20 Best Sega Game Gear Games of All Time

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  • @JohnnyCagewins
    @JohnnyCagewins 10 місяців тому +20

    I hated Sonic 2 on my game gear 😭 Sonic chaos was way better

    • @IronDiamondMan
      @IronDiamondMan 9 місяців тому +10

      I played Sonic Chaos until the cartridge stopped working.

    • @gwicks
      @gwicks 9 місяців тому +4

      I think I preferred Sonic 2 to Sonic Chaos, mostly because I think I liked the music better. There was a summer where I started each morning playing sonic 2 gg.

    • @xKillZone99
      @xKillZone99 9 місяців тому +1

      sonic 2 was a million times better than chaos

    • @jayminer
      @jayminer 8 місяців тому +5

      I never played Sonic 2 on Game Gear but I never liked the Master System version. I enjoyed Sonic 1 and Sonic Chaos way more. There's just something about the design of Sonic 2 that just doesn't click with me, and I have given it many chances over the years.

    • @thePoetDominic
      @thePoetDominic 8 місяців тому +1

      Sonic 2 scrambled egg zone is so unfair. I have huge love for sonic 1, chaos and triple trouble - and tails adventure - but 2 has, for all its great stuff, too much which is just cruelly difficult

  • @devingorney8051
    @devingorney8051 10 місяців тому +14

    Parents bought me one close to discontinue date. Idk if they were clearanced or just marked down but I got the system and 5-6 games for Christmas when I was 9 or 10. Never had any interest in Nintendo or Gameboy but got beat up plenty of times for sneaking into my big bros room to play his genesis.
    Poor dad thought he was getting a hell of a deal for his boy…until he spent a 90s fortune replacing batteries from gas stations on the way to grandmas. 😂 The following birthday I got a home and car power adapter and another game or two.
    Played that thing into adulthood . 2006-8 the capacitors finally gave out but I didn’t know it was fixable. Still play to this day via emulation.
    SEGA kid for life

    • @CulturedVultures
      @CulturedVultures  10 місяців тому +3

      I played my Game Gear not long ago and wow did those rose-tinted glasses come flying off...stick to emulation haha!

    • @EsThirt33n
      @EsThirt33n 6 місяців тому +2

      I'm sure you can find a tutorial video to replace those capacitors, bring it back to life! As well as a new screen and rechargeable battery mod!

  • @ValisFan3
    @ValisFan3 10 місяців тому +13

    My favorite Game Gear game is Sonic Triple Trouble.

  • @UncleNewy1
    @UncleNewy1 9 місяців тому +2

    I had a Game Gear, i took it everywhere with me, even on holiday to Skiathos to the annoyance of my then girlfriend. I thought it was the best thing ever.
    I also had a go with a Gameboy around the same period and couldn't understand the hype........Why would anyone choose the little crappy thing with the brown graphics over the Game Gear and its colour screen?

  • @yakhooves
    @yakhooves 3 години тому

    Sonic Chaos was the bloody BOMB back in the day! It's the ONE cartridge I have for my trusty old game gear, long since ebayed. I don't have a system to play it on, but I keep it for the memories. But Sonic 1 on my game gear will forever be my favorite. Thirty plus years later, and I still remember the music from each level, and can whistle them all to this day. That music features in so many memories from my childhood road trips! I had the car adaptor and an AC adapter to get away from the landfill of dead AAs. The waterfall level's music was even featured as a sample in a Janet Jackson (I think it was her anyway) song. I Miss the early 90's

  • @DNGMaestro
    @DNGMaestro 10 місяців тому +5

    Sonic 2 as best GG game is absurd. Not even top 20 i would say. Sonic 1 however is a pretty good candidate for top spot.

  • @CanriScrub1
    @CanriScrub1 10 місяців тому +3

    Sonic 2 shouldn’t be on this list. No one can beat the first boss with consistency because most of the attack is cropped out of the screen.
    The master system version that isn’t cropped it good though

  • @metallife365
    @metallife365 10 місяців тому +11

    The game gear was my first ever game console

  • @DataIIDX
    @DataIIDX 9 місяців тому +9

    No Power Rangers The Movie? The true hidden gem of the console.

