Message Forum: Re: Sega Game Gear (Remember Those?)

Re: Sega Game Gear (Remember Those?)

Posted By: Howard, on host 216.80.146.5
Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2004, at 16:00:45
In Reply To: Re: Sega Game Gear (Remember Those?) posted by Grishny on Wednesday, July 28, 2004, at 04:58:06:

> > > My question is, how easy would it be to fix it? Would it be a simple matter of going down to Radio Shack, buying a replacement part and putting it in? Or is it more complicated than that? I'm guessing the latter, but it never hurts to ask.
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> > Considering that the Game Gear parts are most likely specifically engineered for the Game Gear, I don't think a repair would be very likely. However, after taking a cursory glance at eBay, it almost seems like the cost would be comparable to buying another one.
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> How there's an idea. Maybe I should just sell mine, "as is," or at least sell off the games and the other peripherals I have for it. On the other hand, it might be nice to have a working one with some new games to play on it. Even if I didn't use it much, my sons might enjoy it some day and it might be useful for keeping them quiet on long car trips, since I have a cigarette lighter power adapter for the thing...
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> Gri"who wants to donate $25 to the GGAUSGG fund?"shny

I took a look at our old Atari this morning and wondered how long it would take to get it operating. That was as far as it went.
Howard

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Message:	> > > > My question is, how easy would it be to fix it? Would it be a simple matter of going down to Radio Shack, buying a replacement part and putting it in? Or is it more complicated than that? I'm guessing the latter, but it never hurts to ask. > > > > > > Considering that the Game Gear parts are most likely specifically engineered for the Game Gear, I don't think a repair would be very likely. However, after taking a cursory glance at eBay, it almost seems like the cost would be comparable to buying another one. > > > > How there's an idea. Maybe I should just sell mine, "as is," or at least sell off the games and the other peripherals I have for it. On the other hand, it might be nice to have a working one with some new games to play on it. Even if I didn't use it much, my sons might enjoy it some day and it might be useful for keeping them quiet on long car trips, since I have a cigarette lighter power adapter for the thing... > > > > Gri"who wants to donate $25 to the GGAUSGG fund?"shny > > I took a look at our old Atari this morning and wondered how long it would take to get it operating. That was as far as it went. > Howard
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