/vr/ - Retro Games

It isn't. You've done the community a favor that pointing out some hardware fags are autistic.

Color of the console is meaningless.

By the way, isn't retrobright a waste of time (seems like it fades away after 1 year) and hardware (weakens the plastic)? Could someone explain better?

>>8286683
>you see, thing is actually good
>dilate goodtranny, ywnbaw
>seethe badzoomer
>cope goodfag
>guys GUYS I did not take the vaccine
there you go anons, saved you clowns the trouble of reading the posts that will appear after this

>>8286683
Enjoy your brittle plastic.

>>8286739
>nooo the console itself needs to be super tough and durable!
why, it's sitting on a shelf or desk or entertainment center cubby 99.9% of the time

>>8286740
Actually you're right, there's no need for the SNES to be durable.

>>8286683
>convince me
Why? Fuck you.

>>8286745
The same image posted for the past decade.

>>8286776
The same cope too.

>>8286786
What do you mean? It's an image from some guy's repair blog of Super System arcade boards.

>>8286683
it isn't and the process to brighten a yellowed console will jst do further damage to it. It may not be appealing but there's nothing wrong with a yellow SNES as long as it still plays games. Instead of spending the money and time on Retrobright use the money to buy more games and the time to play then.

@8286683
>convince an angry attention whore zoomer of [insert random strawman here]

Mine's all yellow but I'm gonna give my top shell a custom paint job

I keep all my consoles yellowed. I've just ordered an extremely yellowed Dreamcast and I'm not going to restore that one either.

I loved the results after I RB'ed my Famicom, but a few years later and it looks like ass. Yeah, the results can be great, but probably not worth the hassle to redo every year or two. Not sure on the brittleness.

Best bet is to find used consoles which aren't already yellowed and buy those. I have a 1-chip Super Famicom which has practically no yellowing as far as I can tell, so at least for that system they are out there. The original Famicom is probably the worst given the pale plastic on some of them seems to turn a horrific piss-yellow that is far worse than the beige color acquired by my other yellowed consoles and PCs.

>>8287680
pic of said dreamcast

>>8287686
That looks awful. I'd wager that's at least in part nicotine staining and not just the usual plastic yellowing.

>>8287689
>nicotine staining
urban legend

I don't have a piss fetish so I prefer my consoles to not be piss colored. Pretty simple.

Too much of a hassle. My main concern is streaking from uneven thickness of the retrobright lotion. The only alternative would be total submersion in higher-strength hydrogen peroxide, but that gets expensive because you're wasting bottles of the shit just to submerge the case.

I know that the yellowing chemical reaction causes the plastic to become brittle, and I have yellowed cases that have started to chip at the corners. What I'm still not sure about though is whether retrobrighting actually reverses the changes the to structure integrity of the plastic to make it less brittle and chip-prone.

>>8287774
>less brittle and chip-prone
no, it can't do that

You don't even need retrobrite, it takes longer but you can get the same result by simply leaving it out in the sun.

>>8286683
The yellowing is actually accumulation of soul over time.

>>8287798
wont it melt? or distort?

>>8287806
Basically this. It's comparable to the yellowed pages of an old book, it adds to its history and soul.
Anyway, my SNES didn't got yellow, but even if it did, I'd leave it like that.

>>8287686
>yellowed Dreamcast
literally how

dumb question but could you possibly vacuum seal the outside plastic? or put some kind of clear coating on it so oxygen can't get to it?

Another thing Sega did what Nintendidn't, make their consoles black to this shit wouldn't happen.

>>8287865
>could you vacuum seal electronics that heat up and use air to vent and cool
OK Grandma

>>8287868
I didn't think this through but the idea sounded good in my head.

>>8287870
also to add to that, Oxygen isn't the issue
it's UV rays that cause yellowing

>>8286683
All you need is to leave the console in the sun. Retrobright isn't required. In fact, consider you need to leave the console in the sun after using retrobright, it makes one wonder if it even works.

