Your favourite Game Gear games?

Stalk said:

If you have a mega drive 1 power supply kicking around it also just uses one of those.

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I tend to play most of my portable games on public transport so that prob won't work :p

I tried getting into the Tail's Adventure game on 3DS but it ended up being a bit too simple to hold my attention. Shame because a Metroid style game on GG sounded pretty cool.

Always loved Road Rash and Lion King of all games haha. Also Cool Spot was dope. I was like 5 give me a break.

Streetss of Rage 2 is the greatest handheld game ever made, non-Switch edition.

Also, I really love that Mortal Kombat port.

The Lion King.

Seven Force said:

The SMS version only came out in a few territories, I think. Only supports up to two enemies on screen (GG version has up to 3, IIRC) and has choppier animation than the Game Gear version.

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thanks. Watched a video and for some reason SoR2 SMS looks worse than 1...

Stalk said:

like I've played SoR 1 and 3 but never 2 now I think about it heh.

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bruh

Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (also known as The GG Shinobi II) is easily my favorite Game Gear game. I wish the Genesis installments of Shinobi had adopted that structure, as I always felt that the Game Gear Shinobi games always had more depth to them.

Chakoo said:

Streets of Rage 1 & 2 GG > MS versions (they were not the same)

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Arguable. SOR1 is probably better on MS, with bigger sprites, but the GG version sprites have some charm. SOR2 on MS is actually held back by being a Game Gear port with that versions sprites.

All four are super choppy 20fps games anyway, none are very good really. Then again nobody seems to notice that the original Mega Drive version ran at 30fps too.

I keep meaning to play one of the GG shinobi games, they're on the 3DS right?

Otherwise all I can add to this is the same as I'd say for the master system and that's the 8 bit Sonic 1.

Cream of the crop.

kubev said:

Shinobi II: The Silent Fury (also known as The GG Shinobi II) is easily my favorite Game Gear game. I wish the Genesis installments of Shinobi had adopted that structure, as I always felt that the Game Gear Shinobi games always had more depth to them.

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My man! This was my favourite Game Gear game, played it so many times.

Ferrs said:

Almost all of these games are on Game Gear too.

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Literally all sms games are on the game gear, the game gear can play sms games.

Krejlooc said:

Literally all sms games are on the game gear, the game gear can play sms games.

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Knew someone would tell me this :P but I meant proper Game Gear ports.

Sylvan Tale and Defenders of Oasis. The first is a delightful action rpg with some clever level design and character transformations to open new parts of the map up, and the second is a solid traditional RPG with an Arabian Nights theme and killer music.

Zenki is a cool platformer, Japan only, that doesn't get much discussion. Nice graphics for the system. Part of the same franchise as the PC-FX Zenki game, which is said system's finest game.

GG Road Rash is a gem of a downgraded port. It's Road Rash on the go!

I only owned Sonic 2, Ecco the Dolphin, and some game called The Majors: Pro Baseball.

The baseball one was my favorite.

Unfortunately the screen on mine no longer works and the fix requires soldering which I have no idea how to do.

Krejlooc said:

Literally all sms games are on the game gear, the game gear can play sms games.

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Even the card ones?

ZiggyPalffyLA said:

Even the card ones?

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If you're dedicated enough

Sonic Triple Trouble is legit really amazing. Probably Top 10 Sonic games material and it's often overlooked. I'd dare say it's better than any other handheld Sonic title ever made.

khaz said:

If you're dedicated enough

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Haha reminds me of this:

I usually prefer to play Master System versions when given the option (Sonic, Mickey) but the GG Shinobi games, Aleste games, Royal Stone, Fatal Fury Special, Galaga '91, Devilish, Soukoban World, Shining Force, Chuck Rock II, Puyo Puyo, are all great.

There are some advantages to the Game Boy and Lynx. The Game Gear doesn't have as many exclusive great games/versions as those when factoring in the SMS but it stood out for having a few "best portable game in its genre" moments for me: the Shinobi games for action platformers, Power Strike II/Aleste II for shooters, Gunstar Heroes for run 'n guns (Operation C on GB is close), Shining Force for strategy games in English, Fatal Fury for fighters, Devilish for ball and paddle.

And some stuff may have lost some significance but were notable for being unique at the time such as Crystal Warriors being one of very few Japanese-style SRPGs on the Western market at all and Dragon Crystal being a portable rogue-like.

qq more said:

Sonic Triple Trouble is legit really amazing. Probably Top 10 Sonic games material and it's often overlooked. I'd dare say it's better than any other handheld Sonic title ever made.

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It's certainly the best GG Sonic, better than 1 IMO.

Up there with Advance 1 I guess (Advance 1 having better control and physics for obvious reasons).

I've always enjoyed Streets of Rage and Mega Man on the game gear, in spite of MM's scrolling issues, it's still super fun.

Ferrs said:

It's certainly the best GG Sonic, better than 1 IMO.

Up there with Advance 1 I guess (Advance 1 having better control and physics for obvious reasons).

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Yeah they're about equal grounds almost to me. Advance 1 plays better (and has Amy Mode which is amazing) while Triple Trouble has the better level design (Outside of the water stage) and soundtrack. Both games ruled

Gonna echo everyone saying the GG shinobis! Amazing games

qq more said:

Yeah they're about equal grounds almost to me. Advance 1 plays better (and has Amy Mode which is amazing) while Triple Trouble has the better level design (Outside of the water stage) and soundtrack. Both games ruled

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I love it :(

I generally like water areas though lol

Ristar GG had better physics and slightly different content (no Scorch, Undertow, or Ice Cream level, but got a new Freon 2 and a pirate ship), and is solid as hell, but the real MVP of the library is the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers fighting game, which was so far ahead of even arcade fighting games that it was honestly mind boggling at the time. The speed, responsiveness, and dense movesets still make it the best portable-first fighting game of all time. I find it sad that I never see people discuss it, even on an enthusiast site like this one. It's easily a top ten licensed game to this day.

EarthPainting said:

The Mickey games on Game Gear are dope as well. I like Land of Illusion the best I think.

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My man. Land of Illusion is sick as fuck.

Tails Adventure
Sonic Triple Trouble

I was really into the X-Men game, but I always got stuck on a late game level because I didn't understand what I was supposed to do. I looked online recently and realized a lot of people got stuck as well.