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Tv tuner compatibility and scaling issue. Mcwill screen is great but there"s no bilinear filtered full scaling option or video inputs; doesn"t seem like screen can be toggled on/off independently with console off.

AFAIK the uc-320 uses 68 pin adhesive ribbon cable. 68 pin plug somehow allows screen to interface with vdp to be manipulated in unique ways. Think that"s how both sms and gg titles can fill entire screen space without scaling issues.

While I understand you are not satisfied with the situation, I"m quite unsure what more you would have expected. We compiled a chart with the requested OEM and corresponding replacement capacitor for you.

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It’s my personal opinion that the Game Gear’s screen has not aged well. Unlike the Game Boy systems, there was only one revision of the Game Gear made by Majesco, which didn’t offer much improvement. Some people have modded the GG’s backlight with a newer one which saved battery life, but it didn’t improve the overall picture enough to make a drastic difference. Other people had even installed newer LCD screens into their Game Gear’s, but you’d either be forced to play them in half-screen, or stretched. Luckily, McWill, creator of the excellent Atari Lynx mods has also created a kit for the Game Gear, marking the first time someone’s truly been able to improve the Game Gear’s portable experience.  His LCD kit offers scaling effects and scanlines without creating any lag, all while having the pixels stay in their right positions. This is because the pixels are captured digitally into ram, instead of being an analog conversion.

Let’s first take a look at how McWill’s screen compares to the original and Majesco Game Gear screens. Keep in mind that while people claim the Majesco screen’s are generally slightly better quality, the condition of the Game Gear makes the biggest difference. While my Majesco GG is in excellent condition, it’s unmodified and my original Game Gear has had a full capacitor replacement. I can still see slightly more detail in the Majesco screen, however if both had brand new capacitors, it would be a bit more noticeable. More importantly though, even a perfect condition Majesco screen pales in comparison to the replacement LCD (click for full-sized):

The LCD screen mod has seven different modes that can be scrolled through by holding buttons 1, 2 and Start at the same time.  Here’s a description of each:

2 – Scaled Resolution with Scanlines:  This mode ads vertical scanlines, emulating the look of the original screen.  It’s very hard to capture in pictures, but in person I really enjoyed the effect it created.

3 – Doubled Horizontal Resolution, Scaled Vertical resolution:  This mode doubles the GG’s 160 horizontal pixels to 320, so when stretched to the 320 pixels of the LCD screen, the horizontal resolution eds up scaled perfectly, while the vertical resolution is stretched.

5 –  Doubled GG Resolution (upper and lower parts are cut off):  The Game Gear’s resolution is doubled to 320×288, but only 240 of the 288 vertical pixels are displayed.  This allows for no stretching, but with the top and bottom of the image cut off.  In some games this doesn’t really make any difference at all.

Here are screenshots of each mode, listed in the order described above.  It’s very hard taking pictures of LCD screens, but I did my best.  Keep in mind that it actually looks much better in person:

Master System on Game Gear:Unlike when using the original screen, SMS games on a Game Gear with a screen replacement look great!  Also, McWill added the same scaling options as for Game Gear games:  They can either be played in their original resolution of 256×192 to preserve the aspect ratio, or that resolution can be stretched to 320×192 to fill the screen horizontally.  Both modes also offer vertical scanlines, which I think is a great effect:  It still feels like you’re playing an SMS game on a Game Gear…but you can actually see what’s on the screen!  Click below for a full-sized pic:

In a perfect world, we’d be able to find modern LCD’s that match the exact size, resolution, refresh rate and aspect ratio of the original handhelds. Since that’s impossible to find, McWill has done the next best thing by digitally scaling the original Game Gear video signal onto a newer, high-quality screen. While it doesn’t exactly match the look of the original Game Gear, I find the second mode “Scaled Resolution with Scanlines” to be great for most games.  Some games such as Fantasy Star have weird vertical effects in that mode, so for those games I just switched to doubled mode and it looked fine.

