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Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 02:48:29 -0400
The REAL GAME GEAR F.A.Q.
Version GG.02 - May 1998
Creators & Maintainers:
Sly D.C.
&
Eric Hamel
and NO FRAGGING Codes or Cheats!!
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O.K.,Here's the legal stuff:
Copyright (c) 1998, Sylvain De Chantal & Eric Hamel
All rights reserved. This document may be copied, in whole or in part,
by any means provided the copyright and contributors sections remain
intact and no fee is charged for the information. Contributors
retain the copyright to their individual contributions.
The data contained here in is provided for informational purposes
only. No warranty is made with regards to the accuracy of some
informations.
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Additional contributions IS welcome! (really needed!!)
Please mail additional information,
opinions, and comments to : mailto --> "slydc@hotmail.com"(informations)
or to --> "slydc@videotron.ca"(sell,trade)
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Welcome to the REAL FAQ about the GAME GEAR !
TABLE OF CONTENTS
-------------------
1.0) What is the GAME GEAR ??
2.0) GAME GEAR specs
3.0) U.S. Cartridge List(still need inputs...)
3.1) Never Released (U.S.)
4.0) Accessories List
5.0) The GG in Europe and Japan
6.0) Odds and Ends...
7.0) Credits
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1.0) What is the GAME GEAR ??
------------------------------
First, play a Game Boy and find a dead squirrel and knock-it hard on
your head, when you see all kind of color on the screen of your Game
Boy, you've accomplish to get a dirt-cheap Game Gear !
HA!HA!HA! Only in your wildest dreams! (or the TV ad)
But seriously, the Game Gear is quite unique in it's own way.
It's "life" began in 1991 when it was released and now died in the end of
1997 when the last title came out (in Japan, it died in december 1996).
This color handheld system is in fact an Portable Sega Master System, but
Sega wanted to compete with the Nintendo Game Boy, the Atari Lynx and the
NEC Turbo-Express. With now an library of about 250 titles especialy made
for the Game Gear and about 120 games for the Sega Master System with the
Master Gear Adaptor, you have the choices of more than 350 games that you
can play on it.
So enough of "small" talk and let's get on with the FAQ. And if you want
to know more of the big brother of the GG, the SMS (Sega Master System),
Please go see Jeff Bogumil's SMS FAQ at GameFAQs.com !! Thanks !!
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2.0) GAME GEAR specs
---------------------
Main Processor: Z-80 (8-bit)
Processor Speed: 3.58 MHz
Resolution: 160 x 146
Colors Available: 4,096
Colors On-Screen: 32
Maximum Sprites: 64
Sprite Size: 8 x 8
Screen Size: 3.2 Inches
Audio: 4-lyr
RAM: 24K
It is suggested that some games, can change colors on successive scan
lines, and use more colors than the 32 mentioned above.
The GG IS the same all over the world. (Internally of course!) That
means that you can play any cart anywhere in the world !! No need
of any converters or adaptors, all carts are universally compatible !
Some of you are asking themselves if we can play Game Gear carts on a
Master System with an adaptor...well let me put it in one word: NOPE.
The fact is the Game Gear as a color palette of 4,096 colors and the
Master System as a color palette of 256. We can play Master System on
a Game Gear but not the other way around just because of this.
I (Sly)tried myself to take a shot at this but instead of playing Game Gear
games on the Master System, i tried it on the Genesis with the Power
Base Converter and it did work!! Well, kind of, i took a "Poker Face
Solitaire" cart and rewire-it to a scraped "Hang On/Safari Hunt" that
i put in the Power Base Converter, i am able to play the game BUT you
have two problems:
1) No Pause button and
2) The Color are all mixed up!
The PAUSE button isn't the real problem, we can still make a switch or
press-button to correct the situation. The REAL and biggest problem is
the COLOR! What is supposed to be "black" is now "green", "white" is
now "orange", and so on...welcome to the 60's if you want to play !!
Not GROOVY at all, that's for sure !!
