Sonic the Hedgehog on a Sega Nomad

Video of myself playing the original Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega 16-bit portable system.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Sonic
• Hedgehog
• Sega
• Mega
• Drive
• Megadrive
• Genesis
• Nomad

[crazyforagame]

Wow the screen looks fantastic i can see the footage in this video really well, comparing it to the game gear i couldn't see and blurriness or anything. I am from Australia and i'm wondering if the Nomad will play megadrive PAL games? im sure it wouldnt be 100% compatible with all games but with most, like the sonic games etc? i really wouldnt mind getting a Sega Nomad!

Thanks

[WeskerSega]

The Nomad, as it is, plays any PAL Mega Drive game that isn't region protected. It depends on the game, and there's a simple and easy way to check which games are region free and which are region locked.

[Britishdude1]

it was a bit more powerful than a game gear. It's inside was exactly like a genesis.

[DoitForTheLolz1]

i heard the japanese version didnt have a screen

[TheAgol07]

this looks the same as neo geo pocket color's sonic

[thepower1802]

@NinjaMuffinMaster The fact that you could plug this in and play on a TV, along with the fact that it was a handheld that could play the exact same cartridges as the console, blows any Nintendo handheld out of the water.

[jdb2002]

The handhelds may have been more powerful, but the power came at a price. Namely, batteries and bulkiness. Nintendo knew this, so they lagged behind on purpose to make sure people didn't have to spend a lot on batteries, or have anything too large to carry around and use.

An exclusive license to Tetris certainly didn't hurt, though.

[ozzy58631]

It is amazing that they were able to have 16-bit handheld gaming back in 1995, while Nintendo did not have something that powerful until 2001 with the Game Boy Advance, Sega was always ahead of the game when it came to technology in gaming systems

[IMaDEM0N]

LOL, I remember Sonic the Hedgehog 1 came with my Genesis in, had to've been like 1992... I was so impressed when they had it play the Sega sound bit as the Sega logo came up & my dad (who's been programming since like the '70s & I was born in 1985) & he was like "This thing is advertising 16-Bit capabilities...That's Nothing..."

[sonickchri]

i must ask where you bought a JPN/EUR copy of this game, good sir. and does it have the imperfections on the water blur effects and waves, as well as the spike bug or is this version too new? thanks

[StolenLettuce]

CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, BEST THING IN THE FUCKING WORLD

[tapo]

@randomdude581 It is a handheld genesis, you can even plug it into a TV, and plug a second genesis controller into the side.

[SuzyIsFat]

The only bugger is the media size, but other than that, I would buy one if I had the chance back then.