The Picard Maneuver to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 days agoNow you're playing with power!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1824arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1824arrow-down1imageNow you're playing with power!lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 days agomessage-square80fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@jol@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish97•4 days agoYou can almost hear the batteries draining in mere minutes.
minus-square@grue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish36•4 days agoIf you think that’s bad, imagine an equivalently-accessorized Game Gear.
minus-square@killeronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•4 days agoAh game gear TV. Battery life meant nothing to you.
minus-squareSwizzleSticklinkfedilinkEnglish9•4 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-squaredirective0linkfedilinkEnglish3•4 days ago“one on boil” is such a good expression for charging batteries. Stealing that.
minus-squareSwizzleSticklinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 days agoSee Derek of Vice Grip Garage on YouTube, picked it up from him :)
minus-square@MadMadBunny@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish4•4 days ago26 min running time per battery pack.
minus-square@anomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 days agoThis was our screen time limit in the 80s.
minus-square...m...linkfedilinkEnglish4•4 days ago…my game gear case carried an automotive-sized external rechargeable battery…
minus-square@anomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 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@BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 days 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!