00:02 Its genuinely heartwarming that Kaylin emoting "Most Upset" bubbles up as joyful laughter! I love that and don't ever want that to change. The rest of us tryhard grumps would rage and be in a bad mood all day after finding a scratched disc. Kaylin is doing it the right way.
Love this content so much, I could watch hours of you clean,repair and replace video game systems. It's also calming to see how gentle and thorough you were.
It's not a bad job, but I would have applied some dielectric grease to the motherboard connection, just to ensure that no moisture got in there to corrode the board. I saw a Super Famicom one time that was almost completely rusted out inside.
So many great NES games. I loved most of the obvious. Zelda, Mario 3, Contra, Kirby, etc. One of the more obscure games I super loved was Cobra Triangle!
Yes, a store might be able to justify buying a disc resurfacing machine, although most stores would just refuse to buy the game if it appears to have a bad surface.
I saw the NES zapper in the background. I used to love the NES Zapper when I was a kid. I can remember playing duck hunt and holding the zapper close to the television
Those were great, I also loved the NES Power Pad that encouraged kids to exercise while playing their NES. It's just a shame that the necessary work to emulate the interlacing doesn't seem to be a thing so that the NES Zapper will work on TVs that aren't of the CRT variety.
9:14 Those internals look ancient. Wikipedia said the original NES Ricoh CPU was manufactured at 6,000 nanometers. That is crazy. Current computer CPUs are at 3-6nm which is 1,000x-2,000x smaller. Another thing I read on Wiki that is crazy is there has been almost no inflation in Japan over the last 40 years. It said Famicom cost 14k yen in 1983 which is equal to 19k yen in 2019. That is only like 40 percent inflation over 36 years. In the same timeline U.S. currency inflated by about 350 percent based on median income over that period going from 20k to 68k. It is probably actually closer to 500 percent based on how much everything cost just for living expenses.
For about 30 years after WW2; the Japanese economy was propped up by the U.S. Now they are a extremely prosperous Same with S.Korea. That's what happens when countries wisely spend the money we handout.
@@thepropcollet To be fair, Japan has a history of needing to be self-sufficient due to how hard it could be engaging in trade. Anytime the Chinese Emperor closed the border, it got extremely difficult to conduct trade outside of the country, there's really only a few countries that are near enough to them to make trade particularly practical.
You guys are awesome! Please keep it coming. I'm new here, and old, but I dig the passion. I can tell you guys care, and your commenters seem to feel it as well. Good luck young ladies, I am impressed.
That disc was either used as a toy to throw around or the owners pet had fun with it and used it as a chew toy. My Nintendo Entertainment System had the cartridge issues. I took it apart and fixed it and I'm happy that you show how to do it so more gamers can fix their NES to keep on gaming and have fun. Cool video. ^_^
@@SmallSpoonBrigade That's great. I love that after all of these years the community is working together to keep these wonderful retro games alive. ^_^
@@supersmallchibiwolf872 Yep, and it appears to be quite affordable when you consider the cost of just the regular 72 pin replacement being about a quarter the cost of the kid. And, it looks like I've finally been able to source a replacement cart slot for my Game Gear, so one of those will go in the GG and the other into the cart reader. They aren't even canabalized out of other units, so my GG Game Genie can sigh a breath of relief.
Awesome tutorial! Only things I would recommend is when putting screws back in, twist them backwards a bit till u hear a soft click the screw them in. That way you are using the threads allready in the plastic and not creating new ones. Also, those deeper scuffs might come out with a magic eraser!
0:10 What the hell did they do this poor Wii game? 😨😧 The N.E.S. [especially older consoles] get worn out over time, and seeing you fixing, cleaning, and bringing back the NES Console to its former glory just makes me happy 😊 My favorite NES games beside Super Mario Bros are: Mega Man 1 - 3 Ninja Gaiden Contra More video game console restoration videos please! 😁😄😃😀
Upon taking one of these apart, long ago, I found some weed hidden in the bottom in the secret compartment on the bottom for the not used expansion port
Coheed and Cambria, and ELP at riverside, but YES at the riverside was my favorite, you didn't ask, but I jumped to that. Hope the Hawthorne Heights concert was awesome?!
