Bought mine in the 90's from a high school friend. Got the car adapter and it was a lifesaver for the family road trips which we did a lot of back then. I kept it even though it stopped working years ago. Then learned how to recap it during the pandemic and got hooked to console modding. That was a slippery slope. I've since bought, fixed, and customized 6 game gears with custom-painted shells and installed the different variations of screen and power upgrades. Now I find broken consoles and fix/upgrade them as a hobby. There's something so satisfying about bringing life back to gaming hardware that people have given up on.

[–] GrappleHat@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I relate to the game gear during long car rides (Mortal Kombat II!!!). Awesome that you're restoring them now!!

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you for doing this. It's so cool to bring new life to old systems.