The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours agoNow you're playing with power!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1764arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·16 hours agoIf you think that’s bad, imagine an equivalently-accessorized Game Gear.
minus-squarethe_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·16 hours agoImagine a stock game gear
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·16 hours agoAh game gear TV. Battery life meant nothing to you.
minus-squareSwizzleStick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·16 hours agoI 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.
minus-squaredirective0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·16 hours ago“one on boil” is such a good expression for charging batteries. Stealing that.
minus-squareSwizzleStick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoSee Derek of Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, picked it up from him :)
minus-squareMadMadBunny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·14 hours ago26 min running time per battery pack.
minus-square...m...@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours ago…my game gear case carried an automotive-sized external rechargeable battery…
If you think that’s bad, imagine an equivalently-accessorized Game Gear.
Imagine a stock game gear
Ah game gear TV. Battery life meant nothing to you.
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.
“one on boil” is such a good expression for charging batteries. Stealing that.
See Derek of Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, picked it up from him :)
26 min running time per battery pack.
…my game gear case carried an automotive-sized external rechargeable battery…