Super Mario Bros. 2 was my childhood favorite video game of owning a major gaming console the NES! Because, my Game Boy Color requires newer batteries after so many long gaming hours!
Never knew what was inside of the nes until now. It's pretty much like a big game chip. Favorite nes game would have to be Batman...beat it several times when I was a kid. Loved the wall jump, and the Joker boss.
maybe not a drill but there are electric screwdrivers with clutches that can definately make the job a lot faster and not run any risk of ruining or stripping anything.
One of my favorites is Life Force, because that was the first game I bought with my own money when I finally broke my dad down in getting a NES 'for the family'. I remember examining the different box art for way too long in the 'world of Nintendo' section at Caldor. That enough 80s references for ya? lol It was a really cool shooter for its time. Then Bionic Commando and Adventures of Bayou Billy are some early notables besides the obvious Zeldas and Marios.
Not commenting my favourite NES game... But seeing you said loving puzzle games, what's a couple favourites aside Clu Club Land? Some I love are Gravity on DS, Mercury PSP, Gluf Megadrive, Kurushi PS1, Shift Extended on PSP, QIX arcade, and on PS3 King Oddball and Tennis in the face 👌
A couple things, one if you're going to go to the trouble of replacing the pins, it's worth smearing some dielectric grease to the motherboard side of the connection, the pin connector is something that can be manufactured again, and I'm fairly sure the one you're using is new, but the motherboard side is pretty much irreplaceable without getting one of those new opentendo boards and taking the risks associated with moving some of those chips to the new one. The other thing, is that I don't think it's actually necessary to press the cart down, if you look at the mechanism, it's already connected the moment you push it in, the downward press was just a marketing thing. I personally press mine down, because the pins are bad and in order to judge how far to push the cart in, I need to push it just far enough to barely clear the case. One of these days, I'll replace the current mechanism with one of those nintendo drawers, but I do all my NES gaming on a Mister FPGA, so that's not a high priority item.
Nintendo always instructed, or people always understood to press down the cart, so whenever I used a Game Genie, it was "magic" that the game would play not being pushed down. With a replacement 72-pin that I installed in my system back in 2012, I was able to just insert carts (with some more force than the old pin connector) without pressing down.
Nintendo pushed that view because they wanted the NES to be more VCR-like to distance itself from the Atari and other home consoles. It's not required to push it down and if you look at the connector, the pins are connected as long as you've pushed the cart back far enough to make connection. VCRs definitely weren't common at the time, but they were around and people had some awareness of them.
Maybe this is what I needed to save the old family NES ... I've been dealing with cameras for a few years now, so this might be easier than I was worried about.
i remember when i first took apart my nes to clean it. it looked so overwhelming at first and i watch lie 6 different videos about disassembling the nes. after taking it apart i boiled the 72 pin connector and deep cleaned the nes and after that taking them apart now it was easy.
Oh the days when everything wasn't glued or "snap-shut" together and everything was serviceable. I remember modding my original first edition PS1 so it could play, ahem, "otherwise acquired" games. took about 15 minutes with soldering. That PS1 lasted me 10 years and would have lasted longer if I didn't have to get rid of it due to moving country.
I couldn't name any of their songs, but I was grade school/high school friends with one of the band members of Hawthorne Heights. Hope you had a good time!
Last time I had to fix a console, I was looking up FAQs online on how to replace a Laser for an O.G. PS2 b/c it stopped reading the discs... Regular Maintenance saves you money down the road, no matter the system.
I bought a very cheap Nintendo NES system for cheap but I already know that I'll have to do this.. Going to watch several videos and get ready as it is waiting a door as my NES system was missing a door and I can't tell you how filthy it was when I got it ..but it was $55 bucks before taxes.
