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created by Unusual_Variable on 01/02/2025 at 19:04 UTC
3403 upvotes, 43 top-level comments (showing 25)
Just a slight upgrade
/s
Comment by joshinguaround at 01/02/2025 at 19:43 UTC
446 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Congrats on your upgrade to the Sega Nomad. Hell of a device. Plays almost all the original Genesis carts, except for some early third party titles.
Comment by icebeancone at 01/02/2025 at 19:15 UTC
80 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The nomad was the pinnacle of handheld technology back in the day
Comment by Rumbananas at 01/02/2025 at 19:11 UTC
56 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I have fond memories of the Sega Nomad.
Comment by BOSS-3000 at 01/02/2025 at 22:03 UTC
25 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is an appropriate analogy. The Sega Nomad was one of if not the first of its kind. It was a portable console supporting an already strong library of games that could be connected to a tv and also supported a second player. The Nomad was so far ahead of its time, it only lasted a few hours at best on the limited battery tech and limited efficiency at the time.
OP, please consider having a knowledgeable tech test and/or replace the capacitors in that Nomad. It is not a matter of if, but WHEN those capacitors go bad, they can destroy the board in what is a dwindling number of Nomads.
Comment by Stryle at 01/02/2025 at 19:34 UTC
18 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I love the Nomad so fucking much.
Comment by geoelectric at 01/02/2025 at 19:11 UTC
52 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Ironically, the battery life is probably about the same.
Comment by heybubu at 01/02/2025 at 19:36 UTC
26 upvotes, 1 direct replies
That’s a sick skin
Comment by ZedZeno at 01/02/2025 at 21:36 UTC
6 upvotes, 1 direct replies
How the fuck did i never see a Sega Nomad?? I thought i had every Sega released in NA
Comment by SloppyJoestar at 01/02/2025 at 19:55 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We all making dBrand rich?
Comment by bigdaddywon at 01/02/2025 at 19:40 UTC
3 upvotes, 1 direct replies
What skin is this? Looks awesome!
Comment by AYF_Amph at 01/02/2025 at 22:04 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Feels more like a lateral move in my opinion.
Comment by raistan77 at 01/02/2025 at 22:57 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Man I miss the nomad. I had a game gear also
Comment by BraveOmeter at 01/02/2025 at 21:44 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I have a game gear somewhere in my parents attic.
Comment by thochaos13 at 01/02/2025 at 21:49 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I was just thinking about the Nomad yesterday. I always wanted a Game Gear and a Nomad but never had one. Now I have a Steamdeck, and I was imaging how it would blow my mind if I had seen this back then.
Comment by DanielF823 at 01/02/2025 at 21:52 UTC
2 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The funny thing is now that I've been in a steam deck for a while and seen much more into the mod community - there are definitely people that could get that nomad to run any modern game at full settings...
(moonlight allowing it to play any high-end game streaming off of your computer)
Comment by SassyPantsMcGee01 at 01/02/2025 at 22:57 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
That is quite the upgrade. Enjoy!
Comment by radakul at 02/02/2025 at 14:10 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is seriously a great comparison (not being sarcastic) because purely from an inflation perspective, the Nomad (which released in 1997 for $179[1]) is pretty close (in price, not specs) to the lowest-level Steam Deck at launch:
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_Nomad
If the same console launched at $399 in 1997, that'd be equivalent to $727 in 2022 dollars (which isn't far off from what I paid for my 512 GB LCD 3 years ago!).
The more things change, the more they stay the same!
Comment by Urbandragondice at 01/02/2025 at 20:19 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I remember getting my hands on a nomad. Is an old school Sega fan nice.
Comment by mygawd at 01/02/2025 at 20:31 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
How do you like the case? Thinking of picking one up
Comment by frfkd1 at 01/02/2025 at 20:51 UTC
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Looks amazing! Where did you get the case?
Comment by starscreamtrears at 01/02/2025 at 20:57 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
sick!
Comment by salemsthename at 01/02/2025 at 21:00 UTC
1 upvotes, 2 direct replies
need this post, but with that one handheld that literally looked like a goatse (if you do not know, do NOT search goatse on the internet, seriously.)
Comment by ProJoe at 01/02/2025 at 21:08 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I think all the batteries in my house just spontaneously drained seeing a Nomad again.
Comment by DrKrFfXx at 01/02/2025 at 21:48 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Of course it's an upgrade, Nomad stomps the Deck on modern AAAs.
Comment by rhlp_on_reddit at 02/02/2025 at 00:40 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
HOLY SHOOT YOU HAVE A NOMAD?!
awesome! a+
hopefully your screen upgrade went well.
