Would be devastated if I bust up my GG!
Pretty sure people ages 1-111 have shared in this age 11 demise
Psycho Surfer Did you get a replacement
Neo City! I only cleared it after I saw a classmate do it!
I have never played Castle of Illusion from Game Gear, but I agree with you. The Master System version of it it's a better platformer than its 16-bit counterpart.
Absolutely agree, the Genesis version doesn't animate and control as well IMO, which is a bit ironic considering it's the more powerful system.
One of my favorite games was a surprisingly deep fighting game. It was Power Rangers.
Both Power rangers and Power rangers the movie are very good games in the Game Gear
@@belmont_gr IKR. Love those games!
I thought it was so cool unlocking the green ranger. I get excited when games pay attention to cannon.
it was sick.
Both by Bandai and Natsume.
Besides most of the games mentioned by you for me it definitely includes Wonder Boy, loved to play it in the arcade when it came out and also the reason for me to get a Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear. Besides the Disney and Sonic games I also enjoyed Asterix, Ax Battler, Bart Simpson, Chuck Rock, Columns, Super Off-road to name a few
Columns was a staple of my collection as well. Played Flash Columns every day for years.
"Together like biscuits and gravy." Love it!
I had NO IDEA Robocop vs terminator was on the game gear! Really cool!
Really great lineup here. Nice to see the Game Gear get some love. I still have mine, and yes it works but only after 2 hours of replacing caps. Little shocked you did not mention sonic drift 2.
this guy just doesn't stop!
1. Sonic the Hedgehog 1
2. Revenge of Dracon
3. Sonic 2
4. Dragon Crystal
5. Batman Returns
6. Shinobi 1
7. Columns
8. Psychic World
Honorable Mentions:
1. Jurassic Park
2. Ninja Gaiden. (The first time I've played these two games was on an emulator, so they didn't count on my original list)
I still have cartridges: Jurassic Park and Ninja Gaiden (that one was my first game).
I never had a Game Gear as a kid but it is a bad ass little handheld for sure. One of my favorites is Shining Force The Sword of Haiya. Fun rpg that is always great to pull out and play
I love seeing more people discover the wonder and the hidden gems of the Game Gear. I'm quite partial to Sylvan Tale (Japan only but there's an excellent fan translation), Defenders of Oasis, and Ax Battler.
I re-capped my Game Gear a couple of years ago, and enjoyed getting back into it. My list differs quite a bit, but it's all fun. A few that I really love:
Ax Battler- it gets crapped on and called a weak Zelda II clone. Well, Zelda II is my favorite NES game, so I welcomed a clone. It's clunky, but fun.
Zenki- super underrated platformer that any GG fan should play. It's awesome.
Woody Pop- I initially bought it because the name made me giggle, but it's a really good Breakout/Arkanoid-style game, and a good play.
Yeah, I don’t mind clone or knock-off games when they are still solid games. Thanks for the suggestions 👍
I had a lot of these games. Watching the gameplay and hearing the music/sounds put me right back in the car during family road trips in the 90s.
I got the Game Gear on clearance with a bunch of games in '96 or '97 and I didn't expect to enjoy it that much. Great system...and I didn't even know the best games during the time I had it!
We rarely do. It took years of exploring the find the best.
@@SegaLordX I'm in my forties and Sega, though they left the console game, is still yielding retro treasure to this day!
You have just made my Saturday. Thanks for the video, Sega Lord. Cheers!
No problem, Doug. Glad you liked it.
Great video man, I was a Game Gear kid all the way, I loved GameBoy games but Sega's backlit color display just wowed me. Played hundreds of hours of GG mostly plugged in since it ate batteries so bad. Absolutely loved being able to go play my handheld Master System at all our boring family functions & the road trips to get there! Really cool diverse library, I especially loved GG Road Rash back then
Ax Battler was one of my favorites, but its probably more of a hidden gem.
i am a huge ax battler fan. secdond game I ever owned, after GG sonic 1, and i still have and love ax today!
