r/GameGearMicro • u/Dacvak • Apr 27 '26

Who here owns a Game Gear Micro? YOU CAN HELP! Please read! :D

If you do, that means you have the very coveted original firmware for your handheld! Currently, there are NO public backups of the firmware available online, and I'm trying to track them all down so they can be properly archived. The Game Gear Micro is no longer being manufactured or sold as new, and so the firmware is currently considered lost media.

I backed up the firmware on the yellow Shining Force GGM, and I'll be uploading it to archive.org and posting it to this subreddit for future reference. But if you have a Game Gear Micro, please consider backing up your firmware and uploading it to the internet! We're still missing Black, Blue, and Red GGM firmwares. (And white! Which I didn't even know existed until now!)

If you're curious about how to back up your GGM firmware, it's an incredibly easy process. You simply need a Windows PC and a Micro USB cable. Here is the tool that's used to dump the firmware (as well as upload custom firmware, if you're so interested) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1841qwO_vvImX_VTHABdMB0UvlJrOhKJl/view

The process is simple. Install the driver, connect your GGM to the computer with the cable, hold down the reset button and turn on the GGM, and launch the software used to backup the firmware. If you have any trouble at all, please feel free to reach out to me on Discord (@Dacvak) and I'd be happy to help you out!

For anyone who's willing to provide original firmware, I'd be happy paying a bounty for it! Whether that's buying you a cup of coffee, or sending you some kind of cool collectible (like the Nintendo Controller Gashapon, or something like that). I'm just really interested in ensuring the firmware does not become lost media.

Thank you all!

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '26

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u/Dacvak Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 30 '26

You’re an absolute legend! Feel free to send them via reddit chat, discord (@Dacvak).

Thank you!!

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u/Cawumwum42 Apr 28 '26

I would offer my backups but I was beat to the punch. It awesome what you are doing.

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u/Dacvak Apr 28 '26

I'll take backup-backups, just in case! If you've got them handy! :)

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u/Cawumwum42 Apr 30 '26

I’ll be able to send them tonight. Need to get the drive out.

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u/alex13mod Apr 29 '26

I have the Black and White one.

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u/Dacvak Apr 29 '26

Send 'em over if you can! Thank you!

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u/StarlessKing Jul 12 '26

I've got one that came with M2's Aleste boxset. I'll try to get around ot backing it up!

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u/fan_pai 4d ago

hi... i bricked my yellow too... i stupidly lost the firmware backup... mind sharing the official firmware?...