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Majesco Game Gear press release
Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 9:59 pm
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While snooping around I found the press release from Majesco for their re-released GameGear:
It really didn't cost much at all, did it? |
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:54 pm |
INteresting, they must have had some success since I have identified more games that had Majsco re-releases than their original press release states would be available. | |
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:05 pm |
They put Frogger on the box art but never released it. Presumably the box art was finalised earlier, but by the time of the press release it was not mentioned. I believe there's another unreleased game on the box? I see an old thread mentioning 10 Pin Bowling and Q*Bert.
Some of the Majesco games were just old US stock. I think I saw some Rise of the Robots in the shops at the time. |
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:30 pm |
I've sold a prototype of Frogger to Braveheart few month ago | |
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 9:27 pm |
Yep thank you for that my friend. I love that Frogger game in my collection. If there is prototype box art available for it I have a good friend who makes video game boxes and he could make it for me to house the cart if someone has a link to the box art. | |
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Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:45 pm |
Does a scan of the back of the box exist online?
Super Battletank was a new title that Majesco published too. I guess it was finished but not released back in the '90s. |
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:28 am |
Yep that's why it's the only Majesco title that doesn't have an original release to track down. Good GG trivia question! ;) | |
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Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:41 pm |
I'm currently researching the Majesco GameGear for an article. Here's the reverse of the box, showing Frogger and 10 Pin Bowling, for those who have never seen it before:
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Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2014 4:14 pm |
Will the article be in Retro Gamer? | |
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:45 pm |
It's here: http://www.gamesasylum.com/2014/07/18/majesco-and-the-sega-game-gears-second-lea... |
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:54 pm |
Seems odd to speculate about Frogger when the (compete) prototype has been dumped for years. The screenshot on the Majesco box is the wrong resolution and probably comes from some other version, I thought it was assumed that Majesco were hoping to release the 1991 game. | |
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:04 pm |
Majesco has discontinued the Genesis 3 and the Game Gear long ago, but it seems nobody ever mentions when did they pulled the plug.
Isn't it strange that the Genesis received a major redesign while the Game Gear is quite similar to the original model? |
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 7:29 am |
I'd guess Majesco weren't up to redesigning the Genesis hardware, and instead manufactured something Sega had already done. | |
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:34 pm |
It's probably the Genesis version. |
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 1:52 pm |
It seems to be the middle screenshot from the Genesis version's box:
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