>>8287885
>>8286683
Basically just make sure it's direct sunlight and you don't have a glass roof or a window

sunlight -> window -> console = yellowing
sunlight -> console = de-yellowing

>>8287885
>>8287887
bait

>>8287891
I know, it's very hard to swallow for people like you who fell for the retrobright meme and actually paid to damage their consoles.

If OP doesn't believe me he can do some research. Those pics were my experiment after I saw a YouTube video about it and I checked myself whether it really worked. It's been 15 months now and the game boy still looks like on the bottom pic, while with retrobright the yellowing comes back after a while.

>>8286739
Huh?

>>8287908
mate
the reason plastic yellows is because the plastic contains bromine which seeps to the surface over time
the UV light will yellow it and eventually brown it, you are tying to lead people into purposefully yellowing their consoles

>>8287808
It will if you leave it in a desert for hours. Most SNES owners don't live in a desert.

>>8287885
It is quicker with chemicals.

>>8287918
Mate, you're seething because of all the money you spent on women's hair products.

>>8287850
No idea but it was 500 yen and I’m a filthy Jew :^)

retrobright is not worth the effort. It will sorta clean up your console, but you'll end up with a slightly different gray compared to the original. And after a year or so (depending on environmental conditions such as temperature and moisture), you'll end up with a yellow console again.

>>8287686
What a retard

>>8287885
The sun is what's yellowed it in the first place. Dont believe me? Put a white toy/figure on your windowsill for 2 weeks. THEN tell me if I'm wrong

>>8287887
Doesnt mean shit. Left near glass with sun = yellowed.
Left outside in direct sunlight = yellowed

If anyone is falling for a meme here its u lying through your yellowed gook teeth

>>8287686
>looks like a toilet seat covered in piss
pure SOVL

>>8286727
i mean the discoloration is surface level, so to clean it youd have to etch the outermost layer somewhat
im sure its not much, but no doubt if you did it a dozen times it would weaken the plastic

frankly i think its autistic
so what if your SNES smokes cigs?
its from the 90s. it was still cool to smoke then

>>8287691
>nicotine staining
>urban legend
zoomer never smoked filterless
that shit will stain you fingers in like a day
your damn right itll stain some shitty plastic

>>8289089
That's because it is not direct sunlight. Put a yellowed old toy out on a desk straight in the sunlight for a few days and watch the magic that's free and not the fag option.

>>8287686
Soul

>>8289136
>human skin and plastic have a pretty similar chemical composition. If one yellows, then the other one HAS to.
big brain take anon

>>8286683
Just spray paint it

>>8287885
Sunlight bleaches, who could have thought

>>8290189
dude cigs stain absolutely everything
walls, couches, skin, lungs. you bet itll stain some cheap fucking plastic

Why would you remove the soulful patina? You guys are like those women that buy antique chairs and slap chalk paint on them

On stuff from my childhood my dad insisted on spraying every plastic thing that came into out house with this stuff called 303 aerospace. It's like uv protection for plastic on cars. All the consoles that got treated have absolutely no yellowing. For anything I get now I retro bright and then seal with the same 303. Works for me

>>8287686
Likes like it was boiled in the piss of chinese school children.

>>8286734
Lol thanks anon, this should be an auto reply when someone creates a post from now on

>>8287691
It definitely stains ceilings and lighting rigs in old community clubs

>>8290889
>ceilings are made of ABS
get a load of this retard

>>8287885
>direct sunlight only
>gameboy shell on top of a paper towel in all pics
what did he mean by this

>>8287846
The problem is, only certain parts of cartridges/consoles are absorbing that soul (at least in my case)
I'm okay if my stuff yellowed entirely. What i'm not okay with is random piss yellow stains all over my stuff.

>>8287865
Clear nail polish or some sort of varnish will have a similar effect. Would look awful though (even though you should be looking at the tv screen and not the console)

>>8290189
Fucking hell are you really that stupid and just assume that is what the anon is thinking? If you had been alive for a long enough amount of time and aware of your surroundings you would know that tobacco smoke stains things....

