At first I thought "Is....is that a Nintendo?" Then... "I don't need another Nintendo. I'll share it in a local gaming group." I finished my shopping but felt bad for leaving it. I circled back and it was still there, so I pulled over and picked it up. Great job, David! I'm giving it to a local Nintendo collector who loves the story behind it.
Plot twist: David though that you've GAVE this NES to him, so now you two have to fight for it :D 2nd plot twist: after seeing actual S/N, previous owner shares story about actually loosing it while moving SO HE WANTS IT BACK and now three of you have to fight for death to solve this problem ;p
Look at that dent, too, like Mike Tyson in his prime gave it a real good punch. I'm actually quite amazed at how little damage there was to the plastic shell of the console, whatever impact it took smashed through the case, I guess flexing the plastic, then impacted the RF shield, which took the brunt of that energy.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine "Thtupid En-ee-eth! That'll teatth you to thtop flickerin'. C'mon Mawkus letth throw it out the winnow an' get back to tholvin' thith Texath-thized mythtery."
That was actually how I felt too! Like a pet with a broken leg on the streets, you rescue them, treat their wounds, and then find them a new home. They might not be fully back to their old selves but they feel better and happier.
I know the NES isn't exactly rare or expensive, but I love when these old abused electronics get the love they deserve. Someone took months or even years designing that thing.
Sadly, that's not an unfounded decision. Last time I was buying broken/damaged NES and SNES controllers at the local independently-owned used game store to reassemble/fix into working ones at half the price of the tested-working ones, one of the SNES controllers had a crack I had to acetone-weld back together and another had a piece of the shell completely gone. (I left that last one since I was already buying enough better-condition ones on that trip.) Luckily, the most common damage tends to be damage to the cable. Sometimes, all I need to do is super-glue a split in the outer jacket back together. For the most recent ones, I'm probably going to have to chop out an inch or so of chewed wire, solder the lines back together with some heat shrink over them, and then see if I can slip another piece of glue-lined heat-shrink over the outside from the controller end of the cable.
The fact that the NES was runover by some car on a freeway and somehow survived and exposed to the outside elements and still kicking is a testament of how well things were built decades ago.
It's difficult to imagine that it actually got ran over and survived in that good of condition. Having said that, it's also difficult to imagine how the R/F shield got so badly bent without something like that happening to it. I guess we'll never know.
I don’t know if it’s true or not but I heard a story of an Everest climber that brought a Nintendo DS with him, and in a deep freeze all of his radios and GPS systems stopped working due to the cold temperature, but his Nintendo DS continued to operate
When he pulled out the Petscii robot NES cartridge, I almost fell out of my chair. I had no idea there was NES version in the making and it was a big surprise.
PSA: Save all original NES 72-pin connectors, even if you end up switching it out. They are sought after because they can be restored and made to perform better than the Chinese ones.
I was going to say the same thing. When I was a kid my dad opened the thing up and took out the connector and spent a long time bending every single pin inward for a better connection. It still works to this day on the first try every time.
@@Alexander_l322 Same here, brother. The rubber pads in my NES controllers are all pulverized and unusable, but I keep 'em anyway because who knows! Maybe we'll have some way to revulcanize rubber back together in the future.
The closest I got to this was when I was living in an apartment, and I saw a curious plastic bin sitting at the curb for trash pickup, that said "Free" on the side. Curiosity got the better of me, and I walked over to see what it was - it was in fact a working Super Nintendo, 2 controllers, all the wires to hook it up and around 25 games for it. Nerd jackpot! I do suspect that it was put out there by someone's girlfriend - the handwriting was suspiciously feminine, and I heard them arguing later that week.
10 years ago I bid and won a elite 360 with 2 controllers, and af ew games one it went for soooo cheap I mean about the price of a new controller, and the next morning I woke to have a courier at my door with the console, the seller didn't respond online to payment details, so I assume either a annoyed partner or it was another reason someone wanted rid no questions asked.
I Got two Playstations like that, 7 controllers and some games. Apparently a lava lamp exploded over it all. Out of the two PS, I made one work by moving the motor/spindle assembly from one to the other (I had to cut the base of where it mounted, apparently they were different revs) and I got a MOD chip installed after I sold the 4-5 extra working controllers to Cash Converters. Then I played Gran Turismo on repeat for years. Not sure what I did with it after that. Oh and once, in the garbage disposal room in a high rise, someone left a box with a NES in there and a bunch of games + gun. Everything worked! I still have some of those games.
About 25 years ago a friend found a complete working ColecoVision system in a neighbor's trash, with a bunch of games, including the somewhat rare Super Action Baseball cartridge and controllers. It was only missing the power supply, but I had a spare to give him. We got many hours of enjoyment out of that thing. Don't know if he still has it or not as we've fallen out of touch over the years.
I got a Flooded NES system from my Best Friend a few years back. It was so grimy and covered with soot from a flooded basement that it would have taken days to fully clean by hand. Instead we disassembled it and placed everything in the dishwasher and ran it through a cycle. It came out sparkling clean and works perfectly to this day. I did replace the Pin and Cart Tray with an updated set (no more pushing down), but I still have the original and it still works. I can defiantly say the NES is a hard nut to break. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. ;)
I've seen at least one fellow that has a nice side business restoring old Collins ham radio gear use the dishwasher to get the almost-inevitable old-ham nicotine and tar stains out of old radios. Pull the tubes and any mechanical stuff like the preselector filter rack and the VFO out, run it thru the dishwasher, and leave it out in the sun for a day to dry. Pristine!
In 1989 I went to my friends house to play some NES with him and saw he had bought a new one and his old one was sitting in a corner with all of the gear (controllers, connectors, light gun and even the Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge). I asked him what was wrong and he said it is broken. I asked him if I could have it and he said yes, that he was going to through it out anyway. I took it home, opened it up to see if I could fix it and noticed there was a toothpick lodged in the clip that locks/unlocks the cartridge down (his son was 4 years old at the time, so I am assuming that is how the toothpick got there, lol). I removed the toothpick, reassembled and it has been working perfect to this day. Yes, I still use it even in 2022 :) So, never give up on an NES, you may be able to rescue it.
I’m impressed that this console survived such a beating. Good on you for fixing it up! That cartridge tray fix was a great way to use a paperclip, too.
I would imagine it fell off the back of a pickup truck going to a dump site or some such. I imagine that they hit a bump and the NES bounced out onto the road, and then got punted by another vehicle before being run over. The fact it survived such an ordeal, whatever the truth is about what happened to it, is testament to Nintendo's engineering at the time.
