Talk:Game Gear

message: "...the singer Bono Vox appears playing a Game Gear inside of Dublin Subway."
Erm, there's no underground rail system in Dublin. I haven't seen this video, so don't know what is meant by this. Do you mean a pedestrian tunnel, or a DART station, or was it just not in Dublin? --Zilog Jones 16:19, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  Actually there's a boy playing. In a bus. The bus should be in Berlin, Germany - near the Brandenburg Gate. --32X 01:24, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  U2 Music video 

message: I've seen pics of one on google. Was this real?
Plus, I've seen a red (coca-cola) edition floateing around the web.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.235.13.240 (talk) 21:45, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: White Gamegear?

message: Are game gears still able to be found in stores. 64.192.107.242 03:33, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Only in second hand or retro stores. You also find them on ebay and flea markets. --32X 00:18, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Game Gears in stores 

message: I think the problem here is with people confusing the SERIAL number with the MODEL number.
I have 2 Game Gears, both of which have serial numbers that start with a letter.
My older one, that I've owned from the early ninties, has a serial number that starts with the letter K, and the TV tuner works fine.
The MODEL number on this unit is 2110-50.
My newer GG has a serial number that starts with AG, and the TV won't work on this one.
The model number on this one is 2110G.
So it would seem that if your model number ENDS with a numerical, it should work, but if it ends with a letter, it won't. Gamer-al 22:50, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Mine is a 2110-50 with the serial B10xxxxxx (where the x replace digits), European board, the screen (inside the Game Gear) is made of glass, the front cover is made of plastics. I have the feeling you're right with the model number. --32X 20:22, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Model numbers. 

message: Many game system entries need to have the launch price added.  Also, much were games compared to Genesis game? --Navstar 23:12, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I've found two sources: , . Both mention an initial price of 149$ in the U.S., the first one mentions game being sold for 25$ to 30$. --32X 01:26, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Retail Price 

message: After a recent edit I start to wonder how many units were sold. I've found : "In 1991 Sega sold over 500,000 units. In 1992 Sega sold 900,000 Game Gear consoles." That is pretty near the "over 1.5 million" units, which we have in the article's infobox. In the book Gameplan (English 1.5 version,  @play-asia.com) the author wrote 3 million units (PDF). Both numbers suggest the 24.5 million being vandalism, but seriously: How many units were sold world wide? Both pages don't mention any sources, not to mention there are a lot of mistakes and wrong numbers in Gameplan. --32X 00:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The number of 8 million units (see below) might be true: , . Sadly there aren't any sources cited. I've changed it in the article now, since it sounds more reliable. --32X 02:22, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Units sold 

message: I've used Energizer/Duracell in it. It's fine. 67.188.172.165 05:48, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since the same user left a message at the Nomad talk page I've left him some thoughts. You might be interested in it, or may not. --32X 19:34, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Batteries

message: * Oppose, due to two facts: Game Gear is already a redirect to the article and Sega Game Gear gives you a bit more information ("ah, made by sega.") Compare Beetle with Volkswagen Beetle. --32X 21:54, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: I think this article could benefit from a section listing the peripherals available for the Game Gear.  It would make the page more readable and provide a good deal of concise information. Paul Haymon 12:15, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was No consensus again.  Perhaps Game Gear (Sega)?  Let's not just keeping making the same move request over and over lest it be viewed as a disruption. —Wknight94 (talk) 13:08, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peripherals 

message: I never had one myself, but I've heard that the GG was region-free. Is that accurate? Kelvingreen 09:23, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have a GG but no games from foreign markets. I heard/read the same but I cannot prove it. --32X 07:22, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

text: I also have Japanese cartrigdes and work fine with my European. Also a second Game Gear with japanese box (not Power supply) and all european cartrigdes work --Museo8bits (talk) 07:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Region Free? 

message: Hey what are they called? Can anyone post a link? And what company is still supporting the old Gamegear? --Elven6 00:11, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Gamegears 

message: Isn't 5 hours way too long? The Game Gear could chew through it's six alkaline AA batteries (using alkaline battery technology of the early 90s)in just 2 hours! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellcat fighter (talk • contribs) 08:03, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it depends on the batteries and how bright and loud it was set while playing. It's hard to prove that, since batteries from that time have lost their power and newer ones are way beyond them in terms of capacity. Five hours sound a bit hight to me too, but with a good setting it might be possible. --32X 11:00, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Game Gear's battery life

