Buying a $3 Gamecube from Japan
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 22 май 2024
- about tree fiddy
▶SUPPORT on Patreon to watch videos like this early: / mattkc
▶FOLLOW on Twitter: / itsmattkc
▶FOLLOW on Twitch: / itsmattkc
▶FOLLOW on Instagram: / itsmattkc
▶Music used 
Игры
In Germany there is a ban to import animal products etc from outside the EU, but it seems i can just order some WII or Gamecube from Japan and get some free Bugs with it. Interesting.
Eine Lücke im Gesetz
Just import Cyberpunk. You're guaranteed to get a lot of bugs.
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo That's from Poland though, which at least right now is an EU country ;-)
@@MyRegardsToTheDodo lol didn‘t expect that
@@Dan-TechAndMusic wait, Poland is its own country again? We need to invade them again!
I love how the fist thing he does after finding out it's not garbage is he mod- chips it.
it ain't a MattKC restoration without a mod-chip.
my hero
You kind of have to, considering it won't play any US or EU games otherwise.
Your write speed is set to aws and if you've not configured it it will default to max wrote speed which will cause issues. Put it 2x and it will probably work.
Engineer
meanwhile in europe: "Remains of a Gamecube, broken and missing components" - 100€
Most people (the mainstream parents) just throw broken devices into the household trash if they’re broken like that.
@@user-10021 My dead grandpa's collection hurt the most...
The word "off" in Japan is a synonym for discount. For example, their version of half-priced books is Book Off. So hard off isn't much of a stretch. Instead of naming it off, hard off would mean very discounted. I even saw a sign for a store named Jack Off. This would be like calling it Jack's discount store.
j a c k. o f f
Makes sense considering we say “X percent off”
jack what?
The "hard" in "hard off" refers to hardware. Japanese shorten the word "hardware" to just "hard" and "software" to just "soft". You can buy stuff like old DVD players, random TV remotes and unknown cables, old PC parts, old home appliances such as microwaves and takoyaki makers, etc.
@@SukaNekoto Not surprised considering they shorten Personal Computer to Persocom.
Its nuts how a junk bin in Japan has so much good quality expensive stuff for a low price- Like... easily fixed stuff just being tossed and sold for 1-3 bucks.
I swear Japan has to be one of the major contributors to e-waste.
In 2012 I bought a crate from Japan filled with old consoles/games for $100.
@@lepidotos Or japanese people turn their broken shit in to be sold while the western world just throw it in the garbage.
@@SoidSnake I'd agree with you if it weren't for thr fact that like none of it is actually broken past a single fault, so I can't imagine what their criteria for unrepairable is.
@@lepidotos The point being that we the western world and the Japanese world live by the same rule. If it doesn''t work, get rid of it. But for the westerners it goes to the garbage bin, while for the Japanese it goes to the cheap broken bin instead, which is much better,
While it wouldn't have made a great video if you left it at that, I find it hilarious that the GameCube was sold for $3 because of a barely dirty port. We can always rely on Hard Off to do not great in their favor with pricing
this video was posted 3 minuets ago... you time traveling?!
@@cvalenx Members can watch early.
@@legomaniac588 Oh ok
@@legomaniac588 wait a second here…for me it says both comments were 2-weeks ago??
@@DrakeDaraitis At most I think he was a couple days early, so we commented on the same week. His should become 3 weeks before the others though.
Your videos inspired me to apply to a local retro games store for a technician job and I actually got it! I’ve been working on GameCubes and 3DS’s for the past two weeks and I’m so excited
Hey I'm really happy for you! Congrats!
What a cool job...
do most retro game stores have something like that?
@@brodown64 just ask if they refurbish consoles or buy consoles and if they do they probably have the job
Do you replace the circle pad on 3ds alot?
Yeah, I had a similar situation with my 4$ GBA, when the cartridge port was just dirty, and the owner's kid smashed the screen in anger... And the crystal oscillator also fell off the PCB. But after 5 bucks for parts and a few months of frustration about our mail services, I have a beautiful orange handheld!
Just a tip, to remove stickers, soak them in regular pharmacy alcohol for a minute or two. The alcohol will disolve the adhesive and you'll be able to lift the sticker with no problems.