>>8290947
The retard, that has pointed out a fact that nicotine stains ceilings? I ink you may have misread that post

>>8290947
When did I say that in my previous post?

>>8287885
wtf is this real

>>8287846
>my SNES didn't got yellow
BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T ABUSE OR NEGLECT THE FUCK OUT OF IT, OR BUY IT FROM SOMEONE WHO DID

>>8291226
I know nicotine stains things restard. I'm pointing out that using skin staining as evidence that it stains plastic as well is retard logic. Blue pen ink stains skin but would wash off plastic pretty easily.

Some people had success submerging their stuff in 12% hydrogen peroxide, then blasting it with UV light (for example from a LED strip) for a couple hours.
I wonder if that actually damages the plastic.

>>8292191
Pretty sure all UV light damages plastic to some degree

>>8286683
Disassemble, wipe down with alcohol and a light coat of pic related >>>> Retromeming

The solution isn't necessary. Leaving the console out in the sun has the same effect. Retrobright just speeds up the process and further weakens the plastic.

>>8293127
how do you purpose dealing with the console logos? using paint is just going to remove any logos on the console, and taping it will just look ugly.

>>8291330
My PS1 from my childhood was sitting in a box in my closet for more than a decade, completely gray when I put it in. I took it out last month while cleaning everything out and the top was a dark yellow. I don't even smoke.

>>8286683
the brightness returns
to my decaying to plastic
childhood doesn't

>>8293127
>light coat of pic related
does that block UV?

>>8286683
Okay, I've researched about it a lot because I wanted to restore some LEGO.

NO MATTER what you do, you are ONLY bleaching the plastic. You are NOT restoring it into it's original chemical composition.

The plastics break with time due to heat, UV, usage, oxydation and so on. There's only one way to restore it, and that would be to heat it to its glass transition state, but that basically means that the plastic will deform. It only works with thermoplastics.

It won't further damage the plastic, it'll just bleach the outer layer, if it becomes "brittle" it just means that the damage was already done. It'll only bleach the surface. You should use a controlled heat instead of sun to do it. After the process is done you should coat it with an UV blocker, since it's exposed.

>>8286727
>>8286683
This guy made a lot of experiment, everything is explained there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPl356YKcVs

>>8289072
Yes, it's a bleaching process, it's not restoring the original molecular structure of the plastic.

Everyone really should watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPl356YKcVs

After watch it I basically gave up restoring plastic.

>>8294083
I had this set as a child. Fun times.

>>8294101
Sadly most of the new LEGO sets are licensed or based on real life. They are barely doing original stuff. (Nexus Knights, Elvens and Friends are actually licensed, even though they are original).

>>8294120
i'm glad there are like minded people out there. licenses were the death of lego for me

>>8287912
>peroxide
did you read your image dipshit?

>>8294940
would you really prefer if lego star wars wasn't a thing?

>>8292191
based harbinger of chaos

>>8286683
My SNES is yellow as fuck and smells like cigarettes and cat piss. And that's a good thing.

>tfw your retro gear is black and doesn't need retrobright

>>8288998

But how many billion yen did it cost to ship from overseas?

>>8286686
Yes. However, in certain circumstances, it can be beneficial. My childhood SNES is yellow. I don't feel the need to correct that though.

>>8298409
This is why I love Sega, Nintendfags busy trying to restore original colors, I just play the genesis all day

>>8299767

>>8300821
OH N-

>>8298409
The real question is whether dark-colored plastics are still degrading but we just can't tell, similar to how it's easier to see stains on a white shirt compared to a black shirt.

My real concern isn't even necessarily the ugly yellowed look. It's the degradation of the plastics. The old consoles I have with yellowing going on have small chips in the corners of the plastic due to the structure becoming more brittle.

TO IMPRESS YOUR REDDITORS
SEE THEM DRIVEN BEFORE YOU
AND TO HEAR THE LAMNATIONS OF EMU FAGS

>>8301950
You should use UV protectant even on black consoles.
I think that's about all you can do, short of putting them in vacuum-sealed bags.

>>8294083