Sega Genesis Retrogen Handheld Game

[thegamezmaster]

Greetings Programs! Does anyone know of a retail store that sells the Sega Genesis Retrogen Handheld Game system? I live in Central Il and would like to be able just to go to a store and buy one. Does anyone have one? Are they good or bad or curious about an owner's thoughts on them. I have a Sega nomad and would like to get rid of that and get one of these if they're any good please let me know and thanks for any input.

[jb143]

I can't speak for anywhere that far North in Illinois but if you were ever in the St. Louis Area I could tell you several places that carry those. Since you already have a Nomad you might look into this mod.

I also think it's funny that everyone south of Bloomington would consider you in Northern IL and everyone in Chicago would consider you in Southern IL.

[thegamezmaster]

I can't speak for anywhere that far North in Illinois but if you were ever in the St. Louis Area I could tell you several places that carry those. Since you already have a Nomad you might look into this mod.

I also think it's funny that everyone south of Bloomington would consider you in Northern IL and everyone in Chicago would consider you in Southern IL.

Are any of the store major retail stores? I might have some of them around here. Please let me know,thanks.

[StoneAgeGamer]

Are any of the store major retail stores? I might have some of them around here. Please let me know,thanks.

I would suggest keeping the Nomad. If you a a avid classic gamer the positives of these systems will not outweigh the negatives.

This is just my opinion of course, I am sure there are plenty of people who enjoy the GenMobile/RetroGen.

If you are looking for something really portable that can play Genesis games for around the same price I would suggest checking out the Gopher. There are quite a few YouTube videos comparing the Gopher to the GenMobile or RetroGen.

The 2 big downsides of the Gopher is that it doesn't play original carts (only ROMs off a SD card). Some would consider this an upside though because it makes it much more portable. The second is game saves do not work with the Gopher. Other than that is feels much better built and its much more portable than the GenMobile/RetroGen/Nomad.

[thegamezmaster]

Forgot about this but thanks for all the input, thanks!

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

Just a quick thought on the matter.

The audio/video on the Ghoper is pretty much identical to the Gen Mobile (imperfections included) except that you can easily put a full set of roms on the on-board SD card.

I'm highly tolerant of the improperly modulated audio on Genesis clones. That said, I really like the Gopher.