You can even use contact cleaner or 70% alcohol to not damage the plastic.
Also to adjust the potentiometer, you absolutely need a tester or you won't be able to read anything and you risk putting a too high/too low value which can burn out the laser.
this is what i do. I use Isopropyl to take off stiickers
Yeah. Alcohol is better. WD stands for water displacement. They aren't all that appropriate for a task like this.
Or just use goo gone
@@thedopplereffect00 wouldn't goo gone risk damaging the plastic?
@@TylerFurrison hm, possibly, but couldn't wd40 also? Of course, test it first. With goo gone, you don't have to soak it for an hour, usually works almost instantly so it doesn't expose to the plastic for very long.
I've been using my GC loader for a little over a year now. I LOVE this thing. Pro Tip: Format your SD card in exFat, not Fat32. Solved a huge problem I had with 3/4 of my games not loading.
That's funny, cause its usually the other way around. Lol, exFat is usually the thing that causes issues (on the wii and switch).
@@FurryShep On the Switch, that's caused by Nintendo's poor handling of the exFAT file system. It's honestly not the best file system to begin with though lol
it even better now it supports Write.
If you get the Action Replay Media Launcher, you don't need to replace the disk drive with an emulator. It's just an SD card adapter for the save game card slot. You do need some homebrew software in order to actually launch anything from the SD card though. I think I've got Swiss burned to a mini DVD to load me into a homebrew environment that supports this SD card method.
What gen of gc loader are you using, im on gen 2 and the exfat is the one that causes problems and fat32 works fine, bit there are some games that both have trouble with
my favourite thing about discounted Japanese items is that a dent box which is a minor inconvenience in the west is enough to drop the price of a figure by like 80%
If there is one defining feature of western consumers its that they don't care until AFTER they make the purchase, THEN they complain. The idea that you don't have to buy something if you have an issue with it is genuinely something that got lost somewhere in the past few decades. People would rather just tweet #RightToRepair from their new iPhone 18 pro maxes, then just not buy that unrepairable device and buy a repairable device instead.
I vaguely remember that my cousin made a Record demo with a cd and he came by to try and listen to it with his band at our place, but the only available player was a mini dvd player, he improvised and he trimmed the dvd with a scissor into the size of mini dvd and it worked. He got famous all over the land with that record
That first bit got me pretty good lmao
Oh Man, I saw this vid’s community post only about 20 minutes ago. I ended up on your unwinnable Minesweeper video, but suddenly here it is!
Edit: I’d love to see a GC Loader video. I’ll never say no to another console modding video from you.
While using a Gamecube to play Gamecube games is the worst way to play Gamecube games in 2021, we are forgetting about it's most feature: The Handle™
It's not called the purple lunch box for nothing
1 day ago but the vid released 14 mins ago?
@@BedfulPro Most likely they are Patreon subscribers.
@@BedfulPro Videos are Early Access on Patreon www.patreon.com/mattkc
Nintendont is also pretty bad. Spent hours installing and configuring it, only to have mixed results. This was like 5 plus years ago, maybe it’s better now
It looks like flying to Japan with a few empty suitcases will almost pay for itself in the end. 😳
Shut up ur not going to Japan
I'm actually gonna do this, no joke. In my case, I'm gonna bring back a ton of books and manga, but I might also just pick up some old school gaming stuff, like an n64 and a couple of gameboys
@@dLzzzgaming have fun
Customs probably threw him in a cell and forgot
When he got in japan he was watching youtube and typed a mean comment. So he got arrested for cyberbullying
Reminds me of what I've gone through chipping my PS1. Some CDRs work better than others, some drives play better with the media, and some laser mechs read more clearly than others. It really is worth the money to do the SD mod, if you're set on real hardware.
hello there
Hah, I went through that headache 20 years ago with my freshly modded PS1. Burn speeds, brands, software, which actual drive you are using to burn with etc.... I recently got out my old PS1 and it had an old game in it from back in the day... When I took it out it brought out some of the drive spindle pieces with it!