As a kid, I owned a Game Gear and while I really loved it, I was always annoyed and distracted by the terrible look of the screen;  Even back then I felt it took away from the gameplay.  I can honestly say that playing Mega Man on my Game Gear with McWill’s LCD screen absolutely blew me away and it was like experiencing the Game Gear again for the first time.  Unfortunately, the kit is extremely expensive, but truly worth it for any serious Game Gear fan.

McWill’s website is currently being finished, but if you’re interested in this mod, you can reach him on the Atari Age forum, or email him directly:  order-lynx-lcd@online.de

I suggest checking out the Game Gear TV-Out page for details on McWill’s VGA / RGB out mod, otherwise please head back to the main Game Gear page for more information.

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TL;DR:It seems that the majority of Game Gears that have troubles operating is suffering from leaking electrolytic capacitors, so it makes sense starting with recaping. It is very important to clean the PCB thoroughlyof the electrolyte fluid from old capacitors. As GameGear motherboard will operate even with no caps at all, although not recommended.

I bought a Sega Game Gear(VA1 — Twin ASIC (837–7398–01, 837–7719–01, and 837–7996)) at a local flee market. Since it is a European version (different regions have different power plug polarity, so be careful what power supply you use), I used my Spectrum ZX power supply to test it.

So if your Game Gear is experiencing similar symptoms, try measuring the output of the powerboard (first 5V and than 34V lines after power up cycle). It is important that you attach the multimeter before powering on, otherwise you might miss the initial surge. If 34V is stable and the 5V is not, try resoldering the components that are shared between them.

A picture off Facebook from a professional repair man, please note he uses a lot of SMD ceramic/tantalum capacitors (tantalum has the lowest ESR) the size of the caps is 1210/1206. If you find them in the right values, this is a much better option than using electrolytes, because the physical space in the console is very limited and the ceramic/tantalum caps are much more reliable. This board also has the LCD screen mod.

If you’re still not getting the correct voltages a user on Facebook group suggested the Game Gear Power Board IC Repair Kit, which contains the electrolytic capacitors, MB3775 (size SOP 16) IC and 3 power transistors (A, B and C).

Turning off is a protection mode for Game Gear and something is grounding out (you have a short to the ground (measure resistance between 5v and ground with power switched off)). Can be as simple as a misplaced polarity on a cap, a fleck of solder, bad power board, electrolytic fluid from an old cap, or battery acid under a chip that you can"t even see. The base point for troubleshooting would be a nicely and thoroughly cleaned mainboard.

If the fault on your game gear is the CFL tube lights, no power light, black screen then power off. A few times switching on and off and it starts working, than it was suggested to swap tiny transistor next to the 0.47 50v caps, swapping(Q3, Q4 transistors fixed the issue in one case).

One easy thing to check is leave the Game Gear on, for some time. If your screen is still flickering pay attention to transistors (Q9 and Q10). Sometimes electrolytic fluid from leaked capacitors catches underneath one of the transistors or resistors and that can be causing a slight short.

The last resolve would be an LCD screen mod McWill or a Chinese clone. (all of the images are from FB group and are here for educational purposes only)

If the lines roll and are not static, than there is usually still hope that recapping will fix the screen issue. With static lines it usually means that there is physical damage to the screen or the driver chip died or is on its way out.

Matt Marshall from the Facebook group suggested that sometimes these lines can be removed by (very!) gently warming up the LCD chip & ribbon cable and basically attempt to re-flow the ribbon cable, this should be used as a last result as you may damage the screen. If the lines roll and are not static, than there is usually still hope that recapping will fix the screen issue.

Alex Schot from FB group: “The middle IC LCD driver chip is losing connection or failing. Sometimes applying heat to the IC (hover your soldering iron above it for example) and then pressing down will fix the issue.” You could also try with a hairdryer.

This screen was saved by changing electrolytic capacitors. If the lines roll and are not static, than there is usually still hope that recapping will fix the screen issue.

Some have tried to fix this issue by heating the right edge of the GG LCD but have also had it come back not to long after. This issue seem like a typical case off ribbon cable detaching from the screen matrix. As a last resort I would try to heat the connections and try to re-flow them.