    • @rompeorkos222
      @rompeorkos222 3 місяці тому

      X2

    • @AndDeathForAll82
      @AndDeathForAll82 2 місяці тому +1

      @@DataIIDX Best Power Rangers game ever made, in my opinion. Both of them are fantastic and hardly ever talked about.

    • @DataIIDX
      @DataIIDX 2 місяці тому

      @@AndDeathForAll82 you chose to speak the truth!

  • @radio2299
    @radio2299 10 місяців тому +8

    I called Game Gear the Battery Vampire as a kid. 😆

    • @k2peace795
      @k2peace795 9 днів тому

      I always had the ac adapter and the car adapter...

  • @m4dh4dd3r
    @m4dh4dd3r 10 місяців тому +5

    Good list overall and you hit most of the great ones. You had some games I hadn’t considered like Wonder Boy 3 and Power Strike 2 so thank you. But fighting games and Road Rash don’t age well. I do think Axe Battler A legend of Golden Axe and Dragon Crystal would have been better choices. Also, Japan only but Sylvan Tale is maybe the best on the system if you like Zelda clones.

  • @packpock4369
    @packpock4369 9 місяців тому +2

    Dude Master of Darkness was ported from the MS and you said it's a rip off yet it's pretty much it's own thing.

  • @frank68x
    @frank68x 10 місяців тому +3

    I bought a V1 Sega Genesis (the one with the good sound chip) solely for Streets of Rage 2... yeah SOR2 ftw.

  • @Albert8044
    @Albert8044 10 місяців тому +3

    The most unreliable part about the Sega Game Gear is the bright vibrant color screen which has very high battery consumption on 6 AA batteries and within under 4 hours it's dead and requiring more batteries.
    An AC adapter for the Game Gear is pretty much mandatory back in the day.

  • @26.2MilesOutsidePartsUnknown
    @26.2MilesOutsidePartsUnknown 9 місяців тому +2

    I remember getting Mega Man for the game gear for $10 😎 in the early 2000's when everything was dirt cheap 😎😎

  • @therant3837
    @therant3837 Місяць тому +1

    One of the main reasons the Game Boy did so well was it's price point. I remember being very young and going into the cafeteria in school and kid was playing the Game Gear. I thought it was really "advanced" at the time compared to the Game Boy. It was color, backlit, and a heavy duty monster of a handheld. Of course the Atari Lynx was pretty hefty, too but it wasn't even on our radars at school. Atari was pretty much seen as ancient history even in the early 1990's. NO ONE was talking about Atari. It was either Nintendo or SEGA, however once in a while you had the rich kids with their computer games they'd talk about sometimes, but that was back in a time period when you had to have the big bucks to have a computer back then, and uh... we lived in a farming cow town where people really didn't have that kind of money. You don't see a lot of farming cow towns anymore. In my hometown all the cows are gone and all we have left is the vineyards. I think we have one horse farm left out of plenty when I was a kid. What a different time to be alive back then. Now we have tree hugging Woke hippy crazies claiming cow poop causes the bozone layer to dissipate, and to give you context these are the same people that can't even tell you what a woman is, so when that kind of insanity hits home it's like.... oooookay then. Just make up any story you like and your fantasy land becomes reality. I thought that just happened when people dropped acid. Oh well.... living in today's so called modern world it's like having a bad acid trip and I don't even use drugs, but I suspect the people who don't even know what a woman is do. It's like they're all burned out and they don't even know it, and I'm all burned out trying to have a normal conversation with one of these people. It's like.... should I down a vial of lsd to be on their level of crazy? Yeeeeeah... I'm not willing to do that.

  • @randallross420
    @randallross420 10 місяців тому +3

    Columns is as solid of a game as Tetris.