I did a quick and nasty DIY fix with my oldest kid and got it working again but ran into the same problem with it being super fussy about what it would and wouldn't play. But you know what isn't? A soft modded PS3. That sucker plays everything I've thrown at it, discs I marked as bad burns, skipping cut scenes, skipping music (I'm looking at you Wip3out and Tekken 3) only downside is no beatmania... Until I work out Tonyhax on my PS2 that is!
Well they were never designed to run on burned CDs in the first place, I remember having the same hassles even on my modded PS2. SD mod is the best solution.
I've been waiting for a GC episode for ages. Glad to see it finally come!
It's amazing how many interesting things you can get cheap from Japan.
I'd definitely be interested in seeing you install the GC Loader. I'll admit the picture you showed with it installed certainly is a strange look for a console. I'm curious if you have any ideas on making it more aesthetically pleasing once installed.
With a SD card extension and cheap 3D printed parts to fill in where the drive use to be it looks amazing!
@@smithincanton he’s right. Etsy should have what you’re looking for.
These videos are the best motivation to get into electronics. Thanks man! can't wait for the GC loader install video.
Do a region mod! You can solder in a switch to go from US to JP just by connecting two points. I did it to mine wayyy back when.
why when the modchip does exactly the same
@@t0biascze644 I dont think a modchip changes the systems region.
@@Strashky Propably no, but it still allows you to play games from other regions
@@t0biascze644 True, tho the menu will remain in japanese. I would just either mod it to ntsc or install a region switch cuz why not, It only seems to be a positive.
@@Strashky I mean does that really matter? Your just skipping past it to get to the game and the memory card. For than sake of usage I would probably just switch it to English permanently
Love these videos so much! Planning on going to Japan some day and I’m excited to go to their electronics stores
0:29 Wow, real smooth there matt. Well played.
love you channel! keep up the grind man I'll be here!
Wait, Matt solved a problem the very first try without jumping through 17 different complicated hoops over the span of a few weeks??
I guess just like discs, Matt has also evolved.
Also, I'd LOVE to see a GCLoader settup/review from you!
Glad I subbed! These videos are great. I'm sure you're getting a ton of different suggestions for removing stickers, but for me lighter fluid works every time. For whatever reason it's really good at loosening adhesive. I've used it to remove old stickers from pre-owned games, and to move stickers from gameboy carts onto new shells. You have to be kind of liberal, but it works super well and dries out nicely.
i love watching you take the patience and care to clean out your electroonics thoroughly...something i have never gotten in the habit of.
There are some types of adhesive that can be softened by using a bit of vegetal oil, like the ones that hold on labels on plastic bottles.
It's my last resource, if no other solvent i tried works, usually oil works. The cleanup is pretty easy, just a bit of soap and water and it's done.
It's crazy to me how many hidden gems could be in the bargain bins! And yes, I'd love to see a video on the install of the GC loader!
Depending on your GC model, you may be able to get away with an SD2SP adapter which plugs into the serial port on the bottom. Or you can get one of the memory card SD card adapters.
The SD2SP adapter still needs a Xeno chip to work though.
@@lolindirlink True
GC Loader works great, I've modded 2 Gamecubes with them. No solder no mess and with a 3D printed insert looks almost factory. Look for forward to more vids, keep up the great work!
Really loving these videos
Note: if you get the Action Replay Media Launcher, you don't need to replace the disk drive with an emulator. It's just an SD card adapter for the save game card slot. You do need some homebrew software in order to actually launch anything from the SD card though. I think I've got Swiss burned to a mini DVD to load me into a homebrew environment that supports this SD card method.
I had a similar experience with this wii i found in one of those free bins at a used game store
Dirty af but it seemingly works after a good cleaning (only tested the power receiving so far)
I LOVE your content, I can't wait to see what you come up with next, I really like these teardown and repair videos, could you do one on an Xbox 360 with the RRoD?
always excited for your videos!