Have you ever tried repositioning the pins on the original connector using a pick or similar tool? There will never be new connectors that are produced as good as the originals. All the ones I've come across the pins feel dangerously tight when inserting a cart or they just suffer from flimsy overall construction.
Question for Rad junk, if you can answer it i would ve forever appreciative.. I have seen different 72 pin connector options online.. someone local said he wouldn't recommend the cheaper ones abd compared their quality ti the cheap ones on the retron and classiq N system which put a death grip on your games.. Do you use and recommend a specific one as I'm sure down the road I'll have to get a replacement for my new to me but very used NES system.
I would have gently scraped a toothpick between the main plastic plates of the controller (to loosen built up palm gunk) before proceeding with the toothbrush, or does that put wear on the plastic, thus potentially allowing moisture inside the controller? Yikes, I didn't know the Shop Mouse hung with Shrews bubbling lord know what in large black cauldrons in the dead of night, lol.
00:02 Its genuinely heartwarming that Kaylin emoting "Most Upset" bubbles up as joyful laughter! I love that and don't ever want that to change. The rest of us tryhard grumps would rage and be in a bad mood all day after finding a scratched disc. Kaylin is doing it the right way.
When things were simple 😊 no fans no hard drives no updating just a simple motherboard and connectors gotta love the 8 bit days of the late 80s ❤
YOU WILL HAVE E.T AND LIKE IT
A segment with THE shop 🐀! This is a good one
That's cool you take the time to clean and replace parts of the old NESs and you're not just a flea market for stuff. Keep up the good work.
I love this shop! Wish it was next door 😄
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Ikr? Would love to live in close distance. Maybe one day if I vacation in Florida I can visit the shop and bar
@@cluelessdrifter9881I live in Florida and it’s still too far away.. 😐
Hell, I wish I knew where it was. I'd go traveling to check it out. I'm sure it would be worth the trip
@@jtoast Umm just go to the link in their channel description
Double Dragon II is probably my all time favorite just because its short and sweet. Also the music and gameplay is so good.
Love this content so much, I could watch hours of you clean,repair and replace video game systems. It's also calming to see how gentle and thorough you were.
Love seeing the care and attention you folks take. Keep up the great vids. Best from Aotearoa! 🥝
It's not a bad job, but I would have applied some dielectric grease to the motherboard connection, just to ensure that no moisture got in there to corrode the board. I saw a Super Famicom one time that was almost completely rusted out inside.
So many great NES games. I loved most of the obvious. Zelda, Mario 3, Contra, Kirby, etc. One of the more obscure games I super loved was Cobra Triangle!
Nothing makes me happier then keeping gaming alive. Great job on the nes and cleaning on the ps4 controllers. Also look at that Saturn inventory.
Yes, a store might be able to justify buying a disc resurfacing machine, although most stores would just refuse to buy the game if it appears to have a bad surface.
I saw the NES zapper in the background. I used to love the NES Zapper when I was a kid. I can remember playing duck hunt and holding the zapper close to the television
Those were great, I also loved the NES Power Pad that encouraged kids to exercise while playing their NES.
It's just a shame that the necessary work to emulate the interlacing doesn't seem to be a thing so that the NES Zapper will work on TVs that aren't of the CRT variety.
All-time favorite NES game is Bubble Bobble. I _still_ have that tune stuck in my head.
9:14 Those internals look ancient. Wikipedia said the original NES Ricoh CPU was manufactured at 6,000 nanometers. That is crazy. Current computer CPUs are at 3-6nm which is 1,000x-2,000x smaller. Another thing I read on Wiki that is crazy is there has been almost no inflation in Japan over the last 40 years. It said Famicom cost 14k yen in 1983 which is equal to 19k yen in 2019. That is only like 40 percent inflation over 36 years. In the same timeline U.S. currency inflated by about 350 percent based on median income over that period going from 20k to 68k. It is probably actually closer to 500 percent based on how much everything cost just for living expenses.
For about 30 years after WW2; the Japanese economy was propped up by the U.S. Now they are a extremely prosperous Same with S.Korea. That's what happens when countries wisely spend the money we handout.
