Sega Game Gear Home console system ....

[Black_Tiger]

The TurboExpress/PC Engine GT has a better screen than Game Gear but the same 9-bit palette as the TG-16/PCE hardware. The screen is just the screen, just like a TV is for a console. The Game Gear only has an expanded palette to give the hardware more longevity.

[Flygon]

Er, to clarify, I meany 4-bits per channel, not 4-bit overall.

[eheheh]

guys how much is a fare price for this game gear

is one of the rarest packs to be find

sega portugal official sonic chaos edition

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...#ht_647wt_1397

[MasterGenesis]

What someone needs to do is make an adapter that lets you play Game Gear games on a Genesis, similar to the Power Base Converter or Super Game Boy.

[tma73]

Wow that is amazing
And it looks like fullscreen display as well?

thomas

[VirtuaRicky]

What someone needs to do is make an adapter that lets you play Game Gear games on a Genesis, similar to the Power Base Converter or Super Game Boy.

Hyperkin just announced plans for an adapter for the Retron 5...but I wonder if it would work like a PowerBase...

[Black_Tiger]

Hyperkin just announced plans for an adapter for the Retron 5...but I wonder if it would work like a PowerBase...

Retron 5 is an emulation box. The adaptor us simply a rom ripper. If you don't want to get a Game Gear with vudeo output, just get a raspberry pi instead of something which will damage your carts without actually playing them.

[QuickSciFi]

Can someone explain in layman's terms how the Retron 5 GG/SMS adapter "damages" your carts? Short of modding an OG Game Gear, this is looking like the best option for me right now. Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


...P.S.> Not interested whatsoever in using straight-up roms. I have plenty of phone apps that do that just fine.

[Guntz]

Can someone explain in layman's terms how the Retron 5 GG/SMS adapter "damages" your carts? Short of modding an OG Game Gear, this is looking like the best option for me right now. Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


...P.S.> Not interested whatsoever in using straight-up roms. I have plenty of phone apps that do that just fine.

It would be nice if people learned that game cartridges and ROMs are the same thing, literally just CPU instructions. A ROM isn't a game until the instructions it contains are executed.

Code execution is what separates software emulators like the RetroN5 and the Raspberry Pi from original hardware. Software emulators are inherently inaccurate due to true accuracy requiring insanely powerful processors, disproportionately more powerful than the original console.

Playing original carts on a RetroN5 and running ROMs on a Raspberry Pi is exactly the same thing. Playing original carts and ROMs via a flash cart on original hardware is exactly the same thing.

[QuickSciFi]

It would be nice if people learned that game cartridges and ROMs are the same thing, literally just CPU instructions. A ROM isn't a game until the instructions it contains are executed.

Code execution is what separates software emulators like the RetroN5 and the Raspberry Pi from original hardware. Software emulators are inherently inaccurate due to true accuracy requiring insanely powerful processors, disproportionately more powerful than the original console.

Playing original carts on a RetroN5 and running ROMs on a Raspberry Pi is exactly the same thing. Playing original carts and ROMs via a flash cart on original hardware is exactly the same thing.

"It would be nice if people learned" to not give douchebag answers.

And no, a cartridge is not a ROM. It is the physical medium that contains the ROM. You missed the point entirely. But that's ok, millenial. One day you'll learn some manners.

[Black_Tiger]

Can someone explain in layman's terms how the Retron 5 GG/SMS adapter "damages" your carts? Short of modding an OG Game Gear, this is looking like the best option for me right now. Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


...P.S.> Not interested whatsoever in using straight-up roms. I have plenty of phone apps that do that just fine.

Pin connections need to be very precise to work properly without being too tight or loose. Many modern replacements parts and clones are simply made "good enough to work" and are tighter than official hardware, which leads to cart pins getting stripped. Many clones' cart ports are also not precise, which leads to repeated removing and reinserting of carts to get them to play correctly, which makes things that much worse.

[QuickSciFi]

Pin connections need to be very precise to work properly without being too tight or loose. Many modern replacements parts and clones are simply made "good enough to work" and are tighter than official hardware, which leads to cart pins getting stripped. Many clones' cart ports are also not precise, which leads to repeated removing and reinserting of carts to get them to play correctly, which makes things that much worse.

Thanks.

Yeah, I've heard of this issue with the Retron 5. But I was thinking more like software-wise. I've heard of issues with battery saves being lost. I was wondering if there was more than that. But if it's mostly a thing about the pin connectors; then I can live with that. I can always tweak it.

[Guntz]

"It would be nice if people learned" to not give douchebag answers.

And no, a cartridge is not a ROM. It is the physical medium that contains the ROM. You missed the point entirely. But that's ok, millenial. One day you'll learn some manners.

Did you read anything I said before insulting me? That's ok old man, maybe you'll learn how video game hardware actually works.

A cartridge is an obsolete container of a ROM. A ROM file on a hard drive is a ROM in a modern accessible container. There is zero technical difference between the two. There are MASSIVE differences between emulators and real hardware.

[QuickSciFi]

Did you read anything I said before insulting me? That's ok old man, maybe you'll learn how video game hardware actually works.

A cartridge is an obsolete container of a ROM. A ROM file on a hard drive is a ROM in a modern accessible container. There is zero technical difference between the two. There are MASSIVE differences between emulators and real hardware.

First of all, you insulted me first. So you can go ahead and stop acting like a 16 year old anymore. So yes, learn some manners, or receive the consequences of being a douchebag.

Secondly, once again, you continue to miss the point entirely of my query. Though I doubt you'll ever comprehend the simple concept of: "I want to use my own carts". It is simple and quicker to use than having to download each ROM. I specifically said I am not interested in just downloading the roms, and you took it upon yourself to go on an insulting rampage. Clearly you are not the one I asked, since you don't care to answer my simple question and are only interested in throwing empty insults like you always do. So please, feel free to gtfo.

[Guntz]

First of all, you insulted me first. So you can go ahead and stop acting like a 16 year old anymore. So yes, learn some manners, or receive the consequences of being a douchebag.

Secondly, once again, you continue to miss the point entirely of my query. Though I doubt you'll ever comprehend the simple concept of: "I want to use my own carts". It is simple and quicker to use than having to download each ROM. I specifically said I am not interested in just downloading the roms, and you took it upon yourself to go on an insulting rampage. Clearly you are not the one I asked, since you don't care to answer my simple question and are only interested in throwing empty insults like you always do. So please, feel free to gtfo.

Please explain how "It would be nice if people learned" is a personal insult when it is clearly not directed at anyone in particular. Even if it was targeted at you, how is being expected to learn something an insult? Maybe your feelings are easily bruised. Somehow being "insulted" also gives you the excuse to specifically attack me and call me stupid, which I never did to begin with. Pretty impressive for a 37 year old man to act like a 16 year old.

Let's take another look at the point I apparently missed.

Can someone explain in layman's terms how the Retron 5 GG/SMS adapter "damages" your carts? Short of modding an OG Game Gear, this is looking like the best option for me right now. Any help and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


...P.S.> Not interested whatsoever in using straight-up roms. I have plenty of phone apps that do that just fine.

I'm not concerned with addressing the cartridge damaging adapter because there isn't anything that needs to be corrected there.

What I have issue with "Not interested whatsoever in using straight-up roms. I have plenty of phone apps that do that just fine." There is zero technical difference between using real carts on a RetroN5 and using ROMs on a phone emulator, ZERO. They are both emulators. If having your cartridges damaged is a concern for you, there will be nothing lost in using ROM files on the same software emulator. All I was trying to do was provide information for you. Clearly you don't appreciate information.

Why is this so hard to comprehend without having to insult me?