GAME GEAR

Catalog Spec

Developer SEGA
Release date in Japan October 1990
Media ROM cartridge
CPU ZILOG Z80A (3.58MHz)
RAM 64Kbit
VRAM 128Kbit
VDP  SEGA’s customized LSI
Sound PSG 3ch + noise 1ch
List price in Japan 19,800 yen

GAME GEAR is the handhed videogame console released by SEGA in 1990. This is the first made-in-Japan gaming device with full color display. As the biggest feature of this device, 4,096 colors can be displayed simultaneously. Plus, it also enables to watch TV with the separately sold TV tuner device “TV auto tuner pack”. This device was designed as the backward compatible machine of SEGA Mark III. Therefore, because SEGA Mark III had the certain market share in some countries including USA and Brazil, the third party company officially released “Master gear onverter” which SEGA Mark III can be played in GAME GEAR.

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