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3.0) U.S. Cartridge List Total for NOW: 243 Carts
------------------------- --------------------------
In the THEME Section:
--------------------------------------------------
Act=Action Rcg=Racing
Adv=Adventure RPG=Role Playing game
Ard=Arcade Sht=Shooter
Fgh=Fighting Sim=Simulation
Msc=Misc. Soc=Social(card)
Puz=Puzzle Spt=Sport
In the INFO Section:
--------------------
(B) = Battery Storage
(P) = Password
#p = Number of Player (2or4)
2ps = 2 Players Simultaniously
Name: Company: #Model: Year/Mem: Theme: Info:
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5-in-1 Fun Pack Interplay T-125028 94/ Msc
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Addams Family /1m Act
Aerial Assault Sega / Sht 2p
Aladdin Sega /4m Act (P)
Alien Syndrome Sega 2324 92/ Sht
Alien 3 Arena /2m Act/Sht
Andre Agassi Tennis / Spt
Arcade Classics Sega / Ard
Arch Rivals / Spt
Arena:Maze of Death /
Asterix & the Great Rescue Sega / Act
Ax Battler Sega 2405 91/2m RPG (P)
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Baby Boom /
Baku Baku Sega / Puz
Batman & Robin(Advs. of) Sega / Act
Batman Forever / Act
Batman Returns Sega 92/2m Act
Batter Up Namco / Spt
Battleship / Soc
Battletoads Tradewest 94/2m Act/Fgh
Beavis & Butthead Viacom 94/ Act
Berenstain Bears Sega /
Bonkers:Wax Up! Sega 95/4m Act
Bubble Bobble Taito / Arc 2p/(P)
Bugs Bunny:Double Trouble /
Bust-A-Move Sega / Puz
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Caesar's Palace /
Captain America /
Casino Fun Pack /
Chakan:the Forever Man Sega 92/ Act
Championship Hockey /
Chase HQ Taito / Rcg
Chessmaster Sega / Soc
Chicago Syndicate Sega 95/ Act
Choplifter 3 Extreme / Sht
Chuck Rock Sega /2m Act
Chuck Rock 2:Son of Chuck Tengen 94/2m Act
Cliffhanger / Act
Clutch Hitter Sega / Spt
Columns Sega /2m Puz
Cool Spot Virgin 93/2m Act
Cosmic Spacehead Codemaster /
Crystal Warriors Sega 92/2m Rpg 2ps/(B)
Cutthroat Island Acclaim T-81338 95/ Act
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Defenders of Oasis Sega 2503 92/4m RPG (B)
Desert Strike / Sim/Sht
Devilish Sage's Creation 91/1m Msc
Dinosaurs Tale /
Donald Duck:Deep Duck Trouble Sega 94/4m Act
Donald Duck:Lucky Dime Caper Sega 92/2m Act
Double Dragon Virgin / Fgh
Dr.Robotnik Mean Bean Machine Sega 94/2m Puz 2ps/(P)
Dracula(Bram Stoker's) /
Dragon:the Bruce Lee Story / Fgh
Dragon Crystal Sega 91/ Act/RPG
Dynamite Headdy Sega / Act
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Earthworm Jim Playmates 95/4m Act
Ecco The Dolphin Sega 93/4m Adv (P)
Ecco 2:the Tides of Time Sega 95/4m Adv (P)
Evander Holyfield R.D.Boxing Sega / Spt
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F-15 Strike Eagle 2 /
Fantastic Dizzy Codemaster /2m Act
Fantasy Zone Sega 92/1m Sht
Fatal Fury Special Takara / Fgh
FIFA Soccer '95 EA Sports 94/ Spt
FIFA Soccer '96 EA Sports 95/ Spt
Foreman For Real / Spt
Formula 1 Domark 94/2m Rcg 2ps/(P)
Frank Thomas BigHurt Baseball / Spt
Fred Couples Golf Sega 2529 95/ Spt 4p
Frogger (Prototype only) Sega ???? 9?/?m Arc
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G-Loc Sega / Sht
Garfield:Caught in the Act Sega /
Gear Works Sony 94/1m Puz (P)
George Foreman's KO Boxing Flying Edge 92/2m Spt 2ps
Global Gladiators /
GP Rider / Rcg
Greendog /
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Halley Wars Sega /1m Sht
Home Alone Sega 92/ Act
Hook Sony / Act
Hurricanes /
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Incredible Crash Dummies /
Incredible Hulk / Act
Indiana Jones:Last Crusade U.S.Gold / Adv/Act
Iron Man/XO-Manowar /
