Jeff Geerling | Restoring a broken Game Gear with Raspberry Pi @JeffGeerling | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 5 hours ago.
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: gridstudio.cc/products/game-gear?utm_source=JeffGeerling
- Zega Mame Gear: zegamamegear.uk/zega-mame-gear
- Mame Gear CM4 Adapter: zegamamegear.uk/product/ZMGCM4A001
- Handheld Legend: handheldlegend.com
- Brady Electronics Repair: bradyrepairs.com
- RetroPie: retropie.org.uk

Videos referenced in this video:

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

Support me on Patreon: patreon.com/geerlingguy
Sponsor me on GitHub: github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy
Merch: redshirtjeff.com
2nd Channel: 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