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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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[–] 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

the real reason it was such a bitch for power is that it had a compact flourescent tube for the backlight.

when you remove that and replace it with a LED backlight suddenly the battery life explodes.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (3 children)

    I figured the backlight was a big part of it. crazy that people actually modded a game gear

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    You would not believe the amount of mods the GameGear has, my dude.

    and they are expensive as fuck, lol

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