The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoTIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear!media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square118fedilinkarrow-up1638arrow-down18
arrow-up1630arrow-down1imageTIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear!media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square118fedilink
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agothe real reason it was such a bitch for power is that it had a compact flourescent tube for the backlight. when you remove that and replace it with a LED backlight suddenly the battery life explodes.
minus-squarezod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI figured the backlight was a big part of it. crazy that people actually modded a game gear
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 days agoYou would not believe the amount of mods the GameGear has, my dude. and they are expensive as fuck, lol
minus-squarezod000@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoI can’t say I loved the Game gear enough to go that route, but seeing as I have had people try to argue with me that E.T. for the Atari 2600 is actually a fine game, there are enthusiasts for everything.
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoNostalgia is a hell of a drug.
the real reason it was such a bitch for power is that it had a compact flourescent tube for the backlight.
when you remove that and replace it with a LED backlight suddenly the battery life explodes.
I figured the backlight was a big part of it. crazy that people actually modded a game gear
You would not believe the amount of mods the GameGear has, my dude.
and they are expensive as fuck, lol
I can’t say I loved the Game gear enough to go that route, but seeing as I have had people try to argue with me that E.T. for the Atari 2600 is actually a fine game, there are enthusiasts for everything.
Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.