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This Nomad is fun! I love being able to play Sega games wherever I go, and the graphics are just like I remember them, but small. The Nomad's screen gets very bright and dim (so... better than GameBoy), the sound through the headphones is stereo, and there are ports to plug it into your TV and plug in a second controller for 2 person games. This entire thing is kickass, and my friends are gonna be so jealous! Now for the downsides. Space. The player itself isn't too large (about the dimensions of two stacked VHS tapes), but each game is the size of, well, a Sega game, so you really can't bring too many with you. And the battery consumption! Make sure you buy rechargables, and make sure you buy an A/C adapter along with it. Also, the battery pack, which takes 6 AA batteries, often comes separately and attaches to the back, so don't forget that when buying.Read full review
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The Sega NOMAD was the holy grail of gaming for many a kid in the mid 90's. As cool as the Game Gear was in all it's backlit,Color Screen having, Battery Sucking glory the Nomad was just THAT much cooler. PLAY YOUR SEGA GAMES ANYWHERE! the commercials said. Now while I wish when I was a kid that Nintendo Had taken a page from Sega and made one of these monstrosities they did not, and Sega reigned supreme as the king of ridiculous handhelds. I don't remember exactly but I believe the MSRP on this brick of Archeotech when it was released was upwards of 499.99. WHOA. In 1994 monies that's close to a grand. WHOA. But this is 2013 and there are many options for portable gaming. Including newer better systems, Third party alternatives (Some even licensed by SEGA) and the more underhanded option of emulation. The nomad it self is solid but upon first picking it up it will feel awkward in your hand and be even more awkward to look at it's left hand side is taller than the right. Yeah it's wedge shaped. Now, while the screen itself maintains a decent sized 4:3 aspect ratio the actual shape of the device will mess with your visual perception of it. I'm not joking here this is a problem I have with it and can usually never make it longer than a 20 min session. This design "Choice" by Sega is still a giant question mark in my mind upwards of 15 years later. The screen itself is washed out and sometimes hard to see what exactly is going on. It also seems like it's slightly slower than a regular TV. The controls are tight and solid with a good tactile feel to them. The sound is tinny and weak and the battery life is worse than a 15 year old Laptop running Bioshock. I can't recommend the Nomad to a newer gamer looking for a cool retro system to play Genesis on. A bonus feature offered by the nomad is it's TV connectivity, which is great and even features a port for a second player!Another nifty thing about this feature is that it uses the same cables as the Genesis Model II which is great if have one of those. This makes the system an excellent travel companion for a long stay in a hotel for say a convention or business trip. The people I WOULD recommend the Nomad too are X and Y genners like myself who dreamed of owning one and playing Sonic three on the bus to school. For the measly 150 they usually go for on eBay it's a cheap childhood want to satiate. If you're looking for a hardcore handheld to play Sega on daily skip this and look into one of the newer Retrofire systems.Read full review
When it comes to consoles, Sega has had a long and interesting history. However, most people will agree that Sega's greatest achievement was creating the Sega Mega-Drive/Genesis in the late eighties. In the early nineties, Sega had also developed the Game Gear which got an admirable market share but eventually lost traction to the far more well received Game Boy. In the mid-nineties, Sega launched a follow-up handheld, the Sega Nomad. This particular handheld was a leap forward as it managed to condense the Mega-Drive into a small unit that could be played on the go. Features: *Plays most Sega Genesis cartridges. *Plays on 6 AA Batteries, one battery pack or with a power adaptor. *Full colour screen. *A/V out. Pros: The Sega Nomad does a respectable job of displaying Sega Genesis games. The unit is quite big and hefty yet still comfortable to hold. The Nomad also sports 6 buttons to allow users to take their fighting game collection on the go. Battery life is often discussed in relation to the Nomad. However, if you pick up a decent set of rechargeable batteries, you will likely get a few solid hours of play out of the unit. Cons: The screen is not the best. The Sega Nomad came out in 1996 and portable screen technology was not all there yet. The colours look very washed out and there is a lot of blur on the faster games. Many users (myself included) have opted to replace the display with more recently designed ones. If you're going to buy a Nomad, I highly recommend performing this surgery on the display. The colours will be better, you'll see no blur and you may just add a couple of precious hours to your battery life. Another problem with this device is the lack of a reset button. For the most part, this is not an issue but there are a few games that require a reset in order to run. It is also important to note that you can not run Sega CD or Sega 32x games on this device (it may be possible to run the 32x but only with a power cable and it will only display on a TV). Final Word: The Sega Nomad is a very well designed unit that came out at a very bad time. I'm sure that, if Sega hadn't created so many consoles prior to the Nomad, fewer people would have been disenfranchised with them and there may have been more sales and a higher production run. The fact remains, however, that Nomads are becoming very scarce and can fetch a high price (up to and over $200). Therefore, unless you are a die-hard Sega or 16-bit collector, or if you need the portability that only a Nomad could provide, I would highly recommend that you pick up a Mega-Drive/Genesis instead. They are much cheaper and still highly reliable after over 20 years.Read full review
