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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't think it'll work without enough voltage

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Depends on whether the batteries were hooked up in either series or parallel. Later GameBoys only needed 2 batteries but required the same voltage, so I'm guessing that the OG GB is wired in series-parallel.

So in other words, you need at least two batteries to be good for this to work in the OG GB. Later editions need both batteries to hold a charge to reach 3V.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

The og, as depicted in the meme, needs 4 batteries, but I remember from experience as a kid that it wouldn't work with a few dead batteries and one good one. Sometimes it would work out if they had enough juice in them, though. It wasn't nearly as picky as my Nomad was.