"UNTESTED" Mini ARCADE Game Thing | Can I FIX It?
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- I picked this up from off eBay for £8.00, which is nice.
It was sold as "untested"... so I tested it... and it doesn't work, surprisingly.
Let's try and fix it!
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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Stupid, lovely, game.
oh what a STUPID video
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But I REALLY LIKED it.
Stupid 4K repair video... 😂
A lovely win. It all went very well. Happy smile. 💕
Poor unstupidable game!
Stupid game of course, but awesome tee shirt !
It actually looks great and 47 days is something to be very proud of, congrats Steve. Great video!
Thanks Vince, it's surprisingly playable! ❤
Seeing your post here I realised there hasn't been a MMV episode in 2 weeks... what's the deal?!? :)
@@yaktaur Theyr'e coming, don't worry, I just finished watching a 2hr 20 fixing extravaganza on the Patreon feed and there was another one the same day that i;'m about to watch. Lovely stuff
Your soldering skills have massively improved since the first video I've watched of you. Keep this up, and there will be a $2 an hour job in my Chinese electrical sweatshop with your name on it!
The work was great, but I cannot express the anxiety I had with your phone just... hanging out under your soldering iron and the hot glue.
It's a Samsung phone. He is probably looking for any excuse to replace it, and gloopy solder on the screen is perfect.
Same here lol
@@Boogie_the_catSamsung phones are dope. It's only in the US that people have a weird obsession with boring, restrictive Fisher Pri...I mean iPhones.
Same. And the battery charger with its two live wires was right next to it too.
Apple fanboy!!@@Boogie_the_cat
That is by far the best soldering i have ever seen you do, well done stez
D for Dave, of course. Can't forget about him.
Love it. At least we don't need to worry about a hundred's column yet. 👍
😂😂 not yet, and going off what I've been recording today, probably won't be for quite a long time! 😅
Highly underrated RUclips channel, should have 500k subscribers.
It’s hard to make me laugh but Steve can
Your soldering on that usb-c port is better than factory, good work sir
Stupid factory.
Fascinating. Usually these are those terrible to semi-decent NES on a chip messes, but this one clearly is a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive on a chip. I think the audio sounded slightly off on Turtles but not too bad, and looked like it played and displayed right. I'm semi-tempted by sticker to go looking for one of those online just to see the game list etc.
11:44 if I'm not mistaken you can use a polarizing filter in the camera to suppress glare and reflections. Nice video as always!
although, there's already a polarising filter on the multimeter to make the LCD work, so still might be tricky to see anything!
J'ai découvert votre chaîne , j'adore votre humour et votre contenu.
I really like this channel, no black glove, no equipment pricier than my car , basic, well done electronic, nice sense of humor and Dave.
Perfect to spend a good time a Saturday night.
Only 124K subs and you offer real, genuine content that does not pander to the masses.
Judging by the look of that USB-C port I think someone has jammed a micro-USB cable into it, with both ends of the inner plastic part being entirely mashed but the middle part being somewhat intact. Might be wrong, but it sure looks that way!
Love that you chose Donatello. Went to Retro Computer Museum earlier in the year with my 13 year old son and completed turtles. With…an amount…of lives *ahem*. Best day ever.
Watching a USB port replacement with a face melting 80s guitar solo has never been so relaxing
I did my first surface mount cap replacement the other day which went well thanks to watching you Steve, but I noticed I had melted some plastic at the end so I feel your pain! 🙂
Those macro-shots are amazing, pure art 👍!
It's just a stupid magnifyer.
@@Njazmo Yes, but you got to aim at the right spot and keep the focus ... and even if it is "just a stupid magnifyer": I don't have one and enjoy watching through his 😊
난이도 상급의 아주 얇고 가느다란 CPU 쿨러 케이블이 절단되서 납뗌작업 의뢰하러 갔는데 친절하시고 실력도 과연 명인이십니다. 덕분에 버릴뻔한거 살려냈네요.
Every Episode is great but especially this one was lovely. So smooth and then the melted plastic twist ❤
Another great repair. Top soldering there too! Nice to see you using the iron. You’re not full of hot air after all 😂😂😂
You are a wild man with the solder gun! I love it!
nice clean fix, your skills are increasing with every fix.
What an Awesome video! Keep up the Great work!
Thank you! ❤
Saturday night and I am happy like a child, when there is a new vid of a guy repairing a useless but nice thingy. 😂
Best wishes from Germany 👍
You are getting better and better at soldering. Good job, Steve :)
another solid fix. Good job! And RIP to another piece of plastic that got melted.
Nice touch adding the ‘days since plastic melted’. Cheers for the channel and inspiration.
Stupid plastic.
I'd love one of those for the bathroom.
Man... I love the music at 8,30... I was waiting for a fly over from Maverick ! 😂
You always put so much time and effort into your videos and it's much appreciated!
Better and better at soldering, good work sir.
That was AWESOME! I was thoroughly invested! Defo keep it looks AMAZING and it has good games!
