Starlight Lotice
Member
He is surely enjoying himself at this news.
I am guessing the GGs are in "Short Supply".
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Sega announces Game Gear Micro
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He is surely enjoying himself at this news.
I am guessing the GGs are in "Short Supply".
JareBear: Remastered
Banned
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
Agreed. We need a mini Saturn and/or mini Dreamcast. The GameGear was nice and I enjoyed the original (despite having gone through two with defective backlighting and finally finding the right one with my third). Have you read the dimensions on this thing? It's a bloody playing card.Seems rather pointless...at least make a 4" screen in a 5" form factor
Or make a dreamcast mini
Or a saturn mini
Or dont do anything
BlackTron
Member
I love the Game Gear and still have an old one someplace, but I just have no interest in this. It's WAY too small. They proportioned it to the Genesis mini? Isn't that a pretty dumb way to decide the size and shape of a handheld? There's a reason the Genesis controllers didn't shrink to the same proportion as the mini console.
Maybe if it had space for more games and was 2-3 times bigger.
Maybe if it had space for more games and was 2-3 times bigger.
TLZ
Banned
The magnifying lens!
Melon Husk
Member
4980 yen for a keychan console? I didn't know inflation was that bad.
thicc_girls_are_teh_best
Gold Member
How much does this thing cost? If it's anything over $10 I'll laugh my ass off.
Damn near $50? Have they gone insane?!?
Welp, props to SEGA for knowing their market for this. It's DEFINITELY not for me, guess we just gotta wait longer for a Saturn or Dreamcast Mini.
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Starlight Lotice
Member
How much does this thing cost? If it's anything over $10 I'll laugh my ass off.
Damn near $50? Have they gone insane?!?
Welp, props to SEGA for knowing their market for this. It's DEFINITELY not for me, guess we just gotta wait longer for a Saturn or Dreamcast Mini.
Probably going to make bank on that niche over there to treat us to a TRUE Master System/Game Gear Mini.
BELIEVE!
LordKasual
Banned
w h y
Gavin Stevens
Formerly 'o'dium'
So they had the choice to make a slimmed down GG with a shit load of games and decent hardware but instead made this? Well, SEGA gonna SEGA I guess...
Andrew Evenstar
Member
with just a little practice it is possible to fit the original one too.
vaibhavpisal
Member
They are trying to make game gear smartwatch.
DaGwaphics
Member
LordKasual
Banned
This is a very SEGA like decision indeed
Berserking Guts
Member
VMU be like "you my wife now boy"
JohannCK
Member
Yeah, the devs pretty much said that the GG Micro is meant to be a novelty as opposed to the MD Mini being a real console.
Game Gear Micro Developer Interview - Frontline Gaming Japan
The Game Gear Micro is discussed by its developers in this interview.
www.frontlinejp.net
They did also say that they've been looking into the ergonomics of the buttons and display and had older people playtest it to see if it's actually playable though.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
Funny thing is, when this thread was first posted...nearly everyone was skeptic. We saw the photos, the dimensions, the miserable 4-games/$45 and just assumed this was a hoax. Now, it seems to have blown up all over the web (not just GAF). I haven't seen a positive take on this because it sucks. Of all the things Sega could have done...why is it a Game Gear emulator the size of a credit card?
Kazza
Member
Look at the post directly above you - this is just a novelty toy for the Japanese market, it was never meant to be some big thing and Sega never hyped it as such. I doubt this is distracting them from other projects.
Happosai
Hold onto your panties
I would have liked it they just released the original Game Gear again with some upscaling and a better monitor. I'd prefer to buy the carts back than to have an emulator. The Game Gears I owned had no region locking. I had a bunch of Japanese games on mine which didn't make it to the U.S.
Seems to me to produce it as a novelty is inexpensive. Many are still going to buy this, regardless.
Kazza
Member
Oh, for sure, I agree. When I first saw they were doing a Game Gear product I thought "Well, I would prefer a Saturn/DC Mini, but a Game Gear Mini with 40+ games will still be good, I'll buy one". I completely lost interest when I found out what it was actually going to be. I just don't like the clickbaity videos and reactions we have been getting. It would be justified if Sega themselves had hyped it up, but people did it to themselves on the basis of a Japanese tech journalist's tweet.
celsowmbr
Banned
A new GG Micro, white one, was announced:
source: https://www.famitsu.com/news/202009/16205904.html
- Aleste / Power Strike (Mark III, Master System),
- Power Strike II (Master System),
- Aleste GG (Game Gear)
- Aleste GG II (Game Gear)
source: https://www.famitsu.com/news/202009/16205904.html
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StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
New promo. Buy 2 Sega micros and get this.
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Calverz
Member
Looks terrible lol. Classic sega. Gotta love them.
ThatStupidLion
Member
let me rephrase that....
nope - definitely dont want this.
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JohannCK
Member
I wrote a review. Photos and a video of gameplay in the article too:
www.frontlinejp.net
The screen and speaker are surprisingly good. My eyesight is terrible but I can read the text perfectly fine with the thing held at arm's length.
Game Gear Micro - Hardware Review - Frontline Gaming Japan
The Game Gear Micro is an interesting little device, good for people looking for a fun novelty, or old fans wanting to indulge in nostalgia.
www.frontlinejp.net
The screen and speaker are surprisingly good. My eyesight is terrible but I can read the text perfectly fine with the thing held at arm's length.
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celsowmbr
Banned
A Japanese website did a complete overview of Game Gear Micro, including the hardware itself:
pc.watch.impress.co.jp
【レビュー】 本日発売の「ゲームギアミクロ」ハードウェアレポート
株式会社セガから、往年のポータブルゲーム機「ゲームギア」発売30周年を記念した超小型ポータブルゲーム機「ゲームギアミクロ」を発売した。税別価格は4,980円。今回「ブラック」の実機を購入したので、ハードウェアおよび分解を中心にレポートしたい。
- SoC All Winner F1C200s:
- ARM9-based CPU core
- 64 MB of RAM
- Storage:
- The SPI NAND flash " XT26G01AWSEGA " made by Shenzhen XTX (Core World ). The capacity is 1 Gbit (128MB)
- OS:
- Linux kernel 3.10.65
JohannCK
Member
They couldn't figure out what the button on the board does either, but FYI you press it while connected via USB for FEL mode.A Japanese website did a complete overview of Game Gear Micro, including the hardware itself:
【レビュー】 本日発売の「ゲームギアミクロ」ハードウェアレポート
株式会社セガから、往年のポータブルゲーム機「ゲームギア」発売30周年を記念した超小型ポータブルゲーム機「ゲームギアミクロ」を発売した。税別価格は4,980円。今回「ブラック」の実機を購入したので、ハードウェアおよび分解を中心にレポートしたい。
- SoC All Winner F1C200s:
- ARM9-based CPU core
- 64 MB of RAM
- Storage:
- The SPI NAND flash " XT26G01AWSEGA " made by Shenzhen XTX (Core World ). The capacity is 1 Gbit (128MB)
- OS:
- Linux kernel 3.10.65
Kokoloko85
Member
Rather have something Saturn or Dreamcast related
captainraincoat
Banned
well at least gaming in prison is about to get easier
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Anal gear
