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 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

World best dad award

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

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

[–] Krompus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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

[–] mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 month ago

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

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Time to get 4 double As, gonna play Sonic for 15 minutes

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nope. Six AAs.

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

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 2 points 4 weeks 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.