/vr/ - Retro Games

>>3390858
So i opened it up and a fucking colony of cockroaches (all dead) was the reason the console sounded like a maraca. Holy shit, i've never seen this shit. I could just throw the N64 to the trash and buy another one in good condition, but i wanted to give it a try.

Cont.

We have a repair/mod general thread. Use the catalog you trog.

>>3390861
After an hour under alcohol (drowned the motherboard in 98% alcohol and then cleaned it with a brush) The motherboard was like new (it had some rust because i suppose the console was not in use for a while). Now i could eat on it.

>>3390865
I wanted to try something new, so i painted it white while it was still open.

>>3390871
And this is the final result. I like how it looks in general, it also was my first paint job (and the last one) so i don't feel bad at all.

And that's it, do you have similar stories /vr/?

>>3390874
not bad! the paintjob looks a little patchy but still.

here's a before/after of a filth-encrusted genesis 1 i got.

pics dont do it justice. this thing was foul. it actually smelled bad and stuck to your fingers like it had been dunked in something. the on/off and volume made the nastiest grindy feeling when you pushed them too.

anyway, took it apart, internals were fine. soaked, scrubbed, and waxed the plastic. put it all back together. now it looks almost factory-new.

>>3390858
>It sounded like a maraca

Kek.

>>3390874
Looks like shit.

>>3390874
Oh my god, what did you do to that poor N64? That paintjob is worse than a million cocroaches.

>>3391775
Live and learn I guess.

>>3390861
This reminds me of that one anon who found some dormant spider eggs or the like.
He was asked to take another photo and found out the eggs hatched with not a single spider to be seen.

>>3391784
Get something to remove that paint and fix that shit.

>>3390865
>drowned the motherboard in 98% alcohol

You can do that?

>>3391883
Yes, aslong as the motherboard doesn't have any contact with electricity and is completely dried when re-assembled.

I just reflowed the solder on an original game boy I just picked up at a garage sale. Funny story too, there was a dr Mario cart a gbc and a gb in a Ziploc. We agreed to a price and I continued to look around. While I wasn't looking that enormous fat fucking whale took the dr Mario cart out of the bag and I didn't notice until I was long gone. Fat fucking piece of dog shit.

>>3391887
Cool, thanks!

Do you guys relate to the main character from Nightcrawler?

Just wondering...

>>3390874
>similar stories
I once made a really fancy made to order wedding cake and while delivering it dropped it on a muddy ant hill and showered the bride with mud in her wedding gown.
Not nearly as horrible as what you did but thought I'd share anyway.

>>3390884
I just bought a Genny myself, along with an Xbox. Both are filthy like they've been in an attic for a decade.
What did you soak the plastic in? Did you use a special wax or will Carnauba do fine?

>>3391790
Dude, it's a $50 N64. Who gives a shit?

>>3390865
Can I do the same with a SNES? It has something inside and it's really giving me the nerves.

I haven't used it in two months, maybe more. So it shouldn't have any "leftover" electricity.

And does it have to be strictly 98% alcohol? Can't I use Isopropyl (~90%)?

>>3392317
Anyone who cares about the preservation of electronics.

>>3390858
I run a used game store, and I'll tell you I've seen some shit. This is one of my favourites.
>guy enters my store with a disgusting looking duffel bag
>he asks if we buy old games
>we sure do!
>he puts the duffel bag on the counter
>I open it up and start going through it
>inside there is a SNES and a handfull of boxes games
>My fingers make contact with the system and suddenly it feels like I just put my hand in half dried glue
>this smell of this guy and the bag hit me
>he smells like somebody made a stew out of cigarette buts, used jock straps, and mouldy bacon
>I resist the urge to vomit
>I look at the system it has a 1/8th inch thick layer of this horrible brown/yellow goo mixed with dust.
>I move over to my testing area, it works fine
>my hands are now covered in this horrifying goo
>i start checking out the games
>DKC1,2,3, Mario All Stars, and Mario world.
>I start to open DKC1.
>The color on the boxes it totally gone, replaced with a sick yellow
>the box feels oddly moist
>what the fuck?
>The box starts to fall apart
>He smells so bad I don't know how much longer I can take it
>I don't bother checking the rest of the games or controllers
>I give him 20 bucks for it
>none of the boxes are salvageable, they're literally falling apart
>The only system I've ever totally strip cleaned
>used the dishwasher in the backroom that we never use to clean the non electronic parts.
>The system after intense cleaning still smells like an ash tray.

Turns out the guy got it when it all came out, lived in the same apartment since the 80's and was an extremely heavy smoker. So those games and that system were stewing in 20+ years of smoke. It was basically SNES jerky that point.

>>3390874
Looks cool.

>>3392942
What the absolute fuck?
Not even my SNES is that fucked up... Even though it's sitting in the open and it fell to the ground two or three times.

>>3392942
That's sick. Do you have any more interesting stories? Running an used games store sounds pretty cool.

>>3392317
I got N64 from YJA for 800 yen. No controllers, box or cables, but it was in perfect condition.
RGB modding it myself was 2-3 US dollars.
And here you pay 50 USD for cockroach-filled console AND fuck up the paintwork.

