Consolized Sega Gamegear for Sale

[turbokon]

Sorry if this is in the wrong spot. I haven't posted here in awhile. I'm more active on pcenginefx forums and several facebook group.

Consolized Sega Gamegear for sale. It has the following upgrades, new lcd, vga out, two controller ports and recapped. Includes vga cable only. You can adjust resolution and add scanlines by holding start, button 1 and 2 at the same time on the game gear. Contrast dial enable vga out and disable lcd to conserve battery life. $300 shipped within US.








http://youtu.be/f94fD8VjCw4

LCD scaling test:
http://youtu.be/1TEB-SY5Ptw

Vga out testing:
http://youtu.be/JGkABtRsRwk

[Trebuken]

The audio is not output is it?

The VGA out limits it a little as well, though I am sure there is an adapter. I think this is great minus the sound output.

[turbokon]

You can get audio output from the gamegear earphone jack. Some tv has audio input for vga via a 3.5mm jack.

[turbokon]

Added some pictures.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I would be interested, but $300 is far too much in my opinion.

There are much cheaper solutions of playing GG games on an TV and not saying this isn't a cool and very clean looking mod, but generally speaking I've found you are better off with the Master System versions of whatever was on the GameGear thanks to increased resolution and FM sound support. Problem was there were a pile of GG exclusives not on SMS, but the $300 price is too high to justify that when console based emulation solutions via Android set top boxes are half of the price and do far more than play GG games.

[turbokon]

I would be interested, but $300 is far too much in my opinion.

There are much cheaper solutions of playing GG games on an TV and not saying this isn't a cool and very clean looking mod, but generally speaking I've found you are better off with the Master System versions of whatever was on the GameGear thanks to increased resolution and FM sound support. Problem was there were a pile of GG exclusives not on SMS, but the $300 price is too high to justify that when console based emulation solutions via Android set top boxes are half of the price and do far more than play GG games.

Cost is due to mostly for the lcd. I have sold 3 in the last couple of months but without the controller ports.

[Gameguy]

Cost is due to mostly for the lcd.

Maybe this upgrade is something to pass on for those looking to save some cost. If I'm buying a Game Gear with video out capabilities, I'm not planning to use it portably anymore. Too big and bulky to carry around, and the battery life sucks too so it's mostly destined to be used with an AC adapter. Plus I would be nervous of losing or damaging it if I took it around somewhere as it's not easy to replace without having one modded again.

Personally I would just want some type of composite output so I could use this on an older CRT television, but an older CRT computer monitor could work. It just makes sound output more of a challenge to use a computer monitor. Otherwise, it's very nice work to see this mod done. This is from someone who pretty much prefers to keep hardware stock and unmodded in general.

[Nz17]

As one might guess, this thread belongs in the Buying and Selling sub-forum. Thus it has been moved to there.

[Bratwurst]

I would be interested, but $300 is far too much in my opinion.

That attitude is pretty much why almost no one mods Sega hardware on the same level as Nintendo or even TG-16/PC Engine.

[Empsolo]

Seeing this brings up an interesting question. I wonder why Sega never bothered with a portable game adapter for the genesis? I mean Nintendo had one for every console from the Super Gameboy for the SNES all the way to the GBA adapter for the gamecube.

[SparTonberry]

GameGear has a higher color palette than the Genesis. That's at least one reason.

[turbokon]

That attitude is pretty much why almost no one mods Sega hardware on the same level as Nintendo or even TG-16/PC Engine.

Amen!!

[turbokon]

Added a couple video demonstrating the scaling and scanlines capabilities.

[turbokon]

And it's sold.