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Sega Game Pack 4 in 1

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega

Genre: Compilation

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
EU	1992-12		2425
PT	1992
UK	1992-12	£29.9929.99^[1]	2425

Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 is a compilation of mini-games for the Sega Game Gear. It was only released in Europe.

Gameplay

Included are four games: Columns clone, a penalty shoot-out game, a rally game, and a tennis game. The tennis and puzzle games were recycled from Kuni Chan no Game Tengoku.

	Columns
	A falling block puzzle game based on the "Flash" mode in Columns. The player has to rearrange falling columns of gems to connect matching shapes in order to make them disappear. Instead of matching three gems in a row, column, or diagonal line, as in Columns, the player matches four shapes vertically or horizontally (including combinations of both), more similar to Puyo Puyo. To clear the level, players must clear all the flashing gems in the level. The game is over when the gems reach the top of the screen. The player moves columns with and and drops them faster with . Their colors are cycled downward with or upward with . There are two difficulty modes (Easy, which has four different shapes, and Normal, which has five different shapes), multiple levels containing different flashing gems to eliminate (20 levels in Easy and 40 levels in Normal), and two different game speeds (Low and Mid). The player starts the game with three tries and loses a try when new shapes can no longer fit into the well, restarting the level from the beginning, and gains a new try after successfully completing a puzzle.
	Penalty Kick
	A soccer game based on shooting penalty shots. The player can select how to swerve the ball (left, center, or right) and how high to kick it at the goal (high, middle, or low). When playing as the goalkeeper against the computer, the player must save penalties by guessing where the shot will be placed. The player gets five kicks, then must defend against five kicks from the computer. To clear the level, the player must score more shots than the computer. When kicking, the player makes a selection with or and confirms it with , then kicks the ball with . When defending, the player moves the goalie with the D-Pad: and defend low, and defend in the middle, and , , and defend high.
	Pan-American Road Rally
	An arcade-style racing game reminiscent of OutRun. The player must reach checkpoints to gain more time and stay in the race. The game ends when time runs out. Other racers appear as obstacles, but the game does not track the player's position in the race. There are five levels: the Northern Rockies, the Forest, the Salt Plains, the Heart of the Desert, and the Streets of the City. The car steers with and , accelerates with , and brakes with . It shifts between low and high gear automatically.
	Championship Tennis
	A basic tennis game, with Sonic the Hedgehog making a cameo appearance as the umpire. There are four opponents of increasing difficulty. The first player to win 6 points wins the round. The player moves with and . When serving, the player delivers a slow serve with or a quick serve with . Otherwise, the player hits the ball low with or lobs the ball high with , and the D-Pad can be held to direct the shot.

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Game Pack 4 in 1/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #11: "Marzo 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Gamers (DE)

67

^[2]

Joypad (FR)

82

^[3]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

81

^[4]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

63

^[5]

Video Games (DE)

58

^[6]

	70
Based on 5 reviews

Sega Game Pack 4 in 1

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, PT

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	0924d2ec
MD5	32139ab4462c6bd3fa0861bb72276ddf
SHA-1	02fa5c6c6f81f5f4e1d78eced5a37617888404d3

256kB

Cartridge (EU)

References

Sega Game Pack 4 in 1
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[:File:SegaForce_UK_13.pdf_p71-1] Sega Force, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 71

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-01.pdf_p78-2] Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 78

[:File:Joypad_FR_016.pdf_p145-3] Joypad, "Janvier 1993" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 145

[:File:Joystick_FR_035.pdf_p187-4] Joystick, "Février 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 187

[:File:SegaForce_UK_13.pdf_p70-5] Sega Force, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 70

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1992-02.pdf_p93-6] Video Games, "2/92" (DE; 1992-04-06), page 93

