Game Boy VS Game Gear: Portable Powerhouses (Metroid II & Sonic 1) | Gaming Through the Years

Portable gaming really took off in the early '90s, and two companies in particular led the charge.

Time codes:
0:00 - The State of Handheld Gaming Circa 1991
6:53 - Gunpei Yokoi & Nintendo R&D1
7:47 - Metroid II: Return of Samus
18:40 - The SEGA Game Gear
20:20 - Yuzo Koshiro & Ancient
21:00 - Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)

End Card Artwork by OcaRockaRina (Twitter)
"Tennis" "Baseball" "Tetris" "Super Mario Land" "Metroid" "Metroid II: Return of Samus" © 1986, 1989, 1991 Nintendo

"Sonic the Hedgehog" "Streets of Rage 2" © 1991, 1992 SEGA, Sonic Team, Ancient

Clips from "Jurassic Park" © 1993 Universal Pictures

Featuring music by Koutarou Nakagawa, Ryoji Yoshitomi, Masato Nakamura, Yuzo Koshiro

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