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Now you're playing with power! (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Not mine, but I always enjoy seeing these monstrosities.

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[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 102 points 7 months ago

You can almost hear the batteries draining in mere minutes.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago

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

[-] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 30 points 7 months ago

Imagine a stock game gear

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

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

[-] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 10 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

[-] swizzlestick@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 months ago

See Derek of Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, picked it up from him :)

[-] MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

26 min running time per battery pack.

[-] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

This was our screen time limit in the 80s.

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago

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

[-] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Minutes? Hah, amateur!

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