The Sega Game Gear is a handheld game console and was Sega's response to Nintendo's Game Boy. It is the third commercially available color handheld console, after the Atari Lynx and the Turbo Express.

Work began on the console in 1989 under the codename "Project Mercury", and the system was released in Japan on October 6, 1990. It was released in North America and Europe in 1991 and in Australia in 1992. Support for the Game Gear was dropped in early 1997.

Design and technical features

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The Game Gear was basically a portable Master System with a lower resolution screen, but allowed for a larger color palette, and therefore potentially better-looking graphics. 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. Unlike the original Game Boy, the system is held in a "landscape" position, with the controls at the sides, making it less cramped to hold, like a normal Game Boy Advance. One of the more famous and unusual peripherals for the Game Gear was the "TV Tuner Adapter", a device that plugged into the system's cartridge slot, and allowed one to watch TV on the Game Gear's screen. Other add-ons included a magnifying glass to compensate the relatively small size of the GG's screen. Support for the TV Tuner was removed in later Game Gear units due to a lawsuit (if the system's serial number begins with a letter, not a numeral, the TV Tuner will probably not function with that particular unit).

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I'm tempted to wear my new Laker gear not just to the game tnight but ALL day today. Should I??
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