SEGA Game Gear Micro

sligeach

Sega have announced the Game Gear Micro.

Sega Reveals the Game Gear Micro!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cInr_8WjAJ4

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cInr_8WjAJ4

I was kind of right. I thought it might be the Game Gear 2.

The Game Gear Micro will cost ¥4,980 (~€41/$46). It’ll be available in four colors: original black, along with blue, yellow, red. The console will go on sale in Japan on 10th June, there's no word yet on Europe or any other region.

Edit: There's more information coming very shortly. But I have to agree with nearly everyone's initial reaction. This thing is ridiculously small. "Game Gear. Now in suppository form. Don't like it? You can shove it up your @R$€;!"

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

"Game Gear Micro" promotion video(Japanese)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJD0VZQzK1s

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZJD0VZQzK1s

https://twitter.com/SEGA_OFFICIAL/status/1268030314317676548

Google Translate: In addition, as a privilege to purchase "Game Gear Micro" in 4 colors at the same time, a "Big Window Micro", which is a micro size of the optional unit "Big Window" that allows you to enlarge the screen by using a convex lens, will be presented!

"Game Gear Micro" Specifications

Body: Width about 80mm x Height about 43mm x Depth about 20mm
Screen: 1.15 inches
Power supply: 2 AAA batteries, USB cable
Output: Headphone terminal
Software Development: M2

4 color variations,
4 masterpiece games for each
As for the main body color, four types of black, blue, yellow and red are available as at the time. Each has four built-in masterpiece games of the time. As with Megadora Mini, it also has an interrupt save function, so you may be able to see the ending of that game that could not be cleared at that time?

https://books.rakuten.co.jp/event/game/game-gear-micro/index-sp.html

Retr0gamer

That's pretty awesome and the game gear is an amazing machine. A few games on it like sonic though are better on master system.

Depends on the games though. Hoping to see the shinobi games and maybe the shining force games although one of those was never translated.

Mitch Connor

Retr0gamer wrote: »

That's pretty awesome and the game gear is an amazing machine. A few games on it like sonic though are better on master system.

Depends on the games though. Hoping to see the shinobi games and maybe the shining force games although one of those was never translated.

at that size.... it ain't awesome. Games will hardly matter, the ergonomics of it are practically unusable.

johnny_ultimate

It is *very* small but even more than that I think each variant having different games is a bit of a nonsense. Having to buy four pieces of hardware to play the games is wasteful as hell.

Inviere

€160 for 16 games on a 1" screen? Gtfo....nonsense.

Oafley Jones

Sega once more decide to forgo an easy product win and opt to create some more awful e-waste ****e.

The only way this could be worse, is if they gave it the battery eating hunger of the original.

nix

mrcheez

The trend has been to make the re-issue consoles smaller... but when it comes to consoles that are ALREADY small it seems ridiculous.

Just make it the same size as the original ffs

RocketRaccoon

Inviere wrote: »

€160 for 16 games on a 1" screen? Gtfo....nonsense.

Isn't it €40ish?

Retr0gamer

I presumed there's be a rake if games in each one. That is disappointing.

Also it's 3 hour battery life on 2 AAA batteries. Not exactly that great either.

Rodney Bathgate

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Isn't it €40ish?

4 games per device x 4 I think? (Each colour has a different set of 4 games)

RocketRaccoon

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

4 games per device x 4 I think? (Each colour has a different set of 4 games)

Oh, I didn't realise that. Well that's ridiculous.

Rodney Bathgate

I want one of these because I had a Game Gear back in the day and these are cute.

Might turn it into a fridge magnet.

marcbrophy

On the JP Amazon, there's a magnifying screen that goes over the whole unit

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61HEp4ZmZDL._AC_SL1500_.jpg

Gunmonkey

mrcheez wrote: »

The trend has been to make the re-issue consoles smaller... but when it comes to consoles that are ALREADY small it seems ridiculous.

Just make it the same size as the original ffs

You ever held a Game Gear? It was not "small" by any stretch of the imagination

But...yeah...there was a lot of buzz about the 60th Anniversary, and with the spat of vids featuring Segata Sanshiros son and the last of which he threw Segata Sanshiro in the actual planet Saturn:

had my hopes up for a Saturn Mini style console.

Hope this isnt all we will be getting

Rodney Bathgate

marcbrophy wrote: »

On the JP Amazon, there's a magnifying screen that goes over the whole unit

Will there be a TV Tuner?

marcbrophy

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Will there be a TV Tuner?

Probably, along with a camera add-on

I found a 5th, translucent one too :eek:

https://ebten.jp/upload/save_image/98/2_52298_500x500.jpg

mrcheez

Gunmonkey wrote: »

You ever held a Game Gear? It was not "small" by any stretch of the imagination

I did and yes certainly it could be trimmed down a bit, but not to the extent where it becomes painful to hold for anyone who is old enough to remember the original and has adult hands.

Not to mention eye strain :pac:

Penn

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Will there be a TV Tuner?

I wanted that so f*cking much....

sligeach

I know of at least one group who can't wait to spend their money gold on these.

McFly85

Well I was excited for that for about 4 seconds! Being able to play them seems secondary, they look to be more so people collect and display them. Shame, a reissued game gear with 20 odd games and a rechargable battery would have definitely made the list.

