Years ago I inherited my wife’s family’s Game Gear. After a recap, and replacing the backlight, I started tracking down games to play on it. It’s been great exploring a whole library of games that I skipped out on as a kid! (I was a Nintendo kid) Now I have a nice little library of carts to play on this beast of a 90’s handheld.

  • @sucricdrawkcab
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    131 year ago

    The Lion King crushed my dreams as a child. Game Gear, SNES, didn’t matter my little brain was done after the first level.

    • @zodo123
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      71 year ago

      I made it past the first level once or twice as a kid, but that game was un-fun hard.

      • @[email protected]
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        111 year ago

        I was at a party a year or two ago and my friend booted it up on her Genesis. She smashed through every level with zero trouble (even the part with the monkeys tossing you, that always fucked me up!)

        She got to the final stage, began giving Scar and…

        The game froze. She’s like “motherfucker…” but it took but an hour for her to get there. She has like… memorized it. Restarted her Genesis and… nothing. Tried another game… nope.

        Her fucking Genesis died. AT SCAR.

        I blame Scar.

        • @Pumpkinbot
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          51 year ago

          [Scar shoves Genesis off a cliff]

          • @Fwow13OP
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            51 year ago

            🎶Be prepared!🎶

            • @Pumpkinbot
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              21 year ago

              [Illidan Stormrage crosses his arms and shakes his head disapprovingly.]

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            LONG LIVE THE FINAL BOSS OF THIS GAME BECAUSE NOW YOU NEED A NEW CONSOLE

            Are you challenging me?

            Temper, temper… I wouldn’t dream of letting you finish this fight.

      • @sucricdrawkcab
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        31 year ago

        Because it gets stupid hard real fast. Even if you somehow make out the monkey puzzle on the 2nd level, the pinpoint jump, double jump situation at the end crushes whatever excitement you have. That level is harder than the final boss.

    • @Fwow13OP
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      41 year ago

      I kept hearing it was a “hidden gem”, but was honestly kind of disappointed with it. The music is great and the game is okay, but I think every other Disney licensed game I’ve tracked down so far for the Game Gear is better than the Lion King.

      • @sucricdrawkcab
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        71 year ago

        Aladdin is a better game. I think the difficulty spike on Lion King makes it a gem for a lot of people. I just can’t wait to be king was life changing and one the most satisfying things to beat.

        • @Fwow13OP
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          31 year ago

          Agreed. Aladdin was a lot of fun to get through!

          I made it through a decent amount of Lion King, but I’ve never beaten it.

          • @sucricdrawkcab
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            31 year ago

            I’ve beaten it 1 time. I got super dedicated , was determined to beat it and did. This conversation is making me want to revisit it and give it another run.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Is Aladdin for game gear the same as for Genesis? I just got my game gear adapter for my Pocket and I’m looking for good games to get, and that one is pretty cheap locally. I loved the genesis version but have long since lost my genesis, so it would be cool to play it again if so!

          • @Fwow13OP
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            31 year ago

            Not the same as the Genesis version (IIRC), but I believe the Master System’s game is the same as this Game Gear version.

            Still a fun little platformer if you are seeing it for cheap somewhere.