@@thepropcollet To be fair, Japan has a history of needing to be self-sufficient due to how hard it could be engaging in trade. Anytime the Chinese Emperor closed the border, it got extremely difficult to conduct trade outside of the country, there's really only a few countries that are near enough to them to make trade particularly practical.
You guys are awesome! Please keep it coming. I'm new here, and old, but I dig the passion. I can tell you guys care, and your commenters seem to feel it as well. Good luck young ladies, I am impressed.
Duck Tales was my favorite and then BAM, you were testing the Duck Tales game! I’m making a trip to your shop!
Duck Tales 2 is even better
So glad i came across this channel recently. Already one of my favourite's! 👍
I see these videos, and it kinda makes me wanna road trip from Colorado to Florida just to shop for all the nostalgia!
Great video. Enjoyable and informative. Would love to see more vids like this and restoration projects.
We’ve got more on the way!
I've learned so much about caring for console from you all. I love the cleaning videos.
If I'm ever down in FL I'll definitely come by your shop! Love these videos, keep it up!
Im really loving the how-to DIY for repairs content.
That disc was either used as a toy to throw around or the owners pet had fun with it and used it as a chew toy. My Nintendo Entertainment System had the cartridge issues. I took it apart and fixed it and I'm happy that you show how to do it so more gamers can fix their NES to keep on gaming and have fun. Cool video. ^_^
💙💙💙
@@RadJunk ^_^
There's also a new NES drawer available for purchase that should be a lot more durable. From what I understand, it should be a lot more durable.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade That's great. I love that after all of these years the community is working together to keep these wonderful retro games alive. ^_^
@@supersmallchibiwolf872 Yep, and it appears to be quite affordable when you consider the cost of just the regular 72 pin replacement being about a quarter the cost of the kid. And, it looks like I've finally been able to source a replacement cart slot for my Game Gear, so one of those will go in the GG and the other into the cart reader. They aren't even canabalized out of other units, so my GG Game Genie can sigh a breath of relief.
Cleaning consoles is so satisfying.
Thank you for making these videos. Watching your videos is very calming to me.
0:10 wow the DJ played that disc like Plok ! 😂💥👊
Thanks for pointing out the lip. I've seen a lot of people put them back incorrectly.
It’s definitely tricky at first!
Awesome tutorial! Only things I would recommend is when putting screws back in, twist them backwards a bit till u hear a soft click the screw them in. That way you are using the threads allready in the plastic and not creating new ones.
Also, those deeper scuffs might come out with a magic eraser!
i've done this to a nes before!! it made a BIG difference! much love!
Love the Hawthorne heights shirt, I’ll guess you saw them recently
I'm jealous, your shop mouse seems dope. My shop mice just destroy things and poop everywhere.
My favorite NES game is Little Nemo Dreammaster. Love the concept, the gameplay, the music. Still haven’t beaten the last level.
0:10 What the hell did they do this poor Wii game? 😨😧
The N.E.S. [especially older consoles] get worn out over time, and seeing you fixing, cleaning, and bringing back the NES Console to its former glory just makes me happy 😊
My favorite NES games beside Super Mario Bros are:
Mega Man 1 - 3
Ninja Gaiden
Contra
More video game console restoration videos please! 😁😄😃😀
"Between the future and the past tennnssee....lies the present in the distannncceeee." 🤘🤘🤘
Ah, always cool to see old machines saved like this.
I’ll take all the old oem pin connectors you pull out!
They shall live again.
Low-G-Man is my all-time fav NES game. And that's a game I've never heard anyone else talk about. Captain Skyhawk is high on my list too, though.
That's really awesome you replace that connector on every console that comes in.
Upon taking one of these apart, long ago, I found some weed hidden in the bottom in the secret compartment on the bottom for the not used expansion port
Score!
I love this shop so much! I wish it was next door I'd go there all the time 😄
Captain Skyhawk is super underrated. I played the heck out of it as a kid!
I just want more videos of anything honestly. Cleaning, customizing or even just throw up a retro play through.