@@JoePCool14 I can attest to that, our lasses switch joycans needed the sticks replacing, her pro controller left stick needed replacing, and at least 5 friends with a switch have had joycons go bad, and one of them had about 8 pairs of controllers go bad, and to top it all off our lasses switch screen is starting to separate from the chassis due to the glue failing. Nintendo used to make such incredible and well built stuff, now we're lucky if anything they make lasts to the end of the warranty period. :(
I've never seen a paperclip be used to restore the tray like that. Incredible. also, be careful about using non OEM 72 pin connectors. They're built even worse than the originals. It works now, but that won't last. It's only a problem if you use the console semi regularly though.
I'm guessing someone pulled over on the side of the road, was sorting through a box to find something, and set the NES on the roof before driving away without realizing it. It would explain how the NES slid so much on the bottom to grind the feet off... car starts to get up to speed, rubber feet lose friction as the wind blows, and it slides off, skidding to a halt.
15 minutes after watching the video, I'm still smiling at David's joke about his favourite thing, the paper clip. That bit of tongue-in-cheek self-mockery made my day (well, my night actually). :-)
that wasn't a paper clip is was "microsoft's clippy" being tortured, and his body parts being harvested, poor clippy may your harvested parts live on forever 📎☺🎃
That NES ended up having the time of it's life. After being tossed out it not only got found, featured on RUclips, fully repaired, it now gets to live with a collector and be appreciated properly, I'd say that's a win.
Most videos of people restoring stuff is actually things they throw in some dirty place and than record themselves “finding” it. It good to see someone restoring something that really needed to
@@The8BitGuy I know of the code for one, it'd have to be modified to fit onto an ASIC, as it's still for an FPGA but that can be done fairly easily. Send me a message or respond.
When running screws back into holes that have existing threads in them.. *_Always_* turn the screw backwards until you feel it pop/settle down into the old threads, *_then_* begin screwing it back in. You *must* chase the old threads or you risk splitting the screw bosses and making a much larger problem for yourself. I'm really surprised to see you not doing this being you're a retro nerd like myself :(
My bf is a plc tech/electrician and he taught me this too. Definitely saved me from tearing up a lot of things, which I definitely used to do... a lot lol
Well, things like this happen. I happened to find a Wii console outside my local Tender Centre one day, and it still works perfectly. It even had a copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl inside, so that's an added bonus!
It looks like it got caught underneath a car. That would explain how the black marks and RF shield got damaged without completely destroying the console and how the feet got worn down.
Someone had it stored in a garage, or were moving stuff/packing the car to take it on a trip and it ended up escaping under the car before they left perhaps? It's definitely been dragged, though I'm not sure it's been runover, more like grazed a tire, otherwise it'd probably be completely pancaked into shards of plasti
@@DounutCereal Yeah, this looks less like it was underneath the wheels, and more like it maybe bounced against the pavement and then maybe hit something on the vehicle it fell from, or optionally another nearby vehicle (either way something which pierced the body of it), finally clattering to the asphalt, sliding probably a good few feet given the state of the feet.
As one of the few post-millennium kids who grew up with the NES (my aunt would occasionally bring it over to my grandparents place in my youth), this was a very heartwarming *and* unusual rescue and restore episode. Thanks David!
My NES tray has been broken like that for years, so I would just keep the game down by jamming something else in on top of the cartridge. Good to know how I can fix it now! I think I'll also buy a replacement 72 pin connector on ebay.
Another testament to how well the nes was built Years ago i was cleaning doing some repairs to a House that the tenants had been evicted There was lots of trash left behind in the house And in the yard When cleaning the yard in preparation for mowing I found a snes unit Laying in the grass I suspected it was broken but kept it anyway Several days later i remembered i had it So out of curiosity i plugged it in and connected to the tv Flipped the power switch and nothing flipped it again nothing figured well i found it was about to toss it when my brother said try it again I did and it worked so we put a game it worked I eventually gave it to my brother who still has it today and it still works
David, I have had the worst couple of days. Storms knocked out our power and phones. Still nothing. And something as simple as watching you repair this was so comforting. Thank you so much. You have immensely improved my day.
I am so impressed. He takes such time and care when doing these projects and he has the ability to try ways to fix items that most people wouldn't think of. The paper clip repair absolute genius. He puts all these other RUclips "experts" to shame.
It's no surprise. I was able to unlock multi-region on my Sega 32X by bridging two connections with a piece of sticky taped and rolled up aluminum foil.
@@ChrisKewl Making fun of yourself != growing. Personally, I do it like Marge - I bury it deep, deep within me where it is allowed to fester and come out as a mental disorder decades later. That's tomorrow's problem!
I once ordered a 72 pin connector replacement for my NES and it still didn't work. I saw on the internet elsewhere that suggested boiling the old 72 pin connector in hot water and for some odd reason that actually worked. In any case, I'm happy to see this little NES restored. It really was an awesome gaming system.
Having just turned 30 it is so satisfying to still hear the high-pitched whine of a CRT, protect your hearing kids you’ll want to later in life as well.
I'm glad this NES found a good home! Sad to see previous owner just throw away things like this. This is why more people need to be educated in technology and how easy it is to fix them. We need more engineers in this world!
David's VIc20 came very close to having a similar fate, but he rescued on the way to recycling. That might have been in the Vintage Computer Fare video.
Don't feel alone. I've been collecting and restoring old CB radios for about 20 years now and people who are cleaning out their parents houses still give them to me.
David, you don't know how many NES's I've found in my lifetime that had missing doors, it must be a common breakage. Also, I LOVE that wall pattern you have, looks amazing! Also... when is pre-orders starting for the NES version of The Attack of the Petscii Robots? I'd love to buy 1 or 2 or maybe even 3 (my programming / retro friends would love it).
