Game Gear Reparation?

[Guntz]

Seriously though man, been wondering about something since I first 'lurked' here a while back...
Who/what IS that creature in your avatar?? It's a cool creature, looks vaguely familiar...?

Go play some Shining Force (1). He's one of the characters you come across during the game (and is also one of the best fighters at your disposal).

Also, "Guntz", really?? Growing up, we always said the word "gunt" to describe the little fatty paunch above a girl's...err....you get the idea! HA!

You call me racist, but sexism is EVEN WORSE! Who's bad now?! You sick, sad and strange little man...

The Quebec.

Aha! I knew you lived in a third world country! /sarcasm

P.S: I love this forum, because it's a huge community and I get a answer in the next hours or even minutes. Members are nice too. Thanks, this is sweet.

Enjoy the stay! We always have room for another Sega fan. Nice to have more Canadians here too.

[Yfrid]

Hello,

I'm interested in getting a Game Gear. There's a few not too expansive on eBay broken...
I can get one for about 20$ with shipping. The screen light up, but there's no picture.

Is there's a way to repair it in this case? Is that hard?

Thanks

what do you mean by "it lights up"(or better, ask the seller a bit more details)? is the screen greysh? does it turn off after few secs/instantly?

most of these symptoms are usually caused by faulty capacitors on the mother board, especially the audio board is exposed to these damages (distorted sound, or mute at all).

few weeks ago i bought at 10€ a boxed game gear sold as "not working". in these conditions (he said: no image, no sound, turns off instantly)
i've replaced every capacitor on the motherboard and the audio board and now it works fine

capacitors replacement are really cheap, like 2 or 3€ in total for the whole game gear, around 10 or 20cents each

BUT if the screen is a bright white block, it could be a different damage,
i had a Game Gear when i was little, a friend of mine killed it using a higher voltage power supply (dumbass ...), the game gear was dead, no sound, no video, just a bright white screen. In that time i hadn't any electronic skills, so i can't say for sure if this kind of damage could be repaired or not.

[Ecco]

Anyways, do you recommand me this console? Apparently, the screen quality sucks. The batteries bugg me a bit too, I'll use reloadables one. But the biggest reason why I'm interested is that with the adaptor, the GG can play MS games.
Do this console worth the money?

Well personally I love the Game Gear so I do recommend it. But it also depends on what game consoles you have already. If you have NO consoles now, then the GG would not be the best choice for your 1st console.

If I had no consoles at all, I would want a Genesis 1st.

But if you just want a fun, somewhat-portable console, the GG is great.

As for the screen-quality, I think it varies from one GG to the next. If u really want a GG I think u should check all the local shops, and test one before u buy it.

The GG screen was always kind of dim, even when the GG was brand-new, so it is best to play GG in the dark! My GG screen is lit somewhat unevenly, so some parts are slightly brighter than others. This really is not a problem though. Also my screen has just a couple small dead (black) spots, so u should really test one before u buy it if u can.

As for batteries, rechargables are nice, b/c u won't have to buy any more batteries ever again. If you don't want to mess w/ batteries at all, just get a cheap wall-plug for the GG. It will be a lot lighter too.

I never tried the MS adapter for the GG yet. It sounds fun but I'd expect some MS games will look much worse and harder to see, b/c the screen is so small and some detail will be lost, compared to playing the MS games on a TV....

[Yfrid]

The GG screen was always kind of dim, even when the GG was brand-new, so it is best to play GG in the dark! My GG screen is lit somewhat unevenly, so some parts are slightly brighter than others. This really is not a problem though. Also my screen has just a couple small dead (black) spots, so u should really test one before u buy it if u can.

try to recap it, it won't suddenly transform in an Oled screen but in the one i've repaired the image was blurrier than the others i had, after it was slightly better than them (nothing exciting, just closer to Nomad blurriness), about the backlight unevenly, i think is normal, his design is stupid, the GG could be like half sized if it hadn't it, it just a fat fluoro tube in the middle, inside a shiny concave reflective plastic. I guess your screen is brigher on the center, and darker on top and bottom, isn't it?

[Ecco]

try to recap it, it won't suddenly transform in an Oled screen but in the one i've repaired the image was blurrier than the others i had, after it was slightly better than them (nothing exciting, just closer to Nomad blurriness), about the backlight unevenly, i think is normal, his design is stupid, the GG could be like half sized if it hadn't it, it just a fat fluoro tube in the middle, inside a shiny concave reflective plastic. I guess your screen is brigher on the center, and darker on top and bottom, isn't it?

Thanks. I'm not really one to crack it open and recap it, but in the future I'd like to pick up a GG that is all repaired / souped up.

About the uneven backlight, yeah I thought it was normal after all these yrs.

My GG screen looks like it has 3 vertical strips, of slightly different brightness. The left side strip looks darkest, the middle is lighter, and the strip on the right is the brightest. These are still just slight differences though; it's mostly only visible against a solid background, like a black screen, or a blue sky...