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Last updated: Tuesday, August 4, 2009

The Sega Nomad was released in 1995 as the world was moving onto 32-Bit gaming. Interestingly, this was never released outside the U.S. so for once we had something cool that the rest of the world didn’t have.

The unit had a 3-inch LCD screen and had a higher resolution than any of the other handhelds at the time. The unit was also backlit like the Game Gear before it. Unlike passive matrix LCDs that were used for the Game Boy and Game Gear, the Nomad screen utilized an active matric LCD that was very sharp and did not suffer from blurring in fast action games. Although this LCD provided excellent visual quality, it contributed to its short battery life. The batteries only lasted three to five hours, but a rechargeable battery pack and AC Unit was availible.

Some of the really nice features of this handheld were it’s ability to hook up to a television and it’s joystick port for two player games. Even though it is hard for two people to see the screen at the same time it is nice for those backseat playing sessions on long drives.

This is one great portable system and I believe is just second to the Game Boy Advance. Although being able to play Herzog Zwei and Shining in the Darkness on the road has really pushes this system up in the rankings in

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