Recent acquisitions

[Fool's Requiem]

So, I found out that Game Gears have capacitor issues as they age and many might not work. Tested mine, it turns on and than off again. Clear sign of dead capacitors. Supposedly its pretty easy to swap out the caps using soldering, but there's like twenty that might need replacing. Ain't no body got time for that. Bought replacement power and sound boards with brand new capacitors already installed. Not much more expensive than just the capacitor kits.

Disappointing that there's no way to play Game Gear games without a Game Gear or one of those Retron clone consoles with the 50 game slots in it. Apparently, the Game Gear displays more colors than the Genesis is capable of outputting, so an adapter won't work like the Master System -> Genesis adapters do.

 

[Smacktard]

I have a Game Gear somewhere that my brother used to own. Caps are definitely toast.

The sound board and power boards you replaced -- are they authentic or second hand? How easy were they to install?

 

[Fool's Requiem]

I have a Game Gear somewhere that my brother used to own. Caps are definitely toast.

The sound board and power boards you replaced -- are they authentic or second hand? How easy were they to install?

I haven't replaced them yet. Only just ordered them over the evening. Should arrive in a couple weeks. They're from CHYYYNA, and they were the cheapest ones on eBay even after the 7 dollar shipping fee. I'm not really caring much about the quality, TBH. Game Gears (and their games) are not expensive or hard to find because NO ONE is collecting them. Gonna find a USB power cable thar works with it if the replacement boards work.

 

[Smacktard]

Game Gears (and their games) are not expensive

Lmao I think you might wanna recheck that. Mega Man is about $1800. It's one of the most expensive, but there are others in that range

 

[Smacktard]

The problem with a lot of GG games is that they're just inferior ports of Genesis games or direct ports of SMS games.

That said, I intend to get the GG port of Gunstar Heroes because fuck yeah! Gunstar Heroes!

 

[Fool's Requiem]

Lmao I think you might wanna recheck that. Mega Man is about $1800. It's one of the most expensive, but there are others in that range

there are a handful of games that are expensive, just like every system (Wii U and Atari 2600 included), but the VAST majority of GG games are dirt cheap.