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"

[–] unphazed@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

World best dad award

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Seriously all I got was crippling alcoholism but some people's dads were cool as shit

[–] Krompus@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I got alcoholism, physical abuse AND a Game Gear! Yayy! 🥲

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 4 days ago

Oh wow, if back then was like today, he could have made a successfull kickstarter out of that.