Subject: Re: [Re: [stella] miniaturization] From: guy fellows <guyvf@xxxxxxx> Date: 2 Jul 00 21:44:58 CDT |
Pete Holland <petehollandjr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Not just the Game Axe, a dandy little device I would > love to get, but remember the Game Gear is nothing > more than a portable Master System. not quite. the game gear handles colors and cartridge memory differently than the SMS. the GG has twice as many colors (ottomh) but cannot access as large a cartridge. > I thought I had > read that Majesco was going to release the Game Gear > for about $30 using the same marketing strategy they > used on the Genesis 3, but since there has been no new > Genny titles after Frogger and Majesco's site doesn't > even mention the Genny 3, I'm guessing that fell > through. i will keep my fingers crossed. > Still, that notion also provides a ray of hope. Think > about it: a $30 Game Gear, which has a color screen, > and the TV Tuner, if I recall correctly, had video and > audio inputs. So there should be a way, if only the > secret could be found. from what i understand of the tv tuner, it has no software, and so will not respond to button presses - so you would have to put the fire button and joysticks on the cartridge, which is more than just a little clumsy. ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1 -- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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