Castle of Illusion is my favourite GG title. I've completed it so many times but the game is simply timeless! I also spent many hours on Wonder Boy 3.
Me too. I know I beat Castle of Illusion at least 30 times back then. Awesome game.
@@SegaLordX I'm glad I'm not the only one! 😂 I miss playing my Sega GG but it's faulty at the moment. It powers on but the screen is blank so unfortunately I can only play the GG classics via emulators! But I still have my Ssturn and Dreamcast in good working condition!
Just got such a wave of nostalgia...!
Wonder Boy, Super Monaco GP, Columns and Chessmaster
Speaking of fan translated GG games, there's also the great strategy game *Godzilla: Kaijuu Daishingeki* (Godzilla: Monsters Attack) much akin to Advance Wars. Neat stuff!
@@maybeitsneato True, it features the absolute beautiful simplicity of FCKING EVERYTHING UP with Kaijus. A pain in the @ss when playing as the military, though...
Grew up with the Game Gear, loved it! Second handheld console ever with full-color backlit screen after the Atari Lynx (that I wish I also had). You showed up some great games for it. Castle of Illusion, the GG Shinobi games or Royal Stone are brilliant and Road Rash is very impressive for a 8-bit system!
I had game boy original 😎
@@supernes64eaa86 Same. And it's still one of my fav' handhelds as well. My early story can be found via my playlist "VGM | various systems pt.1".
GG is awesome, but I often passed it up in favor of the TurboExpress. I got better battery life out of the GG though, so on the trip moving to the other side of the country I’d pick up the GG once the TurboExpress died. My parents weren’t keen on stopping at a gas station to buy overpriced AA batteries every 3 hours.😂
I had a game gear but sadly living in a rural area finding games for it was the hardest part
Great video. I’m a latecomer to the GG so this has helped me sort out exactly which games I should focus on getting. Sure, many prices are higher than a few years ago but still not ridiculous like many other retro games these days. Next step is to recap and screen mod the GG I just bought…wish me luck
Ive always been bummed that the MasterSystem/Game Gear versions of sonic the hedgehog never see the credit they get. I played them far before I managed to afford a Mega Drive!
I think for lots of people that's the deciding factor. I played the Genesis game first, so that's where my heart was.
@@SegaLordX the mega drive ones are the OG. But sonic 1,2 and chaos emerald on the master system were there own complete game series. Just a shame they're rarely seen in an collections! Oh, and sonic racing on the game gear!
My favourite GG title is easily Shining Force The Sword of Hajya. I spent so many hours on that one...
It'd likely be my number 11. Awesome game.
I got to battle 25 (last one?), then my save file got erased. The pain. The anger...
@@bogd555 feels bad
I have that on my 3DS but haven’t played it yet
Shining Force is a great series, it could have easily outdone Fire Emblem considering how long it took FE to come to the states
Great topic, list, and video. First, I will say that I think Road Rash looks quite impressive for the 8-bit hardware. And Rister looks extremely impressive, and it plays great. The Game Gear extended the lifespan of the Master System allowing us to see what the hardware could do when pushed further. And we see the results of that in Ristar and Gunstar Heroes. I finally got around to trying the Shinobi games a few years ago. I consider them both to be the top two games on the platform. I think I preferred part two when I played, but they were definitely close in quality and I can easily see it going either way.
I remember playing a good bit of various Sonic games, which I mostly liked. Dragon Crystal was weird but fun, though there's a huge difficulty spike toward the end and it has some other quirks that make it hard to recommend. I remember liking Ax Battler and Super Monaco GP as well. I even really liked the first Mortal Kombat game on it at the time. I recall also playing Fatal Fury on the system. It wasn't as easy to tell which games on the system were the best, so I was very experimental with it and my library reflected that.
I'm surprised that Shining Force didn't make the list.
Just missed. Top 15 for sure.
I like playing Ninja Gaiden on my game gear and it's a classic
Jurassic Park on the GG was definitely the game I remember spending the most time on. I loved that game.
