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Sega · Console family

Sega Game Gear

A full-color Sega handheld with a broad international library and many collectible shell colors.

Documented hardware recordA source-linked factual history appears below. Undocumented development, regional, and package details are left unclaimed.

Game Gear launched in Japan in 1990 and expanded worldwide in 1991. Sega produced multiple colors and bundles, and Majesco later manufactured a cost-reduced North American model.

Released
1990 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
Fourth-generation handheld
Format / type
Cartridge
Region
Worldwide
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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Sega Game Gear is a Sega hardware family documented for Worldwide, with a release recorded as 1990 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Fourth-generation handheld hardware using Cartridge. PLAYBACK connects 6 documented hardware variants to this family, including Game Gear — black, Game Gear — blue, Game Gear — red, Game Gear — yellow, Game Gear — white, 1 more.

Research status
Structured source record
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Release context

The documented release is 1990 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Worldwide on Fourth-generation handheld. Date precision is preserved exactly: the archive does not invent a day when the source records only a month or year.

02

Regional differences

This record is scoped to Worldwide. The linked structured source does not document a separate regional title or package difference, so PLAYBACK does not infer one.

03

Physical packaging

The physical format is documented as Cartridge. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

04

Editions and revisions

6 hardware configurations are linked to this family: Game Gear — black, Game Gear — blue, Game Gear — red, Game Gear — yellow, Game Gear — white, Majesco Game Gear.

Research sources

  1. commons.wikimedia.org — catalog record ↗