3:41 - the flashing screen is the caused by the lockout chip, it either means it doesn't make good contact and the system can't talk to the chip inside the NES cartridge but the same can happen if you try to play a game from a different region. I bought a game from the UK and I didn't know that UK PAL is not the same as the rest of Europe PAL. You don't need to replace the 72pin connector, you just need to deep clean the original one. No need to bend the needles or anything, just take it out, put it in boiling water with some soap or dishwasher for 5-10 minutes, take out, drain it a little and shove a cartridge in and out a couple of times to loosen the grime. Do this once or twice and you are good to go, don't need to use a cheap low quality after market 72pin connector! The tray problem is a bit more difficult, I have an NES I repaired and if I tightened the screw too much on the bottom of the case the whole mechanism didn't stay down. Don't know the actual solution but it worked if I didn't tighten the screw too much. It's really nice to work on an NES, much easier than a PS3 fat :D 8:59 - When you said "here's a little surprise" I knew what it's going to be! AWESOME!!! This whole story reminds me of the Gameboy that survived a bombing and is still on display in some museum. I like that you kept the shield!
It's also possible to "kill" the lockout chip, by cutting a very specific tab on this chip. Without this tab, the chip no longer sends information to the CPU. You can find tutos on internet for this and it unlocks the "free" region mode in bonus. I save my NES with this very simple, free but précise operation. It's strange 8-Bit Guy doesn't seem to know this very famous problem.
@@IsatisAngel He's not into gaming things that much I believe. Cut a pin to the lockout chip? Hmm, sounds interesting since the problem with the lockout chip in the first place is that there's a chip in each console that needs to talk to a chip in the game. If the console can't talk to the chip or it returns an answer from the chip that is not the expected (region info) then it resets the console, that's why you get a flashing screen, it means the console gets repeatedly reseted by itself. Maybe the reset signal pin is getting cut?
One time it was hard rubbish season and I found a Wii with cables on the side of the road. I took it home, cleaned it up and Homebrewed it, and it's still being used to this day. This is what I was reminded of while watching this video.
I always knew the NES was badass. From the games, to the seldom-used voice synthesis, technical architecture, to the size and longevity of its fanbase, I never thought the system was so physically formidable. Damn.
Funny thing is that the original Japanese version (as well as the Famiclones made by Chinese companies) had a much more reliable design due to having a simple top loading cartridge slot. The reason the Western NES had that weird tray is because they wanted kids to think of it as a VCR.
@@aprofondir I think it's actually they wanted electronic store executives to think of it as a VCR. After the video game crash, most stores didn't have a lot of trust in the industry, so Nintendo designed it to look less like a console, and more like a VCR. It's also why ROB was included; it tips the focus more as a toy controlled by a computer, rather then purely videogames. At least, that's always the story I've heard.
In the 90's I worked as a TV repair tech in a small town. I must have repaired dozens of these things, mostly because of the cartridge connector. I never replaced a single one. I would use a metal dental pick to SLIGHTLY bend each contact back up into position. It doesn't take much to overdo it and make the cartridge fit so tightly it becomes difficult to remove. I also know you can remove the connector assembly without having to completely remove the board. Just removing the rear screws lets you raise the board enough to remove it.
I just recently was able to repair my old original xbox from watching your videos. The issue was these 5 capacitors were bulged on the motherboard. I learned more from your channel than I did from taking electrical engineering classes in college! Thanks for the help.
Six years ago I found a Gamecube on the side of the road, and I was able to get it running. I figured it flew off a pickup truck when it was taking a sharp turn, since I found it near an intersection. There are "trashpickers" who go through neighborhoods, looking for stuff people leave at the curb, and then they sell it. That's likely how your NES got on the highway; from a pickup truck full of stuff driven by a trashpicker. Here is my video about the Gamecube find: ruclips.net/video/_8IpzshI8dk/видео.html
If you want to put a bit more elbow grease in, you often don't even need to change the 72 pin connector. Most of the time just a good cleaning and carefully bending back up the smooshed-down contacts solves connection problems, and if you wanted to not push the tray down you could bend them up a bit more. An unintended consequence of using the Game Genie is that it does smoosh down those contacts, making it more difficult to play a game without it.
Man, very useful video, I just found an old NES in a flea market; it was dirty, with roaches living inside. I'm still working on the cleaning stage, and thanks to your video was able to repair the cartridge tray. The A/V and power board has very rusty metal covers, had to replace the main capacitor that smelled like fish, but other than that, all components look fine. I hope I can bring it from the dead as soon as I reassemble it. Thanks!
I have 2 NES front loaders that I swapped the shells to the TMNT and SMB theme (custom painted ones I got off of eBay), replaced the 72-pin edge connector with a functional refurbished OEM on the one (I used the one from Amazon and it felt too tight and required 3 screwdrivers to remove the dang cartridge), and cleaned the other and they both work rather nicely. I only have SMB/Duck Hunt with 2 controllers and the Zapper. Looks better on my PVM than my modern TV.
About 6 months ago, I found scattered in the ground a 9001 PS1 along several controller parts and PS2 component cable in a roadside of a freeway near my home (took a photo, still can´t believe myself). It was on a rainy season that lasted for a week. It was wet, the shield corroded and very dirty. Worked as is after let it dry. Best find ever.
I know right! 'This NES was on side of road potentially hit by a car, here let me CLEAN OFF ALL EVIDENCE OF THIS!' Now its just a beat up NES. Shame, Should have clear coated them on for Preservation!
I'm a furniture delivery person, and my job also involves fixing and cleaning all types of furniture and stuff. I've noticed on almost any surface, for cleaning anything off it, magic erasers work AMAZINGLY. It gets markers, rubber marks, food, paint etc. off 99% of things and surfaces I've used it on, without leaving any damage to them. It might save a lot of elbow grease to give them a try on some of your restoration projects. Only thing I've noticed that it leaves marks on (sometimes) is polished stainless steel, but beside that everything I use it on turns out nicely. I would spot test if you're concerned about it though.
How would the RF shield take that kind of damage without the case being crushed itself? Wouldn't someone have to open the case? I think that RF shield damage may not have happened when it got to the side of the freeway; it might have happened during a previous disassembly. Maybe somebody stepped on it.
nintendo used to make really tough hardware. I had a friend leave his game boy outside in his driveway over the winter. It got snowed on, run over, etc. and still worked fine
Fun fact about the Nintendo consoles: The NES/Famicom was the only home console that had Philips screws securing everything on the outside. They started using 4.5mm Gamebit screws, like the ones on NES, SNES, and N64 cartridges, just bigger, on the SNES and continued to use them up until the release of the Wii, which adopted the tri-point screws repair people are all too familiar with. The Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch all use tri-point screws. Strangely, the Switch uses a combination of tri-point AND Philips screws. 🤔
Note that nobody will read, you can get old pin connectors into working shape by manually lifting the pins up. It's also possible for an NES to exist in a state where it will function without needing to push the cartridge down, but I can't exactly get into the specifics of that.
