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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I lusted after these when I was a kid, and eventually blew all my saved up Christmas/Birthday money on one.

The battery thing really sucked, but still had a lot of fun with it. Must of played that first level of Sonic 2 a thousand times.

My white whale was the TV tuner, I thought the idea was so cool as a kid.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had a friend who brought their Game Gear with the TV tuner to the playground in elementary school, and it was a moment of absolute future shock. It didn’t matter that we could barely tell what was happening on the screen, because I couldn’t believe that it was even possible!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I saw a kid hook up the TV tuner in the back of the bus and was insanely jealous.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

the boss levels on sonic 2 game gear were SAVAGE, my god