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[Jasoco]

A friend on a forum wants to sell his complete collection of Game Gear stuff. But doesn't know how much it should bring in. I would like to offer but don't know what to offer.

It'd be a great start for me, but I want to know what to offer first.

Game Gear unit in great condition
AC adapter
Magnifying attachment
Master Gear converter (Untested)
Black carrying case
The following games:

Aladdin
Baku Baku (J)
Batman Forever
Batter Up
Berenstain Bears
Caesar's Palace
Chicago Syndicate
Chuck Rock
Clutch Hitter
Columns
Cutthroat Island
Donald Duck:Deep Duck Trouble
Dracula(Bram Stoker's)
Dragon Crystal
Dragon:the Bruce Lee Story
Ecco 2:the Tides of Time
Ernie Els Golf
FIFA Soccer '96
Fight! Pro.Baseb.Twin League (J)
Foreman For Real
Frank Thomas BigHurt Baseball
Fred Couples Golf
Game Pack 4-in-1
George Foreman's KO Boxing
G-Loc Air Battle
Halley Wars
Iron Man/XO-Manowar
J League Pro Striker 94 (J)
J League Soccer Dream 11 (J)
Joe Montana Football
John Madden '95
John Madden '96
Judge Dredd
Jungle Book
Lion King
Majors:Pro Baseball
Master of Darkness
Mickey M:Legend of Illusion
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
MLBPA Baseball
Mortal Kombat
Mortal Kombat 2
Ms.Pac-Man
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
NFL 95
NFL Quarterback Club '96
NHL All-Star Hockey
Ninku 2 (J)
PGA Tournament Golf
Phantom 2040
Poker Face Blackjack
Poker Face Gin
Poker Face Poker
Primal Rage
Psychic World
Puyo Puyo 2 (J)
RBI Baseball '94
Revenge of Drancon(Wonderboy)
Riddick Bowe Boxing
Shaq Fu
Shinobi
Sonic Chaos
Sonic Spinball
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Harrier
Spider-Man Vs. the Kingpin
Sports Illustr:Baseb/Footb
Sports Trivia-Champ
Streets of Rage 2
Super Battletank
Super Columns
Super Monaco GP 2
Super Smash TV
Surf Ninjas
VR Troopers
Winter Olympics Games
Wonderboy (Revenge of Drakon)
World Class Leaderboard Golf
World Series Baseball '95
X-Men
Zenki (J) ?
Zool
Zoop
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (& Tail) (2 carts)

Thanks.

[Ze_ro]

Wow... that is one serious Game Gear collection... I'm honestly not entirely sure what it would be worth... but with that many games, I'd guess somewhere around $250-$300, if not more. I don't know if any of those games are rare though, so it's difficult to say.

Jasoco said:

Master Gear converter (Untested)

I wouldn't worry about this being broken... there are no actual components to the device, all it does is remap the cartridge connections, and short circuit a pin on the Game Gear that tells it to go into Master System mode. Unless it's visibly broken, I'm sure it'll work.

--Zero

[chrisbid]

its hard to say, Game Gears arent terribly expensive, but with all of those games, it should be worth something to some collector. If i were to put it up on ebay, id start the bidding at 100, with a BIN around 200

[Mindfield]

Ze_ro said:

Jasoco said:

Master Gear converter (Untested)

I wouldn't worry about this being broken... there are no actual components to the device, all it does is remap the cartridge connections, and short circuit a pin on the Game Gear that tells it to go into Master System mode. Unless it's visibly broken, I'm sure it'll work.

--Zero

Depends on your GameGear. Later models of GameGear didn't have the Master System pin, so the converter did nothing in them. I've heard various methods of determining which model of GG you have, from turning the contrast all the way down to see if the screen goes dark blue or black, to something to do with the colour of the GameGear logo or somesuch. Either way though if it's coming with the lot it was used in, chances are it's bound to work.

[icbrkr]

Mindfield said:

Ze_ro said:

Jasoco said:

Master Gear converter (Untested)

I wouldn't worry about this being broken... there are no actual components to the device, all it does is remap the cartridge connections, and short circuit a pin on the Game Gear that tells it to go into Master System mode. Unless it's visibly broken, I'm sure it'll work.

--Zero

Depends on your GameGear. Later models of GameGear didn't have the Master System pin, so the converter did nothing in them. I've heard various methods of determining which model of GG you have, from turning the contrast all the way down to see if the screen goes dark blue or black, to something to do with the colour of the GameGear logo or somesuch. Either way though if it's coming with the lot it was used in, chances are it's bound to work.

I've heard this as well too, but I bought a Majesco-made Game Gear 2 years ago, new in box from Toys R Us (believe it or not). It doesn't have any problem at all with the Master Gear converter.

[PaulEMoz]

Mmmmm....Halley Wars....

[Ze_ro]

Mindfield said:

Depends on your GameGear.  Later models of GameGear didn't have the Master System pin, so the converter did nothing in them.

I think you're thinking of the TV Tuner... Doing Master System games isn't some emulation thing like the PS2 playing PSX games or something... the Game Gear essentially IS a Master System. I'm not exactly sure what gets swapped around inside the Game Gear, but I suspect it's something simple like remapping some memory areas or something. Removing this functionality might not even be possible without breaking compatibility with genuine Game Gear games. From what I know, ALL Game Gears are compatible with the Master Gear Converter.

The TV Tuner is a seperate story... Sega had a deal with some company to make them (I don't know the company's name). Somehow, the deal went sour, and Sega wanted them to stop, but they kept making them. Sega didn't have any legal recourse to stop them, so they changed their design so that the Game Gear wouldn't work with the TV Tuner anymore.

According to a FAQ I found:

"You can see if you GG supports th TV Tuner by checking the models number. Does the number STARTS with a letter, then your GG NOT support the TV Tuner."

I think they mean the serial number rather than the model number.

--Zero