You guide a face around various mazes and shoot balls at the other faces to eliminate them from play. It’s even more shocking to find that this is still an FPS. I was surprised to find that the developers also released a version for the Sega Game Gear. I’ve also played the Game Boy version but that’s pretty underwhelming. You could even say that was my original foray into the first person shooter genre. I have always been a huge fan of this title on the Super Nintendo. If you were hungry for some Sonic racing back in the day this was your only option. If I had one complaint it’s that the power-ups are pretty underwhelming. There’s some choppy scrolling but it’s perfectly playable. The graphics are pretty typical for a 3D racer running on an 8-bit processor. It’s kind a head scratcher as to why they chose their less powerful handheld hardware to host it, but let’s not look a gift horse in the mouth. Sega copied the formula for Mario’s racing affair and released it exclusively on the Game Gear. This means it’s easier for ghosts to sneak up on you, but it’s still a very fun version to play.įor all intents and purposes this is Super Sonic Kart. It’s mostly intact, but because of the resolution of the display Namco couldn’t quite render the entire playfield at once. Unfortunately a few liberties had to be taken in porting this title to the small screen.
You guide the femenine yellow circle with a mouth (and bow) around a maze from an overhead perspective as you gobble down pellets in order to move on to the next stage.
Pac-Man is better than the original with it’s more varied patterns and level designs. The Sega Master System version is slightly better, but you can’t go wrong with this port. You can gain upgrades to your weapon and armor along the way, but the real highlight is the excellent level designs. This is a side scrolling action platformer where you play as a medieval warrior armed with a sword. One of the major problems in most console to handheld conversions is a zoomed in perspective. Let’s be honest it’s the first of many to make this list. Rastan Saga is basically a straight up port of the Sega Master System release. GG Aleste is easily one of the greatest shooters on the Game Gear as well as being one of the best games for the platform. There are some pretty cool weapons here and some are more defensive in nature.
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You have a primary weapon which you can upgrade in typical fashion, but this is augmented with a special shot which fires along with the original blast. This is mostly because of it’s somewhat unique weapon system. Aleste was one of the big shooter franchises back in the day. Here’s a genre you don’t see a lot of releases in these days. The engine can’t quite keep up with the gameplay, but there’s still some decent fun to be had here. That was all the rage back then after all. Sonic Blast is a 2D side scrolling platformer, but the graphics are pre-rendered ala Donkey Kong Country. Sega decided to take a different route with this concurrent release and instead stuck to Sonic’s roots. Sonic 3D Blast obviously couldn’t replicated on the 8-bit handheld. Sega often released smaller companion titles on the Game Gear. At the very least it has an interesting backstory. This one is pretty infamously bad, but I found it mildly enjoyable. These are the best Sega Game Gear games of all time. With that said let’s jump right into the list. That’s why I sat down today to highlight the top 50 best Game Gear games. It had a huge library, and some really good games though. Nowadays the Game Gear is just a blip in most gamers minds. Sega opted to make hardware very similar to that of their previous home console, the Sega Master System, and therefore ports were easy. They did so because they approached the design in a smart way. The Game Boy absolutely dominated the shelves, but Sega was able to carve out their own handheld niche. The Sega Game Gear was the first handheld gaming console that was able to steal away even a fraction of Nintendo’s marketshare.
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