Sega’s full-color answer to the Game Boy. Launched in 1990, it was a portable Master System in all but name, with a backlit color screen that made Nintendo’s green display look antique — and games to match, from Sonic to Shining Force. The price was battery life: six AAs gone in a few hours. It ate batteries and looked amazing doing it.
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Six Batteries at a Time: The Top Ten Game Gear Games
Colour screen, television ambitions, and an appetite for AA batteries that bordered on performance art. Photo: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons The Game…