BLAZE has created a a portable game system that packs in some old games. You may expect 16-bit games, but the BLAZEGear goes even farther back, digging into the Sega Master System and Game Gear libraries. No, really!
The BLAZEGear handheld will come with 30 games installed to play on its included LCD screen. Alex Kidd in Miracle Land, Kung Fu Kid, Golden Axe and more can be played on the go (two AA batteries), or on your television using the unit's TV out port.
Sonic Triple Trouble, Sonic Drift, Sonic Chaos, Super Columns, Dr Robotniks Mean Bean Machine, Alex Kidd In Miracle World, Columns, Sonic Spinball, Aztec Adventure, Dragon Crystal Fantasy Zone, Fantasy Zone 2, Gain Ground, Kung Fu Kid, Golden Axe, Global Defense, The Ninja, Quartet, Ristar and Penguin Land
The BLAZE Europe website is now selling these systems for £29.99. That price is about right because these games are old.
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11:40 AM on 08.05.2010 | 
Your point is?
Genesis had three buttons.
a la, this Amazon listing for
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Retrobit-Portable-Handheld-Not-Machine-Specific/dp/B002SZWME2">Retrobit Portable</a>
http://www.amazon.com/Retrobit-Portable-Handheld-Not-Machine-Specific/dp/B002SZWME2
not all the time. Nomad was a portable Genesis/Mega Drive. Game gear had several exclusive games. For example i love Defenders of Oasis that was exclusive to Game gear. And Chakan on game Gear was different.
The Sonic games on it were all different from the Genesis ones for example.
This doesn't play genesis/mega drive games. It plays master system and game gear games.
Just re-read the post. I think that title shot of Sonic is synonymous with Genesis to my brain for some reason. Thanks for the correction.
You are actually missing a great deal. There were tons of great Game Gear and Master System games - you just had to know where to look.
Master System Games Worth Your Time
Game Gear 101
I'd honestly get this if it had the Master System version of Gunstar Heroes on it. I've always wanted to try it, but it's much more expensive than the Genesis version.
Also, Alex Kidd! Hell, yeah! That long lost, forgotten character deserves an HD remake comeback of sorts. He was the only reason I played Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing for as long as I did.
I wonder if this BLAZEGear contraption hides the SEGA Snail game inside?! Hmmm.
The reason Alex Kidd has been missing all these years...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PG7-AbwtDs