I'm about 12 years too late for this arguemnt but...

I havnt played Tetris in awhile. But that's not the question you originally asked.

You asked, " can you play Tetris for over an hour", and I said I can and I did, but not, " Have you played Tetris recently".

Even if you did ask that question originally, it doesnt prove anything about this topic. All it proves is that Tetris doesnt get played anymore. But the topic is why the Game Boy outdid Game Gear when it was released 17 years ago. And Tetris was one of the main reasons.

Whats more amazing is why people like these silly little game things.

OK?

You mean Tetris or just handhelds in general?

Originally posted by Bicnarok
Whats more amazing is why people like these silly little game things.

Yeah, it's amazing when people like games based on fun and nothing else.

I still have my game gear, Shinobi, Spiderman, Sonic Chaos, Sonic the Hedgehog, Columns, it friggin rocks. It even has a car adaptor, so the fanboys in here talking about battery life should remember that little point. 😉 Not saying all of you are fanboys, but still.

I have a gameboy too, which received alot of play due to TMNT, Pokemon, and Tetris (when I was much younger), I give them about a tie (handheld wise), since the gamegear was a bit bulky, but it also had a bigger screen and color.

But the games were better on the game gear, and the games make the system. But honestly alot of it simply came down to the nintendo name.

So I guess if it's all based on the Nintendo name, the N64 and the GameCube would of beating out Sony?
Also, when the Game Gear was released, SEGA was an household name in terms of console's in the States.

What happens if your not in a car? What happens now? What happens if the kid wasnt in the front seat to use the lighter?

Isnt a tad rude to imply people are fanboys? Especially considering the topic has nothing to do with which system is better, but more of the case of how did an inferior system beat out the Game Gear?

Originally posted by Smasandian
So I guess if it's all based on the Nintendo name, the N64 and the GameCube would of beating out Sony?

Originally posted by Smasandian
Also, when the Game Gear was released, SEGA was an household name in terms of console's in the States.

Originally posted by Smasandian
What happens if your not in a car? What happens now? What happens if the kid wasnt in the front seat to use the lighter?

Originally posted by Smasandian
Isnt a tad rude to imply people are fanboys? Especially considering the topic has nothing to do with which system is better, but more of the case of how did an inferior system beat out the Game Gear?

Originally posted by Tha C-Master
It was at the time, I remember myself gameboy pretty much being "standard" in handhelds... Nintendo kinda still is... people go to Nintendo and know what they are going to get. Works well with handhelds, but not as well with consoles, where innovation is a stronger factor. I'm sure you agree.

Covered above.

Mines worked in the backseat, it had an adaptor AND a battery pack, I found the car adaptor an excellent tool, and something handhelds should utilize more, as it saved the need of batteries on LONG trips.

Maybe fanboy is perceived as a negative connotation, would diehard fan be a better term? I did point out positives and negatives on both, so I'm not choosing a side persay, but I simply know that Nintendo is standard in handhelds, especially back then. Sorry if that offended you.

So that's the only reason why people chose the Game Boy?

You found it good, but I guess other people didnt. Battery life was still the shortcoming of the Game Gear, no battery pack or car adapter saved it. Anyways, as stated before by Backfire and I, it's insane to think people will buy a battery pack for extra cost when they buy an Sega. It's the smart thing to do but it's ridiculous to expect people to automatically buy an extra periperhal to utilize they're Game Gear. Sega should of engineared to have more battery life.

Of course fanboy is perceieved as an negative connotation. Your name includes fanboy killer. I just dont understand why you had to use fanboy in your post. Does it automatically make me an fanboy because I took Nintendo's side? (Even though this thread has nothing to do with which system is better)

Originally posted by Sai1
One thing I never understood was how in the world did Gameboy manage to beat Sega's Game Gear? The Game Gear was so blatently better in every way except battery life (which could easily be resolved with a battery pack). Something tells me battery life isn't exactly the main factor in these things anyway.

The same reason why Nintendo beat sega at the consols,

Better and funner games

GG was 16 bit at the time though wasn't?

Originally posted by OB1-adobe
The same reason why Nintendo beat sega at the consols,

Better and funner games

GG was 16 bit at the time though wasn't?

I'm pretty sure original NES was 16 and GG 8. And the GB was 4 I think. Still GG had some games that were better than NES games.

Originally posted by Tha C-Master
I still have my game gear, Shinobi, Spiderman, Sonic Chaos, Sonic the Hedgehog, Columns, it friggin rocks. It even has a car adaptor, so the fanboys in here talking about battery life should remember that little point. 😉 Not saying all of you are fanboys, but still.

Forgot about the car adapter! 🙂 I got one of those too.

Originally posted by Smasandian

You found it good, but I guess other people didnt. Battery life was still the shortcoming of the Game Gear, no battery pack or car adapter saved it. Anyways, as stated before by Backfire and I, it's insane to think people will buy a battery pack for extra cost when they buy an Sega. It's the smart thing to do but it's ridiculous to expect people to automatically buy an extra periperhal to utilize they're Game Gear. Sega should of engineared to have more battery life.

Lemme ask this though. If Sega did do a better job and battery life was on par with GB, do you think it would have made a big difference?

Probably.

Every single handheld that's going against Nintendo has had horrible battery life and better graphics, but Nintendo has always be ahead in sales.

Why?

Originally posted by Smasandian
So that's the only reason why people chose the Game Boy?

Never said the only reason, but it was a big reason, and others agree, it was a point that Backfire made earlier and I found it to hit straight home. Most people were and still are too close minded when it comes to new stuff as it is. I simply find it illogical in other aspects that a clearly "superior" machine would fail on any other aspects, even when it came with said perephrials to remedy that problem. Its just like the other times Nintendo could have less games or "worse" controls and it being ok. My point is people WILL buy something just because it has Nintendo on it. Not saying you are that person, but most people who have Nintendo nowadays have had it in past generations. It is almost a niche market.