Man I loved the Game Gear. I remember using the TV tuner in college to watch the new at the time Batman the animated series. I definitely think that Sega knocked the ball out of the park with both Shinobi games. Some of my other favorites include: Sonic the Hedgehog, Samurai Shodown, King of Fighters, Land of Oasis, Columns, Space Harrier, Mortal Kombat, and GLOC.
Power Strike 2 looks absolutely fantastic! Man I would played the hell out of that on my Game Gear back in the day lol.
I started collecting Sega Game gear about 5 years ago out of curiosity (and I got a heckin good deal on a starter pack) I have to say I had a lot of fun playing NBA JAM and Defenders of Oasis.
Defenders of Oasis is super underrated. Great game.
Only a badass Sega fan can get away with saying _popo_ unironically. 😎
I grew up a huge Sega fan, but when I hear that term, my brain goes straight to "police!"
I was more of a Nintendo kid growing up even though we had sega consoles as well. But I still remember when my dad bought a GG and played it for the first time! We had about 25 games, the magnifier screen, carry case, ac adapter, that long rechargeable battery you to plug into ac port, and a game genie. I remember how small those Game genie were so small lol. Had so much fun and was a huge part of my childhood.
Holy! That Donald Duck sprite is amazingly detailed! You’d expect to see that on the GBA (granted the rest of the visuals weren’t GBA quality, but that sprite is incredible for the GG).
Oddly the only person I knew to have a Game Gear in the early-mid 90s was my grandfather's 2nd wife's son in law, so I didn't get to play it very much then, he was also extremely protective of it, had the big magnifying glass thing and always had it on the little metal kickstand on his coffee table haha. But one of the games he had for it was GG Aleste 2, and I remember being SO blown away by that game, and even Sonic 2, but especially the prior. As a young Gameboy owner that shit just felt like it was in a completely different league, no comparison, and made me feel like the GB must have been a rip off or scam or something lol. Never ended up with one before I got a Nomad in 97 until I inherited one from a friend in 2000 or so. It's battery life was definitely unacceptable, but the thing absolutely felt incredibly ahead of it's time.
The two other Game Gear games that impressed me the most were Shinning Force: Sword of Hyjia and Sonic Triple Trouble. But your number one choice is good one too.
two of my favourites you haver listed there. excellence
Man, lots of memories! Remember playing Mickey Mouse and Shinobi
Man that takes me back? I used to have the Game Gear along with Streets of Rage 2 and Shinobi 2, both great games!👌👍
I really enjoyed "Sonic Triple Trouble" and "Sonic the Hedgehog 2" on my Game Gear. Sonic was the only reason I played Sega at that time that wasn't about sports games.
I don't know how u own a game gear and don't have Sonic Sonic was my first game and my best game then the rest
YESS!! GG Shinobi and the amazing, unforgettable music by Yuzo Koshiro was my absolute favourite!
I loved Castle of Illusion and Sonic too of course!
My very first game on game gear was shinobi GG.
I just couldn't believe I was playing a shinobi game on a portable console.
Back then it was pure magic.
Super glad you made a top 10 Game Gear video, I've wanted to hear your thoughts on that subject for a while! Watching this made my Saturday! :)
My favourites, now that I can finally have a Game Gear of my own, have been Sonic 1, Ristar, RoboCop vs The Terminator, Coca-Cola Kid, and Pac-Attack :)
Had this amazing console as a kid loved playing it all the time expensive in batteries I also got the tv tuner as well I was so happy that Christmas playing Sonic and Shinobi
You really are a true SEGA fan. Love your content keep up the top notch work
Best way to enjoy these nowdays is on a OG Game Gear with a Mcwill mod screen this equals perfection.
I've never experienced the Game Gear on Original hardware 😢, however I'm recently playing its games on my everdrive 64 (but sound emulation it's horrible :/).
Fatal Fury Special
Puzzle & Action Tanto-R
Wonder Boy
Mortal Kombat II
The Golden ax spin-off (I forgot its name)
Keep the good work dude ✌💪
Jurassic Park, Batman Returns and Alien 3 were also games that kept me playing for hours. Oh, and Battletoads.
The one I played most was probably Road Rash and Lemmings.
Lots of my favourite GG games in this list! One game I was always very fond of was Ninja Gaiden, sure it’s too short but the gameplay is razor sharp. This list also reminds me I need to get my white Game Gear recapped as the screen is totally gone now.
Lucky Dime Caper is fantastic and one of my favorites aswell!
You should check out Psychic World, i'm addicted to the SMS version!
Sylvan Tale would be on my list. It's such a solid Zelda-like, I'm amazed it didn't continue on to become a big franchise. The fan translation for it is top notch.
My first handheld. Streets of Rage 1&2, Sonic triple trouble, Joe Montana football, Chakan, all the Batman games and Primal Rage were my fav games on that system. And you could watch TV too
I can't believe I've missed so many of your vids. m8, you even made a tribute about my very 1st game system that's the sega game gear I got on 13/12/92
NBA JAM, Ren & Stimpy: Quest for The Shaven Yak, Desert Strike, and Mortal Kombat 1,2,3 games for the Game Gear were my favorite. I remember how surprised I was when I unlocked The Beastie Boys while playing NBA JAM😆
I forgot all about the Donald game. I absolutely loved it as a kid. Completed it so many times. Would love to play it again.
Really solid list. If I were to put one Disney game in though I would have put Aladdin even though the game is pretty short. Other games I wouldn’t have had were Super Columns, Gunstar heroes, Dragon Crystal, Super off road and Sonic the hedgehog
I enjoyed Sonic 2, but it was ridiculously hard compared to the Genesis version. I like Batman Returns and G-Loc also.
Sylvan Tale, Magic Knight Rayearth and Tails Adventure belonged on this list imo
I have a lot of love for the Game Gear, but I admit, I mostly played Sonic on it and not much else as a wee one, so much of the system's library is new to me.
After looking at this, there are a lot of titles that are going straight to my must-own list. Especially Royal Stone, that looks absolutely amazing
I think a lot of people will like Royal Stone. It's every bit as good as the Shining Force games.
I loved the compatibility with the Master System!
The sega game gear is a decent handheld. I was alway's more of a nintendo handheld person but I do like the game gear.
love the music on Gg. remind me of the master system music era
Another good video. I don’t actually collect a lot, my money usually goes to new stuff, but lately I’ve been picking up old portables and Game Gear is on my wish list. I had one and even had that master system converter, but I don’t remember many games specifically. I loved Sega’s home consoles but nothing beat the Gameboy for me back then. Battery life was more important than color to me. And the Gameboy library is really good too.
Fantastic video dude. A lot of games I totally agree on, though I still need to play that Game Gear port of Robocop. Loved the Genesis version, can’t wait to try the GG version!
4:39: "biscuits and gravy".
Here in England🏴, that sounds disgusting.
In my neck of the woods, biscuits n gravy is a breakfast delicacy you were introduced to by your grandmother. Awesome stuff. ;)
Biscuits and gravy is bonafide American soul food. Knowing a biscuit in England is what we would include under the term "cookie" I can see why someone from there would have that reaction. A biscuit here is like an unsweetened scone. Either way I love a heaping plate of biscuits and gravy myself.
Seriously, gravy and those big flaky grand biscuits and some scrambled eggs on the side. The gravy and eggs mix well. I don’t know about elsewhere, but in the south we’ll eat breakfast any time of the day.
Digestives and Bisto! Still it's not like some of our comfort food probably doesn't sound super-weird to the colonials.
Someone should open a southern-US-style biscuits and gravy restaurant chain in the UK. They'd clean up once the Brits realize what they're missing (and that their preconceptions of both "Biscuits" and "Gravy" are wildly inaccurate).
