Yesterday I was cleaning out under our stairs.  There is a large storage area and many boxes went in there that have not been touched since we moved in.  In an effort to reclaim some more storage space I went through the boxes to see what could be thrown out.  While opening a box I found my old Sega Game Gear and a stack of games.  I thought I had lost this thing.  The AC adaptor was with it so I fired it up and most of the games worked accept three of them.  If it works for the old NES it may work for these dead games.  I gave them a good blow of air, popped them back in, turned on the Game Gear and they worked again.  Attached was this huge magnification device called the Sega Super Wide Gear.  It allowed you to see the screen better as well as keep outside light off the screen.  Click on the image for a larger view.  Unlike most devices these days like my Nintendo DS Lite, the Game Gear screen is an old passive LCD instead of a active LCD.  I will let you read more about that technology yourself but in short the screen was not good and keeping colors from bleeding and it could not turn on and off colors quickly.  This made fast moving games unbearable to play.  The simple games were the most fun to play. 

Here is a list of games I still have and a few I remember owning:

• Columns - A Tetris like game.
• G-Lock - A fighter game.  This one is one of my favorites.  It was simple and fun and I spent most of my evening last night playing this one.
• Shinobi - This game was a lot of fun and looked great on the Game Gear.
• Shinobi II - This also was a very fun game but impossibly hard at the end.  I could never finish this one.
• Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse - This was actually a very good platformer on the Game Gear.  I dare say better than Sonic because you could see what was going on.  Even though it has Mickey Mouse as the star it was not a kids game and was really hard to finish.
• Star Wars - Wow this game sucked.  When I tried playing it again today it still sucked.
• Super Monaco GP - This game was okay.  It was really hard to judge how sharp the corners would be and you would slide off the track, hit a sign showing you which way you where already turning and bring you to a complete stop.  This in turn would almost guaranty you would loose the race.
• Mortal Kombat - No blood?  When this game came out it was the same story about video game violence.  Since kids may be playing this game the developer hid the blood in this game.  Do you think I remember what buttons to push when I turn it on to see the blood.  Blood is what Mortal Kombat is all about you know.  It was still a good button masher but I never could finish this one either. 
• RC Grand Prix - This game sucked.  If you hit the side of the track you came to a complete stop and the computer racers never hit the side.  From the very first race you would have to race a perfect three laps to win.  Not worth it as the tracks were very narrow.
• Devilish - I didn’t buy this game and the short term trade must have turned into a long term trade with someone as I am missing a few of my other games.  It is basically a fancy bricks kind of game.  Trust me I wish I had my old games back.
• Sonic the Hedgehog - It was fun to play if you were not moving fast.  Oh yeah you are always moving fast in sonic.  This game was lost in the trade.
  
• Joe Montana Football - I remember it was fun but it is no longer part of my collection.  I can’t believe I lost my football game for Devilish.