Vertical lines aren’t unfixable so much as its only a temporary fix, they are caused the same way they are on Game boy screens, just heating the ribbon cable with hot air and pressing it down usually removes them however every time the system gets hot you fix melting the connection and it probably dying again.

A newly designed drop in replacement power board for the GG, that is currently in beta testing. Instead of the barrel plug it has USB-C, so you can power it from a traditional USB power supply, power bank or computer for example.

SEGA Game Gear: Retrofix Special - LCD & Capacitor Replacement, Lens, Refurb. SEGA Game Gear - "Retrofix Special" Professionally refurbished, cleaned & polished. Refurbishment includes: McWill"s Replacement 3.5" LCD Screen & Backlight - We professionally install McWill"s Replacement 3.5" LCD Screen with modern backlight and board. Featuring retro-style scanlines enabled by pressing START, FIRE1 & FIRE2 together. Compatable with both SEGA Master System & Game Gear Games in full screen. This screen will bring new life to your game gear and looks simply amazing. There are also a few videos currently on YouTube showcasing the quality which we recommend you check out if you"d like to see it in action! Full Capacitor Replacement - Game Gears have a common problem that with age the capacitors inside start leaking which causes a variety of faults, such as having to view the screen on strange angles, sound dropping out or only working via headphones, no image at all and eventually refusing to power on for more than a second. All Retrofix refurbished Game Gears come with a full replacement of all capacitors regardless of their condition, to prevent this issue ever occurring. We use only a specific combination of the highest quality Panasonic & Nichicon capacitors which we stand by and guarantee to last. The Panasonic & Nichicon capacitors we use are specifically designed for Video or Audio depending on the application. New Replacement Screen Lens Installed - We have professionally fitted a factory new exact replica of the original screen lens. This is the protective plastic lens that has the SEGA and Game Gear logos printed on it and covers the LCD screen inside. 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Many new HDTV"s are multi-region as standard but please check before purchase. Alternatively there are products such as region converters that can process PAL into NTSC. Retrofix Australia Atari 2600 SEGA Master System SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis SEGA Game Gear Nintendo NES Nintendo SNES Nintendo Famicom Nintendo Super Famicom Nintendo Game Boy Sony PlayStation Cables / Adapters Replacement Parts SEGA Game Gear - "Retrofix Special" Professionally refurbished, cleaned & polished. Refurbishment includes: McWill"s Replacement 3.5" LCD Screen & Backlight - We professionally install McWill"s Replacement 3.5" LCD Screen with modern backlight and board. Featuring retro-style scanlines enabled by pressing START, FIRE1 & FIRE2 together. Compatable with both SEGA Master System & Game Gear Games in full screen. This screen will bring new life to your game gear and looks simply amazing. There are also a few videos currently on YouTube showcasing the quality which we recommend you check out if you"d like to see it in action! Full Capacitor Replacement - Game Gears have a common problem that with age the capacitors inside start leaking which causes a variety of faults, such as having to view the screen on strange angles, sound dropping out or only working via headphones, no image at all and eventually refusing to power on for more than a second. All Retrofix refurbished Game Gears come with a full replacement of all capacitors regardless of their condition, to prevent this issue ever occurring. We use only a specific combination of the highest quality Panasonic & Nichicon capacitors which we stand by and guarantee to last. The Panasonic & Nichicon capacitors we use are specifically designed for Video or Audio depending on the application. New Replacement Screen Lens Installed - We have professionally fitted a factory new exact replica of the original screen lens. This is the protective plastic lens that has the SEGA and Game Gear logos printed on it and covers the LCD screen inside. With this you can be assured that your Game Gear screen will have no scratches or scuffs and be perfectly new! Full System Clean; Inside & Out - We also do a full system deep clean and refurbishment inside and out. We professionally clean all the circuit boards, connections and traces and remove any residual build-up, grime and leaked electrolytic acid caused by faulty capacitors. If buttons, seals or any other part isn"t up to scratch, then it"s replaced, making sure you get a Game Gear that"s going to last and not have sticky buttons or a bad cartridge slot any time soon. Items included in this listing: SEGA Game Gear Unit (Modified & refurbished console only; no other accessories included. Console packs in store if accessories needed.) McWill"s replacement 3.5" LCD screen & backlight Full capacitor replacement New screen lens Full refurbishment At Retrofix we use only the very highest quality components and tools in order to achieve the best possible end product.You can be assured your console has been refurbished and modified with skilled hands using only the following; German made Hi-End Neutrik 24k Gold RCA sockets. German made WBT 4% pure silver solder with halogen free flux in all applications that require solder for the lowest possible impedance. Japanese made Nichicon & Panasonic capacitors specifically designed for Audio, Video or Power depending on the application. Vishay Dale resistors - The No. 1 worldwide manufacturer in wire-wound and other power resistors. Genuine Kemet American Ceramic Capacitors. Genuine Texas Instruments components else ware where possible. Genuine Metcal Soldering Irons & Tips to ensure perfect solder-joints and the lowest possible stress on componants. 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Condition: Reconditionné par le vendeur, Condition: Professionally refurbished & modified by Retrofix Australia., Brand: Sega, Platform: Sega Game Gear

