The horizontal orientation meant the Game Gear sat comfortably in your hands, despite being the size of a casserole dish.
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Later GG-exclusive titles, such as 'Sonic: Triple Trouble,' boasted big, colorful sprites but lacked the attention to detail that made the Master System games so fun.
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Even the console boxes seemed to nudge you towards the Game Boy. Compare and contrast Nintendo's box, which paints the Boy as a thrilling threat to the very fabric of the universe, to the Game Gear's, which uses your least favorite math teacher's squared paper as a backdrop.
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No Game Gear retrospective would be complete with a withering comment on the TV Tuner, would it? Which will finish first—'Neighbors,' or your army of batteries?