Cut your nails dude.... (4:38) Nail grooming is a simple yet important self-care routine. Not only do short, well-manicured nails look great, they are also less likely to harbor dirt and bacteria, which can lead to an infection. In addition, the right nail clipping technique can help prevent common issues like hangnails and ingrown toenails.
I owned a game store for nearly a decade and have repaired hundreds of these things. As soon as I saw the broken latch I thought, "Oh no, the fix for that is a paperclip. Will he have the heart to acknowledge the joke?" Good work.
It's quite amazing that the RF shielding took such a beating, but the plastic chassis remained mostly intact. It's like something you'd see in old kung-fu films, where a guy punches a stack of bricks and smashes the third one down, but not the one on top.
By the looks of how this turned out is probably might have been the first easiest repaired that I ever seen in my entire life of a absolute console of the 80s and gives me even more proof that I was born in the wrong year since surprise surprise I was born in July 2004
Whoever lost that NES probably thinks it is garbage. You resurrected it! Great work! It's awesome to see how things look at the inside, how they actually work.
What really amazes me is the background music.. I know it's not the generic stuff that youtube gives but made by him.. like it's tailored to the episode almost
as a tin basher myself for nearly 30 years, that was a horrible job. Awesome that you fixed it and you done well for someone that never shaped metal professionally
Can we all agree watching this guy fix the NES was like watching a doctor perform surgery on a loved one thank you for repairing that NES it's not mine but you're a hero for doing that
At first I thought "Is....is that a Nintendo?"
Then... "I don't need another Nintendo. I'll share it in a local gaming group."
I finished my shopping but felt bad for leaving it. I circled back and it was still there, so I pulled over and picked it up. Great job, David! I'm giving it to a local Nintendo collector who loves the story behind it.
Rob, please come back to RUclips and make new videos. 🙏
rob come back to youtube man ):
I appreciate you going back to help find this little guy a forever home.
i forgot about him
Plot twist: David though that you've GAVE this NES to him, so now you two have to fight for it :D
2nd plot twist: after seeing actual S/N, previous owner shares story about actually loosing it while moving SO HE WANTS IT BACK and now three of you have to fight for death to solve this problem ;p
Clearly, for this particular NES, the RF shield was a very necessary component indeed.
Almost like a good luck charm.
in this case RF stands for Road Flattening
@@KairuHakubi or road frequency
Look at that dent, too, like Mike Tyson in his prime gave it a real good punch. I'm actually quite amazed at how little damage there was to the plastic shell of the console, whatever impact it took smashed through the case, I guess flexing the plastic, then impacted the RF shield, which took the brunt of that energy.
@@0neDoomedSpaceMarine "Thtupid En-ee-eth! That'll teatth you to thtop flickerin'. C'mon Mawkus letth throw it out the winnow an' get back to tholvin' thith Texath-thized mythtery."
That RF Shield deserved to be restored, It saved the mobo in it's hour of need!
And the neighbors deserve undisturbed radio/TV reception :)
Like the ole faithful Buick Century '89, that stops working only after mom arrives safely home.
"Carefully, he's a hero!"
Wouldn't its structural integrity be compromised and not be able to protect it as well at this point?
Adrian Black in shambles
“Dad, i think we hit a squirrel”
“No honey, we hit a NES”
you monster!
"But dad, that doesn't look like a squirrel"
"It's a square squirrel, a little-known species"
I can’t explain it but I felt like he was rescuing an abandoned doggie or something. Love to see an old friend like the NES be saved.
That was actually how I felt too! Like a pet with a broken leg on the streets, you rescue them, treat their wounds, and then find them a new home. They might not be fully back to their old selves but they feel better and happier.
I know the NES isn't exactly rare or expensive, but I love when these old abused electronics get the love they deserve. Someone took months or even years designing that thing.
Nice profile pic
Nintendo Brass: "Don't forget we're selling this thing to Americans."
Nintendo Engineers: "Build it like a brick shithouse. Got it."
Yeah nintendo in the 80’s just made everything that went to the us into a literal fucking steel brick
Nintendo and Nokia. If only they joined forces.
good ol Nintendium. Too bad the mines must have run dry.
“Except the cartridge slot, just make that part completely useless.”
Sadly, that's not an unfounded decision. Last time I was buying broken/damaged NES and SNES controllers at the local independently-owned used game store to reassemble/fix into working ones at half the price of the tested-working ones, one of the SNES controllers had a crack I had to acetone-weld back together and another had a piece of the shell completely gone. (I left that last one since I was already buying enough better-condition ones on that trip.)
Luckily, the most common damage tends to be damage to the cable. Sometimes, all I need to do is super-glue a split in the outer jacket back together. For the most recent ones, I'm probably going to have to chop out an inch or so of chewed wire, solder the lines back together with some heat shrink over them, and then see if I can slip another piece of glue-lined heat-shrink over the outside from the controller end of the cable.
The fact that the NES was runover by some car on a freeway and somehow survived and exposed to the outside elements and still kicking is a testament of how well things were built decades ago.
The power of Nintendium
It's difficult to imagine that it actually got ran over and survived in that good of condition. Having said that, it's also difficult to imagine how the R/F shield got so badly bent without something like that happening to it.
I guess we'll never know.
@Drogo, Son Of Voltan a gameboy survived a fire and still worked.
@@owlhatch3812 One survived a fucking bomb detonation and survived.
You can see it still running in a New York Nintendo store
I don’t know if it’s true or not but I heard a story of an Everest climber that brought a Nintendo DS with him, and in a deep freeze all of his radios and GPS systems stopped working due to the cold temperature, but his Nintendo DS continued to operate
I once watched an NES game get ran over and then still worked...
Its just such a weird situation
One of my SNES games got run over by an Italian plumber in a go-kart. I forget what game it was though.
I'll see if that works with my mother-in-law.
@@BEM684 was it Mario kart ?
rinrygamegame?
I think this is an excellent demonstration of just how tough the NES was built, apart from the always dodgy cartridge connector and tray.
Hey that's my NES!!!!
Just Kidding🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Built of Nintendium, one of the toughest materials known to man.
When he pulled out the Petscii robot NES cartridge, I almost fell out of my chair. I had no idea there was NES version in the making and it was a big surprise.
I wonder when it will be available. Because I need it.
Yeah, that is pretty cool, makes me wonder if this game will go 16-bit into the SNES/AppleIIGS era?