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Breathe new life into your classic Sega Game Gear hand held with this cutting edge IPS LCD replacement. Replacing the dated original LCD with this new, vibrant model will make playing Game Gear games a lot more fun, thanks to increased brightness, contrast, picture sharpness and improved battery life.

These replacement LCDs are the best on the market and have been specifically engineered for the Game Gear. While not retaining the native resolution of the original Game Gear screen, they offer several versatile scaling modes and a number of exciting features:-

Please make sure your Game Gear is in good working order before installing this mod. If the existing LCD is faint or can only be seen at an angle, you must replace the systems capacitors, otherwise performance from the replacement LCD will not be satisfactory. There are various guides on-line on how to do this or we can perform the repair for you here.

As we previously mentioned, we’re moving past Gameboy upgrades for the time being. We’re going to cover parts and replacement pieces for the faithful Sega Game Gear. Today we’re specifically covering the shell, buttons, lenses, and Clean Power GG from Retro Six. It’s a lot to cover, so buckle up, because we’re going to cover a lot of ground. Starting off with an unboxing video (and a bonus parts swapping vid)!

After great success with previous shells, for 2020 we focused hard on the Game Gear. We took our time, made multiple molds, refined and perfected the kit to finally reveal our RetroSix Prestige ABS Shell Kit for the Game Gear.

Sexy. Not just the red, but all of the colors are absolutely out of this world. If you’re thinking all that they have are the red that I’m using and the standard black, you’re wrong my friend. If you head over to their site right now, you’ll find more colors. You’ll see that they also sell more and as of now, these are what they have. Black, red, light blue, yellow, cream white, orange, purple, grey, mocha brown, clear, clear black, dark blue, light green and dark green. I can only imagine more colors or finishes will come. But I don’t work there, so I can only hope. I would love to see if they do a soft touch, rubberized “Pearl” finish like that of their Gameboy Advance shells I reviewed previously.

Simple. Everything here is a drop-in kind of situation. Take it out of the OEM Sega shell and drop it into this new one. You don’t have to undo any of the previous battery leads either. The cords for the batteries stay in. The shell has built in shielding too, so no need to worry about transferring that. It’s so simple…I don’t even have anything more I can say about it. You don’t have to be experienced to remove screws and swap parts.

Compatible.This new shell is mostly compatible with original Sega Game Gear accessories. If you have an accessory that attaches to the top like the TV tuner, you’re in luck, it still has the bracket holes for that. If you have a battery pack that attaches to the back, you’re also in luck. The bracket slots on the back are still represented accurately. I don’t have any accessories, so I can’t test them. However, the slots are all there, so it’s obvious that those accessories should work. Mostly.

Compatible.Remember how before I said that this shell was “mostly”compatible? Well, I meant mostly because there is one difference. If you watched my shell swapping video, you’ll have heard me mention that the shell was missing one component. On the back center of your Game Gear, there is a gold hole. The hole is metal, prethreaded, and ready for a screw of some kind. The hole itself has been used for accessories in the past that have knobs to tighten the accessory into the Game Gear.

