The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agoNow you're playing with power!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square85linkfedilinkarrow-up1851arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up1847arrow-down1imageNow you're playing with power!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days agomessage-square85linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·26 days agoIf you think that’s bad, imagine an equivalently-accessorized Game Gear.
minus-squarethe_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·26 days agoImagine a stock game gear
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·26 days agoAh game gear TV. Battery life meant nothing to you.
minus-squareSwizzleStick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·26 days agoI 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.
minus-squaredirective0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days ago“one on boil” is such a good expression for charging batteries. Stealing that.
minus-squareSwizzleStick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoSee Derek of Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, picked it up from him :)
minus-square...m...@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days ago…my game gear case carried an automotive-sized external rechargeable battery…
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days agoLike a 30lb lead acid? I could see using like a powerwheels sized 1980s battery. Or a couple of lantern batteries even.
minus-square...m...@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·26 days ago…two-stroke honda generator…
minus-squareMadMadBunny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days ago26 min running time per battery pack.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·26 days agoThis was our screen time limit in the 80s.
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 :)
…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…
26 min running time per battery pack.
This was our screen time limit in the 80s.