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TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! (media.piefed.world)
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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I figured the backlight was a big part of it. crazy that people actually modded a game gear

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

You would not believe the amount of mods the GameGear has, my dude.

and they are expensive as fuck, lol