Super Wide Gear
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| Made for: Sega Game Gear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd., VIC Tokai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type: Display device | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Super Wide Gear, known as the Big Window II (ビッグウインドーII) in Japan, is the second screen magnifier for the Sega Game Gear released by Sega. It is a replacement for the Wide Gear and has a similar purpose - it clips on to the bottom of the system and magnifies the display for easy viewing.
Hardware
The Super Wide Gear makes a number of important changes to address problems with the earlier Wide Gear. This time, the device has a top clip and rests on the unit rather than floating above. This makes it sturdier than the original Wide Gear but still requires a thumbscrew on the rear to remain permanently attached. The device will also fold away for easy storage.
At this present time it is unknown exactly who designed the Super Wide Gear - though clearly adopted by Sega as a first party product, it was sold by VIC Tokai in Europe. Furthermore, it is currently unknown what the situation is with the original Wide Gear, whose design (by ABBA) seems identical to this one.
Gallery
US model
US model (attached)
EU model
JP model
JP model (attached)
JP model (attached)
Promotional material
also published in:
- GamePro (US) #60: "July 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[4]
- Sega Visions (US) #20: "August/September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[5]
- Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[6]
- Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[7]
- Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)[8]
- GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)[9]
- Sega Visions (US) #23: "February/March 1995" (199x-xx-xx)[10]
Physical scans
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     Cover
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| Game Gear, JP (newer) |
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   Cover
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| Game Gear, US (older) |
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   Cover
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| Game Gear, US (newer) |
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  Cover
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| Game Gear, EU |
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   Cover
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 Manual |
| Game Gear, PT |
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| Game Gear, BR |
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  Cover
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External links
- Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Game Gear
References
- ↑ http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/window.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-02-08 08:04)
- ↑ Sega FY 1997 Brand Review, page 6
- ↑ GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 102
- ↑ GamePro, "July 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 138
- ↑ Sega Visions, "August/September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 2
- ↑ Sega Visions, "October/November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 118
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 332
- ↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 132
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 20
- ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
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