In the future, there’s this stuff called “goo-gone” it gets rid of really hard stuck adhesives and sticker shit. It might not be available locally but I’m sure there’s other stuff that does the same. It smells terrible but works a treat
You remind me of me, I definitely know the pain of trying to burn games to a disc now and whether or not if they'll work. Earlier this year I went and ordered an A/V cable for my Dreamcast - I had not used my DC since 2006 or so, and severely misplaced the original cable that I still can't find. Anyway, I started looking into used game prices, decided fuck that noise, and opted for burning game images to disc. Found some online resources for fairly better quality CD's than just Verbatim, ordered an entire stack, and then later found out each game's image is missing one or two minor things just to make the image small enough to fit on a CD-R, not only that but I then encountered games with multuple discs, like Shenmue, and one disc is too large still for CD-R's, so I had to try and find larger media CD-R's, tried burning that disc, and it STILL does not work.
So, yeah, at some point I will probably mod my DC with GDemu or what ever it's called. I also got into burning PS1 games recently when I looked into jailbreaking my PS3.
I just discovered your channel and I love it.. already binge watched all videos 🥰
I love your videos so much, I am learning so much!
Japan: Gamecube: Junk bin, busted beyond repair, for 3$ (can be pretty easily repaired)
Usa: Gamecube, like new, 120$ (Is a fucking enigma to repair)
God damn Matt, you're insanely underrated.
I've found for stickers that scoring the sticker in a 5mm grid on a shallow ~20° amgle with a fresh sharp utility blade first then squirting with flux off works well without reacting with the plastics.
Leave for an hour then scrape away with a spudger.
I replaced the top LED of mine with a blue LED, added blue LEDs to the controller ports, a XenoGC modchip which annoyingly has 2 same colour LEDs, and some homebrew software on mini DVD that can load games from an SD card from an Action Replay SD Media Launcher.
It's 10 PM for me so I'll watch this in the morning. Guess not watched it rn. Anyways good video and I hope you have a good day.
the moment Shadow The Hedgehog popped up I almost screamed
why the heck do I love this game SEGA remake pls
A Shadow The Hedgehog remake would probably work, I just want a more defined main story path
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
such a neat video man. I still dont have a Gamecube but want to get one this year to add to my collection along with a WiiU
Love your vids, bro!
Sadly replacement shells for GC haven't been a thing for years. Especially full size DVD ones.
Just trim the DVD, why is nobody doing that?!
@@MilkerMurphy lmao that's easier said than done, i've ruined many DVD's doing that and when it does work it'll be an ugly disc that will only work for a little while.
Once you get a 3D printer the game completely changes.
Miss my GameCube so much. Took it to a friend's for a weekend, then when packing it and bringing it back, it was mysteriously missing once home.. Hm. But nice video! Yours is silver, like mine was, and it brought back the nostalgia of how fun they were.
I can personally vouch for the GC Loader! As someone who has ZERO soldering skills it's an easy mod and the recent updates to Swiss (Homebrew OS) have really made it the premium way to run games off solid state media for the GC. It's Also worth getting an 3D printed mounting bracket so that the SD card is easily accebiliy. Laser Bear sells them as a kit. Oh yeah and an SD2SP2 too, for additional storage.
I'm in love with this guy
1:09 future gamecube
the GC Loader is definitely worth it man. I held out on buying one for my gamecube but when i installed the hdmi mod i figured id install it also.
For stickers, where the surrounding paint wont peel off anyway, put clear plastic tape down over it, and yank the tape off. repeat as necesary. it will tear the paper off bits at a time, and then will get the glue off.
wonder if full sized discs can be trimmed to fit the Gamecube? definitely risky but with sort of a lathe setup I'd bet it's doable
That's a lot more effort than printing a replacement top shell, but it has the advantage that your burned games will work on consoles with the original shell
How did you get that Gamecube through customs with all those dead insects inside it? Aussie and NZ customs shows air all the time here and they're neurotic about anything like that getting through :D
But joblots are great for cheap hardware, I got five Orange Japanese gamecubes in one once. Also came with an FM Towns Marty and a 3DO FZ-10.
Well we all saw how truly neurotic and draconian/tyrannical Australia can be so um not surprised you have problems with customs
I bought a lot with 5 ds's 18 dsi's 1 gamecube 7 n64 controllers 2 gamecube controllers (All for repair but thats what im interested in) and a shit load of games i lost count of mostly n64 and gamecube all for 258$ on ebay. (The games alone are like 300$ so i basically got the ds's i wanted for free.) The guy even tossed in a n64 rumble pack with the box for free but sadly someone left battery's in it so i will have to see if that can be fixed.