  • @AmigaVR
    @AmigaVR 10 місяців тому +3

    Wasn't a fan of GB , but when Game Gear came out🔥🔥🔥🤘🏻

  • @Bracsten
    @Bracsten 6 місяців тому +2

    5:16 We just ignoring that he called Link "Zelda"? Yes? Okay, just making sure. 😂

  • @hamplus163
    @hamplus163 9 місяців тому +4

    6 AA batteries?! I had a hard enough time shoplifting 4 for gameboy to play Pokémon all day.

    • @Whitemannatee
      @Whitemannatee 6 днів тому

      My parents were nice enough to get me the wall adapter, but too cheap to ever give batteries. It was like a 5 foot leash lol

  • @hoseinbmr3449
    @hoseinbmr3449 8 місяців тому +2

    i was happy to see Tails Adventure on the list 👍 most people hate it just because it is slow... but the moment you accept the fact that it is a tails game and not a sonic game , it will become one of the most relaxing "metroidvania" experiences ever

    • @thePoetDominic
      @thePoetDominic 4 місяці тому

      relaxing is a good and accurate word - i often play this of an evening to unwind - so cool

  • @jerrychandler7094
    @jerrychandler7094 9 місяців тому +1

    Oh my gosh! You had Sonic 2 as your favorite game!! Sonic 2 was my very first Sonic game and I’ve been hooked since!! I LOOOOOVE SONIC 2 on Game Gear!!!!!!!

  • @rgerber
    @rgerber 10 місяців тому +2

    glad to see GG Sonic 2 getting some love. Beating the first level and then being able to fly a hanglider in level 2 was epic. and yes it was HARD. Good memories of drowning

  • @jasone3962
    @jasone3962 10 місяців тому +3

    The Game Gear was way better the only problem was lack of games early on I don't know if they made games later on for it but when I first bought it I was sad because they didn't have too many. It came with Sonic the Hedgehog and I bought a Mortal Kombat game for it but I can't remember too many other games that they had there was only like maybe 10 at the time

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye 8 місяців тому +1

    I wanted a Game Gear when I saw one at Best Buy back in the day. I was played Sonic 2 on one at the store. Sadly my jealous older brother made excuse after excuse for me not to get the Game Gear. Convincing my mom not to get me one. It's not like I would have just hogged it for myself.
    Anyways maybe due to that issue with the awful battery life it may have been a blessing not to get the Game Gear. And I've played Sonic games for it way later thanks to Sonic Adventure DX and now Sonic Origins Plus, but it would have been interesting to play what else was on it

  • @MrIncrysis
    @MrIncrysis 7 місяців тому +2

    I have a blue one with an upgraded screen and new caps. Some really good games.

  • @tdebug1
    @tdebug1 10 місяців тому +2

    It was expensive and that was the only reason it wasn’t so popular unfortunately.

  • @hschokker86
    @hschokker86 9 місяців тому +3

    Your best retro games series is awesome and underrated. Thank you for giving me some ideas on what to put on my retro handheld and in this case find out which games i missed when i had my sega game gear as a child.

    • @CulturedVultures
      @CulturedVultures  9 місяців тому +1

      You're welcome! Be sure to check back in every Friday for more rankings :)

  • @teodp5618
    @teodp5618 10 місяців тому +1

    great list, but I'd remove the Lion King, MK2 and crystal warriors for Baku Baku (one of the best puzzle game on the system), Donald Duck in Lucky Dime (lovely platform) and Daffy Duck in Hollyhood (another graat platform) or Sonic Drift 2; and I'd switch Sonic 1 and 2 (the problems with the first boss in Sonic 2 are too serious, gamers could drop the game after the first 2 levels)
    If japanese games count, add Sylvan Tales.

  • @danielmichaud7891
    @danielmichaud7891 6 місяців тому

    G-lock belongs on this list as well, I actually prefer the Game Gear version over the Mega Drive version

  • @aaronsnowden6311
    @aaronsnowden6311 9 місяців тому +1

    I loved my Game Gear, got to watch TV on it for about 10 min before needing new batteries. 😆

  • @chrispatterson4989
    @chrispatterson4989 10 місяців тому +1

    Cosmic Spacehead is the best game gear game of all time and it's not even close 😁

  • @Guilherme36594
    @Guilherme36594 Місяць тому

    My list
    20 - Crystal Warriors
    19 - Fatal fury special
    18 - Phantasy Star Gaiden
    17 - Deep duck trouble
    16 - Sylvan Tale
    15 - Legend of illusion
    14 - Sonic Drift 2
    13 - Taz mania
    12 - GG Shinobi
    11 - Lucky dime caper
    10 - Arena: Maze of death
    9 - Tempo Jr
    8 - X-men
    7 - Coca cola Kid
    6 - Ristar
    5 - Ninja Gaiden
    4 - Ax battler: the legend of Golden axe
    3 - GG Shinobi II The Silent fury
    2 - Tails adventure
    1 - Sonic the hedgehog: Triple trouble

  • @jasone3962
    @jasone3962 10 місяців тому +1

    Oh yeah I had the Lion King 2 that shit was hard but you never get past the part where you're having to climb up the fucking giraffes

  • @The_Kiosk
    @The_Kiosk 4 місяці тому +1

    As an American, I felt your vampire puns were bloody awful.

