Use potions, unlock items, and equip armour to help you survive in this treacherous new land, all the while trying to work out what the heck the egg is doing! The Game Gear primarily competed with Nintendo's Game Boy, the Atari Lynx, and NEC's TurboExpress. If you could remember all of the secret moves in Mortal Kombat II, then you were a SEGA Game Gear god. It follows the same ring collecting action and sees Sonic trying to take down the evil Dr Robotnik. If you like your ancient Persian adventures filled with spikes, traps, sharp blades, big walls, and magic mirrors, then this is one of the best SEGA Game Gear games that you need to keep in your backpack at all times! You have just 60 minutes to save the Princess from the evil Jaffar (not of Aladdin fame, although they look as though they could be closely related). As long as they are touching, they’ll disappear and give you points. As Tails isn’t as fast as Sonic, the gameplay is undoubtedly a little slower than previous Sonic games. Sonic is, and will always be up there with the likes of Mario, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Link, Abe, and more. These little green-haired explorers knew no limits, though trying to get the optimum recipe for success was often difficult, to say the least. You always start off with a dagger, which is about as much use as a cuddly toy when you’re trying to take down a skeleton or a vampire. Probably none; no one in their right mind would try and take down bosses that big! Retro Dodo offers a costly counselling course for anyone who still has flashbacks. Like Castlevania, you’re aiming to kill Dracula. There was an adapter for the Game Gear that allowed to play games made for the Sega Master System. Game Gear Games The Game Gear is an 8-bit handheld game console released by Sega on October 6, 1990 in Japan, 1991 in North America and Europe, and Australia in 1992. For anyone who has been living in a cave since 1990, Sonic is a super-fast hedgehog who runs around a 2D world collecting rings and freeing animals, all while trying to stop the evil Dr Robotnik and his arsenal of flying crafts. Especially while you’re heading out to meet friends or pretending to walk the dog for your parents. Players have to choose from eight different traits in a bid to get their lemmings to work together to find the hidden exit at the end of the course. This article lists only the video games that were conceived for the Game Gear. You’d have to run pretty fast to get away from one of those! Streets Of Rage is one of the best side-scrolling brawlers ever made, and while I like a bit of Street Fighter when it comes to whooping ass and using insane moves, Streets Of Rage has that addictive allure that keeps pulling you back in to try and defeat the absurdly humongous enemies at the end of each round. The Game Gear primarily competed with Nintendo's Game Boy, the Atari Lynx and NEC's TurboExpress. If you wanted to play Sonic, then you had to get a SEGA, and many people did just for that reason. People are starting to call trainers ‘sneakers’ and painting them red and white, dying their hair blue and sticking it up into spines, and trying to convince their mates that they should start going by the name of ‘Tails’ or ‘Knuckles’ while walking about. Unlike other retro games where you’re constantly failing to jump or run because the controls are so laggy, Prince Of Persia is super smooth and a joy to play. Pulling out moves that no one else could do made you the king or queen amongst your mates, with an endless stream of ‘tell me how you do it’ following you everywhere you went. Sonic Chaos is considered by many to be a follow-up sequel to Sonic the Hedgehog 2. You’d have to be pretty ‘Mizrabel’ not to have enjoyed seeing Mickey Mouse on a handheld device for the first time (if you’ve played the game, then you’ll know that was a perfect joke right there). It’s almost 28 years since gamers held this little beauty in their hands, and while 28 years isn’t a usual milestone it’s still pretty impressive (and we need a good excuse for an article). After finding yourself down a dark alley in a mysterious neighbourhood, you, the player, discover a strange looking crystal in an abandoned antique shop. First up on our list of the best SEGA Game Gear games is Wonder Boy: The Dragons Trap, a strong contender for one of the best Master System games of all time too! SEGA; Séga; Gamegear; Disney; Anivia; Diswoe; THQ; Price. I never actually obtained all of the Chaos Emeralds. It was button mashing heaven and a really great way to let off steam after a hard day in the playground (those early years of school can be tough!). This article lists only the video games that were conceived for the Game Gear. Yes, fellow gaming friends, we’re talking, of course, about the release of the SEGA Game in North America and Europe. I probably should say now that there are quite a number of Sonic titles in this list. The graphics are based around grimy looking dungeon scenes in dark colours. We're a team of passionate gamers and nostalgic hunters who want to create a modern, hip hub for all things retro gaming. … which in a game like this is harder than it sounds! If the last part of this paragraph seemed a little out there or hard to read, It’s because I’m playing Columns while writing…. Sure, the cel-shaded graphics were a little odd, but it provided a refreshing change! 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The Tetris of the SEGA Game Gear world is another puzzler that has seen our daytime hours fly by in the blink of an eye. While the Game Gear has thousands of games, we have narrowed them down to the greatest. I lived and breathed Power Rangers growing up; I had the figures, the Zords, the swords, but I never had the game! How much time have you put into winning every gold trophy on Mario Kart? Instead of matching different shapes in this downward tumbling puzzler, you, the Columns Master, are charged with linking three different coloured gems together in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line. Using a variety of classic and signature moves, you can work your way through a story mode, a link-up battle mode, or a single-player button mash battle mode. Battleship: The Classic Naval Combat Game, Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales. There’s also some dude called Nack the Weasel who’s sniffing about for treasure, though no-one really cares about him. Sub Zero, Kitana, Reptile, Liu Kang, and the rest of the motley crew are all ready to battle their differences out in Mortal Kombat in an attempt to try and determine who is the ultimate warrior. Have we missed your favourite title from our list of the best SEGA Game Gear games?