Gear-to-Gear Cable

Gear-to-Gear Cable
Made for: Sega Game Gear
Manufacturer: Sega
Release Date RRP Code JP 1990 ¥1,4001,400 HGG-3002 US 1991 $14.9914.99 2102 EU 1991

The Gear-to-Gear Cable, known as the VS Cable (対戦ケーブル) in Japan, is an accessory for the Sega Game Gear. It allows two systems to be linked together and play multi-player games together. It plugs into a special port on top of the system. To use the cable each player must have one cable, two systems, and two copies of the game (like other handhelds at the time).

Compatible games

• Aerial Assault (Game Gear)
• Arcade Classics
• Arch Rivals
• Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II (8-bit)
• Baku Baku Animal
• Batman Forever (Game Gear)
• Batter Up (Game Gear)
• Bubble Bobble
• Bust-A-Move
• Buster Ball
• Caesars Palace
• Clutch Hitter
• Columns
• Crayon Shin-chan: Taiketsu! Quantum Panic!!
• Crystal Warriors
• Doraemon Waku Waku Pocket Paradise
• Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (8-bit)
• Dunk Kids
• Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing (Game Gear)
• F1
• F1: World Championship Edition (Game Gear)
• Faceball 2000
• Fatal Fury Special
• Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
• From TV Animation Slam Dunk: Shouri-e no Starting 5
• G-LOC: Air Battle
• GP Rider (Game Gear)
• Gambler Jiko Chuushinha (Game Gear)
• Gear Stadium Heiseiban
• Head Buster
• Heavyweight Champ (8-bit)
• Hyper Pro Yakyuu '92
• J.League GG Pro Striker '94
• J.League Soccer Dream Eleven
• Joe Montana Football (8-bit)
• Kaitou Saint Tail (Game Gear)
• Kawasaki Superbike Challenge (Game Gear)
• Kick & Rush
• Kuni Chan no Game Tengoku
• Lemmings
• Magical Puzzle Popils
• Mappy
• Masters of Combat
• Megami Tensei Gaiden: Last Bible Special
• Micro Machines
• Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Game Gear)
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (Game Gear)
• Mortal Kombat (8-bit)
• Mortal Kombat 3 (8-bit)
• Mortal Kombat II (8-bit)
• NBA Action Starring David Robinson
• NFL '95
• NHL Hockey (Game Gear)
• Neko Dai Suki!
• Ninku
• Ninku 2: Tenkuryu-e no Michi
• Nomo's World Series Baseball
• OutRun
• Pac-Attack
• Pac-Man
• Pete Sampras Tennis
• Pocket Jansou
• Pop Breaker
• Popeye Beach Volleyball
• Primal Rage
• Pro Yakyuu GG League
• Pro Yakyuu GG League '94
• Putt & Putter (Game Gear)
• Puyo Puyo
• Puyo Puyo Tsuu
• Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R
• Puzzle & Action: Tant-R
• R.B.I. Baseball '94
• Riddick Bowe Boxing
• SD Gundam Winner's History
• Shanghai II
• Side Pocket
• Solitaire Poker
• Sonic Drift
• Sonic Drift 2
• Stargate (Game Gear)
• Streets of Rage
• Streets of Rage 2
• Striker (Game Gear)
• Super Columns
• Super Momotarou Dentetsu III
• Super Monaco GP (8-bit)
• Super Off Road
• Super Space Invaders
• Taisen Mahjong HaoPai
• Taisen Mahjong HaoPai 2
• Taisen-gata Daisenryaku G
• Tatakae! Pro Yakyuu Twin League
• The Majors: Pro Baseball
• The Pro Yakyuu '91
• The Quiz Gear Fight!!
• True Lies
• Ultimate Soccer
• Wimbledon
• Winter Olympics
• World Derby
• World Series Baseball '95 (Game Gear)
• World Series Baseball (Game Gear)
• Yuu Yuu Hakusho II: Gekitou! Nanakyou no Tatakai

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #59: "June 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

• GamePro (US) #60: "July 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
• Sega Visions (US) #20: "August/September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
• Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
• Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)
• GamePro (US) #66: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)
• Sega Visions (US) #23: "February/March 1995" (199x-xx-xx)

Magazine articles

Main article: Gear-to-Gear Cable/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Game Gear, US
Cover

Game Gear, US (Later)
Cover

Game Gear, EU
Cover

Game Gear, JP
Cover

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue page (Japanese)
• Wiki page on smspower, with plenty pics and research provided by yours truly User:nineko (who is credited as Tom there)