Sega Game Gear - Accessories

Accessories

Several accessories for the Game Gear were also produced by Sega:

• The Game Gear TV Tuner plugged into the system's cartridge slot, and allowed one to watch TV on the Game Gear's screen. However, later versions of the Game Gear and the cost-reduced Majesco Core Game Gear hardware are incompatible with the unit, as it lacks the video pass through. These units can only output sound from the Tuner.
• The Super Wide Gear was an accessory that magnified the Game Gear screen to compensate for its relatively small size.
• The Car Adaptor plugged into car cigarette lighters to power the system while traveling.
• An adapter called the Master Gear Converter allowed for Sega Master System cartridges to be plugged in and played on the Game Gear, with a somewhat reduced image resolution. No converters allowing GameGear games to be played on the Master System or Megadrive (a la the Super Game Boy) were made available. The smaller's console's expanded 4096-color palette made such a conversion technically difficult, and practically/commercially impossible even for hobbyist hardware-hackers.
• The Gear-to-Gear Cable was an accessory that established a data connection between two Game Gears using the same multi-player game and let users play against each other.
• The PowerBack enables the Game Gear to have a longer battery life, and is rechargeable with Sega's Genesis 2 power adapter.
• The Battery Pack also enables the Game Gear to have a longer battery life, both may be used to greatly extend the battery life.