Itchy & Scratchy Game Acclaim 95/4m Act
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James Pond 2:Codename Robocod U.S.Gold 93/2m Act
Jeopardy Gametek / Soc
Jeopardy Sports Gametek T-83078 93/ Soc/Spt
Joe Montana Football Sega 92/2m Spt
John Madden '95 E. Arts 95/4m Spt
John Madden '96 96/ Spt
Judge Dredd Acclaim 95/4m Act (P)
Junction Bignet / Puz
Jungle Book Virgin / Act
Jungle Strike / Sht
Jurassic Park Sega 93/4m Act/Adv
Jurassic Park 2:Lost World Sega / Act/Adv
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Kawasaki Super Bike Challenge Time Warner 95/2m Rcg (P)
Klax Tengen / Puz
Krusty's Fun House Acclaim / Puz
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Last Action Hero / Act
Lemmings Sega /2m Puz
Lion King Virgin 94/4m Act
Little Mermaid(Ariel) Sega / Act
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Majors:Pro Baseball Sega 2418 92/ Spt 2ps (B)
Marble Madness Tengen 92/ Puz
Marko & Magic Soccer / Act/Spt
Mega Man:Best Of ... U.S.Gold T-79168 95/ Act
Mickey M:Castle of Illusion Sega 91/1m Act
Mickey M:Land of Illusion Sega / Act
Mickey M:Legend of Illusion Sega 95/4m Act
Mickey's Ultimate Challenge Hi-Tech / Act
Micro Machines / Rcg
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Sega 94/4m Act/Fgh 2ps
MLBPA Baseball / Spt
Monster Truck Wars /
Mortal Kombat Acclaim T-81278 92/4m Fgh 2ps
Mortal Kombat 2 Acclaim 93/4m Fgh 2ps
Ms.Pac-Man Tengen / Arc
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NBA Action '94 94/ Spt
NBA Jam Acclaim / Spt
NBA Jam Tournament Edition Acclaim T-81308 94/ Spt
NFL Quarterback Club Acclaim 94/ Spt
NFL Quarterback Club '96 Acclaim T-81378 95/ Spt
NHL All-Star Hockey / Spt
NHL Hockey '95 95/ Spt
Ninja Gaiden Sega 91/2m Act
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Olympic Gold:Barcelona '92 U.S.Gold 92/2m Spt 4p
Out Run Europa U.S.Gold 92/2m Rcg
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Pac-Attack Namco / Puz
Pac-Man Namco /1m Arc
Paperboy Tengen 92/2m Act
Paperboy 2 / Act
Pengo / Arc
PGA Tour '96 96/ Spt
PGA Tournament Golf Tengen 94/2m Spt 4p/(B)
PGA Tournament Golf 2 Time Warner T-48198 95/4m Spt 4p/(P)
Phantom 2040 Viacom T-139028 95/ Act
Pinball Dreams Gametek 94/1m Msc
Poker Face Blackjack Sega 2326 94/ Soc
Poker Face Gin Sega 2328 94/ Soc
Poker Face Poker Sega 2325 94/ Soc
Poker Face Solitaire Sega 2327 94/ Soc
Popils Tengen 92/2m Puz
Power Drive / Rcg
Power Rangers:the Movie Sega / Fgh
Predator 2 Arena / Act
Primal Rage Time Warner / Fgh
Prince of Persia Tengen 92/ Adv
Psychic World Sega /
Putt & Putter Sega 2307 91/ Spt 2ps
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RBI Baseball '94 94/ Spt
R.C. Grand Prix Absolute /2m Rcg
Ren & Stimpy:Quest for... Sega 94/2m Act (P)
Revenge of Drancon(Wonderboy) Sega / Act
Riddick Bowe Boxing / Spt
Rise Of The Robots Time Warner 95/4m Fgh
Ristar Sega 2543 94/4m Act
Road Rash U.S.Gold / Rcg
Road Runner:Desert Speedtrap Sega 94/2m Act/Rcg
Robo Cop 3 Flying Edge 93/2m Act/Sht
Robocop vs Terminator / Act/Sht
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Samurai Shodown Takara / Fgt
Scratch Golf Vic Tokai T-23018 94/ Spt 2p
Shaq Fu / Fgt
Shining Force:Sword of Hajya Sega 2524 94/4m RPG (B)
Shinobi Sega 2402 91/2m Act
Shinobi 2 Sega / Act
Side Pocket Data East / Spt
Simpsons:Bartman Meet R. Man Flying Edge T-81168 93/ Act
Simpsons:Bart Vs Sp. Mutants Flying Edge / Act
Simpsons:Bart Vs the World Flying Edge 93/2m Act
Slider Sega 91/1m Puz
Solitaire Fun Pack / Soc
Solitaire Poker Sega 91/1m Soc
Sonic Blast Sega 2573 96/ Act
Sonic Chaos Sega 93/4m Act
Sonic Drift 2 Sega 2562 95/ Rcg