    • @CulturedVultures
      @CulturedVultures  4 місяці тому +1

      Did they suck?

    • @The_Kiosk
      @The_Kiosk 4 місяці тому

      @@CulturedVultures you shouldn't joke when there's so much at stake.

  • @deckofcards87
    @deckofcards87 4 місяці тому

    The best fighting game on GG is not MKII... it's Fatal Fury Special. In fact, I actually think it's the best game on the console.

  • @Casp3r.aka.Droid.
    @Casp3r.aka.Droid. 9 місяців тому

    I remember the first time I seen a game gear and a game boy I seen The game gear way before the game boy and when I finally seen the game boy it was puny and stupid I didn't understand why people wanted one of those but then I didn't consider the price back then either and if I had the money I would have chose The game gear I personally didn't own one but my friend did and I borrowed it all the time. Played it over their house everyday I was over there every day. I could never play game boys because I was ruined after playing the Sega game gear going to a game boy just wasn't the same.

  • @Casp3r.aka.Droid.
    @Casp3r.aka.Droid. 9 місяців тому

    Only reason Nintendo won the handheld wars was because their handheld was cheaper and it took less batteries but I didn't care because they gave you a cord to plug it into the wall most of the time you were playing it in a car on the go or in the house anyways and you had a car cord and a house cord so you were good and you had a few packs of batteries for those moments where you had nowhere to plug up most people just used rechargeable batteries. It was okay it wasn't bad like it was okay it wasn't bad like everyone makes it out to be you have the power cord it was long enough I didn't think about it

  • @isaaccirilolopezespinoza9858
    @isaaccirilolopezespinoza9858 10 місяців тому +2

    Good games

  • @Whitemannatee
    @Whitemannatee 6 днів тому

    Columns 2 was awesome and I know it was on your Megadrive list, but DD and the Dime Caper was an amazing port.

  • @thePoetDominic
    @thePoetDominic 4 місяці тому

    excellent video. I personally disagree with sonic 2's placement - because of the difficulty - and no Triple Trouble? But i love your knowledge, respect for shining force, crystal warriors (my favourite), tails adven ture, sonic chaos and the game gesar in general. GG port of MK2 and fatal fury special definitely classics! thanks for making this

  • @VANRAJBAUDDH
    @VANRAJBAUDDH 8 місяців тому +1

    Nice 👍

  • @ShockerTopper
    @ShockerTopper 3 місяці тому

    No, no Mortal Kombat 2 was NOT one of the best games on Game Gear. I had that game, and doing Fatalities was absurd with 2 buttons. Having to hold a direction and a button to do the "high" version of it was absurd, to say the least. This is all while using your precious 6 AA batteries to do so....with the 3-5 hours you got out of them.

  • @CulturedVultures
    @CulturedVultures  6 місяців тому

    THE BEST SONIC GAMES: ua-cam.com/video/Q_wIpSwgAPM/v-deo.html

  • @lordkalistos4124
    @lordkalistos4124 Місяць тому

    So I grew up with a Game Boy Advance, and didn't even know about the Game Gear until funnily enough I saw one in a Warp Zone video lol. But I've been getting into Retro Handheld Restoration and I kinda want to get a Game Gear to try and restore.

  • @user034
    @user034 Місяць тому

    The fact that a good portion of these games are Master System ports (at lower resolution) and downgraded versions of Mega Drive games says a lot about why this console failed (besides the battery).

