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Not mine, but I always enjoy seeing these monstrosities.

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[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 98 points 2 weeks ago

You can almost hear the batteries draining in mere minutes.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago

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

[-] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago

Imagine a stock game gear

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

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

[-] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] directive0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

26 min running time per battery pack.

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[-] myrrh@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 week ago

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

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[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I think one of those attachments are actually for a 12V 70Ah car battery

[-] MycarHolmes@quokk.au 75 points 2 weeks ago

That Gameboy watch really sells it.

[-] tyr0sine@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

Noticing it only after parsing the rest of the setup made me giggle a little bit.

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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 39 points 2 weeks ago

“THIS ISN’T EVEN MY FINAL FORM!”

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[-] technomad@slrpnk.net 30 points 2 weeks ago

Rockin' the little watch too, that's legit.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure that's the biggest watch I've seen

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[-] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

Gaming in the 90's was so glorious.

[-] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago

How many minutes do the batteries last?

[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I had the GameBoy Color version of the magnifying glass/speaker/fake joystick combo. It ran the speakers and the light off of its own pair of batteries. The speakers were an upgrade (especially for the stereo sound) but everything else was a gimmick. The incandescent bulb was too dim and housing around the screen made it darker and even more difficult to see:

Later on in early 2000s we got the worm light. LED and was powered from the link cable port. It was considerably brighter and hardly affected battery life from what I remember:

We also eventually got magnifying glasses that didn't have the housing around the screen to darken it:

[-] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Those worm lights were the first time I ever saw an LED. It was crazy to me that it was so bright it was blue.

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[-] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago
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[-] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

About tree fiddy.

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[-] swab148@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 week ago
[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine the shits you could take with that thing

[-] ramble81@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 week ago

You’d have maybe 5 minutes before it’d suck the battery dry.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

WHO downvoted this, and why do you hate amazing things???

[-] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 13 points 1 week ago

This is what many Steam Deck users seem to pursue.

[-] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago

Can confirm. So far I've gotten an external monitor, keyboard, mouse, docking station and a stand for it so it can be used as a laptop as well while traveling.

It certainly has issues but it's an impressive device.

[-] you_are_dust@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

What would actually happen if you used an action replay and a game genie at the same time? Would it not even be able to boot up? Would it work and just one supercedes the other? I only ever had game genie so I couldn't test it. Does anyone know?

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[-] Deadeyegai@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

This is the ideal Gameboy body. You might not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like (just be sure to have all the batteries nearby).

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[-] Alaik@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago

A game genie and action replay on one unit? I seem to recall that being a very bad idea.

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[-] TwinTitans@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

You have a GameShark plugged into a game genie? The hells the point of that.

[-] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 6 points 1 week ago

spits

Filthy casual.

[-] PolarKraken@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago

You've never sharked a genie? What a prude!

[-] prole 10 points 1 week ago

Cool watch.

[-] houndeyes@toast.ooo 10 points 1 week ago

I always enjoy seeing these monstrosities.

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Remember when we all dressed like that 10 years ago?

[-] houndeyes@toast.ooo 8 points 1 week ago

Remember when we all dressed like that 10 years ago?

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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

No, you do not mix AR and game genie but there is a distinct absence of anything Gameboy camera/printer attachment so it's clearly incomplete. I'd also suggest the attachment reading lamp, but I think if that magnifying attachment comes with a light that works, too. Not sure if that particular one does, though.

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine showing up in school with that in the 90s!

[-] IllNess@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago

Well yeah! My uncle works for Nintendo!

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[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Batteries drained in 5 minutes

[-] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Transformers.. Robots in disguise

[-] aksdb@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

"So I have this ultra portable gaming device..."

[-] calavera@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 week ago

That's glorious

[-] CryptoKitten@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Neither the gamegenie nor the action replay look like the are in use, this is probably why it is not powered on.

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Where’s the camera?

[-] Mist101@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Good game choice, too.

[-] prole 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I tried to find a photo of this janky Game Gear peripheral I had, but came across this angelfire website instead: https://www.angelfire.com/games4/icecoldatari/Gamegear.html

I feel like this website may actually be from the 90s... It's literally just a person talking about the cool shit they have for their Game Gear, and the only email address is @aol.com. Made me very nostalgic.

[-] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago
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