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TIL there was a TV tuner attachment for the Game Gear! (media.piefed.world)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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[–] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Bubble-economy Japan led the way for an insane amount of features, aesthetics, and innovation for personal electronics. Most of it was dead-sexy stuff.

One of my favorite examples, the Sony MSX HitBit F1XD:

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Is this a computer in a keyboard ? Staggering beauty. Magnificient arrow keys

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Is this a computer in a keyboard ? Staggering beauty.

    Indeed! That's how it was done in the 80's.

    The trend was built around keeping the cost down. That and a screen (TV) could cost as much as the whole unit and you probably already had one of those. Nowadays we don't think twice about our laptops coming with a screen, but if I could somehow keep the screen but replace the rest, I'd welcome the price cut that comes with it.

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