Sonic the Hedgehog Sega /2m Act
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Sega /4m Act
Sonic Labyrinth Sega 2584 95/ Act
Sonic Spinball Sega / Msc
Sonic Triple Trouble Sega 94/4m Act
Space Harrier Sega /1m Arc
Speedy Gonzales:Cheese Cat.. Sega 95/4m Act
Spider-Man Vs. the Kingpin Flying Edge 92/2m Act
Spider-Man:Ret.Sinister 6 / Act
Spider-Man & the X-Men / Act
Sports Illustr:Baseb/Footb / Spt
Sports Illustrated Golf / Spt
Sports Trivia / Puz/Spt
Sports Trivia-Champ / Puz/Spt
Star Trek Generations(Nexus) Absolute / Adv
Star Trek TNG:Holodeck Tut. Absolute 94/2m Adv (P)
Star Wars U.S.Gold /4m Act
Stargate Acclaim T-81298 93/4m Act
Streets of Rage Sega 2417 92/4m Fgh
Streets of Rage 2 Sega /4m Fgh
Strider Returns U.S.Gold / Act
Super Columns Sega 95/1m Puz 2ps
Super Golf Sage's Creation /1m Spt
Super Monaco GP Sega / Rcg
Super Monaco GP 2 Sega /2m Rcg
Super Off-Road Virgin /2m Rcg
Super Star Wars:R.O.T.Jedi / Act
Super Smash TV /2m Arc
Super Space Invaders / Arc
Surf Ninjas /
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Tails Adventure Sega 2583 95/ Act
Talespin Sega / Act
Tarzan /
Taz:Escape from Mars Sega 95/4m Act
Tazmania Sega / Act
Tempo Jr Sega /4m Act (P)
Terminator Virgin 92/2m Act/Sht
Terminator 2:Arcade Game Arena / Sht
Terminator 2:Judgement Day / Act
Tesserae Gametek /
Tom & Jerry:the Movie Sega 93/4m Act
True Lies Acclaim 95/4m Act
Trunski /
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Urban Strike / Sim/Sht
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vampire Master of Darkness Sega 2437 93/ Act
Virtua Fighter:Animation Sega 2570 96/ Fgh
VR Troopers /
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wheel of Fortune Gametek 92/ Soc
Wimbledon Tennis Sega 92/1m Spt 2ps
Winter Olympics Games / Spt
Woody Pop Sega /1m Puz
Wolf Child Virgin 93/2m Act
World Class Leaderboard Sega 91/2m Spt 4p
World Cup Soccer / Spt
World Cup USA '94 94/ Spt
World Series Baseball Sega 2439 93/2m Spt 2ps
World Series Baseball '95 Sega 94/4m Spt 2ps/(P)
WWF Raw / Spt
WWF Steel Cage Challenge Flying Edge /2m Spt 2ps
------------------------------------------------------------------------
X-Men Sega 2505 94/ Act
X-Men 2:Gamemaster's Legacy Sega 95/4m Act
X-Men 3:Mojo World Sega 2561 96/ Act
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zool / Act
Zoop / Puz
========================================================================
3.1) Never Released (U.S.)[???]
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Name Manufacturer
=========================================================================
Humans Gametek
Barbie
Berlin Wall Kaneko
Bethoven
Breakthru!
C.J. Elephant Fugitive Codemaster
Dino Basher
F-15 Strike Eagle 3 Microprose
Golden Axe Sega
James Bond 007
Joe Montana Football '94 Sega
Lemming 2:the Tribes Psygnosis
Popeye Beach V'Ball American Technos
Prize Fighter
Rampart Tengen
Rastan Saga
Road Rash 2 Time Warner
Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves Virgin
Soccer
Super Battletank
Super Battletank 2 Absolute
Team Williams GP
We're Back
X-Woman Sega
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4.0) Accessories List
----------------------
Rechargeable Battery Pack or the Handy Power by STD:
----------------------------------------------------
The Rechargeable Battery Pack is a portable, rechargeable battery,
which weights about 400 gram. It is recharged with a AC adapter or a
regular adapter, and it takes about 8 hours. This will in return give you
3 to 4 hours of uninterrupted fun with you GG. It is great for travel and
saves you some money on batteries.
Super Wide Gear:
----------------
The Super Wide Gear is basicly just a big lense, which magnifies
the screen on your GG. So instead of a 3.2" screen, you'll have a 5"
screen. It is good for some games, but not all. As it is with all video
games, the larger the screen - the harder it is to keep track of every
thing, that is going on, on the screen. One downside about the Super Wide
Gear is that it is very hard on your eyes. Really recommended if you're
a big Role-Playing Game fan !!
AC adapter:
-----------
The best AC Adaptor is the one fot the Sega Genesis model 2 or for the
Sega 32X & the Nomad. The Sega CD or the Sega Genesis model 1 will not
work just because of the size of the plug. They may have others third
partys that made AC Adaptor replacement but it would be preferable to use
one from Sega.
Master Gear Converter:
----------------------
The Master Converter is a device which you plug in where you
normaly put in the games. This will enable you to plug in games from the
Sega Master System and play them on your GG. I have heard that some 2
player games doesn't work propaly on the GG. I would also guess that you
lose some detail, on the screen, as the Master System screen size 240 x
226 and it can display 52 colours out of 256 colours. If the game are
using is a PAL game, then it will just slow down a bit.
Game Genie & the Pro Action Replay:
-----------------------------------
The Game Genie is a cartridge-like thing, you plug between the GG
and the cartridge. When you start the GG, a menu pops up and you can type
a code, which will change something in the game. For example, you can have
more lives or weapons, start at which levels you want or something else.
The codes are available in magazines, on the net or you can program your
own codes. The Pro Action Replay for the Game Gear was only available in
Europe, and has the same function as the Game Genie except that it takes
different kind of codes.
Tv Tuner:
---------
The Tv Tuner is another device which you plug in where you normaly
put in the game, which makes you able to watch tv on your GG. The Tv Tuner
has gone out of production, because got into a fight with the producers of
the TV Tuner. To prevent that the company continued to produce the TV
Tuner, Sega changed the GG, so the new models do not support the TV Tuner.
You can see if you GG supports th TV Tuner by checking the models number.
Does the number end with a letter, then your GG NOT support the TV Tuner.
The TV Tuner is compatible for different models to support the different
TV systems around the world. As I know it is made in a NTSC, a PAL and a
SECAM model. The TV Tuner should be quite hard on your batteries, but with
a Rechargeable Battery Pack you should get three hours of uninterrupted
tv. The TV Tuner also has a small input line-In jack which can be use to
plug a VCR, a dislay screen for a Camcorder, hook it up to watch Cable and
even play another Video game System !!
Car Lighter Adapter or the Handy Plug by STD:
---------------------------------------------
These Car Lighter Adapter can be plugged into the cigarette lighter of
your car (or somebody others car), so you can play when traveling great
distances or simply bored to death.
Gear-to-Gear Cable:
-------------------
With some games that supports multi-players, this is the only way to
compete with an adversary. Really great for Combat games like Mortal
Kombat.
Carrying Case & Deluxe Carrying Case:
-------------------------------------
The Carrying Case has 2 separate pockets. One is padded for the Game Gear
unit the the other can hold 8 to 10 cartridges. The Deluxe Carrying Case
can hold your Game Gear unit, 10 cartridges, batteries and manuals. And has
even a shoulder strap for carrying ease.
FM Radio Adaptor:
-----------------
There is an FM radio unit that fits in the cartrige slot (like the TV
Tuner)
and lets you listen to any FM station just like a Walkman. Unfortuanetly,
i don't remember which company is making this accessory or any other info.
Handy Gear:
-----------
This accessory is made by STD. It's let you protect your Game Gear unit
from water, rain and snow. It also has a screen magnifier that even has
an glare reducer, also has a space storage to put an extra cartrige and
has a carrying strap.