This hole is present on the back of the RetroSix shell, but it does not have any metal inside of it and it does not have any threading. I do not have any accessories for the Game Gear, let alone ones with a tightening knob. So I’m uncertain if you could use one to tap the threading into that hole. For those that are savvy, I’m also uncertain if you could unseat the original gold metal part and place it into the new shell. These questions are unanswered on their site, so either accept that you can’t use the accessory or take the risk and find out if you can tap the thread with the accessory itself.

Transparent?I discovered a “flaw” of sorts in the shell. Let me start by saying that it’s supposed to be a feature of the CleanPowerGG. I will be talking more about it further down in this article. I wanted to bring it up here as well because it’s relevant. So, when you have the CleanPowerGG plugged in, there is an LED on the CleanPowerGG. The LED is supposed to yield different colors for different statuses. My complaint is not the implementation of an LED that informs you of battery status. The complaint is that the LED light seems to bleed profusely through the shell in low-light settings. Conversely, no amount of light is noticeable when you’re playing in a well-lit room or outdoors. But if you’re like me, you play before bed in the dark or you play in a gamer space only illuminated by dim lights. I hope that they find a way to thicken the plastic around that area or line it with something to prevent light bleed. A simple lightpipe to divert the LED straight to a hole that is located on the top of their custom shells. They could make it to the left of the USB port (when looking at it from the front).

To be fair, I’m entirely uncertain if this happens this badly only with the red shell I have. It could happen to this extent with every shell they make. But what is truly the point of having the color-specific LED if you can barely see it in any logical place in regular lighting? This is presumably going to be used on someone’s official Game Gear shell at some point and not be visible at all. Those people couldn’t even utilize a light pipe solution without shell modification. I think a better suggestion would be a transparent power switch so the light can be seen. This works with OEM and RetroSix shells. They could then thicken the inside area of the shell where the light bleeds through (maybe only necessary on the red). There are some pictures below of my complaint, click to enlarge them to see the orange spots more clearly.

One of the most common issues with the Game Gear is the screen protector lens getting damaged, scratched or foggy over time.Grab yourself a brand new lens to improve your retro gaming!

Magnificent. Even if you’re keeping your original Game Gear screen inside, this lens just POPS. I’ve never used that word for anything. Not even when describing the glass lens they have for Gameboys. But the reason this looks so damn good is for the simple fact that it’s just so large and reflective. It also makes the underlying screen look much better. The OEM screen has less scratchy muddiness to it. Removing the muffed up plastic lens and installing a glass lens should happen even if you do zero other changes to your Game Gear shell. You’ll thank yourself later.

Scratching?I was too terrified to test scratches directly on this new glass lens. But I am happy to report that the other lenses I have from RetroSix are still scratch free and have been used under normal conditions. I think that there is a fear that it has a larger surface area so there is more chance of scratches. It would be great if their shells just had a smaller space to put a lens and they just make a custom lens that wasn’t as large. I don’t mean instead of these shells, I just mean for people who want the option for less glass on the front of their Game Gear.

Historical Accuracy. There was something special about the fact that the original Sega Game Gear lense was a bit convex. This glass one is superb, as I’ve already stated. The part that I wish was the most present in this shell is the bit of thickness that the top of the original lens had. Just be aware, they’re going for function over nostalgia with the glass lens.

Quality.As is mentioned in the description for the buttons, they are crafted from ABS plastic. And it’s not only the buttons that are made from ABS. They also use it for the bracket holding the speaker in place. Funnily enough, ABS plastic is also used on the battery contact cover. If you watched my video or know anything about the inside of the Game Gear, there is originally a thin piece of plastic glued onto one side of the battery contacts. It’s probably there to keep dust/battery acid out. But you have to remove it when swapping shells (unless you buy the CleanPowerGG) and need a new one in the new shell. So yeah, RetroSix supplies that replacement and it uses nice, thick ABS plastic on the battery contact cover. Definitely overkill, but still a welcome addition.

