Q 01/05

Which falling-jewel puzzler was the Game Gear's first pack-in game, echoing Tetris on the Game Boy?

A) Klax

B) Lemmings

C) Columns

D) Pengo

Answer · why

C) Columns

Columns was Sega's answer to the puzzle game Nintendo bundled with its handheld, and the Game Gear version even let players swap the jewels for fruit,...

Q 02/05

With a whip-antenna add-on in its cartridge slot, the Game Gear could do what that no Game Boy could?

A) Show live television

B) Pick up FM radio stations

C) Play audio cassettes

D) Make phone calls

Answer · why

A) Show live television

Show live television: the TV Tuner turned the handheld into a pocket set, and although it cost £74.99 in Britain the add-on helped the system's popula...

Q 03/05

Which Disney star leads Land of Illusion, the platformer GamesRadar+ ranked as the Game Gear's best game?

A) Aladdin

B) Mickey Mouse

C) Scrooge McDuck

D) Pinocchio

Answer · why

B) Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse returned from Castle of Illusion for this 1993 follow-up, which Sega built for its 8-bit machines and gave a story unconnected to the ear...

Q 04/05

In the Game Gear's 8-bit Sonic the Hedgehog 2, which friend of Sonic has Dr. Robotnik taken captive?

A) Knuckles

B) Flicky

C) Mighty

D) Tails

Answer · why

D) Tails

Tails is not playable in the 8-bit game, and Sonic can rescue him only by collecting all six Chaos Emeralds along the way.

Q 05/05

A special Game Gear sold in Japan in 1994 came bundled with a platformer starring which drink brand's mascot?

A) Pepsi-Cola

B) Mountain Dew

C) Coca-Cola

D) Dr Pepper

Answer · why

C) Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola lent Sega its Japanese ad character Cokey for a game called Coca-Cola Kid, and the cartridge shipped inside a console molded in the brand's ...