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Not mine, but I always enjoy seeing these monstrosities.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

AVGN is about to meet his match

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

8AAs, right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

All this and no Nyko shock and rock?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Cool watch.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You have a GameShark plugged into a game genie? The hells the point of that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

spits

Filthy casual.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

You've never sharked a genie? What a prude!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Where’s the camera?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is what many Steam Deck users seem to pursue.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Cassette Dystopianism

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

"So I have this ultra portable gaming device..."

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 days ago (6 children)

How many minutes do the batteries last?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Still longer than the GameGear :(

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

I had the GameBoy Color version of the magnifying glass/speaker/fake joystick combo. It ran the speakers and the light off of its own pair of batteries. The speakers were an upgrade (especially for the stereo sound) but everything else was a gimmick. The incandescent bulb was too dim and housing around the screen made it darker and even more difficult to see:

Later on in early 2000s we got the worm light. LED and was powered from the link cable port. It was considerably brighter and hardly affected battery life from what I remember:

We also eventually got magnifying glasses that didn't have the housing around the screen to darken it:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

I miss the worm lights. My cousin had one, and even though I had the Advance SP, I thought the worm LED was super neat.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Those worm lights were the first time I ever saw an LED. It was crazy to me that it was so bright it was blue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Same but I was 12 at the time so I didn't think much about the bulb tech nor it's color temperature. I was just like "wow that's a bright bulb".

Later on around 2005 I got my first piece of tech with an OLED screen: a Kenwood car stereo. It wouldn't be for nearly another 20 years when I finally got my first OLED TV.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

About tree fiddy.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

this guys dad works for nintendo

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

Batteries drained in 5 minutes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

You're probably thinking ew! Who would ever want that? They must have worked hard on the marketing side!

Well there was nothing better and everyone had a TV. So they had normal TV commercials for it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

3 grams off from collapsing into a black hole

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 days ago

WHO downvoted this, and why do you hate amazing things???

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