Not mine, but I always enjoy seeing these monstrosities.
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2025
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You can almost hear the batteries draining in mere minutes.
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.
This was our screen time limit in the 80s.
...my game gear case carried an automotive-sized external rechargeable battery...
Like a 30lb lead acid?
I could see using like a powerwheels sized 1980s battery. Or a couple of lantern batteries even.
I think one of those attachments are actually for a 12V 70Ah car battery
Minutes? Hah, amateur!