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/gameg...
Zega Mame Gear: https://www.zegamamegear.uk/zegamame...
Mame Gear CM4 Adapter: https://www.zegamamegear.uk/product/Z...
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:    • Zega Mame Gear / Game Gear Raspberry ...  
How I almost ruined MrBeast's 1100 video:    • How I almost broke MrBeast's Ages 11...  
Sega Game Gear 'color' commercial:    • Wow! COLOR (Sega Game Gear\Commercial...  
Sega Game Gear 'airplane' commercial:    • Video  

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Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy
Merch: https://redshirtjeff.com
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Contents:

00:00 Christmas came early!
00:17 Childhood dreams
01:09 Nintendo vs Sega
02:31 Rescuing ewaste
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