game gear and sega master system questions

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Re: game gear and sega master system questions

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mas wrote:I just got my game gear in the mail. I have to see at an angle and no sound= bad capacitors. Guy told me it worked fine and something happened to it in the mail. Anyways it was hard to play sonic. I think I'll just stick to my psp for a portable. I opened my master system 2 and there was soo much dead bugs in it and the motherboard is rusted. I'm going to just get a model1 master system. Is that model region free? And how much should I spend on a console only?
model 1 uses the same region. a bios mod should enable card slot japanese and sg-1000 games. but not carts yet.

Main upgrade of master system 1 is video quality. not just composite.
there's built in RGB output for when you're ready to invest in converters.
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Mas, if you have the inclination, you could try replacing the caps on that game gear.

If not, I'd say look for a game gear being advertised as have been re-capped. It will probably cost a premium, but you'll know it'll work right out of the box.
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I got one on bid and I asked if screen and sound works. Does anyone buy master system games complete or just buy the cart only?
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Just won an auction for a game gear and some master system cases. Hope the game gear works then I can get the master gear converter
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