r/game_gear
ActiveSega Game Gear: Get Portable!
*The only subreddit dedicated solely to the Game Gear!* Game Gear was Sega's entry into the handheld market. Nintendo's Game Boy was dominating the market, but Sega entered with a portable, color, and backlit version of it's 8-bit home console, MasterSystem. Having Sonic the Hedgehog blast on to portables is just the thing that many gamers had been waiting for!
Members
7,667
as of February 2025
Last post
today
October 6, 2026
Posts (30 days)
56
Created
2014
February 25, 2014
Total posts
6.0K
archived
Total comments
49.8K
archived
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How many members does r/game_gear have?
r/game_gear had 7,667 members as of February 2025, the most recent archive crawl of its subscriber count.
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When was r/game_gear created?
r/game_gear was created on February 25, 2014.
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