message: I found two contradictory phrases in this article:
In technical details: "In addition, it could also produce stereo sound (through headphones) as opposed to the Master System's monaural output, although very few games made use of the stereo capabilities."
In Sales history and Game Boy rivalry: "The Game Gear is capable of outputting only mono sound, compared with stereo sound on the Game Boy (via earphones)."
I removed the second one, since it seemed most out of place, but I'm not sure which one is correct. Perhaps I should have removed both...
213.22.44.33 16:41, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So how come when I listen to mine through headphones, the sound is in stereo? Fail. 77.102.101.220 (talk) 20:03, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The GameGear had stereo headphone output, but only a mono loudspeaker - which is pretty much what the original (5 year old!) statement said.  Chaheel Riens (talk) 08:56, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  contradictory sentences on stereo/audio 

message: How much did game gear games cost back then? Anyway with reliable info should contribute such price info to this article. Hellcat fighter 08:30, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: And if you were impoverished but bored of your old titles, you could take your gaming life in your hands and go for some of the cheaper £19.99 games... generally turned out to be a mistake as you ended up with barely playable trash like Taz-Mania and would have to shell out a further £30 for something better anyway. 77.102.101.220 (talk) 20:05, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Price of game gear games 

message: I just noticed that if you click on the "TV Tuner Adapter" link you're brought to a page that has nothing to do at all with the TV Tuner for the Game Gear, but is focused on TV Tuners for Personal Computers. There appears to be a redirect page, maybe a discrimination page can be used? Or, the "this page talks about the Game Gear tuner, if you were looking for other stuff click there" thing. Just an idea. Nineko 01:05, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to TV Tuner somehow wrong 

message: The top selling game had been listed as Sonic Chaos in the infobox.  but an anon IP has now twice changed it to Sonic Blast.  Since I couldnt find any sources to back up either, i blanked the "top game" line.  If anyone has a source for which game is the top selling game for Game Gear, please add it back and cite it.  heresthecasey | talk  20:36, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Top Selling Game 

message: some spelling was wrong. corrected it. Gigakight (talk) 06:39, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: some spelling 

message: :[…] making it [the Game Gear] less cramped to hold [than the Game Boy].
This seems like it might be POV, criticizing the Game Boy’s design, but I dunno. Anyone else? —Frungi (talk) 02:08, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  POV? 

message: It's in the Variations section, first paragraph: "Today the Game gear console does not work anymore." That sentence is very vague, and I don't see how it can possibly be true. Obviously, some Game Gears will have stopped working, but surely not all of them? Avengah (talk) 21:32, 19 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's this supposed to mean? 

message: In trying to figure out where VG Chartz got their 10.62 million from, I've found a book on page 30 discussing a similar figure. So Gamepro could be rounding up. « Ryūkotsusei » 03:57, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Possibly.  We've questioned their figures before: one on consoles placed Sega 32X figures at 200,000 units sold, when we know it's much higher than that (though still not a fantastic seller).  Red Phoenix let's talk... 04:52, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gamepro's 11 million 

message: GamesRadar's Top 50 Game Gear games actually names Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse the best game for the platform, not Shinobi (number 14). I believe the list was recently updated, but there is no reason this article should not be too.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 01:31, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Now that I can tell you must be recent; it was Shinobi when I put in the reference last year.  I'm 100% sure of that.  Red Phoenix let's talk... 01:54, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, GamesRadar has a tendency to do that. Thanks for fixing that up.TheTimesAreAChanging (talk) 02:30, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction 

message: No section about the korean version of Game Gear, Samsung Handy Gam*Boy.--95.89.229.101 (talk) 14:37, 7 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing fact 

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thread_title:  Image from this article to appear as POTD soon 

message: According to the original schematics and to the datasheet of the HM65256B Static RAM chip, the Game Gear has 32kB (32,768 x 8-bit words) of video RAM memory and not 16kB as stated in the article.
https://console5.com/wiki/Game_Gear#Schematics
https://html.alldatasheet.com/html-pdf/136263/HITACHI/HM65256BLFP-10T/302/1/HM65256BLFP-10T.html  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.162.151.214 (talk) 10:03, 2 February 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Correction about VRAM space 

message: I think it would be important to acknowledge these, and the resultant gradual failure of pretty much all units between 2010 and 2020 or so (unless they've had at least a certain 17 of the 20 capacitors replaced). Anamyd (talk) 21:27, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Reliable sources, please. Red Phoenix talk 01:33, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think it's important to point out that capacitors for 30-year-old hardware are only now starting to fail. MightyArms (talk) 01:50, 2 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Poor quality capacitors