Sega Gopher

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Sega Gopher (also known as Sega Genesis Arcade Ultimate Portable Player) is a portable version of the Sega Genesis manufactured by AtGames. Initially released in Taiwan in 2007, sales distribution of the portable console has since expanded to Europe and the United States as well. It was released in Russia as the Sega Gopher Wireless, bundled with FireJoy controllers, a set of wireless joysticks.

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Pre-installed games

These games are included with the black-colored version of the console (there are also green, orange and blue that use standard included games):

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