What next, Planet X1 through X3 for NES?
Not so much of a surprise for me because he said that an NES version is possible to make
Imagine loosing your NES while moving and then seeing it on the 8bit guy...
Worth it
Exactly what I was thinking haha
@@rebe01 Especially since NES consoles are dirt cheap.
whilst no one believes you. ruclips.net/video/yR2lgxy-htU/видео.html
To be fair, all you'd have to do is ask for it back, and refusal would *probably* be property theft.
Clippy: "It looks like you're trying to fix an NES. Do you need assistance?"
"--OW! Hey! Put me down! Put those wire cutters away!"
Crap, you beat me to the joke!
Sweet revenge!
There's a little rock, paperclip, scissors joke for ya.
I hated that Clipit box from MS Office.
You win this comment thread.
4:07 For some reason I really love sped up footage of people going at a dirty board with a tooth brush. It's very satisfying.
Two of my favorite content creators. What are the chances.
Are you a drill sergeant by any chance?
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You probably like the end clips of Benny Hill.
Are tooth cleaning videos a thing? I bet they are. RUclips brings out the weird in people.
PSA: Save all original NES 72-pin connectors, even if you end up switching it out. They are sought after because they can be restored and made to perform better than the Chinese ones.
did not know that will keep this in mind
I totally blew it on mine, chucked it and the replacement one is pretty janky. Don't like it.
I was going to say the same thing. When I was a kid my dad opened the thing up and took out the connector and spent a long time bending every single pin inward for a better connection. It still works to this day on the first try every time.
This can be said for a lot of original parts, I try to keep any old faulty parts just incase they can be made useful again!
@@Alexander_l322 Same here, brother. The rubber pads in my NES controllers are all pulverized and unusable, but I keep 'em anyway because who knows! Maybe we'll have some way to revulcanize rubber back together in the future.
The closest I got to this was when I was living in an apartment, and I saw a curious plastic bin sitting at the curb for trash pickup, that said "Free" on the side. Curiosity got the better of me, and I walked over to see what it was - it was in fact a working Super Nintendo, 2 controllers, all the wires to hook it up and around 25 games for it. Nerd jackpot!
I do suspect that it was put out there by someone's girlfriend - the handwriting was suspiciously feminine, and I heard them arguing later that week.
I'd definitely have ended that relationship! The SNES was always a keeper though :D
10 years ago I bid and won a elite 360 with 2 controllers, and af ew games one it went for soooo cheap I mean about the price of a new controller, and the next morning I woke to have a courier at my door with the console, the seller didn't respond online to payment details, so I assume either a annoyed partner or it was another reason someone wanted rid no questions asked.
I Got two Playstations like that, 7 controllers and some games. Apparently a lava lamp exploded over it all. Out of the two PS, I made one work by moving the motor/spindle assembly from one to the other (I had to cut the base of where it mounted, apparently they were different revs) and I got a MOD chip installed after I sold the 4-5 extra working controllers to Cash Converters. Then I played Gran Turismo on repeat for years. Not sure what I did with it after that.
Oh and once, in the garbage disposal room in a high rise, someone left a box with a NES in there and a bunch of games + gun. Everything worked! I still have some of those games.
That is how i found my XEGS
About 25 years ago a friend found a complete working ColecoVision system in a neighbor's trash, with a bunch of games, including the somewhat rare Super Action Baseball cartridge and controllers. It was only missing the power supply, but I had a spare to give him. We got many hours of enjoyment out of that thing. Don't know if he still has it or not as we've fallen out of touch over the years.
4:09 Fun fact: This isn't footage isn't at increased speed, David is just THAT GOOD with a toothbrush.
Dentists HATE him!
guinness world record
I got a Flooded NES system from my Best Friend a few years back. It was so grimy and covered with soot from a flooded basement that it would have taken days to fully clean by hand. Instead we disassembled it and placed everything in the dishwasher and ran it through a cycle. It came out sparkling clean and works perfectly to this day. I did replace the Pin and Cart Tray with an updated set (no more pushing down), but I still have the original and it still works.
I can defiantly say the NES is a hard nut to break. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking. ;)
I've seen at least one fellow that has a nice side business restoring old Collins ham radio gear use the dishwasher to get the almost-inevitable old-ham nicotine and tar stains out of old radios. Pull the tubes and any mechanical stuff like the preselector filter rack and the VFO out, run it thru the dishwasher, and leave it out in the sun for a day to dry. Pristine!
Same happened to mine after I gave it to a neighbor to borrow
In 1989 I went to my friends house to play some NES with him and saw he had bought a new one and his old one was sitting in a corner with all of the gear (controllers, connectors, light gun and even the Mario/Duck Hunt cartridge). I asked him what was wrong and he said it is broken. I asked him if I could have it and he said yes, that he was going to through it out anyway. I took it home, opened it up to see if I could fix it and noticed there was a toothpick lodged in the clip that locks/unlocks the cartridge down (his son was 4 years old at the time, so I am assuming that is how the toothpick got there, lol). I removed the toothpick, reassembled and it has been working perfect to this day. Yes, I still use it even in 2022 :) So, never give up on an NES, you may be able to rescue it.
I’m impressed that this console survived such a beating. Good on you for fixing it up!
That cartridge tray fix was a great way to use a paperclip, too.
This is what happens when an NES tries to cross the street during the Great NES Migration.
When an NES tries to play Frogger for real...!! :-D
Yeah, happens all the time during the NES migration season!
@@alexanderthomas2660 Just wait until Gameboy Color Migration starts.
@@stevesstuff1450 Yeah but the NES won... can't say the same about Atari! The NES didn't only win, it saved the gaming industry until Sony took over!
I would imagine it fell off the back of a pickup truck going to a dump site or some such. I imagine that they hit a bump and the NES bounced out onto the road, and then got punted by another vehicle before being run over.
The fact it survived such an ordeal, whatever the truth is about what happened to it, is testament to Nintendo's engineering at the time.
It is, and it makes it more sad seeing how poorly constructed some of their current-day hardware is.
@@JoePCool14 I can attest to that, our lasses switch joycans needed the sticks replacing, her pro controller left stick needed replacing, and at least 5 friends with a switch have had joycons go bad, and one of them had about 8 pairs of controllers go bad, and to top it all off our lasses switch screen is starting to separate from the chassis due to the glue failing.