Great video, will check out these games
I've meaning to do a tv out mod on my GG and waiting to get a backlit LCD screen
My favorites are: Ninja Gaiden, Aerial Assault, Halley Wars, Vampire: Master Of Darkness, Shinobi II, Sonic: Triple Trouble, Dragon Crystal, Star Wars, Garfield: Caught In The Act, Asterix: And the Great Rescue. As well as many others. But these are ones I own and recommend. I re-discovered this great portable later on in my life and am enjoying the game library it has.
I had never heard of the game gear when it was still supported, but a few yrs later i had discovered it in collections on the gamecube. I believe i had a plug and play console with a game or 2 on it, but they were sonic games. Since discovering it, ive thought this console was really cool. Always feel as though i missed out as a kid.
I had the game gear which I bought new in a store circa 1992. I also had the Atari Lynx, which I speculate was also boosted by the same jerk who stole my Game Gear with my vintage 1950-1960s tube amplifiers in mono : (. Least I got what's left of my health. Praise Jesus. Great video. I am a new subscriber and I have learned so much from your videos. I also have found every video fascinating and to be made with content that I enjoy absorbing into my brain. Thank you for making your video's and please...."keep em coming"
My "Sega confession": I've never been a big fan of any of the Genesis Road Rash games. My first Road Rash experience was on the 3DO, and none of the earlier (or heck, LATER) games compared. I don't think I could play the GG version...but this is a solid list. Can't believe you made a top 10 Game Gear games without a single Sonic game! I'd definitely have put Tails' Adventure on there, at least.
I didn’t get one of these until Christmas 1998, & I was sooooo Happy!!
Absolutely loved everything about it!
I got it w
Sonic
Columns
Choplifter
I really Loved Choplifter & it was my Favorite game outta there he whopping 3 I had..
The Game Gear is an excellent console! Used to play Sonic Chaos and Triple Trouble all the time
I've never played a GameGear, and I am 32. I think it's insane that an early 90s handheld even had color, but I can't say most of the games look all that appealing. Seems to have more charm than substance in most cases.
My favorite games were GG Shinobi I & II, Sonic and Star Wars.
I never knew about robocop vs terminator i had the sega gens one. Wow i missed that one good list dude
Phenomenal handheld... Never gets the respect it deserves... Blows the original Gameboy away imo!
Indeed it did. Not even close quite frankly.
Technically yes, goes without saying, but as a PORTABLE, that is, something you can actually enjoy on the go, the game boys battery life clearly gave it a huge advantage. The GG definitely had a place though, despite essentially being just a portable master system, thanks to its unique library
This brought back some memories. I always loved how the sprites looked on Streets of Rage. Castle of Illusion looks alot like the Master System version.
The dime caper game looks like it would look AWESOME on the smaller screen.
Loving these lists!
In school I remember my friend telling that Lucky Dime Caper was crappy. So I avoided it and bought Land Of Illusion instead.
I played GG Shinobi 1 over and over and over as a kid. Still today and i Enjoy it. 😊
Anyone here in Lucky dime caper camped baddies to getting the discs instead of the hammer? Besides that the game gear was first console, I had many good memories with it, the game I want to mention here are Crystal Warriors as I come back to here mostly once a year and putt & putter, a game that I not planned to acquire back then but it was a prize for a strange contest involving a Sonic badge that would activate during certain TV programs, great replay value though
Shinobi and shining force were always some of my favourites on the system.
18:56 this audio and gameplay brings me back to early 90s. This cart was cemented in my carry-all and always came with me no matter where I went. It was so good on the go. Games like this melted time away. Nothing else mattered between you and that little screen.
My favorite GG game was World Series Baseball 95. I didnt get exposure to many games for this platform back then so my knowledge of the system was limited to what I owned and read about in Gamepro magazines
Criminally omitted from this list:
Batman Returns -- Great action platformer.
Defenders Of Oasis -- Best Game Gear RPG.
Fatal Fury Special -- Best fighting game.
Sonic The Hedgehog -- Best portable Sonic game.