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The Game Gear that devoured six batteries

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An absolute financial black hole disguised as a portable entertainment device. While boasting a glorious, full-color backlit screen, its insatiable hunger for electricity meant that a single road trip required parents to purchase roughly the equivalent of a small power plant in alkaline cells just to keep it alive.

The Game Gear that devoured six batteries
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