Feels.But how do these buttons feel? Well, when combined with RetroSix’s membranes, they work as well as expected. While the inside of the buttons that touch the membranes are made differently, they seem to feel just fine on the outside. So when you’re playing your game of Columns that you love so much, you won’t feel any sort of disparity between the buttons from RetroSix and Sega’s original feel. I also rather enjoy not having the fear of a 3rd party button not falling flush or below the plastic shell. Remember those 3rd party controllers from way back when? The buttons would be squishy and you could (and had to) press them so far down to register, that they just were no fun to use. Yeah, this is nothing like that.

D-Pad.It’s worth noting if you haven’t watched my swapping video, that the D-Pad in the kit does not play nicely with the existing Sega membrane. There is a ball that makes the OEM D-Pad pivot nicely. The RetroSix D-Pad comes with a built-in pivoting system. This is not a bad thing per se, but the website doesn’t tell you that their D-Pad membrane is required when you’re buying buttons. Or that you will have to make a modification to your old membrane. (I just removed the ball pivot and cut out the center where the ball was and made it match the one from RetroSix, but not everyone wants to do this.)

A common issue with the original Game Gear is the power board failing, the capacitors, transistors or the main IC. Although it can be fixed it has many issues such as a non-standard DC jack that is different per country, it cannot switch power between batteries and DC without resetting the console, and it is old and inefficient.

The CleanPower for the Game Gear works on all Game Gear versions and just drops in without soldering. Simply unscrew your console, unplug the old DC board and plug in the new CleanPower board.

The CleanPower GG can run off of quite low power and off of most standard USB ports. You are able to use the phone chargers and fast chargers around your house with zero issue. They shouldwork as low as 1.5 amps but if you’re running into issues with it, just use a port with 3 amps. I even plugged it into my USB 2.0 port on my PC and it turns on without batteries. Overall, having a choice of USB port is great because whether you’re using the iPad power brick or a low power phone charger or even a port in your car, you’re likely to be able to play this wherever you go. And while I don’t own one, RetroSix makes the claim that your Game Gear can run for 24 hours on a 20,000 mAh battery bank.

Zero Batteries. That’s right, I did say that, didn’t I? There’s no need for batteries. In the very same way that the original power supply can run the Game Gear without batteries in it. I’d almost recommend that. What’s really the point of burning through 6AA batteries all of the time when you can just be plugged up? USB cords can be long as hell and cost practically nothing. The bigger takeaway here is that you can have a lighter handheld. The weight of 6AA’s on top of the full-on weight of the Game Gear is something that will make you want to play it less.

LED. Works with the Game Gear’s built-in LED system to let you know if batteries are getting low. The low power LED that flashes on the Game Gear when the batteries are low will not flash. This is only true when you’re running on USB specifically as it has a consistent source of power. The same goes for when you run your Game Gear off of the default barrel jack power supply. This is great as it will not distract you with a flickering light the whole time.

LED.As mentioned before, there is an LED light inside on the CleanPowerGG board. It is orange if you’re on USB power. It is green if you power it on (from battery or USB) and you’re battery has plenty of charge. There are a few things wrong with this, the first being what I mentioned up in the shell section. If you’re plugged into USB in a low light setting, the color bleeds through. This even happens when the USB is plugged in and the power is not switched on. Rather annoying if you play before bed because you essentially have to unplug it or hide the Game Gear from view so you can sleep. When the device is powered on, it’s kind of pointless as you cannot really tell if it is green or not. It just seems to barely be noticeable through the cracks/openings. It is, however, very noticeable with the light bleeding the plastic when powered on via USB. This is goofy because you get the bleed of a random color, but the color of the LED is not obvious. They implement this very well on the GBA CleanPower solution. I think my clear plastic power switch idea is the best option assuming the size and shape of the Game Gear. They can even still make the color be matched like that of a transparent Game Boy or N64. The light would clearly shine through in different tones.

All of the choices I made in terms of color comes down to one thing. It’s simple really, I lovethe color red. Unfortunately, not every console, handheld, and controller comes in red. I would love to buy an official Rayearth Sega Game Gear. But you know as well as I do that that is far too pricey. I think making the item your own and customizing it is the next best thing. At that point, you at least have the memories and pride from doing it yourself. Especially when there are so many color options that Retro Six has between their shells, buttons, and lenses.

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