Its rare but you can find quality lots on ebay if you know what your looking for and check daily, Or sometimes hourly if your looking to snag something cheap and you just refresh the search sorted by newly listed.
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
Ayo, THE Larry Bundy Jr.?
plz keep uploading one of my absolute favorite youtube channels
matt’s videos always manage to entertain me
Where's that DAMN 4th Chaos Emerald?!
I found you FAKER!
I bet you somewhere In the Japanese websphere you can find "Purchasing a ¥300 Xbox from America"
hey matt, i think youd enjoy checking out the phobgcc if you havent already. it’s an open source gamecube controller that uses hall effect sensors like the dreamcast controller to avoid the typical potentiometer degradation. i think youd make a great video about the project and the build process!
I would love to see the gc loader video sometime :) great video as always
All hail Shadow
Heroes rise again
Obliterating everything
That's not your friend
Nothing can stop you now
No ghost to bring you down
When there's nothing left to lose
You win
Bow your heads low
All hail Shadow
Bow your heads low
All hail Shadow
Suffer long and it will set you free
Only through trial do we
Find the strength we need
It's never over, just another day
All hope and tragedies
And everything that comes our way
Determination of the strong
Found the meaning that you
Searched for so long
All hail Shadow
Heroes rise again
Obliterating everything
That's not your friend
Nothing can stop you now
No ghost to bring you down
When there's nothing left to lose
You win
Bow your heads low
All hail Shadow
Bow your heads low
All hail Shadow
Somewhere in chaos
We all find ourselves
This destruction is the
Only tale we tell
White is black and black is white
Right is wrong and wrong is right
Nothing ever fills this
Hole inside your heart
Determination of the strong
Found the meaning that you
Searched for so long
All hail Shadow
Heroes rise again
Obliterating everything
That's not your friend
Nothing can stop you now
No ghost to bring you down
When there's nothing left to lose
You win
...
All hail Shadow
Heroes rise again
Obliterating everything
That's not your friend
Nothing can stop you now
No ghost to bring you down
When there's nothing left to lose
You win
Bow your heads low
All hail Shadow
Bow your heads low
All hail Shadow
2:44 was that supposed to be censored?
Who cares
@@isoceptic you cared enough to respond but tbh I don't care that much either I was just curious since he usually censors swearing
I have a perfectly working gamecube but this video made me really interested in maybe modding it and doing the 3D printing so it can run full size DvDs
thanks for this video!
Finally a gamecube video.Thanks Matt!!!
so when can I come over to play shadow the hedgehog??
Idk if it's available where you're at but there's a product called "Goo Gone" in america which is basically just orange oil. Works significantly better than wd40 for stickers, but can dissolve some plastics so you need to do a test swab somewhere.
What's up Scott, love the channel!
You should also consider getting a replacement drive with a Xeno pre-installed off of eBay. Most of them come from China but I found one from here in the US. The ones that come with Swiss boot discs usually have the laser tuned just right to read burned games.
I'm always hyped for a new MattKC video. Easiest decision to click on youtube, every time.
Lighter fluid like zippo is best used for getting stickers off, learned this in my previous job.
HES BACK WITH ANOTHER BANGER
0:47 nostalgic just hit me. Missing my childhood
This is a fun video! Snarkier than most game system repair RUclipsrs, like if FrameRater started repairing game systems.
I put that chip in my GameCube, procured from a Goodwill in southern Arizona. The price? Five dollars. The inside was a sticky brown mess, but it cleaned up perfectly fine. I appreciate Xeno's one and done design, without having to run wires to tiny pads on the GameCube PCB, but yeah, actually having to solder those points is slightly fidgety and imprecise. It's kind of a miracle that it turned out as well as it did.
the gc loader is excellent, i love mine but if you can find a mini dvd-r that works you could also burn swiss to it and use an sd2sp2 which are super cheap and plug into the serial port 2 on the bottom of the console.
that is if your console has one, the easiest way to know is if it has a digital port on the back then it will have a serial port 2 on the bottom.
