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Gamegear games?
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So this weekend I happened to find a Gamegear complete with power supply at a junk store. Picked it up with Castelvania 4 and Jungle Strike for the SNES for a total of $20, which seemed like a decent deal to me. However, I don't own any gamegear games. I don't even really know if the unit I picked up works. What is my best bet for getting ahold of some games for Sega's old portable? eBay? Something else?
Additionally, are there any particularly good games I should be looking for? I seem to remeber that there was a port of Ninja Gaiden for the Gamegear which I'll probably look into, but I don't know a whole lot about the system's library.
Additionally, are there any particularly good games I should be looking for? I seem to remeber that there was a port of Ninja Gaiden for the Gamegear which I'll probably look into, but I don't know a whole lot about the system's library.
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The Game Gear Sonics are decent. That's pretty much all I can recommend off the top of my head.
Edited because it's not actually a MM3 port.
Edited edited for clarity.
And Stargate. Awesome puzzle game.
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world or land of illusion. i forget which is which. and yes, epic.
Duck tales is also quality.
Micro machines. 2 player on one game gear!
DEFENDERS OF OASIS. Awesome rpg that no-one has heard of set in arabia.
Streets of rage/ streets of rage 2 are great.
I think there is a shining force title, but i never owned it.
Unless there's two MegaMan games for the GameGear, then it's not original at all. It's just a collection of a few levels from some of the NES games.
The Game gear Mortal Kombat was also good. Plus...
Sonic Chaos
Mega Man
Jurassic Park
Those are the ones I remember enjoying.
I spent most of summer camp sitting next to the wall outlet, of course, but that's what you pay for true next-gen, I suppose.
Anyway.
Sonic Triple Trouble was really fucking good. Really good. Probably the best game on the system. Certainly the best game I had for it. Get it. Sonic Chaos is almost as good. Get that too.
The X-Men games were pretty good, or maybe that's just nostalgia talking, I dunno.
There was some Mario Kart ripoff called Sonic Dash 2 or something, which I played a lot.
Stay away from Sonic 2, as it's not a very good port of the SMS version (the reduced screen size makes some parts near-impossible).
Speaking of which. You wouldn't happen to have any Master System games, would you? There's an adapter that will let you use them, and Phantasy Star on the Game Gear at least sounds great to me.
A buddy of mine at that summer camp way back when (the only other kid I ever knew with a Game Gear, and no, we didn't have a link cable or anything) had that Mega Man game. How rare is it, anyway?
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Sonic 2 = unlubed sodomy
I also beat Jurassic Park countless times.
That game brings back some great memories it's hard when you start with Joe but once you start getting the other ninjas the game really opens up.
Seriously.
Tails Adventure is also worth a try. Its like Metroid meets Sonic, but its really more slow paced (which isn't a negative aspect BTW).
Alex Kid in Shinoby World is great - if you somehow find the MS >>> Game Gear converter.
Sonic 1 for SMS is quite different comapred to the Genesis version. The Game Gear version has a few extras and more animated objects. Its still my favourite Sonic Game on Sega's 8bit platform.
I also really liked the Power Rangers fighting game for it, but I was like 7.
We should start a PA LBC crew.
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Both totally excellent games.
And yeah, though Defenders of Oasis is a quality title, it IS an old school rpg. Grinding, bosses that will ANNIHALATE you and lots of random encounters, but the battle dynamic is great (each character can do different things).
If you like games that are really hard, but really replayable so that you don't just get annoyed with the difficulty, go for this game.
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Yes. I remember as a young kid I was afraid of the third level, so I did speed-runs of the second.
Never did finish the third level.
EDIT: I also found this crazy, Megaman-esque game called 'Psychic Zone.' It's fantastic.
don't crotch punch shang tsung. it crashes the game. and the only way to beat goro is to punch constantly. the block damage gets him.
Master System II cartridge adaptor + California Games SMSII cartridge and you're done.