Nintendo used to make such incredible and well built stuff, now we're lucky if anything they make lasts to the end of the warranty period. :(
@@JoePCool14 ruclips.net/video/y8QCFNAgPDo/видео.html
4:50 Let's appreciate how David is finally embracing his love for the paperclip.
I've never seen a paperclip be used to restore the tray like that. Incredible.
also, be careful about using non OEM 72 pin connectors. They're built even worse than the originals. It works now, but that won't last. It's only a problem if you use the console semi regularly though.
I'm guessing someone pulled over on the side of the road, was sorting through a box to find something, and set the NES on the roof before driving away without realizing it. It would explain how the NES slid so much on the bottom to grind the feet off... car starts to get up to speed, rubber feet lose friction as the wind blows, and it slides off, skidding to a halt.
15 minutes after watching the video, I'm still smiling at David's joke about his favourite thing, the paper clip. That bit of tongue-in-cheek self-mockery made my day (well, my night actually). :-)
and this time, it has worked properly
that wasn't a paper clip is was "microsoft's clippy" being tortured, and his body parts being harvested, poor clippy may your harvested parts live on forever 📎☺🎃
A fix that Macgyver we’ve proud of
The paperclip is the most universal tool/item on this planet.
@@minty_Joe Right up there next to toothbrushes.
That NES ended up having the time of it's life. After being tossed out it not only got found, featured on RUclips, fully repaired, it now gets to live with a collector and be appreciated properly, I'd say that's a win.
Most videos of people restoring stuff is actually things they throw in some dirty place and than record themselves “finding” it. It good to see someone restoring something that really needed to
Yeah it's just another NES, but how often do you get to say, "I fixed an NES that I found on the side of the road?"
Not just any road, but a highway!
Holy shit, an NES version of Petscii? Talk about burying the lead!
Or even the lede
Not sure how you'd source it (maybe there's an FPGA copy?) but an MMC5 would give you per-cell color attributes (instead of 2x2)
BEN!!!! HOW'S BUD!? been following your content for a looong time, like revision3 long!
Yeah.. that's been discussed. If you find a source or even an FPGA implementation, send me an email!
@@The8BitGuy how about emulating MMC5 with a PLD chip?
Ben! Are you here to do a David impression while he is watching?
@@The8BitGuy I know of the code for one, it'd have to be modified to fit onto an ASIC, as it's still for an FPGA but that can be done fairly easily. Send me a message or respond.
When running screws back into holes that have existing threads in them..
*_Always_* turn the screw backwards until you feel it pop/settle down into the old threads, *_then_* begin screwing it back in. You *must* chase the old threads or you risk splitting the screw bosses and making a much larger problem for yourself. I'm really surprised to see you not doing this being you're a retro nerd like myself :(
My bf is a plc tech/electrician and he taught me this too. Definitely saved me from tearing up a lot of things, which I definitely used to do... a lot lol
Yep, the secret everyone knows.
It's amazing how hearty that old-school Nintendo hardware is - great stuff!
Far superior to the derp fest Classic NES they released a few years back.
The fact people throw consoles like this is annoying as they’re getting rare every day its good you restore it
It might have fallen off the back of a truck like 8 bit guy said
vast majority of the people who ever owned an NES will never care about vintage hardware.
@@tohopes i do AND only i have 3 games
They're only rare to people who care.
Well, things like this happen. I happened to find a Wii console outside my local Tender Centre one day, and it still works perfectly. It even had a copy of Super Smash Bros Brawl inside, so that's an added bonus!
Nintendo employee: If this heavy shielding saves one, just one, NES, then it would have been worth it.
If we don't interfere with any very important radio signals, and it saves just one... CYA always comes first.
It looks like it got caught underneath a car. That would explain how the black marks and RF shield got damaged without completely destroying the console and how the feet got worn down.
Someone had it stored in a garage, or were moving stuff/packing the car to take it on a trip and it ended up escaping under the car before they left perhaps? It's definitely been dragged, though I'm not sure it's been runover, more like grazed a tire, otherwise it'd probably be completely pancaked into shards of plasti
@@DounutCereal Yeah, this looks less like it was underneath the wheels, and more like it maybe bounced against the pavement and then maybe hit something on the vehicle it fell from, or optionally another nearby vehicle (either way something which pierced the body of it), finally clattering to the asphalt, sliding probably a good few feet given the state of the feet.
Oh, finally, an NES restoration video where the person actually talks.
and doesn't pick it up from some garbage fire on a side of a Vietnamese road
So wholesome that the paperclip could finally make amends with retro tech!
**SPOILERS AHEAD**
The low-key NES Petscii Robots reveal was awesome!
As one of the few post-millennium kids who grew up with the NES (my aunt would occasionally bring it over to my grandparents place in my youth), this was a very heartwarming *and* unusual rescue and restore episode. Thanks David!
The OG NES is the only console I ever owned or cared to own. Great work preserving a fun bit of history!
Absolutely stellar video! Loved the use of the mallet to get the RF shield back into shape. Definitely an NES with a story to tell.
Not any good classic games are being made for original platforms.
David: "hold my beer."
*Proceeds to make one game for every platform imaginable*
Every 6502 compatible platform but yes.
Seeing you fix the tray with the freaking paper clip was just plain fucking awesome
My NES tray has been broken like that for years, so I would just keep the game down by jamming something else in on top of the cartridge. Good to know how I can fix it now! I think I'll also buy a replacement 72 pin connector on ebay.
Great story - no NES should be left abandoned on the road! Great restoration!
Another testament to how well the nes was built
Years ago i was cleaning doing some repairs to a
House that the tenants had been evicted
There was lots of trash left behind in the house
And in the yard
When cleaning the yard in preparation for mowing
I found a snes unit
Laying in the grass
I suspected it was broken but kept it anyway
Several days later i remembered i had it
So out of curiosity i plugged it in and connected to the tv
Flipped the power switch and nothing flipped it again nothing figured well i found it was about to toss it when my brother said try it again
I did and it worked so we put a game it worked
I eventually gave it to my brother who still has it today and it still works
David, I have had the worst couple of days. Storms knocked out our power and phones. Still nothing. And something as simple as watching you repair this was so comforting. Thank you so much. You have immensely improved my day.
I am so impressed. He takes such time and care when doing these projects and he has the ability to try ways to fix items that most people wouldn't think of. The paper clip repair absolute genius. He puts all these other RUclips "experts" to shame.
It's no surprise. I was able to unlock multi-region on my Sega 32X by bridging two connections with a piece of sticky taped and rolled up aluminum foil.
