The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoNow you're playing with power!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square83fedilinkarrow-up1811arrow-down14file-text
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minus-squarejol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up99·24 hours agoYou can almost hear the batteries draining in mere minutes.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·22 hours agoIf you think that’s bad, imagine an equivalently-accessorized Game Gear.
minus-squarethe_tab_key@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·22 hours agoImagine a stock game gear
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·22 hours agoAh game gear TV. Battery life meant nothing to you.
minus-squareSwizzleStick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·22 hours 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-up4·21 hours ago“one on boil” is such a good expression for charging batteries. Stealing that.
minus-squareSwizzleStick@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoSee Derek of Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, picked it up from him :)
minus-squareMadMadBunny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·20 hours ago26 min running time per battery pack.
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoThis was our screen time limit in the 80s.
minus-square...m...@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 hours ago…my game gear case carried an automotive-sized external rechargeable battery…
minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours 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-up1·2 hours ago…two-stroke honda generator…
minus-squareBigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·21 hours agoI think one of those attachments are actually for a 12V 70Ah car battery
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.
…two-stroke honda generator…
I think one of those attachments are actually for a 12V 70Ah car battery
Minutes? Hah, amateur!