Not mine, but I always enjoy seeing these monstrosities.
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).
8AAs, right?
This is what many Steam Deck users seem to pursue.
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 have a GameShark plugged into a game genie? The hells the point of that.
spits
Filthy casual.
You’ve never sharked a genie? What a prude!
Cool watch.
“So I have this ultra portable gaming device…”
This is like the Thanos glove with the stones (can’t remember the actual names) but for Nintendo in the 80s and 90s. The only thing missing is a power glove which it’s all mounted on, and an NES Zapper somehow integrated into it all.
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.
Where’s the camera?
I actually got that kit from a friend as a kid, I used it all the time when playing at home, the fake analog was legit, and I think there’s a light on the magnifier too.
AVGN is about to meet his match
All this and no Nyko shock and rock?
Cassette Dystopianism
You can almost hear the batteries draining in mere minutes.
Minutes? Hah, amateur!
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.
…two-stroke honda generator…
I think one of those attachments are actually for a 12V 70Ah car battery
That Gameboy watch really sells it.
Noticing it only after parsing the rest of the setup made me giggle a little bit.
Noticing it after reading their comment gave me a hearty chuckle
