Sega Game Gear Micro

[Juan F. Ramirez]

The umpteenth mini/micro version of a classic console has just been announced. This time, Game Gear Micro:

https://60th.sega.com/ggmicro/

https://youtu.be/ZJD0VZQzK1s

[PeterJ]

I wish they realised that people who played with these back in the day, now need bigger screens!

[RWAC]

I've just checked the date to make sure it's not April 1st!
If you buy all 4, you get a free magnifier so you can actually see the screen!

[PeterJ]

I've just checked the date to make sure it's not April 1st!
If you buy all 4, you get a free magnifier so you can actually see the screen!

That is so funny!

[Joefish]

Coming soon, the GameBoy Micro Micro!
With free micro microscope so you can find it...

[MatGubbins]

Looks as if it's a McD's Happy meal toy. Nope, don't want one, can't see the screen.

[RWAC]

It's a real missed opportunity. The Game Gear was great, the only problem was the 6 AA batteries would barely last 1 and half hours.

If they made it a decent size with a chargeable battery and 20-30 games I'd be all over it.

[Cgonzalez]

[Morkin]

I've just checked the date to make sure it's not April 1st!
If you buy all 4, you get a free magnifier so you can actually see the screen!

That is so funny!

Haha...! Anyone else getting Lenslok-related PTSD symptoms...?

[akeley]

"...they're going for that retro-market dollar...it's a good market, they're very smart!"

[Joefish]

I know it came much later but the GameBoy micro had an incredibly bright and sharp screen, and the internal power lasted a long time. The GBA versions of Yu Suzuki titles (Space Harrier, Out Run) look brilliant on it.

Although it was trumpeted as a hand-held SNES it was much more powerful; things like Mario Kart were vastly improved by lots of scaling trackside trees instead of just the flat Mode 7 floor. There were even some textured 3D stuff including a passable attempt at the Playstation hit Driver (if your game combined the low poly-count of N64 games with the blocky warping textures of a PS1 you could almost make it).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNuS14pIOz0

Shame Nintendo decided to scrap it in favour of the DS before it barely even made it to the shops.