Game Gear
Sega · Released October 6, 1990

Game Gear

Handheld Consoles
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Highlights

Specs that matter

Performance
GPU
4,096-color palette, 32 colors on-screen
Body
Dimensions
210 × 113 × 38 mm (8.3 × 4.4 × 1.5 in)
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Product data

Full specifications

41 attributes, grouped for quick scanning. Spot a wrong value? Hit the next to it.

Snipping Tool: Perfect screenshot
This feature is available only on Copilot+ PCs.
Photos: Super resolution
This feature is available only on Copilot+ PCs.
Display
High definition (720p) display that is greater than 9” diagonally, 8 bits per color channel.
RAM
4 gigabytes (GB)
GPU
4,096-color palette, 32 colors on-screen
5G support
This feature requires 5G capable modem where available.
Microsoft Teams
This feature requires a video camera, microphone, and speaker (audio output).
Windows Deployment Services
This feature is being partially deprecated. Please see this article for detailed information.
Wallet
This feature is removed.
Touch Keyboard
This feature will no longer dock and undock keyboard layouts on screen sizes 18 inches and larger.
Timeline
This feature is removed. Some similar functionality is available in Microsoft Edge.
Mode
This feature is removed and new functionality and capability is included for keyboard attach and detach postures.
Snipping Tool** and **Snip and Sketch
These features have been merged into a single experience keeping the familiar Snipping Tool name.
S Mode
This feature is only available for Windows 11 Home edition.
Quick Status
This feature, from the Lockscreen and associated settings, is removed.
OneNote for Windows 10
This is the legacy version of OneNote. Download the latest OneNote app for Windows.
Desktop wallpaper
This feature cannot be roamed to or from device when signed in with a Microsoft account.
Windows Hello
Hardware dependent.
Wi-Fi 6E
This feature requires new WLAN IHV hardware and driver and a Wi-Fi 6E capable AP/router.
Wake on Voice
This feature requires a Modern Standby power model and microphone.
Voice Typing
This feature requires a PC with a microphone.
Touch
This feature requires a screen or monitor that supports multi-touch.
Spatial Sound
This feature requires supporting hardware and software.
Snap
Three-column layouts require a screen that is 1920 effective pixels or greater in width.
Presence
This feature requires an on-device sensor that can detect human distance from device or intent to interact with device.
Multiple Voice Assistant (MVA)
This feature requires a microphone and speaker.
DirectX 12 Ultimate
This feature is available with supported games and graphics chips.
Client Hyper-V
This feature requires a processor with second level address translation (SLAT) capabilities (available in Windows Pro and above editions).
BitLocker to Go
This feature requires a USB flash drive (available in Windows Pro and above editions).
Auto HDR
This feature requires an HDR monitor.
Windows Studio Effects
This feature requires a compatible camera; available effects vary by device.
Photos: Relight
This feature is available on Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon® X Series processors.
Paint: Object select
This feature is available only on Copilot+ PCs.
Live Captions
Translation for video and audio subtitles into English from 40+ languages and from 27 languages into Chinese (Simplified).
Click to Do
Available image and text actions vary by device, region, language, and character set. Subscription required for some actions.
Graphics card
Compatible with DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver.
System firmware
UEFI, Secure Boot capable. Check here for information on how your PC might be able to meet this requirement.
List of all language versions for Windows 11
Language versions Windows 11 full localization languages include
Dimensions
8.27 in (21 cm)
Release Date
October 6, 1990
Voice Access: Flexible commands
This feature supports multiple languages; some features only available in English.
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