I always wanted a Sega Nomad. The screen is great. The mod was placed on the unit to play both JP and US games with no modification to the Sega Nomad shell. It works great and I think it is a great purchase for those that want to go into collecting for the Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This console is a great addition to someones collection, though it has a few downsides. Its screen is bad (even for the time it was released it was *bad*). there are people who've modded theirs to use a more modern lcd screen which I hear is alot better. Second, the battery pack you get with it doesn't last long at all. This will absolutely eat through your AA's if all you plan to use is the battery pack. If you weren't, then have fun being tethered to the wall by the charging cord. Now the upsides. Its basically a portable Sega Genesis! You can run any US Genesis game on it (and with some modding, you can also run EU, JP, and Sega Master System games). Its also a pretty novelty to show to your friends. :)
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I'm not sure what I'd say to today's savvy buyer about this, but I know why I bought it and why I'm happy with it: I was a child at the time the Nomad was current and never owned one. I thought the idea of a portable console that plays Genesis games was amazing. Now that I am older I have the ability to decide that a 26-year-old SEGA handheld is important enough to me that I can spend $300 acquiring it, may the gods of reason and restraint be damned. Now I have a SEGA Nomad. It is chunky, it plays Genesis games, and it is righteous. I don't know how they manifested the technology to compress Blast Processing into such a small console, but they did it.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
First saw a friend of mine owned one about 10 years ago, and I loved my genesis games, so I finally got around to buying one. Keep in mind, the Nomad was built in the days when 'handheld' did not mean 'portable'. The thing is as heavy as a Sega Genesis model 2, and its 'portable' power supply is a clip-on battery pack that holds a whopping 6 AA batteries, and can burn through them in about 2 hours (3 hours if you use high-power NiMH batteries). There are rechargeable battery packs, but they are few and far between, cost around $50, and many are aging and are not guaranteed to hold a charge after all these years. You can connect an AC adapter to the system, but that kind of defeats the system's portable ability, plus it's the same adapter that powers the Sega Genesis model 2, so it sucks up a lot of juice. There are only a handful of incompatible things for the Nomad. First: assuming you have one, the 32X will not work, as the adapter blocks the port required to connect it. Second: you cannot complete the X-men game, as (for some weird reason) the game actually needs you to hit the reset button at one point in order to proceed. The Nomad doesn't 'have' a reset button, only an on/off switch. The screen has a very nice brightness function available with a control wheel on the bottom. Whether to change it for room lighting, or to prevent the screen from burning out, I don't know, but it does help when picking out small details. The protector can be easily scratched, but replacement screens are readily available on ebay for relatively cheap. Apparently it happens often enough. It has one small speaker on the left side that doesn't seem to get too loud (might just be mine), but allows a headphone jack for stereo sound if you prefer (the headphones increase the volume tenfold, again, might just be a bad speaker on mine). The system contains Sega's wonderful sound-chip that, to this day, no other company has been able to emulate when porting their games. (Thanks Nintendo, for making the napalm sound in Phantasy Star 4 like nails on a chalkboard instead of a whoosh noise). If you desire, the Nomad can 'also' become a regular Sega Genesis as it has an AV port to connect to your TV, and also a controller port on the bottom. I don't know if that makes it 1-player only, or if that's how a second player can join your game. A fantastic purchase for collectors and fans, but it's a little power hungry. Clearly the SUV of the handheld systems.Read full review
Very fairly priced. Product arguably better than described. Totally works.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Simply greatest thing for any sega genesis/ mega drive fan. Nothing like this portible genesis excellent value if you ask me!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
This is so fun, easy to take with you, and with todays advanced rechargeable batteries used in the battery pack, the game play lasts a long time!!! So glad I finally have a Nomad!!!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
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