EverDrive GG (Game Gear)

That's right Krikzz and StoneAgeGamer.com have brought us yet another EverDrive product. This time for the Sega Game Gear color portable video game system.

Like the original EverDrive, the EverDrive GG is really easy to use. Simply load your Game Gear or SMS ROM files onto the provided microSD card, load the microSD card into the EverDrive board, pop the cartridge shell together and load the cartridge like you would any other game. The built in menu system will allow you to pick and play any games that are on your microSD card.

The EverDrive GG comes with everything you need including the manual, 2 free Firmware/OS upgrade coupons, mini Philips screwdriver to open the included cartridge shell, plastic cartridge holding case, the 2GB microSD card and microSD to SD card adapter to load ROM files using any computer with an SD card reader. You can purchase an optional microSD to USB adapter if you do not have an SD card reader on your computer.

The EverDrive GG works with almost every Game Gear game released and since the Game Gear and Sega Master System (SMS) share the same basic hardware you can also load and play most SMS games on your Game Gear as well! Maximum flash size is 1MB (8Mbit) and there is 32K for SRAM save states (for games that have battery backup save options) witch can also be saved and loaded from the microSD card for more storage.

Now I understand this is a pretty obscure product and that most of you probably won't be considering this one. But if you're a fan of the Sega Game Gear like I am it's a pretty awesome idea. Imagine having your entire Game Gear collection in one cartridge! With 2GB of storage it's now possible! You may also be able to play games that never got released or are too hard to find in your region.

The EverDrive GG like all of the EverDrive products so far has been wonderful. They are easy to use and relatively fast to load games into flash memory using standard SD cards rather than more obscure CF cards. They're also usually cheaper than all the other flashcarts on the market. They might not always have some of the serious developer features of other products but the fact is they're usually cheaper and easier to use and for me that's exactly what I want.

So far Krikzz and StoneAgeGamer.com have made these EverDrive flashcarts for the Genesis, Sega Master System, Super Nintendo SNES and Game Gear and now there's an N64 version on the way too!

Check them all out at www.stoneagegamer.com

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[prulcan]

Supercard can't run SNES or SMD games, but can run NES,SMS,GG and GB line games. Even PC Engine works on Supercard but gameplay is super slow. When i want to play different game i reset Supercard by pressing all buttons on GBA. And maybe is that the reason why is not working anymore. That Supercard i used with GBA Micro. Now i am stuck with emulator for games i don't have.

[MN12BIRD]

@prulcan Yeah I had a similar flash card on GBA that used SD cards. It was advertised as a movie player but of course it was just a flash cart like anyother it holds programs that the GBA can run. There are many emulators for the GBA and I had an NES and GB emulator on mine too since I had a micro so I could play original GB games on it. Plus I could play MP3s and watch MPEG4 video. I had a cool Japanese famicom edition GB micro that I really regret selling now.

[prulcan]

I hope that Everdrive is more reliable than those Supercard's for GBA . My is not working anymore :( Everdrive is good for games you don't have or is hard to find but those games on micro SD are still a pirate games that's for sure. Normally i don't like pirate cartridges with single maybe incomplete game but i do like those type of cartridges like Everdrive because you can download games for free. And i would like to have Everdrive for N64. That Everdrive look's so legit really good design.

[MN12BIRD]

@prulcan My Everdrive has been bang on since I got it and I've played hundreds of Genesis games on it. I think it's pretty well built and should last a long time.

[MrGameSack]

That came with a ton more stuff than my Everdrive for my fabulous 16-bit Sega® Genesis Video Entertainment System. You must have paid a lot more for this stuff. How much more did you pay for this compared to what it would cost from some place else? I'm still waiting for the TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine Everdrive. Make it happen for me, bird man!

[MN12BIRD]

@MrGameSack My EverDrive and the EverDrive you can buy now from Stone Age Gamer comes with a shell with sticker, clam case with custom art, the firmware upgrade coupons and a 2GB SD card unless you buy just the base board. Many of the EverDrive units are sold with the option to get the whole kit ready to go or just the circuit board that you have to put into your own cart shell. But anyway no one else sells these in North America cheaper than Stone Age Gamer anyway.

[jimmimak]

Have you tried using any Codemasters games on it such as Cosmic Spacehead, Micro Machines and Fantastic Dizzy? Those cartridges, along with pirate/bootleg "15-in-1" type games might have problems. Would be interesting to see if they all work.

[DarkLuigi4321]

I wish my game gear still worked and I knew what wreck yard its in lol

[JawhnL5]

I have a PowerPak NES Flash Cart that I got off of RetroZone. It is awesome!

[Gligar13Vids]

Fix the caps on that GG.

[sonicfanatic4949]

I went to the site to buy one, but the webpage glitched and took a shit all over itself. I really wanted to buy one, too..

[winlover37]

I'm sorry, for a hundred bucks, it's just not worth it to me..

[videogameobsession]

@KieranFilth There are already flash carts out for those so I don't think it's high on his list of priorities.

[videogameobsession]

I only wish Krikzz would use the same type of RAM that RetroUSB uses. For instance the NES and SNES Powerpaks load roms up in a fraction of a second. I would personally rather have that than the "stay in memory" option.

I also hope he starts making the EverDrive and Super Everdrive with the SDHC Micro cards. If you can put a $13 8GB Micro card in there with every rom there wouldn't be much reason to ever open it again (unless for a proto or homebrew release).

[Terryracoon]

I have a full GG romset, and it's only 273 megs in size xD

[KieranFilth]

I would like to see if they will do a everdrive for GB/GBC/GBA that would be cool!!! :-)