  • @fabiosanna9020
    @fabiosanna9020 5 днів тому

    Where Is Atari lynx ??? ... I think was the Better ...💪😉👍✨✨✨

  • @MoneyHoneyBunny
    @MoneyHoneyBunny 9 місяців тому +3

    This is 1 of the worst most clueless idiotic lists Ive ever seen. Sonic 2 is one of the worst games on Game Gear. This person clearly assumed that because Sonic 2 is the best game on Genesis, that the Game Gear version must also be! But no it's a compeltely different game. It's terrible. Sonic 1, Chaos, and Triple Trouble, are the quality Game Gear Sonic games. This isn't my opinion, this is information I'm trying to help you with, 'Cultured Vultures' I mean you no disrespect but, do research before you make a list. You'd find out that Sonic 2 on GG is arguably the worst Sonic game of all time! It's BY FAR the worst 2D platformer Sonic game.

  • @Scorpion24
    @Scorpion24 2 місяці тому

    I choose the gamegear, Why because it had a tv turner i could watch power rangers on in the back of my moms big ass buick on the way to Mc donalds to get some chicken nuggies

  • @kr1me2000
    @kr1me2000 9 місяців тому

    The Sega Game Gear is like the PSP, amazing handheld but no good games ;(

  • @sh0ndy
    @sh0ndy 5 місяців тому

    Blur was never better. UNfollowed. hahaha jkjkjk (but oasis was better tho)

  • @danbauer3669
    @danbauer3669 Місяць тому

    Nice! I have 15 of these games plus 200 or so more! Sega Game Gear is best, suckas!!

  • @tiagofernandes8389
    @tiagofernandes8389 10 місяців тому +1

    This list, like all of them, is a personal opinion. It doesn't make any sense to me.

    • @AlastorShadow0
      @AlastorShadow0 10 місяців тому

      What's not to get?

    • @CulturedVultures
      @CulturedVultures  10 місяців тому

      Unless you survey 8 billion people there is no way to be properly objective with these lol

  • @Usernamehear
    @Usernamehear 27 днів тому

    Only had a game gear for about a year or two before i traded it in at a funco land or something but i feel in that time i used more triple A battery then all the decade i used my game boys

  • @antonio_carvalho
    @antonio_carvalho 5 місяців тому

    No Axe Battler in the list? What a shame! Apart from that, great video, thank you!!

  • @Nightwolf866
    @Nightwolf866 3 місяці тому

    Sadly the games didn't use to look like now on my LED screen😅

  • @Bingo_the_Pug
    @Bingo_the_Pug 9 місяців тому

    It’s a shame the Game Gear Micro is way too tiny, it’s literally the same size as my pinky finger

  • @rgerber
    @rgerber 10 місяців тому

    I remember watching at tiny pictures in gaming magazines (for hours), imagine playing those games, ranking the visuals etc- Ristar always made an impression. But i think Markus' Magic Football might look a tiny bit better even. It's such an unknown game as well.

  • @MichaelLovett-g1x
    @MichaelLovett-g1x 2 місяці тому

    Only thing I hated about that system was freak batteries

  • @T0m0zuki
    @T0m0zuki 4 місяці тому

    I had both, but Game Boy felt obsolete compared to Game Gear.

  • @jasonmorgan661
    @jasonmorgan661 9 місяців тому

    I had the Atari Lynx .. Stun runner and Driver were better then all the game gear games combined.

  • @dj2bklyn
    @dj2bklyn 8 місяців тому

    I had this and only 5 games

  • @jamesredline1352
    @jamesredline1352 10 місяців тому +3

    I want a GameGear soooo bad but they are EXPENSIVE. every Sega is so damn expensive anymore 😂

    • @Floppy815
      @Floppy815 10 місяців тому

      Same I have no idea what happened to my childhood one

    • @drunkensailor112
      @drunkensailor112 10 місяців тому

      Lol. They are not expensive. You can get a recapped one for 80-100 euros

    • @gocanuckurself1
      @gocanuckurself1 10 місяців тому

      I bought a Genesis for $50 last year….

  • @choppy84
    @choppy84 5 місяців тому

    3-5 hours? More like 1 hour on 6 batteries

  • @EsThirt33n
    @EsThirt33n 6 місяців тому

    I was only able to play gamegear like 2 or 3 times as a kid, didnt have much of an attachment to it as a result, and i played NES and gameboy more. I recently came across a swcond hand one that works but needs repair/upgrade, so now im looking into the gamegear library, thanks for the video!

