gamegrid2084 Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I found a variant of the Sega Game Gear front shell that I've never seen before. There are factory molded "holes" or notches on the left side of the d-pad. At first I thought these were cracks or other wear, but after seeing a few other GGs that had the same thing and opening it up, it's clearly intentional. Out of about 100 GGs I've gone through, I've encountered about 8 of these. The d-pad is not different from any other GG and I have no idea why they would do this. Does anyone have one of these and does anyone have any idea why they would do this? It doesn't appear to affect the usage of the d-pad in any way (good or bad).. -gamegrid2084 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akator Posted August 26, 2020 Share Posted August 26, 2020 I checked my 3 Game Gears and none have the notches. I did notice that there was quite a bit of wear on the side of the D-pads from use over the decades. Perhaps this notch mod was to relieve some of that friction and wear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrecito Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Hmm...I have checked a few of my Game Gears and about half of them has a one or more cracks on the left side of the D-PAD. I always assumed that these were dropped but it could have happened during normal use. I have one where the plastic is chipped on the same spots as in your picture but I am sure in my case it is not intended as it has rough edges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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