Coheed and Cambria, and ELP at riverside, but YES at the riverside was my favorite, you didn't ask, but I jumped to that. Hope the Hawthorne Heights concert was awesome?!
I could listen to your voice all day lol. Chill vibes.
Super Mario Bros. 2 was my childhood favorite video game of owning a major gaming console the NES! Because, my Game Boy Color requires newer batteries after so many long gaming hours!
Never knew what was inside of the nes until now. It's pretty much like a big game chip. Favorite nes game would have to be Batman...beat it several times when I was a kid. Loved the wall jump, and the Joker boss.
Favorite NES game, got be Mario Bros. 3. So good. Also loved Duck Tales.
Great choices!
DID SOMEONE EAT THAT DISC?!
But it's always great to see someone take restoration steps like this. I could learn something.
maybe not a drill but there are electric screwdrivers with clutches that can definately make the job a lot faster and not run any risk of ruining or stripping anything.
One of my favorites is Life Force, because that was the first game I bought with my own money when I finally broke my dad down in getting a NES 'for the family'. I remember examining the different box art for way too long in the 'world of Nintendo' section at Caldor. That enough 80s references for ya? lol
It was a really cool shooter for its time. Then Bionic Commando and Adventures of Bayou Billy are some early notables besides the obvious Zeldas and Marios.
Fresh and clean again as NEW
Not commenting my favourite NES game... But seeing you said loving puzzle games, what's a couple favourites aside Clu Club Land?
Some I love are Gravity on DS, Mercury PSP, Gluf Megadrive, Kurushi PS1, Shift Extended on PSP, QIX arcade, and on PS3 King Oddball and Tennis in the face 👌
The ol’ stayin’ up late for a concert and then going to work the next day-one of my favorite pastimes 🎸
I’d throw it a party. That always cheers me up. But this works too
For NES, I always preferred the historical strategy games, like Silent Service, Nobunaga's Ambition, Genghis Khan, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Just found this channel, cool stuff, I always enjoy watching store channels and seeing what you guys get in. Subbed you
Thanks Sam and the lovely shop mouse! 🐭
A couple things, one if you're going to go to the trouble of replacing the pins, it's worth smearing some dielectric grease to the motherboard side of the connection, the pin connector is something that can be manufactured again, and I'm fairly sure the one you're using is new, but the motherboard side is pretty much irreplaceable without getting one of those new opentendo boards and taking the risks associated with moving some of those chips to the new one.
The other thing, is that I don't think it's actually necessary to press the cart down, if you look at the mechanism, it's already connected the moment you push it in, the downward press was just a marketing thing. I personally press mine down, because the pins are bad and in order to judge how far to push the cart in, I need to push it just far enough to barely clear the case. One of these days, I'll replace the current mechanism with one of those nintendo drawers, but I do all my NES gaming on a Mister FPGA, so that's not a high priority item.
Nintendo always instructed, or people always understood to press down the cart, so whenever I used a Game Genie, it was "magic" that the game would play not being pushed down. With a replacement 72-pin that I installed in my system back in 2012, I was able to just insert carts (with some more force than the old pin connector) without pressing down.
Nintendo pushed that view because they wanted the NES to be more VCR-like to distance itself from the Atari and other home consoles. It's not required to push it down and if you look at the connector, the pins are connected as long as you've pushed the cart back far enough to make connection.
VCRs definitely weren't common at the time, but they were around and people had some awareness of them.
Love seeing you upload a new video, damn I wish your store was near me but sadly I’m all the way across the country lol
Thank youuu!!!
Across the world for me
Maybe this is what I needed to save the old family NES ... I've been dealing with cameras for a few years now, so this might be easier than I was worried about.
i remember when i first took apart my nes to clean it. it looked so overwhelming at first and i watch lie 6 different videos about disassembling the nes. after taking it apart i boiled the 72 pin connector and deep cleaned the nes and after that taking them apart now it was easy.
