A solid port that goes the Donkey Kong Land route with adding new levels & bosses to replace some of the content from the Genesis version. The music is the best on the Game Gear but comparing it to the Genesis soundtrack, its like comparing a steak dinner to a kids meal (the new compositions are great, however). Was expecting the Game Gear resolution to be an issue with the game since that is the usual for most of it's library but I was pleasantly surprised by the game not suffering from screen crunch at all. They definitely designed this game around that limitation.

Overall, Ristar GG is a neat little companion piece to the Genesis game and I recommend playing it if you're hungry for more Ristar. Lord knows he probably won't come back with a new game anytime soon.

Would also check out the SMS conversion romhack in case you want that extra screen real estate, but I can assure you the Game Gear resolution is fine as is.