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Soundwave said:
Bofferbrauer2 said:

I'd say the Game Gear or the PC Engine GT would be better fits than the Nomad for a Switch predecessor

No I think the OP is correct. I think the PC Engine GT had to use wall power, no? 

The Nomad is more like the Switch, but back in the 90s, you'd have to carry around like 6 batteries to constantly power this thing and the cartridges were full size Genesis carts, so it was laughably bulky to walk around with. 

Also Sega gave this no marketing push or anything at all, they just kinda quietly released it, I don't remember even seeing 1 TV commercial for it ever, even Nintendo pushed the Virtual Boy harder than that. 

And of course unlike Switch the Nomad had no new games, just old existing Genesis titles. 

No, the PC Engine GT didn't need wall power - though it drained batteries like a pro due to it's power, that's true.

And the Game Gear had almost the same internal hardware as the Sega Master system, just with a couple upgrades, which allowed the system later on to play Master System games via an adapter. Remasters weren't yet a thing back then...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1C57a8w3PE

Last edited by Bofferbrauer2 - on 18 March 2021