Different Game Gear screens ?

Hi everyone,

I noticed recently that my GameGear screen is different from usual game gear release.

The most popular screen is bent screen as you can see :




But mine is flat :


It was very difficult to find this picture.
I bought mine in France , the launch day in 1991 or 1992 ( i forgot ) .

Have you an explanation of this change ?
Is it a collector model ?

Thank you very much.


ps. sorry for my english

 

It's uncommon, but not rare. I forget why they used a rounded front piece on some, but not others.

 

Odd.
I've had several game gears over the years and they've all had the rounded piece. Didn't even know a second iteration existed.

 

The ones with grey blobs above the GG logo don't work with the TV tuner apparently.

 

there's one screen version made of glass, the other is of plastic.
i don't know wich one cannot use the tv tunner though.

 

Both versions of the screen cover are made of plastic. The flat one is from the first model Game Gears. Later Game Gears introduced a "produced by or under license from Sega Enterprises" screen BIOS, as well as the rounded screen cover.

 

i'm sure there's a gamegear version with a screen made of glass.

 

I've never seen one...and wouldn't that be kinda dangerous?

 

ok thank you guys

 

wouldn't it be a good reason to switch to plastic?

 

The flat Game Gears are plexiglass. I've seen a few of these in the junk bins at Hard Off. They normally sell for 500 yenor less.

Yakumo

 

as for telling if yours does not support the tv tuner, the ones that dont do not have color in the left corner of the handheld which is the red,green, blue logo about the words game gear, i guess the gray scale in the later versions logos is suppose to represent no support for the tv tuner, since im guessing those colors represented the colors that make up a tv screen.