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5.0) The GG in Europe and Japan
--------------------------------
European Releases Only:
-----------------------
Name Manufacturer Type
=========================================================================
4-in-1 Pak Sega Various
Akira
Asterix - Secret Mission Platform
Bart's Nightmare Konami Platform
Baseball '91 Sports
Baseball '92 Sports
Berlin Wall Kaneco Platform
Blackjack Cards
Buster Ball Riverhill
Dropzone Codemasters Shooter
Duffy Duck Platform
Ernie Els Golf Codemasters Golf
Factory Panic Sega
FIFA International Soccer Electronic Arts Soccer
FIFA '96 Electronic Arts Soccer
Formula-1 (F1 Racing) Domark Driving
Formula 1 Grand Prix 2 Domark Driving
Frogger (Prototype) Platform
Galaga '91 Namcot Shooter
Gamegear Alleste Compile Shooter
Gamegear Alleste 2 Compile Shooter
Gamegear League Sega Baseball
Gamegear Wars Strategy
Headbusters
Heavy Weight Champioships Boxing
House of Tarot
Hurricanes U.S. Gold Soccer
James Bond 007 Domark
Kick & Rush Sims Soccer
Magical Tal Route
Major League Baseball Baseball
Man Overboard
Mappy
Marko's Magic Football Domark Platform
Micro Machines Codemasters Racing
Micro Machines 2 Codemasters Racing
Operation Starfish
Ottifants, The Sega Platform
Outrun U.S. Gold Racing
Pac-in-Time Namco Arcade
Pete Sampras Tennis Codemasters Tennis
PGA Tour Golf Tengen Golf
PGA Tour Golf II Tengen Golf
PGA Tour Golf 96 Tengen Golf
Phantasy Star 1 Adventure
Phantasy Star 2 Adventure
Phantasy Star 3 Adventure
Pop Breaker Micro Cabin
Power Drive US Gold Racing
Powerstrike 2
Pusho Pusho Sega Tetris
Ray Earth Clamp
Ronald in the Magical World Sega Platform
Sensible Soccer Sony Sports
Skweek Infrogames
Smurfs (Schtroumpfs, Schluempfe) Platform
Smurfs 2 (Schtroumpfs, Schluempfe) Platform
Sonic Compilation Sega Various
Sonic Drift Race Sega Racing
Sonic Maze Sega Platform
Squeek
Strider U.S.Gold
Superman
Tarzan
Tazmania 2 Sega Platform
Ultimate Soccer Sports
Wagon Land
Wizard Pinball Pinball
Wonderboy Sega Platform
Wonderboy 2 Sega Platform
Wonderboy 3: Monsterworld 2 Sega Platform
Japanese Releases Only:
-----------------------
Name Manufacturer
=========================================================================
Doraemon
Games Part 2
Gear Stadium (Gia sutajiamu with Katakana)
GG Pro Striker (soccer game)
Good Luck Gorby (Factory Panic)
Great Voyage of Hyoutanjima (Hyokkori Hyoutanjima -Hyoutanjima no
Daikoukai)
Griffin
Gunstar Heroes
Hao Pai
Last Bible (Megami Tensei Gaiden Last Bible)
Last Bible Sequel
Magic School Lunar
Magical Taruru-to Kun (Magical Tal Route in Europe)
Majong Style Game
Match-able model "Great Strategy G" (Taisengata Daisenryaku G)
Mickeys Magical Kingdom
Ninku
Ninku 2
Phantasy Star Adventure
Puzzle Bobble (Bust-A-Move) Taito
Rastan Saga
RayEarth II
Road of the Magic Story I
Road of the Magic Story II (Madou Monogatari 2 Aruru 16sai)
Road of the Magic Story III (Madou Monogatari 3 Kyuukyoku Joousama)
Royal Stone
Ryu Kyu Face
Sailer Moon (Bishoujo Senshi Sailer Moon S)
Saint
Samurai Spirits
SD Gundam Winner's History
Shikinjo Sunsoft
Shining Force Gaiden Sega
Shining Force II Sega
Shining Force III Sega
Shikin Castle (Shikinjo)
Sonic Drift Sega
Sqweek Loriciel
Super Wagan Land
Tama & Friends Olympic Games (Tama & Friends 3tyoume Kouen Tamalynpic)
Volleyball
Warehouse Keeper (Soukoban)
Yu Yu Fighters Sega
Yu Yu Hakusho
Yu Yu Hakusho 2
Zan Gear
??? - some horse racing game
------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.0) Odds and Ends...
----------------------
* Here something that was supposed to be released but never did, a kinda
clone of the Super Game Boy, (Mega Game Gear ???) was an convertor that
was supposed to play Game Gear games on the Genesis/32X !! But companies
like Sega or Nintendo has a tendance to "work" on a great device but never
comes out...hate that when it happens.
* Another odd hardware is the Wide Gear, a device that let's you connect
your Game Gear to a TV and plug even a Genesis controller for playing !?!