  • @soulglo45
    @soulglo45 9 місяців тому +1

    i remember that the kids who had game gear rarely had it operational because their parents got tired of buying batteries, six is absurd

    • @DanThomasUK
      @DanThomasUK 7 місяців тому

      You could plug it into the mains

    • @k2peace795
      @k2peace795 9 днів тому

      Everyone used mine durring independant study class. Just had to sit by a wall and plug it in...

  • @TheGoddamnJefe
    @TheGoddamnJefe 5 місяців тому

    Zelda? Lol. Please tell me that was a troll.

  • @mlangland
    @mlangland 9 місяців тому

    Gunstar Heroes was great

  • @danimal4227
    @danimal4227 26 днів тому

    No Batman Returns?

  • @sheldonkupa9120
    @sheldonkupa9120 10 місяців тому

    Cultured has a good channel and good content and even gooder subscribers😂😉 Your best of series is awesome, man👍👏

  • @ericbrynelson9725
    @ericbrynelson9725 Місяць тому

    I like your channel

  • @AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf
    @AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf 7 місяців тому

    Does knee slapper mean something different where you're from? Or are you saying that these games soundtracks are hilariously bad?

    • @CulturedVultures
      @CulturedVultures  7 місяців тому

      knee slapper = it gives me the honky tonk

    • @AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf
      @AndrewStottisTheIndiWerWlf 7 місяців тому

      @@CulturedVultures lol ok I suspected as much from context. Just a heads up that the phrase has a different connotation.
      Great content man. Thanks for making awesome videos.

  • @packpock4369
    @packpock4369 9 місяців тому

    Sonic Chaos was from the MS as well quite a few on this list. So it wasn't released on the GG, it was ported to it.

  • @pikaporeon
    @pikaporeon 14 днів тому

    Really 2 over TT?

  • @tbx59
    @tbx59 10 місяців тому

    Dragon Crystal

  • @rafaelraad555
    @rafaelraad555 5 місяців тому

    Game Gear here ❤

  • @bennysnod4928
    @bennysnod4928 9 місяців тому

    WHAT'S WITH ALL YOU BRITS MAKING VIDEOS

  • @WiLLiW_oficial
    @WiLLiW_oficial 10 місяців тому

    GAME BOY

  • @KennethHime
    @KennethHime 7 місяців тому

    Chase HQ

  • @cmbaz1140
    @cmbaz1140 9 місяців тому

    I grew up with all the sonic games...i love sega
    I miss the 90s😢

  • @DarKodama
    @DarKodama 10 місяців тому

    1 min and I'm super bored. Get to the point, man 😢

  • @9unslin9er
    @9unslin9er 2 місяці тому

    Vlahd
    Tsepesh

  • @kristenhawkins5453
    @kristenhawkins5453 10 місяців тому

    lovely video 😛💣💚

  • @Floppy815
    @Floppy815 10 місяців тому

    All those batteries for 2 hours of gameplay lol

    • @rgerber
      @rgerber 10 місяців тому

      the only thing you could do is using headphones and putting the brightness all they way dwn

  • @Nick-rf9hk
    @Nick-rf9hk 10 місяців тому

    Where is g lock????

  • @jeffhauser8031
    @jeffhauser8031 10 місяців тому

    Great video. To me game gear games are just ported SMS games

  • @PixelShade
    @PixelShade 2 місяці тому +1

    The fact that Sonic 2 is even featured on the list is a crime. Let alone snatching the first place!?!?!?! It was a terrible game with level design made in hell. The amounts of "leaps of faith" in the game and accidental deaths is staggering. It's pretty much the perfect example of how "not" to design a game.

  • @IAMimprov
    @IAMimprov 9 місяців тому +1

    Oh, come on Sonic 2 was terrible 😂

  • @testudohorsfieldii7052
    @testudohorsfieldii7052 8 місяців тому

    Didnt realise they made 20 games for it!

  • @mattalan6618
    @mattalan6618 8 місяців тому

    Street of Rage 3 is my all-time favorite game in the series

  • @bradpoole238
    @bradpoole238 5 місяців тому

    Sonic 2 on game gear was terrible

  • @filthymcnasty5625
    @filthymcnasty5625 10 місяців тому +1

    streets of rage 3 is the greatest of all time.