Collector interest
X-Terminator, a Datel cheat-and-import device for Game Gear, in its European version 2.1. Far more a hardware accessory than a game, it allowed regional locks to be bypassed and codes to be injected, a witness to a parallel tinkering market. Its desirability targets collectors of unlicensed peripherals and utility objects, attached to a technical, often overlooked side of the console's ecosystem.