Sega Game Gear
The blurry-eyed battery-muncher.
Essential Games
Sylvan Tale, Power Strike II, Crystal Warriors or Royal Stone/Shining Force, Popils, Sonic: Triple Trouble, GG Shinobi I or II, Tail's Adventure/Kishin Douji Zenki/Wonder Boy III (SMS), Ristar
Maybe: Defenders of Oasis or Lunar: Strolling School, Head Buster, Factory Panic, Woody Pop, GG Aleste/Halley Wars, Legend of Illusion (SMS)
Strengths: Strategy, Shooter, Action Adventure/Action RPG, Platform, Platform Adventure, Action, Puzzle, SMS ports generally have better graphics on GG (at least color-wise)
Weaknesses: Not a good format for fast paced games, Adventure, Simulation, Racing, Run 'n Gun (except for the Gunstar Heroes port), WRPG, lacking third party support, some good games are JP only and hard to play without knowing the language (Royal Stone (fan translated), Sylvan Tale (fan translated), Lunar (fan translated), Another Bible, Madou Monogatari)
Lists
Top 100 Game Gear Games
Impressive GG Music
Innovative GG Games
Game Reviews
Aladdin
Alien Syndrome
Arena: Maze of Death
Asterix and the Great Rescue
Bubble Bobble
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Columns
Choplifter 3
Chuck Rock II
Coca Cola Kid
Crayon Shin Chan
Crystal Warriors
Defenders of Oasis
Devilish
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
Factory Panic
Fantasy Zone Gear
Fatal Fury Special
GG Aleste
GG Aleste II/Power Strike II
GG Shinobi
GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury
GP Rider
Gunstar Heroes
Halley Wars
Head Buster
Jurassic Park
Kishin Douji Zenki
Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Legend of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Lost World: Jurassic Park
Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck
Lunar: Strolling School
Madou Monogatari I
Magical Puzzle Popils/Popils
Mega Man
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie
Ninja Gaiden
Ninku 2: Tenkuryu-e no Michi
Pengo
Phantasy Star Gaiden
Popeye's Beach Volleyball
Rastan Saga
Ristar
Royal Stone
Road Rash
Shining Force Gaiden
Shining Force 2: The Sword of Hajya
Shining Force 3: Final Conflict
Sonic Drift
Sonic Drift 2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic: Triple Trouble
Star Wars: Super Return of the Jedi
Streets of Rage 2
Super Space Invaders
Sylvan Tale
Tails Adventure
Vampire: Master of Darkness
Woody Pop
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap/Monster World II
Yaiba Adventures
Essential Games
Sylvan Tale, Power Strike II, Crystal Warriors or Royal Stone/Shining Force, Popils, Sonic: Triple Trouble, GG Shinobi I or II, Tail's Adventure/Kishin Douji Zenki/Wonder Boy III (SMS), Ristar
Maybe: Defenders of Oasis or Lunar: Strolling School, Head Buster, Factory Panic, Woody Pop, GG Aleste/Halley Wars, Legend of Illusion (SMS)
Strengths: Strategy, Shooter, Action Adventure/Action RPG, Platform, Platform Adventure, Action, Puzzle, SMS ports generally have better graphics on GG (at least color-wise)
Weaknesses: Not a good format for fast paced games, Adventure, Simulation, Racing, Run 'n Gun (except for the Gunstar Heroes port), WRPG, lacking third party support, some good games are JP only and hard to play without knowing the language (Royal Stone (fan translated), Sylvan Tale (fan translated), Lunar (fan translated), Another Bible, Madou Monogatari)
Lists
Top 100 Game Gear Games
Impressive GG Music
Innovative GG Games
Game Reviews
Aladdin
Alien Syndrome
Arena: Maze of Death
Asterix and the Great Rescue
Bubble Bobble
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Columns
Choplifter 3
Chuck Rock II
Coca Cola Kid
Crayon Shin Chan
Crystal Warriors
Defenders of Oasis
Devilish
Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine
Dynamite Headdy
Factory Panic
Fantasy Zone Gear
Fatal Fury Special
GG Aleste
GG Aleste II/Power Strike II
GG Shinobi
GG Shinobi II: The Silent Fury
GP Rider
Gunstar Heroes
Halley Wars
Head Buster
Jurassic Park
Kishin Douji Zenki
Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Legend of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Lost World: Jurassic Park
Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck
Lunar: Strolling School
Madou Monogatari I
Magical Puzzle Popils/Popils
Mega Man
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie
Ninja Gaiden
Ninku 2: Tenkuryu-e no Michi
Pengo
Phantasy Star Gaiden
Popeye's Beach Volleyball
Rastan Saga
Ristar
Royal Stone
Road Rash
Shining Force Gaiden
Shining Force 2: The Sword of Hajya
Shining Force 3: Final Conflict
Sonic Drift
Sonic Drift 2
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Sonic: Triple Trouble
Star Wars: Super Return of the Jedi
Streets of Rage 2
Super Space Invaders
Sylvan Tale
Tails Adventure
Vampire: Master of Darkness
Woody Pop
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap/Monster World II
Yaiba Adventures
