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Now you're playing with power! (lemmynsfw.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not mine, but I always enjoy seeing these monstrosities.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (4 children)

If you think that's bad, imagine an equivalently-accessorized Game Gear.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago

Imagine a stock game gear

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah game gear TV. Battery life meant nothing to you.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I loved that TV tuner cartridge.

Had a pair of NiCad battery packs in the end - folks got sick of buying the 'good' alkaline batteries for it. Always had one on boil while the other was draining.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"one on boil" is such a good expression for charging batteries. Stealing that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

See Derek of Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, picked it up from him :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

...my game gear case carried an automotive-sized external rechargeable battery...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Like a 30lb lead acid?

I could see using like a powerwheels sized 1980s battery. Or a couple of lantern batteries even.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

...two-stroke honda generator...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

26 min running time per battery pack.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

This was our screen time limit in the 80s.