Thanks to Zarcade and sponsor Grid Studio for helping me with this project!

Links to both of them below, and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas this year!

Mentioned in this video:

– Grid Studio’s Game Gear: https://gridstudio.cc/products/game-gear?utm_source=JeffGeerling
– Zega Mame Gear: https://www.zegamamegear.uk/zega-mame-gear
– Mame Gear CM4 Adapter: https://www.zegamamegear.uk/product/ZMGCM4A001
– Handheld Legend: https://handheldlegend.com
– Brady Electronics Repair: https://bradyrepairs.com
– RetroPie: https://retropie.org.uk

Videos referenced in this video:

– Mame Gear assembly videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_UQzDre3Zc
– How I almost ruined MrBeast’s 1-100 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsV_C9cMf8A
– Sega Game Gear ‘color’ commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwl6WDR1_8c
– Sega Game Gear ‘airplane’ commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTt0N2gzSqQ

Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy
Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy
Merch: https://redshirtjeff.com
2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/GeerlingEngineering

Contents:

00:00 – Christmas came early!
00:17 – Childhood dreams
01:09 – Nintendo vs Sega
02:31 – Rescuing e-waste
03:31 – Electronic art
04:33 – Gathering parts
05:44 – Build
08:01 – Will it boot?
08:39 – Hackerman
09:21 – Emulation performance
10:01 – Some issues
11:22 – Merry Christmas

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