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| gartcat:
--- Quote from: thecrypticodor on April 30, 2014, 12:11:48 am --- --- Quote from: badATchaos on April 29, 2014, 09:05:12 pm ---I feel that the Game Gear had a better library --- End quote --- Agreed Also if you count the Master System's library of which the Game Gear is capable of playing with the MS adapter than even more so. --- End quote --- The thing nobody tells you about that adapter though was that it had to downscale the games to fit the small size of the screen, so you would lose lines of resolution. Some games you couldn't read text or see one-pixel-tall bullets in. Also the contrast was lower than regular game gear games, so they looked kind of washed out. |
| gartcat:
--- Quote from: dashv on May 02, 2014, 06:20:00 pm --- --- Quote from: soera on May 01, 2014, 08:42:24 am ---I was going to say something along those lines too. Turbo Express isnt as much a handheld system as it is a portable version of the console. --- End quote --- Except the Turbo express didn't compete with the nomad. It competed with the GB, GG, and Lynx. I have to agree the TE was the superior hardware platform at the time, followed by the lynx, followed by game Gear, with the Original GameBoy coming in at dead last hardware wise. --- End quote --- The Lynx had an actual 16 bit processor though and could do scaling and stuff that was way beyond the Turbo Express. People thought the TE was better because it was $300. |
| burningdoom:
--- Quote from: gartcat on May 30, 2014, 03:50:28 pm --- --- Quote from: thecrypticodor on April 30, 2014, 12:11:48 am --- --- Quote from: badATchaos on April 29, 2014, 09:05:12 pm ---I feel that the Game Gear had a better library --- End quote --- Agreed Also if you count the Master System's library of which the Game Gear is capable of playing with the MS adapter than even more so. --- End quote --- The thing nobody tells you about that adapter though was that it had to downscale the games to fit the small size of the screen, so you would lose lines of resolution. Some games you couldn't read text or see one-pixel-tall bullets in. Also the contrast was lower than regular game gear games, so they looked kind of washed out. --- End quote --- Mine works fine. I've used it on many a Master System game during road trips. |
| dashv:
--- Quote from: gartcat on May 30, 2014, 03:56:13 pm --- --- Quote from: dashv on May 02, 2014, 06:20:00 pm --- --- Quote from: soera on May 01, 2014, 08:42:24 am ---I was going to say something along those lines too. Turbo Express isnt as much a handheld system as it is a portable version of the console. --- End quote --- Except the Turbo express didn't compete with the nomad. It competed with the GB, GG, and Lynx. I have to agree the TE was the superior hardware platform at the time, followed by the lynx, followed by game Gear, with the Original GameBoy coming in at dead last hardware wise. --- End quote --- The Lynx had an actual 16 bit processor though and could do scaling and stuff that was way beyond the Turbo Express. People thought the TE was better because it was $300. --- End quote --- I thought it was better because you could get a tv tuner for it. ;) Just imagine... TV on the go! |
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