>>3392976
Oh yeah. The worst are people who have no idea what they're looking for, but won't admit it.
>Woman comes in my store
>professionally dressed
>I ask her if I can help her find anything
>She says "I'm looking for a specific game for my son that he lost"
>She tells me the title of the game
>Super Mario War Lord 4
>whut
>I ask her what system it's for she says Game Boy Advance
>Alright so I start thinking what she could possibly be looking for, Super Mario Advance 4, Game and Watch Gallery 4
>I say "I don't think there are any games called that" And I start listing likely ones she might be confusing
>She looks at me like I'm crazy, and with a super condescending voice she repeats herself "No, I'm pretty sure it was Super Mario War Lord 4"
>I tell her I don't have a copy and I've never heard of it.
>She looks at me like I'm retarded.
>Suddenly guy walks in the store, comes up to her and asks "do they have it"
>She says no
>The guy says "There it is, that's the one he wants"
>He's pointing to a copy of Wario Land 4 in my GBA cabinet.
>The woman asks to buy it.
>Not even a shred of shame in her demeanour, like that entire retarded conversation never even happened.
>Why was the guy who actually knew what they were looking for waiting in a car outside?

In retrospect, I feel a little stupid for not thinking of Wario Land 4 at the time. It's far from the only time someone doubled down on being painfully wrong though.

>>3392568
OP here. Sure but i recommend to take a look inside first, my N64 had roaches shit impregned all over the motherboard, thats why i drowned it, maybe your SNES just need a huge blow with compressed air, and you can still clean the connectors with alcohol and swabs.

>>3391763
>>3391775
>>3392178
Ayy
>tfw got offered 200 bucks for pic related.

Anyway i refused to sell it, as i made this a small collection thing.

>>3393056
If you're going to have it on display somewhere you should give a game and a controller the same paint job so it looks like a set.

>>3393056
Thanks for the help. Maybe like you said, there are only a few harmless dead bugs (tiny moths maybe?) inside it and all it needs are a few blows.

>>3392763
>muh history
Not everyone has to be (You)

>>3391883
Alcohol evaporates very easily, making it a good electronic cleaner.

>>3390858
>>3390861
>bugs in your console
Thank God I live in the UK where we don't get this kind of shit.

>>3393056
>some fool really wants to overpay for my zelda games

>>3392763
It's not even important electronics, it's sole purpose was to make money for nintendo. The original kidney dialysis machine should be preserved, it's purpose was to make money and save lives or at least improve the quality of life. It's existence meant something.

I'm waiting for a bowflex to be thrown into a museum dedicated to marvels of mechanical engineering.

I'm not even trying to knock the n64, but if every single one just disappeared off the face of the planet it's not going to prevent any lives from continuing.

Holy shit, is this you, OP?
https://us.letgo.com/en/i/white-nintendo-64-w-donkey-kong-expansion_ec647065-816d-4787-be8d-ccbbbff3329d

If so, small world eh?

>>3393860
Nah, I'm mexican, didn't even knew that site existed. I have DK64 and the expansion pak tho.

>>3392568
98% is a mixing ratio of isopropyl.
Given that they dilute it with water, id say get the highest you can find.

>>3392275
Anyone?

>>3390874
Get a v64. It matches perfectly!

>>3394345
Except OP ruied it by painting EVERYTHING white, instead of leaving some trim items.

>>3394345
>matches perfectly
Like one of those gay coffees with a double soy latte on the bottom and some sort of even worse veggie topping.

>>3394379
OP is proud of his fuckup. It's a millennial thing. You wouldn't understand.

>>3394814
I'm proud that i could recue it from being eaten by roaches. I also know the painting is a little fuckep up (first try), but i made it personal and fuck you.

>Millennial thing.
What?

>>3394821
You should learn how to paint stuff before going "it was my first try"

You no doubt didn't prep the surface. You no doubt didn't correctly apply the paint. You no doubt didn't do multiple coats with a light sand in between.

It looks like shit because you made it look like shit.

>>3394862
You should fuck off back to /v/ and stop shitting up the board with your "hot opinions". Don't like it? Don't post in the thread. Eat shit.

>>3394874
Hey, fucko, I watched you repost this shit TWICE on /v/ before you wound up settling here.

You did a shit job, you stupid little faggot, and people calling you out for that isn't an "opinion", it's fact.

>>3394874
Im not the one whos shitting up the board here.

>NES had blinking light of death
>pushed pins in
>disabled lockout chip
>now NES won't even turn on
The fuck?

>>3394913
Help.

>>3394874
No you shitted up the board with your shit paint job. Don't like it? Tell you to fuck off back to /v/ with your shit.

>>3394895
>>3395273
OP here, you were fighting another anon lmao, but anyway, fuck off, dude, did i trigger your autism with the shitty paint job i made?

>>3395287
You're just another faggot who did a shitty paint job on your console. We rightfully took the piss out of you for it. Get over it. Get over yourself.

>>3395340
Nah, i like it.

>>3395273
>>3395340

>We

Are you so fat you speak of yourself in plural?

OP saved a poor N64 that would normally would have been left to rot and made it his personal thing. Sure it's imperfect but that makes it special and since he doesn't want to sell it but just did it for himself what's the problem. I for one am happy about the whole thing.

>>3396196
You sound mad, can't into reading comprehension projecting samefag

>>3396196
Thank you anon, i love you.