Sega Game Gear
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SEGA· Game Gear · Concept

Game Gear

Full colour portable · 1990

Sega Game Gear, front view
Screen: 3.2-inch backlit colour LCD Power: 6 × AA · 3 to 5 hours 160 × 144 · 32 of 4096 colours Launch: ¥19,800 · $149.99 · £99.99
Formatmm · W × H × D

Wide as two hands, bright as a TV

210 × 113 × 38 mm, held sideways like a controller. The backlight that made colour possible is also what eats six AA cells in an afternoon.

3.2"LCD · 160 × 144
LoadingInsert · Power · Play
  1. ▼ Insert

    Sonic the Hedgehog goes in from the top, label out, until it clicks home.

  2. ▶ Power

    Slide the switch on the top edge. The LED glows red and the backlight comes on.

  3. ● Play

    The Sega logo, then Green Hill. Thirty-two colours on screen out of 4,096.

    32 / 4096 colours
6× AA
3 to 5 hours · then the mains adaptor
ControlsD-pad · 1 · 2 · Start

Every control under two thumbs

Power

A slide switch on the top edge, with a red LED on the face to prove it.

D-pad

Eight ways, under the left thumb.

1 · 2

Two round buttons, no letters. Jump and spin.

Start

Pause, in the top right corner.

Volume

A thumbwheel on the edge, plus a headphone jack for the bus.

Ext · TV

Gear-to-Gear cable on the top edge, TV tuner in the cartridge slot.

Game Gear · Operating instructions Sega · 1990 · page 4 / 16 · English
113 mm
The Game Gear, front view, with the controls numbered 1 to 6
210 mm · depth 38 mm

Location of controls

Colour portable, held sideways. Six AA cells in the back, cartridge in the top.

  1. 1D-PAD, eight ways, under the left thumb.
  2. 21 · 2 buttons, no letters.
  3. 3START, pause, top right.
  4. 4POWER slide switch, top edge. Red LED on the face.
  5. 5CARTRIDGE SLOT, label out, until it clicks home.
  6. 6VOLUME · EXT · PHONES, on the top edge.
Size 210 × 113 × 38 mmScreen 3.2" · 160 × 144 Power 6 × AA · 3 to 5 hPrice ¥19,800 · $149.99 · £99.99
Unofficial concept · Sega, Game Gear and Sonic the Hedgehog are trademarks of Sega Corporation · specifications Wikipedia ENORINN · GG · OI-EN · 2026

3D model built in Blender from photographs of the device. Reference photographs: Evan-Amos (public domain), Inthepockets (CC BY 3.0) and AOMAF2024 (CC0, cartridge), via Wikimedia Commons. SEGA logo, Sonic the Hedgehog cartridge label and game screen © Sega.