Sega Game Gear Micro
Sega · Released Oct 2020 · Micro (2020)
A palm-of-your-hand miniature Game Gear released for Sega's 60th anniversary — adorable and collectible, if barely playable.
Pros
- +Adorable, faithful miniature collectible
- +Four colour editions, each with different games
- +Very cheap
- +A fun celebration of Sega history
Cons
- −Comically small 1.15" screen
- −Only four games per unit
- −Japan-only release; a novelty more than a player
What can it play?
Emulation performance by platform, based on real-world testing.
Full specifications
Hardware
- Chipset (SoC)
- ARM (emulation)
- CPU
- Embedded ARM microcontroller
- GPU
- Integrated (emulated)
- RAM
- Embedded
- Storage
- Built-in 4 built-in games per colour
- Weight
- 50 g
- Dimensions
- 80 x 43 x 20 mm
- Cooling
- Passive
Display
- Size
- 1.15″
- Resolution
- Tiny LCD
- Panel
- Colour LCD (miniature)
- Refresh rate
- 60 Hz
- Touchscreen
- No
Battery & Connectivity
- Battery
- 600 mAh
- Real-world life
- ~3 hours
- Wi-Fi
- None
- Bluetooth
- None
- Ports
- USB (power), 3.5mm headphone
- Expandable storage
- No
Controls
- Analog sticks
- 0
- D-pad
- Yes
- Face buttons
- Yes
- Analog triggers
- No
- Gyroscope
- No
- Hall effect sticks
- No
Software & custom firmware
Ships with: None (built-in games)
Also plays natively: 4 built-in Game Gear games per colour edition
No third-party custom firmware tracked for this device.
Our verdict
The Game Gear Micro is a tiny tribute released for Sega's 60th anniversary, shrinking the Game Gear into a 1.15-inch-screened keychain-sized device sold in four colours, each with a different set of four built-in games. It is more shelf piece than serious handheld — the screen is minuscule and it never officially left Japan — but as a charming collectible it delights Sega fans.