{"product_id":"sega-game-gear-capacitor-kit","title":"SEGA Game Gear Capacitor Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6\/26\/25 - We have discovered that our stock of kits only contains 13 100uF SMD caps. If you have a VA4 Game Gear, you will need 3 more 100uF caps if you are replacing caps on the main board and audio board. Please reach out to support@handheldlegend.com with your order number and we will include the 3 extra caps in your order.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeveloped under the name \"Project Mercury\", the Game Gear was the primary competition to the Game Boy, the Atari Lynx and the TurboExpress.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt shared much of its hardware with the Master System, and can play Master System games by use of an adapter. Sega positioned the Game Gear, which had a full-color backlit screen with a landscape format, as a technologically superior handheld to the Game Boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Game Gear was notorious for bad capacitors, which means almost no Game Gears exist in the wild that work without repair.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis kit comes with all the capacitors needed to fix most versions of your Game Gear:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVA0\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVA1\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVA4\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVA5\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eINCLUDED:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1x Cap Kit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDOCUMENTATION:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.retrosix.wiki\/capacitor-replacement-game-gear\"\u003eInstall Guide\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eNOTES:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoldering skills required, small components may be difficult for beginners. Simply remove all old aluminum capacitors from the board, and install the same value capacitors in their place.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReplace all 10uF and 4.7uF capacitors with 10uF surface mount capacitors. Replace all 4.7 and 10uF with 10uF. Replace all 22, 33, 68 and 100uF with 100uF.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThis kit now comes with 1000uF instead of 820uF.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCaps depicted in photo is not exactly what will be received. Updated photo coming soon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hand Held Legend","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67221173305585,"sku":"SGG6200","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0742\/4947\/0193\/files\/image-2023-03-02T164301.370.jpg?v=1792006593","url":"https:\/\/www.gamersgoretro.com\/products\/sega-game-gear-capacitor-kit","provider":"Gamers Go Retro ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}