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Game Gear

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Overview

Introduced in 1990 by Sega, the Game Gear was a portable system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: Zilog Z80 running at 3.58 MHz (compatible with Master System hardware).
  • Memory: 8 KB RAM plus 16 KB video RAM mirroring the SMS.
  • Display: 160×144 backlit color LCD capable of 32 simultaneous colors from a 4096 palette.
  • Sound: Texas Instruments SN76489A PSG providing three square-wave channels plus noise.

Supported ROM extensions

bin, gg, zip, 7z

Emulators

  • gearsystem (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_GEARSYSTEM
  • genesisplusgx (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_GENESISPLUSGX
  • picodrive (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_PICODRIVE
  • smsplus (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_SMSPLUS_GX

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml