Time to get 4 double As, gonna play Sonic for 15 minutes
Comment on TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear!
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
It was incredibly high tech at the time. SciFi Stuff. Unfortunately the Game gear also had incredibly bad battery life, and back then, batteries life literally meant “Battery”, not “rechargeable Battery”
SippyCup@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Nope. Six AAs.
SippyCup@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
I thought it was 8 when I said that and thought, no, that’s absurd and under shot.
I don’t remember ever picking that thing up and not needing a LOT of batteries
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 days ago
My parents were smart enough to find an AC adapter and a car charger for it. There’s no way they’d buy that many batteries for us to keep it alive.
unphazed@lemmy.world 5 days ago
My Dad took 16 rechargeable AAs and ran a small circuit board to them with an adapter cable coming out. The zipper cases they made for GGs had a large cavity behind the storage area that was perfect for hiding them. I could play for an extra 16 hours with those things. Had to recharge them with a huge wall wort but it was the best gift my Dad ever made for me. I loved that damn system.
jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
World best dad award
BanMe@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Seriously all I got was crippling alcoholism but some people’s dads were cool as shit
Krompus@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I got alcoholism, physical abuse AND a game gear!
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Oh wow, if back then was like today, he could have made a successfull kickstarter out of that.