Oh the days when everything wasn't glued or "snap-shut" together and everything was serviceable. I remember modding my original first edition PS1 so it could play, ahem, "otherwise acquired" games. took about 15 minutes with soldering. That PS1 lasted me 10 years and would have lasted longer if I didn't have to get rid of it due to moving country.
For speed i used to use a battery operated electric screwdriver to take screws out
I couldn't name any of their songs, but I was grade school/high school friends with one of the band members of Hawthorne Heights. Hope you had a good time!
Thank you for your attention to detail!☺️
Dang it, I should've come in on Sunday. It's always been so busy every time I come in.
2:15 Your warrantyyyyyy!!! 🤣
That disc has a literal curse on it.
Great retro mod repair video!
100 % Captain Skyhawk. Just bought a boxed copy for next to nothing since there are many copies and few that share this opinion.
wait this is my new favorite channel
I was always really happy playing Willow.
GOW controller and console looks rad for sure. I always loved the PlayStation controllers but I’m an Xbox man.
Just bend the pins back. I use a sewing needle. I’ve done it to at least 50 nes systems. Works great. And disable the lock out chip
My favorites mega man series. Iron tank. Captain skykid. Mario bros 2. My wifes favorite is castlevania
Last time I had to fix a console, I was looking up FAQs online on how to replace a Laser for an O.G. PS2 b/c it stopped reading the discs...
Regular Maintenance saves you money down the road, no matter the system.
I want a store like that and/or work at that store hahaha
So amazing!
You know you got an old console when you only need one screwdriver bit to take the whole thing apart.
Captain Skyhawk was one of my favorite NES games growing up!! :D Still have my copy. Your husband has good taste :P
Yessss!
Much love and respect
Sam is definitely the raddest person at radjunk
Hello. I’m Bradley Black….Greenville,SC. SNES, PS1, N64, PS2 gamer. Cool VG store videos.
That's a RF shield, not heat shield. It's cool you clean your consoles, not many game stores do that.
I sadly realized that after I said it 59 times haha.
I bought a very cheap Nintendo NES system for cheap but I already know that I'll have to do this..
Going to watch several videos and get ready as it is waiting a door as my NES system was missing a door and I can't tell you how filthy it was when I got it ..but it was $55 bucks before taxes.
I like Hawthorne Heights too! :)
Those years of using the Game Genie totally destroyed my pins 😢
Video game and social media addictions are tragic
More cleaning videos with less music would be rad. A lot of people don’t see the inside of anything and it’s pretty interesting.
During the NES breakdown and clean, what was the background music titles and artists?
DAMN, makes me want to get a nintendo and get Gunsmoke, loved that game
Have you ever tried repositioning the pins on the original connector using a pick or similar tool? There will never be new connectors that are produced as good as the originals. All the ones I've come across the pins feel dangerously tight when inserting a cart or they just suffer from flimsy overall construction.
Battletoads or the original TMNT. Spent so many hours on those.
Glad to see the channel picking up so much!! Also, my heart is in Ohio.
Someone was choppin up candy
Question for Rad junk, if you can answer it i would ve forever appreciative..
I have seen different 72 pin connector options online.. someone local said he wouldn't recommend the cheaper ones abd compared their quality ti the cheap ones on the retron and classiq N system which put a death grip on your games..
Do you use and recommend a specific one as I'm sure down the road I'll have to get a replacement for my new to me but very used NES system.
before my stroke which paralyzed me I was a matter of fixing these Nintendo pin connector
I usually just bend the pins back in place.
But I've replaced a few
Rygar! Takes me back
I love the shop mouse! She's hilarious "...and don't forget to like, share and subscribe" 👀
I'm no neat freak - but Id rather die than trade in a system or game with gunk all over it. Loved the NES deconstruction
I would have gently scraped a toothpick between the main plastic plates of the controller (to loosen built up palm gunk) before proceeding with the toothbrush, or does that put wear on the plastic, thus potentially allowing moisture inside the controller? Yikes, I didn't know the Shop Mouse hung with Shrews bubbling lord know what in large black cauldrons in the dead of night, lol.