6:57 Your answer lies at the top of that page, getting a pre burnt swiss disc and a SD2SP2 adapter will serve basically the same purpose as a GCloader but for cheap while also keeping the disc drive, it's what i've got goin and it works pretty flawlessly for 95% of games.
Also those phillips discs should work, the Gamecube is very picky so you might have to tweak the pot to absolute perfection to get it to read, it took me about an hour to get it dialed in perfectly to read my non brand DVD-R's you could also try a laser from a different gamecube by just swapping the driveboard with the Xeno on it to another disc assembly
A better way to get stickers off is lighter fluid (for Zippo lighters) Though on painted surfaces test it on a hidden spot as it can damage the finish.
What I use as well and works perfectly.
Great vid keep up the good work
I was happy to be in the first batch of people that got the GCLoader, allowed me to pawn off my full sized DVD gamecube for WAY more than I would get now. Right before the GCLoader those things went loose for around 150 euro for whatever reason. I still remember them being sold about a decade ago for 30 though, but even back then they weren't particularly easy to find.
Hey, out of curiosity, what do you mean by "full sized DVD GameCube"?
This world is rapidly passing away and I hope that you repent and take time to change before all out disaster occurs! Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36) if you believed in Messiah you would be following His commands as best as you could. If you are not a follower of Messiah I would highly recommend becoming one. Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13 over the course of 1260+ years. Revelation 17 confirms that the beast is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc. Have a blessed day!
A little blast from a heat gun takes stickers off great. Hair dryer may work as well
The junk section In the car shops over there is my favouret spot. I have picked up so much stuff from there cheap as that needed super minor repairs.
You should make more gaming console restoration videos Matt. I agree with you, solving the puzzle that comes with each device is the most interesting aspect of the device itself. All the restoration videos now are just the generic hgih speed facebook watch video without narration where the guy just restores the plastic/metal and puts it back together. Your series is truly unique and hopefully the view counts reflect that!
To remove stickers I often use desinfecting liquid, alcohol or nail polish, or sometimes cooking oil
One solution I might have for the DvD size issue is to sand down (or circle/cone-cut) the disc's excess material until the disc can fit into the casing. Since the disc is basically just sectors and rings, it shouldn't impact the disc's contents too much.
That is awesome luck! That value beats the GameCube I got for $25 which was still in the box with the cords/controller.
That was a great deal Matt nice fix hopefully you will find the smaller disk
For stickers get a jug of Methyl Hydrate from your hardware or paint store, it melts the adhesive and drys with no residue.
Love these fix 'em up videos.
Hey btw, you dont necessarily need the gc loader. you can also do it with an action replay disk, which you could burn yourself and an SD GEKO which is a memory card adapter and goes into the memory card slot. Or use the SD2SP which uses the serial port 2 at the bottom of the console so you dont take one space of the memory cards. Both ways would let you load into swiss loader and hence load backups
The problem is that burning mini dvds costs too much.
Hello New viewer here, great show! I’m not sure if you’ve covered it yet but I would love to see a show on repairs to the original Xbox specifically the traces and also mod chips and which one is best etc. great stuff man!
I really enjoy your videos and I ask myself if maybe one day you show the installation of a mod chip on the Nintendo switch ;)
GC Loader and Swiss. A combination made in heaven. Also you can get a Snes to Gc controller and play all your advance games in the comfort of your tv!
I got gc loader and love it! I've got the whole USA library on a 500gb micro SD card. Minus certain games like sports titles. With minimal sorting through the library it will fit on a 500gb micro SD card
Easiest way to get the stickers off is using a blow dryer or heat gun to heat the sticker up then you can easily peel it of in full
GC Loaders are amazing. Love the one I have in mine. The Mini DVDs I have do work but are about 70% successful so I just gave up on that and just put in a GC loader.
For mini DVDs i recommend the MediaRange brand. They work 100% with Gamecubes.
It's a german brand though, so idk how available is it overseas.
The second best option is the Banana Digital brand from China.
This video got you at least 1 more subscriber. Excellent job!