Originally posted by Smasandian
You found it good, but I guess other people didnt. Battery life was still the shortcoming of the Game Gear, no battery pack or car adapter saved it. Anyways, as stated before by Backfire and I, it's insane to think people will buy a battery pack for extra cost when they buy an Sega.

Originally posted by Smasandian
It's the smart thing to do but it's ridiculous to expect people to automatically buy an extra periperhal to utilize they're Game Gear. Sega should of engineared to have more battery life.

Game Gear still had better games. Thats simply in terms of what you get if you got the same thing on both handhelds.

Originally posted by Smasandian
Of course fanboy is perceieved as an negative connotation. Your name includes fanboy killer. I just dont understand why you had to use fanboy in your post. Does it automatically make me an fanboy because I took Nintendo's side? (Even though this thread has nothing to do with which system is better)

i have a Gameboy Advance SP and I have Tetris....lol. I also have a Game Gear with a Ren and Stimpy game and Ecco the Dolphin game. there is a lil outlet at a flea market where i live that has older games and systems noone cares about anymore. or has forgotten them. thats where i got my Game Gear. Id love to find the tv adaptor, i think that was one of the kool features on that handheld.

Yea, and the SNES ability was nice.

Originally posted by Tha C-Master
Never said the only reason, but it was a big reason, and others agree, it was a point that Backfire made earlier and I found it to hit straight home. Most people were and still are too close minded when it comes to new stuff as it is. I simply find it illogical in other aspects that a clearly "superior" machine would fail on any other aspects, even when it came with said perephrials to remedy that problem. Its just like the other times Nintendo could have less games or "worse" controls and it being ok. My point is people WILL buy something just because it has Nintendo on it. Not saying you are that person, but most people who have Nintendo nowadays have had it in past generations. It is almost a niche market.

It was a shortcoming, yes. It's not really insane when people shelled out an extra hundred dollars for a "game boy advance sp" which simply had a lid on it. Nintendo should have done that first then. If you wanted to rememdy the problem it wasn't that hard nor that expensive. Most people who have handhelds have handheld adaptors and even a special case for crying out loud, most people don't simply "have just the batteries".

It had way more power and graphics and color, of course it was going to use more batteries at its time, no different than anything else that was bigger, it was going to use more battery power, to not think so is simply absurd. That's not bad programming, thats an excuse used by people today. Suvs use alot of gas and people buy them for the comfort. People buy additives to their machines no different than people buy expansion packs to their games. If people gave it a try I would understand, but it wasn't like a ton of people returned it, they simply didn't play it. Which is fine.

Game Gear still had better games. Thats simply in terms of what you get if you got the same thing on both handhelds.

It depends on how one uses it, I really don't care. I've been in game threads before and I've seen diehard Nintendo fans critisize other members simply because of the name changing on the new Nintendo console. It was said publicly, and you were offended, or else you wouldn't have brought it up. I assume you know what a fanboy is being here so long so its nothing to delve into.

Maybe your right, but I still think they're were other things that screwed over the Game Gear.

The difference between buying a new updated Game Boy over an battery pack is that people with old Game Boy can still play it. Nintendo doesnt make you buy an new updated Game Boy, they simply give you the chance to, while on the other hand, to use the Game Gear for more than five hours, Sega needed you to buy an battery pack or an car adapter. They'res a difference. At that difference was big enough to severly shortcome the Game Gear.

That's the question. Why didnt play the Game Gear, and battery life was an main reason. Maybe SEGA should of decreased the colour and screen to allow for more battery power.

I didnt think Game Gear had better games. I think that's all based on what you like. I hate Sonic, I think the game is garbage. But that's my personal taste.

I've also seen diehard Sony and XBOX games fans to the same thing. I just dont understand why you utter the f-word (haha) in this thread, when nonbody was acting like an fanboy.

Dude! I still have my brick-sized default grey original Game Boy. My parents bought it for me when I was like 4 or 5. Its a wonder how I could see the damn screen. It was very sensitive to light 😬

Originally posted by Smasandian
Probably.

Every single handheld that's going against Nintendo has had horrible battery life and better graphics, but Nintendo has always be ahead in sales.

Why?

Because I believe that even with better battery life the reult would have been the same more or less. Meaning battery life wasn't one of the deciding factors in why GG lost.

Originally posted by Smasandian

The difference between buying a new updated Game Boy over an battery pack is that people with old Game Boy can still play it.

And you can can still play GG without a battery pack. Besides, in most cases where people use their handhelds, do they really use it for more than five hours? The majority of times I've used a handheld for a really extended period of time is when I was playing a new game and hadn't beaten it yet. In which case, I was likey to just be playing it at home where using the AC adapter is no problem.

Originally posted by Smasandian

Nintendo doesnt make you buy an new updated Game Boy, they simply give you the chance to, while on the other hand, to use the Game Gear for more than five hours, Sega needed you to buy an battery pack or an car adapter. They'res a difference. At that difference was big enough to severly shortcome the Game Gear.

I think the car adapter was like 15 bucks or something. At least it had one. Can't fault it for that.

Originally posted by Smasandian

That's the question. Why didnt play the Game Gear, and battery life was an main reason. Maybe SEGA should of decreased the colour and screen to allow for more battery power.

I probably would have been less inclined to get one if they did...

Originally posted by Smasandian

I didnt think Game Gear had better games. I think that's all based on what you like. I hate Sonic, I think the game is garbage. But that's my personal taste.

Regardless of a person taste, the GG games WERE still in fact better games. That's undisputable given what they were capable of compared to GB. Someone could more be keen on Golden Eye or Perfect Dark but Halo's still the better game.