Sega Nomad System
from: Sega
Product Description:
Sega released the Nomad in October of 1995 for $180. Marketed as a portable Genesis, the Nomad was primarily an evolution of the Japanese market Mega Jet. Whereas the Mega Jet was screenless and required an AC adapter, the Nomad featured a 3.25 inch color LCD screen and room for six AA batteries, making it completely portable as opposed to simply being a small Genesis system. In addition to its other improvements over the Mega Jet, an A/V Out plug was added at the top of the unit, letting owners play games on a television screen with a separate A/V cable. One particularly interesting feature of the Nomad was its ability to allow one player to play using a connected TV, while another watched on the Nomad. The directional pad on the unit controlled all one-player games, and a port on the bottom allowed a second pad to be plugged in for two-player games. This meant that the Nomad could be a fully functional home system as well as a completely portable hand-held solution with a pre-existing library of games available for it.
Sega released the Nomad in October of 1995 for $180. Marketed as a portable Genesis, the Nomad was primarily an evolution of the Japanese market Mega Jet. Whereas the Mega Jet was screenless and required an AC adapter, the Nomad featured a 3.25 inch color LCD screen and room for six AA batteries, making it completely portable as opposed to simply being a small Genesis system. In addition to its other improvements over the Mega Jet, an A/V Out plug was added at the top of the unit, letting owners play games on a television screen with a separate A/V cable. One particularly interesting feature of the Nomad was its ability to allow one player to play using a connected TV, while another watched on the Nomad. The directional pad on the unit controlled all one-player games, and a port on the bottom allowed a second pad to be plugged in for two-player games. This meant that the Nomad could be a fully functional home system as well as a completely portable hand-held solution with a pre-existing library of games available for it.
Features:
- Plays Sega Genesis Games
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Rating: - The gas-guzzling SUV of portable game systems
Although the Nomad debuted at close to $200, I remember picking up this system at the local Toys R Us around 1998 for only $50.
The Nomad is a portable version of the Sega Genesis, which came out in 1989. Having had the Genesis since 89, I had a large library of games for that system. All my Genesis games worked fine for the Nomad.
What made the Nomad unique among portable systems was that you could plug in an extra controller for 2-player action AND you could also connect ... Read More
- The gas-guzzling SUV of portable game systemsAlthough the Nomad debuted at close to $200, I remember picking up this system at the local Toys R Us around 1998 for only $50.
The Nomad is a portable version of the Sega Genesis, which came out in 1989. Having had the Genesis since 89, I had a large library of games for that system. All my Genesis games worked fine for the Nomad.
What made the Nomad unique among portable systems was that you could plug in an extra controller for 2-player action AND you could also connect ... Read More
