Kill AM

[A Black Falcon]

Not about the AM thing, but I wanted to comment on my Game Gear. As it turns out, no it isn't a Majesco model. Apparently Sega released two models of the GG way back when. The first (2110) is the one I originally got as a kid, the one that died, and the second (2110G) which was a fix to the capacitor issues as well as a streamlining of the internals to lessen costs, explaining why it isn't dead like my other one. It doesn't have any of the later Majesco changes of course, and the screen is basically the same. Apparently in the process of streamlining the internal design, they cut out that direct video feed from cartridge to screen, though oddly didn't remove the two spots where the TV Tuner locks into place or note it in any of the included paper work (the replacement had all it's documentation included, nicely enough). Depending on how the direct feed to the screen was handled, I wonder if I could do a simple modification to fix this?

Then again, it'd be entirely for curiosity's sake, considering that all I'd get out of it is the chance to see static what with no analog stations around any more.

Huh, interesting, I didn't know about the second Sega model. When did they start making those, late in the system's life I guess? Because there are lots of dead Game Gears out there...

Also, does the TV Tuner lock into place in the same place(s) as the Master System converters do, or are they different? The SMS converters still work on systems TV tuners won't, as far as I know (I can't test it myself so I wouldn't say it for certain though, I just haven't seen it mentioned that that was removed too), so maybe that's part of why?