Hello Fediverse friends.

This one is a bit embarrassing for me but I post my mistales as well as my wins.

A viewer sent me a Sega Game Gear as a parts-only donor. It had already been recapped, but it still wouldn’t power on.

Part 1 is teardown + diagnosis. I clean up old electrolyte, inspect the previous work, and start tracking the real fault. No miracle fix yet, but we do find a solid lead for Part 2? Maybe?

Watch: https://youtu.be/X4_mOQEw2ss

Thanks to @iFixit who very kindly sent me some new tools for the cabin.

#SegaGameGear #ConsoleRepair #RetroGaming #ElectronicsRepair #Soldering

Retooting is always appreciated (but never expected) :)

I've been sitting on this one for a while. Probably as long as I was sitting on Alien Trilogy.

Being a game that, I assume, was made to just push the Coca-Cola brand, I was surprised at not only how competent this game was but also how enjoyable it was.

Sure. It does feel, and play like, a Sonic clone. At least they did it well!

Come over to #IshambardsNest to see my thoughts on the game.

Maybe next time we should look at another drink mascot, there is a couple I can think of looking at next...

http://ishambardsnest.blogspot.com/2026/03/coca-cola-kid-gamegear.html

#SegaGameGear #RetroGames

I updated #devkitSMS' readme with a list of some of the many cool games developed using it so far.

Check them out, there's really something for everyone! 😍

https://github.com/sverx/devkitSMS?tab=readme-ov-file#some-of-the-many-cool-games-developed-with-devkitsms-so-far-include

#retro #retrocomputing #retrodev #videogames #retrogames #retrogaming #SEGA #MasterSystem #GameGear #SG1000 #SEGAMasterSystem #SEGAGameGear #SEGASG1000

Was fasziniert mich so am Game Gear?

Alle daddelten Tetris auf ihrem klotzigen beigefarbenen Game Boy von Nintendo, während eine wesentlich kleinere Gruppe das Konkurrenzprodukt von Sega liebgewonnen hatte: den Game Gear.

https://www.videospielgeschichten.de/was-fasziniert-mich-so-am-game-gear/

#GameGear #Handheld #Nintendo #Retro #Sega #SegaGameGear #Spielkonsole #Videospiele