What Game Gear games aren't ports of Master System games?...

[oldschooldave]

Or have some differences, like G-LOC? I'd love to get a Game Gear, but I don't want to get games that are just ports of Master System games. I know that GG Aleste I and II and Panzer Dragoon Mini are Game Gear exclusive titles.

[englishinvader]

Double Dragon (completely original game instead of arcade port)
Shinobi 1 and 2
Coca Cola Kid
Ronald McDonald in Magical World
Ninku
Ninku Gaiden
Puyo Puyo 1 and 2
Nazo Puyo
Super Monaco GP (similar to SMS version, but menu and options a lot more intuitive and, for me, the killer app on the GG)
NBA Jam
Pac-Man
Ms Pac-Man (Ms Pac-Man was released on SMS but this one was made by Namco instead of Tengen)
Jungle Strike
Urban Strike
NHL Hockey
RBI Baseball 94
Madden 95 and 96

There are probably more but I can't think of any off the top of my head. You should probably avoid SMS mode games like Castle of Illusion, Chase HQ, Outrun Europa and Fantastic Dizzy (direct ports from Master System with reduced screen size) but games like Land of Illusion, Lucky Dime Caper and Wonderboy which were especially made for the GG hardware should be ok (they're more or less the same game with a few quirks here and there).

One of the key differences between the SMS and GG libraries is that the SMS library is deeply rooted in the mid 80s arcade with games like The Ninja, Action Fighter and the original Shinobi while the GG is more rooted in the early-mid 90s.

[Transatlantic Foe]

GP Rider on the Game Gear is a completely different game to the SMS version - it's basically a port of Super Hang-On though.

[ShadowAngel]

I can add a couple more:

Ax Battler: A Legend of Golden Axe
Crystal Warriors
Arena: Maze of Death
Popils
Super Columns
Chicago Syndicate
Eternal Legend
House of Tarot
Tempo Jr.
X-Men: Gamesmaster's Legacy
Tails' Skypatrol
Sonic Drift 1 & 2
Cliffhanger
Halley Wars

Aerial Assault is also quite different to the Master System version

[Retrobob]

Should Defenders of Oasis be on here?

[Maxim]

There's a large number of GG exclusives. I guess more interesting are GG versions of the same game which aren't ports, like G-LOC, Aerial Assault, Alien Syndrome, GP Rider, etc. Even on the ports, sometimes they're changed quite a lot, like Sonic 1.

[Congslop]

The Game Gear is an excellent handheld, highly recommended

[KnightWarrior]

I'm just happy at SMS Power, There's Game Gear Games being ported to the Master System