stackyFACTSAdding a screen to a storage block was revolutionary until you realized the electrical logistics. The tiny peripheral ran entirely on watch batteries, meaning it would violently emit a high-pitched, terrifying beep every single time you turned the console on just to inform you its internal power supply was completely dead again.
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