👍💕🙏 xx
Fantastic work as always.
Thanks TSL! ❤
If I am not mistaken the marquee lights up as well. 🤙
Yay! Nice fix! And D is for Dave of course!
I fucking love this channel. No idea what is going on but I bloody love it. I tried to follow a video to fix a certain unnamed electrical device. My wife decided to help. I will not name you in the court case I'm named in.
Love your vids! It's neat to see odd subjects, and the things you fix are pretty interesting as well!
you have the skill of a solderking. nice job sirs. the editing is choice too. A+ subbd.
Excellent fix. Shame the sound emulation's absolutely crap on that device.
Nice technique with the side stickers!
Every time you upload a new video, i feel so much happiness!
Nicely done Steve!
Nice to see an easy fix ❤
HEllo Steve Your Blobs on the usb Soldering were just Amazing Good Job
Best video you've posted in a while. I have literally seen all of them and love them, but this one was really good!
Have you ever thought of doing a livestream repair? I think it would go over very well
Your end songs are the best thing on the internet.
Those old Nokia batteries are good to use for solar homemade lights as they have their own built in protection circuit from over and under discharge.
Well done steve
Arcade as in Mega Drive games xD Great job, Steve!
smooth. great video, Steve
Am I the only one that after spending time watching Steve's channel can no longer say 'solid' in a normal voice?
I'm with ya!
SoLid
And the correct pronunciation of stupid is now “shtupid”. 😂
It's great to see the 5.1kohm pull down resistors on the CC lines. Proper USB charging.
I'm so proud of you when you're using flux to make things easier 😉
I have this and it’s awesome. ❤
What solder wick do you use?
Very nice, Steve!
Totally awesomeness Brother. You are doing super duper work!! Thanks again for sharing Your passion and adventures from Toronto Ontario Canada 😎 👍 ♥️ ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️✨️✨️✨️✨️💯💯💯💯💯✨️
Excellent Steve
I have an older model that has a micro usb port and uses the same battery type as a gba-sp. It's a cool little desk toy.
Great repair🙏👍🙏👍
Shaping up to be my favorite channel on RUclips. :)
Excellent fix, and you do while entertaining us
Thank you for your channel,im entertained
Grab a Sharpie and make a line on the cable and board so you can match them up again later. I do it all the time.
Great work. Donatello yes sir!!!
you are getting good at that soldering stuff :)
A USB connector in devices like these is usually just for the charging voltage. Here I see all 4 pins being populated (including data+ and data-) so maybe you can update firmware or manage the games in its memory?
Hi, can you share a link to the battery charging module?
Well good Steve can u give me info on the box of usb parts u get them from
Really satisfying fix and great video!
nice "totally not Goku" sticker! Great soldering!
Very very often when Lion battery is in storage, voltage drops below sensing level of charging circuit and it wont try to charge anymore, so you remove battery charge it with stupid charger for few minutes and it often good as new:)
I save many devices like this without replacing any batteries :P
Solid, subscribed 👍
I need one of this hot snot gun thingys! Can you give us a link please?
Cool T-shirt!
I wonder if there is a way to attach a HDMI to this. I have one similar and it has some really good games on it.
@ 8:25 what the name of the tune playing please Stez
omg the nostalgia seeing you play TNMT
I'm shocked you resurrected that battery. It must have a low-voltage cutoff, which is also surprising on such a cheap product.
Well done!
Steve please use an air filter or something to extract the solder fumes! It is really dangerous in the long run!
Watching the solder flow and listening to raps, that remind me to Goldie Looking Chain. That's what i call qualitiy time.
Nice, What flux do you use?
Haha you're so good so funny and just amazing! 😃😃👍👍
of course he goes with Donatello XD
I'm assuming you can just put in three AA batteries in place of the rechargeable one so you can still use it with the broken port or am I missing something.
Hello ste 😊
I've got a psvita with a dodgy USB charging port what's the chances of you fitting a usb-c to it? Is it a simple swap over or is there more too it?
Kind regards graham
Brilliant
I've got one of these somewhere, the games are Mega Drive roms rather than arcade games, oddly enough.
Where the heck do you find those usb assortment kits? I cant find em anywhere.. I see a couple on amazon, but they are all just usb type a ports lol
Maybe D for dumb on the cable? Thats in the stupid game range. And happy to see another stupid thing working.
😅 thanks Sorakat!
hey bud, long time watcher, can i just ask what flux you're using please
I've got this little system. It's pretty cool. Nice to see you fix this with such ease.
What flux do u use mr? 🤔
@StezStixFix Would it be possible to add these other bits to the list of the kit you use? The flux and solder wick work really well!
@@zx85 Solder wick is just solder wick, u can get it everywhere.
I use blobs of Bluetack when trying to hold two things together
Hey, good game, your getting good at this…lol. I like that glue gun, where did you get that gun, where did you get gun?
wicking away solder is my favorite part
Yes Steve my prayers were answered where have you been missing the videos... vince has gone off the radar too.