I guess the wait for the Analogue Pocket continues!

Inviere

This really needed to be the Sega Nomad II. Imagine, a modern, first party handheld which had classics from consoles like:

Sega MasterSystem
Sega GameGear
Sega MegaDrive
Sega MegaCD
Sega 32X

...all with a good quality modern display, quality dpad & buttons, M2 designed user interface, the ability to use hdmi-out & play as a console with wireless controllers...etc etc.

Retr0gamer

Inviere wrote: »

This really needed to be the Sega Nomad II. Imagine, a modern, first party handheld which had classics from consoles like:

Sega MasterSystem
Sega GameGear
Sega MegaDrive
Sega MegaCD
Sega 32X

...all with a good quality modern display, quality dpad & buttons, M2 designed user interface, the ability to use hdmi-out & play as a console with wireless controllers...etc etc.

I'll waiting for that analogue pocket notification....

Arcadeheroes

I think the design choice is more due to the fact that this is being built by the Sega Toy Company alongside M2 handling the porting of the games.

quokula

Yeah it's clearly a novelty / toy rather than a serious gaming device. I'd buy one, I wouldn't buy the set though.

Inviere

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I'll waiting for that analogue pocket notification....

The analogue pocket is a nifty looking thing, but none of those systems have any issues when it comes to emulation these days (particularly with Sega owning M2)...so the FPGA base is something that only pushes the price up needlessly when considering 8 & 16bit machines on a handheld. I'd have quicker bought a first party Sega handheld than an fpga solution.

Retr0gamer

Inviere wrote: »

The analogue pocket is a nifty looking thing, but none of those systems have any issues when it comes to emulation these days (particularly with Sega owning M2)...so the FPGA base is something that only pushes the price up needlessly when considering 8 & 16bit machines on a handheld. I'd have quicker bought a first party Sega handheld than an fpga solution.

Those systems run well but doubt they run that accurately.

Also and most importantly to me the analogue pocket looks like a gorgeous bit of handheld kit with an amazing screen. Having all those handheld games on one gorgeous system is what I'm mostly excited about. And 200 dollars is a very good price for that. FPGA just means that having cycle accurate emulation is a guaranteed bonus.

mrcheez

To me this looks like Xmas stocking fodder!

Or a Secret Santa if you work in a particularly lucrative company

Potential-Monke

Just... pointless.

Not particularly environmentally conscious to be trying to sell four identical bits of plastic tat just to get different games.

Inviere

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Those systems run well but doubt they run that accurately.

Well & accurate enough that you'd be seriously hard pressed to tell the difference between emulation & fpga side by side for the systems above (blastem for MegaDrive is cycle accurate, Genesis Plus GX is classed as having 'very high' accuracy for the other systems). You might notice in terms of latency, but if the hardware is decent enough, emulation has ways to negate input latency (see RetroArch runahead).

Agreed re the overall quality of the product, Analogue products have a great feel/finish to them though....but you're paying premium pricing for it.

Homelander

I really don't get it. It's so tiny as to be actually useless and extremely awkward/difficult to use. And €40 for a scabby 4 games?

I'm sure they thought it through and considered it a good marketing plan but I cannot understand it at all.

Skerries

Sega Game Gear? more like Sega Lame Gear!

Retr0gamer

Sold out on amazon.jp so Sega must know the market for this.... Collectors.

johnny_ultimate

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Sold out on amazon.jp so Sega must know the market for this.... Collectors.

‘Collectors’, the gentleman’s ‘mugs’.

I kid, but I do genuinely feel that Sega are being irresponsible by actively encouraging people to buy four pieces of functionally-limited e-waste in the waiting.

Retr0gamer

It's a complete waste of M2's talents as well. Why bother getting the premier studio for emulating games and making them as accurate as possible then putting them on a system where they aren't playable.

B.A._Baracus

Don't see the point in this too.
This next-step into retro consoles after the mega drive-mini should have been the Saturn mini.

Retr0gamer

Saturn is insanely difficult to emulate though.

Game gear was only viable one as the master system had no popularity in America or Japan.

eggy81

Worst biggest ever announcement in gaming, ever!

Retr0gamer

eggy81 wrote: »

Worst biggest ever announcement in gaming, ever!

That wasn't even the big announcement. The big announcement was a cloud gaming platform for Japanese arcades.

mrcheez

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Sold out on amazon.jp so Sega must know the market for this.... Collectors.

or smaller hands?

:pac:

Adyx

It's the kind of thing should be thrown in with a boxed game.

B.A._Baracus

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Saturn is insanely difficult to emulate though.

Game gear was only viable one as the master system had no popularity in America or Japan.

Heard it is and ironically hard to develop for back in the day.

Still. That should have been next or the sega Dreamcast. Now there's a mini console that would be awesome.

Grumpypants

Well that's another box for the shelf next to the NES minei, SNES mini, PS1 mini that video never played.

mrcheez

Grumpypants wrote: »

Well that's another box for the shelf next to the NES minei, SNES mini, PS1 mini that video never played.

the PS Mini is a fantastic emulator machine though... I have mine plugged into my 55" playing 100s of MAME arcade games. I like to leave it on playing the attract screens and it's like walking into my own arcade.