I had expected him to glue the crack and straighten the bent cooling ridge, too. Not too great of a restoration :/
MacGyver at his best using paper clips to fix things. Always carry a paper clip with you.
Love that you are owning the paperclip. Cut it to size! It can't hurt anyone anymore!
It might have been 1 year since the IBM 7496 thing but I'll never forget!
@@Connie_TinuityError The Dremel was even worse.
I would have put that behind me - there's nothing good about owning that.
@@the_kombinator When you own a mistake you take the power away from it. That's how you learn and grow.
@@ChrisKewl Making fun of yourself != growing. Personally, I do it like Marge - I bury it deep, deep within me where it is allowed to fester and come out as a mental disorder decades later. That's tomorrow's problem!
I once ordered a 72 pin connector replacement for my NES and it still didn't work. I saw on the internet elsewhere that suggested boiling the old 72 pin connector in hot water and for some odd reason that actually worked. In any case, I'm happy to see this little NES restored. It really was an awesome gaming system.
Having just turned 30 it is so satisfying to still hear the high-pitched whine of a CRT, protect your hearing kids you’ll want to later in life as well.
I'm glad this NES found a good home! Sad to see previous owner just throw away things like this. This is why more people need to be educated in technology and how easy it is to fix them. We need more engineers in this world!
this is why we need Right to Repair, and don't give in to the companies who want us to own nothing.
@@mfaizsyahmi That's why I'll never buy APPLE products and will always Custom Build my own!
Sad that someone would just dump it like that without realising there's many good homes it would love to go to.
I like to imagine it was lost
It might have been an accident.
David's VIc20 came very close to having a similar fate, but he rescued on the way to recycling. That might have been in the Vintage Computer Fare video.
Don't feel alone. I've been collecting and restoring old CB radios for about 20 years now and people who are cleaning out their parents houses still give them to me.
Working for a retro shop that does console repairs, we always do new pins on NES's that come in. But it's nice to see that can survive road damage!
David, you don't know how many NES's I've found in my lifetime that had missing doors, it must be a common breakage. Also, I LOVE that wall pattern you have, looks amazing! Also... when is pre-orders starting for the NES version of The Attack of the Petscii Robots? I'd love to buy 1 or 2 or maybe even 3 (my programming / retro friends would love it).
wow, the wall is really nice. i hadn't noticed.
@@tohopes that’s how good it is! Haha
I had a door break on mine. It fell off the top of the entertainment center. The fall caused the door to open and it landed on the open door.
3:41 - the flashing screen is the caused by the lockout chip, it either means it doesn't make good contact and the system can't talk to the chip inside the NES cartridge but the same can happen if you try to play a game from a different region. I bought a game from the UK and I didn't know that UK PAL is not the same as the rest of Europe PAL. You don't need to replace the 72pin connector, you just need to deep clean the original one. No need to bend the needles or anything, just take it out, put it in boiling water with some soap or dishwasher for 5-10 minutes, take out, drain it a little and shove a cartridge in and out a couple of times to loosen the grime. Do this once or twice and you are good to go, don't need to use a cheap low quality after market 72pin connector!
The tray problem is a bit more difficult, I have an NES I repaired and if I tightened the screw too much on the bottom of the case the whole mechanism didn't stay down. Don't know the actual solution but it worked if I didn't tighten the screw too much. It's really nice to work on an NES, much easier than a PS3 fat :D
8:59 - When you said "here's a little surprise" I knew what it's going to be! AWESOME!!!
This whole story reminds me of the Gameboy that survived a bombing and is still on display in some museum. I like that you kept the shield!
It's also possible to "kill" the lockout chip, by cutting a very specific tab on this chip. Without this tab, the chip no longer sends information to the CPU. You can find tutos on internet for this and it unlocks the "free" region mode in bonus. I save my NES with this very simple, free but précise operation. It's strange 8-Bit Guy doesn't seem to know this very famous problem.
@@IsatisAngel He's not into gaming things that much I believe. Cut a pin to the lockout chip? Hmm, sounds interesting since the problem with the lockout chip in the first place is that there's a chip in each console that needs to talk to a chip in the game. If the console can't talk to the chip or it returns an answer from the chip that is not the expected (region info) then it resets the console, that's why you get a flashing screen, it means the console gets repeatedly reseted by itself. Maybe the reset signal pin is getting cut?
Great to see The Obsolete Geek on camera again!! Great video, David.
One time it was hard rubbish season and I found a Wii with cables on the side of the road. I took it home, cleaned it up and Homebrewed it, and it's still being used to this day.
This is what I was reminded of while watching this video.
6:18 so satisfying to see that snap back into place, I should make an animated gif of that
I always knew the NES was badass. From the games, to the seldom-used voice synthesis, technical architecture, to the size and longevity of its fanbase, I never thought the system was so physically formidable. Damn.
Funny thing is that the original Japanese version (as well as the Famiclones made by Chinese companies) had a much more reliable design due to having a simple top loading cartridge slot. The reason the Western NES had that weird tray is because they wanted kids to think of it as a VCR.
@@aprofondir I think it's actually they wanted electronic store executives to think of it as a VCR. After the video game crash, most stores didn't have a lot of trust in the industry, so Nintendo designed it to look less like a console, and more like a VCR. It's also why ROB was included; it tips the focus more as a toy controlled by a computer, rather then purely videogames. At least, that's always the story I've heard.
The parts with the hexagons looks much better now the whole wall is covered, hopefully also behind the monitor haha
Hexagons are the Bestagons!
I'm pumped for the Super Nintendo version of Petsci Robots. The sound mix and color options will no doubt be great.
In the 90's I worked as a TV repair tech in a small town. I must have repaired dozens of these things, mostly because of the cartridge connector. I never replaced a single one.
I would use a metal dental pick to SLIGHTLY bend each contact back up into position. It doesn't take much to overdo it and make the cartridge fit so tightly it becomes difficult to remove.
I also know you can remove the connector assembly without having to completely remove the board. Just removing the rear screws lets you raise the board enough to remove it.
I just recently was able to repair my old original xbox from watching your videos. The issue was these 5 capacitors were bulged on the motherboard. I learned more from your channel than I did from taking electrical engineering classes in college! Thanks for the help.
This Pesky Robots game would be a good addition to the Evercade’s 2nd Indie Heroes cart!
