This one is quite a tale. Part one begins with a purchase I happily received from the Analogue company, makes of the Mega Sg that I use to film videos for this series. Back when the system first came out they promised a variety of adapters to make it possible to play things other than Sega Genesis on your console, including Sega Game Gear portable/handheld video games.

Unfortunately updating the firmware for my Mega Sg removed one of my favorite features – the ability to load backup copies of games off a SD card. Thankfully I quickly discovered that some enterprising people had solved this problem so I released a part two informing users of the solution.

That would be the last time I would ever use the Game Gear cartridge adapter. In a shocking twist Analogue announced on Twitter that their Game Gear adapter was DEFECTIVE and could DAMAGE YOUR CONSOLE through prolonged use. I released a third and final video to warn everyone.

Analogue has promised everyone who received the defective product (i.e. the entire first print run) a replacement within 30 days, but this really should have been caught BEFORE the cartridge adapter went out to consumers and not after the fact. Subscribe to Mistah MegaManFan (mmf187) for new episodes of Genesis Does every Thursday at 8 PM Eastern!