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a compilation for the [[Sega Game Gear]]. It was only released in Europe.
+'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a compilation of mini-games for the [[Sega Game Gear]]. It was only released in Europe.
+==Gameplay==
+Included are four games: ''[[Columns]]'' clone, a penalty shoot-out game, a rally game, and a tennis game. The tennis and puzzle games were recycled from ''[[Kuni Chan no Game Tengoku]]''.
+{{InfoTable|imagewidths=192|
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Columns
+| screenshot=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Columns Intro.png
+| screenshot2=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Columns.png
+| tabs=yes
+| selected=2
+| desc=A falling block puzzle game based on the "Flash" mode in ''[[Columns]]''. The player has to rearrange falling columns of gems to connect matching shapes in order to make them disappear. Instead of matching three gems in a row, column, or diagonal line, as in ''Columns'', the player matches four shapes vertically or horizontally (including combinations of both), more similar to ''[[Puyo Puyo]]''. To clear the level, players must clear all the flashing gems in the level. The game is over when the gems reach the top of the screen.
+The player moves columns with {{left}} and {{right}} and drops them faster with {{down}}. Their colors are cycled downward with {{2}} or upward with {{1}}.
+There are two difficulty modes (Easy, which has four different shapes, and Normal, which has five different shapes), multiple levels containing different flashing gems to eliminate (20 levels in Easy and 40 levels in Normal), and two different game speeds (Low and Mid). The player starts the game with three tries and loses a try when new shapes can no longer fit into the well, restarting the level from the beginning, and gains a new try after successfully completing a puzzle.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Penalty Kick
+| screenshot=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Shootout Intro.png
+| screenshot2=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Shootout, Defending.png
+| screenshot3=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Shootout, Shooting.png
+| tabs=yes
+| selected=2
+| desc=A soccer game based on shooting penalty shots. The player can select how to swerve the ball (left, center, or right) and how high to kick it at the goal (high, middle, or low). When playing as the goalkeeper against the computer, the player must save penalties by guessing where the shot will be placed. The player gets five kicks, then must defend against five kicks from the computer. To clear the level, the player must score more shots than the computer.
+When kicking, the player makes a selection with {{left}} or {{right}} and confirms it with {{2}}, then kicks the ball with {{2}}. When defending, the player moves the goalie with the D-Pad: {{downleft}} and {{downright}} defend low, {{left}} and {{right}} defend in the middle, and {{upleft}}, {{up}}, and {{upright}} defend high.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Pan-American Road Rally
+| screenshot=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Rally Intro.png
+| screenshot2=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Rally 1.png
+| screenshot3=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Rally 2.png
+| screenshot4=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Rally 3.png
+| screenshot5=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Rally 4.png
+| screenshot6=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Rally 5.png
+| tabs=yes
+| selected=2
+| desc=An arcade-style racing game reminiscent of ''[[OutRun]]''. The player must reach checkpoints to gain more time and stay in the race. The game ends when time runs out. Other racers appear as obstacles, but the game does not track the player's position in the race. There are five levels: the Northern Rockies, the Forest, the Salt Plains, the Heart of the Desert, and the Streets of the City.
+The car steers with {{left}} and {{right}}, accelerates with {{2}}, and brakes with {{1}}. It shifts between low and high gear automatically.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Championship Tennis
+| screenshot=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Tennis Intro.png
+| screenshot2=Sega Game Pack 4 in 1 GG, Games, Tennis, Serve.png
+| tabs=yes
+| selected=2
+| desc=A basic tennis game, with [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] making a cameo appearance as the umpire. There are four opponents of increasing difficulty. The first player to win 6 points wins the round.
-Included are four untitled games - a ''[[Columns]]'' clone, in which the player aims for groups of four pieces rather than lines of three, a simple penalty shoot-out game, a basic rally game and a simple tennis game (where the umpire is [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]). The tennis and puzzle games were recycled from ''[[Kuni Chan no Game Tengoku]]''.
+The player moves with {{left}} and {{right}}. When serving, the player delivers a slow serve with {{1}} or a quick serve with {{2}}. Otherwise, the player hits the ball low with {{1}} or lobs the ball high with {{2}}, and the D-Pad can be held to direct the shot.
+}}
+}}
 ==Magazine articles==