/vr/ - Retro Games

>>4685462
Yeah it makes the plastic weaker, like in pic related. There is a process to reverse the damage/discolouring but it’s quite pricy if I remember correctly. (30-40)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1HUmgzF16ew

No, it's like yellowed pages on an old book. There's history there.

>>4685462
Are you posting from a timeline where curtains haven't been invented? Hell, I taped up my windows so I can sleep in the day without it being bright, so no sunlight even gets in anyway.

Just keep them out of direct sunlight and they'll be fine.

just like keep your console in the original box

>>4685462
>UV light damaging your consoles
No. I keep the housing on all my consoles that have EPROMs and also cover the window. Even when that fails the console is still fine. I just need to reburn replace the chip. Oh, wait, you were being a faggot.

>>4685483
>yeah i parrot
kids. lol

>>4685462
Do you know that white your teeth will make them weaker?
thats your answer, never do that to yourself and dont that to your console!

>>4685462
>sunlight yellows the fuck out of your white components
>leaves one piece white instead of yellowing all of it for consistency

>>4688178
That sun. He's a wacky dude.

>>4685462
I never understood how people allowed this to happen to their consoles. I still have my SNES and it's barely, if at all, yellowed.

>>4685483
You can make something that whitens it for very cheap. I think it includes oxyclean.

I use pic related on all my consoles since the mid 90s. No knife my stuff has yellowed 1 bit. Got a few consoles I retro brighted that I treated with this as well and it seems to really keep the yellow from coming back

>>4688373
Because not everyone is a NEET shut in that can't hack a bit of sunlight.

>>4686298
I like having a lot of plants in my house and they need sunlight.

>>4685462
Nope, I emulate on my PC. Bite me.

>>4689037
A uv blocking film might be something you want to use. Some plants don't actually need uv light.

Has anyone done color sampling for consoles? Why not repaint original colors?

>>4689117
Why paint over it when you can just reverse the yellowing process using hydrogen peroxide?

>>4689183
It's only temporary though.

>>4685462
no because I have a 1chip SNES

>>4685462
Nope, I've keept mine out of the sun light and any artificial light for the past 20 yrs. Still grey

>>4685462

Yes, that's why I don't like transparent controllers or systems and store my CDs in bookcase with doors.

As for discoloring the plastic? No, don't really case.

Has anyone purposely made a discolored SNES mini?

>>4685462
Nothing lasts forever.
>Do you ever worry about UV light damaging your consoles?
I worry about my bills.
I worry about my health.
I worry about the fact my grandmother is 83 years old.

I don't worry about my SNES turning yellow.

>>4690126
>mfw life sucks.

>>4685462
My SNES didn't turn yellow, just the controller ports on the front.

The one from my childhood was placed in a box and kept in the basement and it discolored 20 years later never leaving said box. IIRC it was a batch of them made from a certain date that had something funky with the paint or plastic mix that makes the discoloaration like in OP's pic happen. It's not from UV light, though I suppose it could accelerate it. I saw a Dreamcast at a pawn shop with the same problem too.

While searching the forums, the most helpful hint I found regarding the SNES was this. Someone had asked Nintendo of America’s customer support about the issue, and this is how they responded:
Hi!

Thank you for contacting us. That’s an interesting question! For the Super NES, this is a normal condition and no cause for alarm. Cleaning or handling the system will have minimal impact to change or revive the original color.

The Super NES, as well as our other systems, are made with a plastic containing flame-retardant chemicals to meet safety guidelines. Over time, the plastic will age and discolor both because of these chemicals as well as from the normal heat generated from the product or exposure to light. Because of the light color of the plastic of the SNES and NES, this discoloration is more easily seen than with other darker plastics such as on the N64 and the Nintendo GameCube.

Thanks for your email!
Nintendo of America Inc.
Casey Ludwig

>>4691554
You can notice it on th front piece of the GameCube, mine became a bit discoloured. I wonder if the white Wii U will eventually turn yellow

>>4690126
>your mom will throw your hoard into the trash after you die

My "service" SNES has a cracked top shell that I poorly superglued back together anyway, so I don't think it would matter if it yellowed.

>>4693112
>dying before your parents
Don't an hero, anon, there's so many games still left to play

>>4685462
I kept my SNES out of direct sunlight and it still started to yellow.