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Sega — Game Gear

Sega Game Gear Recap Redo: Ceramics to Electrolytics

October 28, 20252 threads~1 min read
Leaking capacitors
Recap

Cautionary tale and full recap redo on a Sega Game Gear: do not recap Game Gears with ceramic capacitors. Replaced ceramics with proper electrolytics throughout.

hitmanmcc
hitmanmcc

October 28, 2025· Thread 1

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Actually, this is the final_final_v2 wrong that I needed to right. A long time ago, when I was just starting out, I got myself a Game Gear and because I didn't know any better, I recapped it with a RetroSix ceramics kit. Today I fixed that. #RETROGAMING #Sega #GameGear

hitmanmcc
hitmanmcc

October 29, 2025· Thread 2

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This one is less about righting wrongs and more about putting stuff where it makes sense. I had in the past installed some mods (power and audio) in a Game Gear with a stock screen so, now I'm just switching them over to a modded one. #RETROGAMING #Sega #GameGear

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