I still think it’s crazy that this NES ended up on a freeway. I also wonder how it ended up there
Six years ago I found a Gamecube on the side of the road, and I was able to get it running. I figured it flew off a pickup truck when it was taking a sharp turn, since I found it near an intersection. There are "trashpickers" who go through neighborhoods, looking for stuff people leave at the curb, and then they sell it. That's likely how your NES got on the highway; from a pickup truck full of stuff driven by a trashpicker. Here is my video about the Gamecube find: ruclips.net/video/_8IpzshI8dk/видео.html
I expect it is where a lot of the "untested" stuff on eBay comes from. Great to see you got it working and didn't get eaten by the Goose.
Doom: runs on like everything
David's Petscii robots: Hold my assembler
Gosh that part of the song 9:39 I hope there will be some sort of release for the song, I simply love it!
Perfect timing, just when I came home from my shift 👌
FYI, you don't need to put the tray down in order to have the game working (otherwise, you couldn't use something like a Game Genie).
You don’t need to, but it helps it make a better connection.
If you want to put a bit more elbow grease in, you often don't even need to change the 72 pin connector. Most of the time just a good cleaning and carefully bending back up the smooshed-down contacts solves connection problems, and if you wanted to not push the tray down you could bend them up a bit more.
An unintended consequence of using the Game Genie is that it does smoosh down those contacts, making it more difficult to play a game without it.
Man, very useful video, I just found an old NES in a flea market; it was dirty, with roaches living inside. I'm still working on the cleaning stage, and thanks to your video was able to repair the cartridge tray. The A/V and power board has very rusty metal covers, had to replace the main capacitor that smelled like fish, but other than that, all components look fine. I hope I can bring it from the dead as soon as I reassemble it. Thanks!
5:03 The wonders of how often common office supplies can come in handy with situations like this.
It was probably left on the side of the freeway on purpose so that it could end up on the 8-Bit Guy as a new restoration episode.
I was driving on that highway toward a session at Pathological Liars Anonymous when my NES fell out of my pickup ... yeah, that's the ticket.
I have 2 NES front loaders that I swapped the shells to the TMNT and SMB theme (custom painted ones I got off of eBay), replaced the 72-pin edge connector with a functional refurbished OEM on the one (I used the one from Amazon and it felt too tight and required 3 screwdrivers to remove the dang cartridge), and cleaned the other and they both work rather nicely. I only have SMB/Duck Hunt with 2 controllers and the Zapper. Looks better on my PVM than my modern TV.
Background 2.5 looks so much better than your original one. Can't wait for more frequent uploads!
About 6 months ago, I found scattered in the ground a 9001 PS1 along several controller parts and PS2 component cable in a roadside of a freeway near my home (took a photo, still can´t believe myself). It was on a rainy season that lasted for a week. It was wet, the shield corroded and very dirty. Worked as is after let it dry. Best find ever.
Only thing id have left was the marks, having a roadkill nes would've been really cool
I would have left the tire marks, would have made it more unique.
I know right! 'This NES was on side of road potentially hit by a car, here let me CLEAN OFF ALL EVIDENCE OF THIS!' Now its just a beat up NES. Shame, Should have clear coated them on for Preservation!
Nice one! Paper clips take solder very well and because the are stiff they make great test points on PCBs while trouble shooting.
I'm a furniture delivery person, and my job also involves fixing and cleaning all types of furniture and stuff. I've noticed on almost any surface, for cleaning anything off it, magic erasers work AMAZINGLY. It gets markers, rubber marks, food, paint etc. off 99% of things and surfaces I've used it on, without leaving any damage to them. It might save a lot of elbow grease to give them a try on some of your restoration projects. Only thing I've noticed that it leaves marks on (sometimes) is polished stainless steel, but beside that everything I use it on turns out nicely. I would spot test if you're concerned about it though.
How would the RF shield take that kind of damage without the case being crushed itself? Wouldn't someone have to open the case? I think that RF shield damage may not have happened when it got to the side of the freeway; it might have happened during a previous disassembly. Maybe somebody stepped on it.
nintendo used to make really tough hardware. I had a friend leave his game boy outside in his driveway over the winter. It got snowed on, run over, etc. and still worked fine
Fun fact about the Nintendo consoles:
The NES/Famicom was the only home console that had Philips screws securing everything on the outside. They started using 4.5mm Gamebit screws, like the ones on NES, SNES, and N64 cartridges, just bigger, on the SNES and continued to use them up until the release of the Wii, which adopted the tri-point screws repair people are all too familiar with. The Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch all use tri-point screws. Strangely, the Switch uses a combination of tri-point AND Philips screws. 🤔
Note that nobody will read, you can get old pin connectors into working shape by manually lifting the pins up. It's also possible for an NES to exist in a state where it will function without needing to push the cartridge down, but I can't exactly get into the specifics of that.
I like that there are still some imperfections to remind you of what it has been through. Awesome salvage.
Cut your nails dude.... (4:38)
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I owned a game store for nearly a decade and have repaired hundreds of these things. As soon as I saw the broken latch I thought, "Oh no, the fix for that is a paperclip. Will he have the heart to acknowledge the joke?"
Good work.
It's quite amazing that the RF shielding took such a beating, but the plastic chassis remained mostly intact. It's like something you'd see in old kung-fu films, where a guy punches a stack of bricks and smashes the third one down, but not the one on top.
Imagine working at the Nintendo assembly line almost 40 years ago and seeing this now..
By the looks of how this turned out is probably might have been the first easiest repaired that I ever seen in my entire life of a absolute console of the 80s and gives me even more proof that I was born in the wrong year since surprise surprise I was born in July 2004
Whoever lost that NES probably thinks it is garbage.
You resurrected it! Great work!
It's awesome to see how things look at the inside, how they actually work.
What really amazes me is the background music.. I know it's not the generic stuff that youtube gives but made by him.. like it's tailored to the episode almost
That crusty jpeg of an NES just sitting there in the side of the road… I love it. It looks so cute and pure just sitting there
as a tin basher myself for nearly 30 years, that was a horrible job.
Awesome that you fixed it and you done well for someone that never shaped metal professionally
One Nintendo back from the dead. It didnt need much work. Awesome
It's sad to thing there could be someone out there with their day absolutely ruined after their first console disappeared during a move
Can we all agree watching this guy fix the NES was like watching a doctor perform surgery on a loved one thank you for repairing that NES it's not mine but you're a hero for doing that
some of the most exciting moments in my life are when the 8-bit guy or LGR uploads a new video.