This thing is huge but at least it does work (and how !!) but it's too
expensive to buy (more than a 1,000$). Many of you contacted me to ask me
where you can find a Wide Gear, Sorry to say i don't know !!! PLEASE don't
ask me this question anymore. I read the story of this gadget in one of
the Electronic Gaming Magazines which had a picture. Better ask SEGA or
EGM, maybe they know ? And good luck in your search !
* Marlin Bates & Tom Cronin sent this UNIQUE info: There exist a board
developer's Game Gear with a modification for TV out - the entire circuit
board fits easily within one of the battery compartments. It plays games
on a TV set just fine - there's is a border around the action, but every-
thing is clean and viewable. It also have (for some reason) the Game Gear
developer's hardware - consists of two cards to plug into a PC, an In-
Circuit Emulator, a 5.25" floppy (presumably containing an assembler) and
a LARGE circuit board - with composite video out.
And Chris Pepin sent this info: In an older issue of EGM I believe, they
showed a Game Gear modified by Sega to have RCA outputs on it to allow
playing Game Gear Games on TV. They jammed a couple of extra circuit
boards into the battery compartments. Theoretically, almost anybody
should be able to modify their GG to have Composite output. Just as long
as one knew exactly where on the circuit board to tap to get the correct
signals. Unfortuantly, I don't remember which issue it was in. I cur-
rently have a GG with a bad screen that I would love to modify if I only
knew how. :-( [Just without saying, if anybody knows which mag number is,
please e-mail me it so i can put in this FAQ to everybody to know. For
a picture of this, it will be on my web site by the end of this month.
And if there's a willing good soul who has one and wants to depart of it,
selling it or trade it, please e-mail me pronto, i have the skill and the
know-how of electronics so i could make a shematic of this board for
everybody would make themselves and enjoy it. Thanks!]
* Matt Ferguson sent this information: There is a cable that lets you
play 2-player Master system games on the Mastergear. One end plugs into
the gear-to-gear port and the other end has a port for attaching a
master system controller for the second player.
* Here's some info that Barry Cantin told us:
I have noticed something kind of odd at - of all places - K-Mart stores.
(and Zellers stores in Canada too - SDC)
They sell used video games from a distributor called "The Game Trader".
If you haven't seen this already, you'll definitely want to look. I have
bought several Game Gear titles from them over the past year, each at $15.
Now, the interesting part. Many of the US/European titles they sell are
COMPLETE, NEW, in the box with instructions. I managed to pick up a few
this way. (Oh, in case you didn't already have this tidbit for your FAQ,
the silver Game Gear boxes were the ones sold in Europe [note the multi-
lingual docs] while the purple ones (later) or the original ones [with the
old Game Gear logo] are for the North American market...)
Anyway, among the K-Mart items are - occasionally - some japanese Game Gear
titles. now I know that they're brand new but they never include the box
or docs. Maybe the people at "The Game Trader" thought that Americans and
Canadians would be offended at the thought of buying a Japanese game (which
is silly to me, it's more deceptive to NOT include the original packaging,
which I want anyway). I have bought about five or six this way.
Well folks, you heard it from Barry, you can find some Europeans or Japa-
nese Cartridges from the "Game Traders". Just look in a nearby shopping
store, who knows ?? You may get lucky !!
* Another thing that Barry told is some older Japanese games do not work
on the newer US systems (same difference as TV Tuner). So check them out
before buying them IF you can.
* Did you know that in Japan they made a "Coca-Cola Limited Edition" Game
Gear ? If you are passing in Atlanta(Georgia), just make a stop by the
Coca-Cola Museum. There is one displayed. It also came with a red
cartridge,
and if somebody knows the name of this game, please e-mail it to us ! This
unit is really beginning to be a collector item since Video Game Collectors
and Coca-Cola Collectors are trying to get their hands on it !!
* In Japan, the Game Gear was released in a white color casing and another
variant is has some figures of Virtua Fighter desinged on it. This GG came
in a package deal called "Virtua Fighter Mini Kids Gear" with the cart
"Virtua Fighter".
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7.0) Credits
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* Jeff Bogumil (for the pointer to this FAQ)
* Barry W. Cantin (Boy did he help me !!)
* Thomas Cronin (Micro-Board Gear to TV info)
* Matt Ferguson (the 2 player cable MasterGear)
* Chris Pepin (Micro-Board Gear to TV info)
* EGM & Gamepro Magazines
Thanks and see you in the next version !!!
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