Found out a friend has a Sega Nomad

[mrSHEiK124]

Holy effin crap. I called him to ask him if he still had it, and he asked me if I wanted to buy it. Hells yes. At first, he said $5 or $10!! I felt a little bad about it, and told him if he had some cool games (Sonic, blah blah) I'd give him $20. Granted, its in horrible condition, the screen's chicken scratched, no battery pack, raped AC adapter, but Nomad for $20? HOT DAMN!

 

[bonkers325]

whats a sega nomad? i've heard of the game gear, but not the nomad

 

[xanis]

Never heard of the Nomad... what is it?

 

[PHiuR]

it's not real, OP is making this up.

 

[kogase]

The Nomad is a handheld system that can play Sega Genesis games.

 

[Vinny N]

It's a portable system that played actual Sega Genesis cartridge games.

 

[xanis]

It's real alright: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sps32/proj_pict/sega_05.jpg

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: PHiuR
it's not real, OP is making this up.

What hole did you reside in during the 90s?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_Nomad

These things fetch >$100 on eBay

 

[Cooler]

Great Buy for $20 only thing is you need to have to thing pluged in to power outlet at all times because battery life really sucks.

 

[Jzero]

I found a Nomad at EBX last year for $30! I don't know what it was doing there. It was behind the counter....I was like "Is that a Sega Nomad?" and the guy says "I dunno what it is. It says Nomad..."
"How much?"
"$30"
Effing A! I have not been able to find the right cable to hook it to my TV...i thought I had both the Genesis A/V cables, but neither of them fit.
But it works great! That thing was way ahead of its time.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: Jzero
I found a Nomad at EBX last year for $30! I don't know what it was doing there. It was behind the counter....I was like "Is that a Sega Nomad?" and the guy says "I dunno what it is. It says Nomad..."
"How much?"
"$30"
Effing A! I have not been able to find the right cable to hook it to my TV...i thought I had both the Genesis A/V cables, but neither of them fit.
But it works great! That thing was way ahead of its time.

eBay is loaded with Nomad accessories, look for it there you might find it.

 

[narutofan36]

more pics?

http://images.google.com/images?sourcei...-05,GGLG:en&q=sega%20nomad&sa=N&tab=wi

 

[JDrake]

I have 2 Gamegears

 

[Tu13erhead]

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
These things fetch >$100 on eBay

/me digs out his Nomad.

 

[Neurorelay]

TurboGrafx 16 handheld rocked also.

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: Tu13erhead

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
These things fetch >$100 on eBay

/me digs out his Nomad.

Sold mine last year for like $80.

It's a nice system, but the screen has a reeaalllly slow response time. Sonic blurs horribly, but other games aren't so bad.

 

[BrokenVisage]

No wonder Sega went under, I never even heard of this portable.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
No wonder Sega went under, I never even heard of this portable.

They didn't go under, they just left the console business and make sh!tty games instead.

 

[lrad50]

Originally posted by: Xanis
It's real alright: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sps32/proj_pict/sega_05.jpg

looks better than any of the nintendo handhelds!

 

[CorCentral]

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
No wonder Sega went under, I never even heard of this portable.

They didn't go under, they just left the console business and make sh!tty games instead.

****** Games? They're tops in the "ARCADE" department!

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
No wonder Sega went under, I never even heard of this portable.

They didn't go under, they just left the console business and make sh!tty games instead.

****** Games? They're tops in the "ARCADE" department!

Ar....cade?

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage

Originally posted by: CorCentral

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
No wonder Sega went under, I never even heard of this portable.

They didn't go under, they just left the console business and make sh!tty games instead.

****** Games? They're tops in the "ARCADE" department!

Ar....cade?

nobody can help the fact that you never leave your house.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Yeah, I had no idea this device was so popular, I remember when my dad bought one back in '95, I would play it with my sister when we went on trips to lake tahoe.. God the batteries would die so quickly it was insane, so we finally got a car adapter and most of the problems went away. It was too bad though that my dad didn't get any real "hit games"...

 

[TheTony]

Hmm.....

I've had a Nomad for probably a decade now. I've used it enough, but never enough to put much wear on it. And to think, if I wanted, I could sell it for more than I got it (+ 3 games, battery pack, AC adapter) for. I've probably even still got the original packaging packed away, lol.

I'm not sure I agree with the comment that it's better designed than Nintendo handhelds, though. The thing definitely is bulky.

 

[BrokenVisage]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
nobody can help the fact that you never leave your house.

Um, the friends I hang out with, dates I go on, and my co-workers help the fact that I'm out much of the time. There are just no arcades in my area anymore