View Full Version : Found my first flat screen Game Gear
ianoid
07-02-2004, 01:22 AM
I was beginning to wonder what these things look like or if they were an urban myth, but I finally found one- I guess these are the ones to use with the TV tuner and SMS cart converter.
The thing powers up only briefly and gives me a dying NES toaster flashing screen with start up and then black screen (like every 2 or 3 seconds. ) I suspect it needs to be cleaned or that I need fresh batteries or a power supply for it. Let's hope- after that PCE GT I got that looked great but had a dunce screen, I may have a handheld console curse.
Anyone else notice how rare these are? I believe that for the 30 or 40 GGs I've seen/found in the wild, this is the first flat screen one I've come up with. It's for keeps, BTW.
nildem
07-02-2004, 05:02 AM
Pics? :D
sniperCCJVQ
07-02-2004, 08:07 AM
Pics? :D
yup ?
rbudrick
07-02-2004, 11:33 AM
nildem wrote:
Pics?
yup ?
Forsooth.
Flat screen? Wha? I have a curved screen and it uses a TV tuner just fine...
-Rob
ApolloBoy
07-02-2004, 01:52 PM
I have a flat-screen GG too, but it doesn't work (it will work with SMS games for some odd reason).
Cmosfm
07-02-2004, 02:52 PM
FLAT SCREEN!?!?!?!
How did I now know of this? How could this tidbit of info bypass my vast knowledge of gaming trivia. FUDGE!
Pics. now. or die.
omnedon
07-02-2004, 04:57 PM
Flat Screen = glass lens
I wish I could find one. :) Good find. If you can't fix it, do a shell swap with a working one. Voila!
ApolloBoy
07-02-2004, 05:03 PM
FLAT SCREEN!?!?!?!
How did I now know of this? How could this tidbit of info bypass my vast knowledge of gaming trivia. FUDGE!
Pics. now. or die.
I'll scan in mine if you want...
ApolloBoy
07-02-2004, 05:18 PM
OK, here it is...
http://www.angelfire.com/ex/pixelpast/Copy_of_GG_flat.jpg
EDIT: Damn Angelfire....
To view the pic just copy & paste the link above...
larsoncc
07-02-2004, 07:00 PM
Two things...
1. If you open angelfire, then paste your link, it works just fine. Angelfire checks the referrer
2. I have one of these. I didn't realize it was rare. It's a first edition GG to be sure. Interesting.
sniperCCJVQ
07-02-2004, 07:05 PM
Copy and paste the link in a new window.
Cmosfm
07-02-2004, 08:28 PM
OK, here it is...
http://www.angelfire.com/ex/pixelpast/Copy_of_GG_flat.jpg
EDIT: Damn Angelfire....
Thanks! I now must start actually LOOKING at the Game Gears I see at the flea markets now. :P
Hovoc
07-03-2004, 01:04 AM
odd
thought they all looked like that, the one i had had a flat screen
I just saw one of these today. How much rarer are they then the round screen?
ianoid
07-03-2004, 01:49 AM
All this controversy beckons the question:
What is special about flat screen GGs?
What special compatibility/incompatibility do they have?
Is there any hardware difference aside from the flat screen?
And how rare are they? I would say to the last that they are 'rare' and 'desirable' but probably not THAT much more than the bubble-ish screen.
And when we say flat, we mean that the edges of the screen are not smoothed and rounded, rather it is closer to being flush with the black plastic body.
I don't really have pic-ability, but if someone could post a pic with a side or oblique-side view of both a flat and round screen, it would help the uninitiated (like me before I found this one.)
-hellvin-
07-03-2004, 02:06 AM
hmm...doubt they are rare at all. I have two because my parents bought me and my sister one Years and years ago when they came out with nice carrying cases and tv tuners....I'd say they are common. I never even knew there were different kinds.
Raven1280
07-03-2004, 02:20 AM
looks like a gamegear with a cheap replacment screen.
ClubNinja
07-03-2004, 09:47 AM
I can't imagine these are any bit rare. Mine's a "flat screen", my other collecting buddy's is a flat screen, and even my girlfriend's from when she was younger is a flat screen. I've seen the bubble-looking ones before, but never gave the variation any real thought. I just figured they changed the design half-way through production for whatever reason.
omnedon
07-03-2004, 10:01 AM
Flat glass is cleaerer and harder to scratch than the pastic rounded type. That's it. :)
dojosky
07-03-2004, 04:32 PM
yup i have 2 of those and i think i also have 1 blue version not sure gotta check my game gear systems i have about 10 game gear systems myself lol !!
Ed Oscuro
07-04-2004, 11:50 PM
The last Game Gear I saw (and probably the only ... yeah, the only) around 1998 or so was a glass screen, so I think.
Seconding what Ianoid said - why's it special?
omnedon
07-05-2004, 12:40 AM
Why is it special? Once again:
Flat glass is clearer and harder to scratch than the pastic rounded type. That's it.
Mr. Smashy
07-05-2004, 04:31 AM
I have one of each and I can only speculate that they changed the screen cover from glass to plastic since the plastic screen is less likely to break if it's dropped. I suppose it's fair to say that the Game Gear systems with the glass screen covers are more desirable being that they don't scratch as easily.