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Game Gear Micro

Four tiny playable Game Gear tributes, each color carrying a different four-game library.

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

Released for Game Gear’s 30th anniversary on October 6, 2020, the Micro came in black, blue, yellow, and red. The smoke-colored unit in Sega Store’s collector set was a non-working display model and is identified as such.

Released
2020 · Exact day not documented
Platform / family
Micro handheld
Format / type
Built-in games
Region
Japan
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Documented item history

Release and collector context

Source-linked facts

Game Gear Micro is a Sega hardware family documented for Japan, with a release recorded as 2020 (the exact day and month are not documented). The catalog identifies it as Micro handheld hardware using Built-in games. PLAYBACK connects 4 documented hardware variants to this family, including Game Gear Micro — black, Game Gear Micro — blue, Game Gear Micro — yellow, Game Gear Micro — red.

Research status
Structured source record
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Release context

The documented release is 2020 (the exact day and month are not documented) for Japan on Micro 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 Japan. 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 Built-in games. The current structured source does not enumerate every insert, manual, sleeve, or bonus item, so no unverified contents are claimed.

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Editions and revisions

4 hardware configurations are linked to this family: Game Gear Micro — black, Game Gear Micro — blue, Game Gear Micro — yellow, Game Gear Micro — red.

Research sources

  1. consolevariations.com — catalog record ↗