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The Beamscope TV Magnifier - one of the most worthless game accessories of the 1980s.
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I have something like this, but it’s for game boy.
Also utterly worthless; it distorts the picture in uncomfortable ways, and honestly was a much worse experience than just using the screen.
It’s also only a couple inches bigger, so dumb.
I had one for my Game Gear that added more than few inches to the handheld's depth, but did a decent job of semi-rectilinearly magnifying the screen. The backlight probably helped, since it wasn't relying on light bounding in through the lens and then back out.
You mean one of those bad boys with foldable zoom lens and light attachment that ate like 4 AAA batteries?
I still have one of those here, thing was amazing to play in the dark lol
Edit, this the one I mean, slightly different model but same chonky boy