Let's Repair - Ebay Junk - NEC TurboGrafx 16 - PC Engine

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Let's Repair - Ebay Junk - NEC TurboGrafx 16 - PC Engine - Epic Deal!

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Another complete "let's repair" Vlog of probably THE best deal I've ever scored on ebay! This time I snagged myself a faulty PAL TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine complete in original box with Blazing Lazers game and all the cables/inlays/paperwork. When I got the email from ebay telling me I'd won, I genuinely shocked. I think everyone else must have forgotten to bid or something! :P
I'm pretty unfamiliar with the system and know very little about it other than the videos I've seen from fellow KZfaqrs. I'd love to get some suggestions of games I should try.
Thanks for watching!

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@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

That's pretty cool :) . Thanks for watching! Make some vids of the stuff you mod/fix :-)

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

That's not a garbage bag. It's a grey self-sealing postal bag. You've never seen these before? Most big ebay sellers use them. You wrap whatever you're shipping in bubble wrap then pop it into one of these. Saves on postage costs, it's tamper/rain proof and same protection as a jiffy bag. Box wasn't damaged in transit.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions. Some more titles for me to add to the list and check out :)

@MrTonloc32 11 жыл бұрын

I had this console years ago. Definitely a blast from the past. Had a handful of games that you could carry around, as they reminded me of credit cards. Appreciate the video.

@MoonlitVibe 11 жыл бұрын

I was amazed by the quality of the console and packaging. I was about four or five when I got my first console, a NES, so there was no danger of me keeping it all in good nick but I had an older relative who kept his impecable. It makes me think that I had the right idea all along, after all two decades worth of pristine conditioning is great for the buyer buy only equates to around a tenner for the seller. I suppose it's more a lifestyle thing but it made me feel better about my habits anyway.

@NeoTrggrTheGammer 11 жыл бұрын

watching videos like this made me want to take up learning electronic soldering. Thanks for making these videos

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@NeoTrggrTheGammer 11 жыл бұрын

haven't started yet but im going to start learning soon but seeing these kinda of videos makes me want to repair broken electronics like video game consoles. Yeah the reason was mostly to learn a new skill/hobby that could prove useful and fun at the same time. The idea came from watching arcade machine repair videos and my love of the old school gaming consoles

@projectzip 11 жыл бұрын

Just see you have a multi mega, i bought one from a car boot for £3. Couldn't hand over the money quick enough lol

@JayArgonaut 11 жыл бұрын

Nice video, you definitely bagged a bargain there and all you needed to do was a bit of resoldering. Makes me wonder why the original service engineer who worked on the PCB didn't have a proper go...

@whitehouseuk 11 жыл бұрын

It's like watching a Scottish MacGyver at work! Excellent! :)

@COBOL 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah! But it was later official released by Telegames in UK only and in very limited quantities. It's so rare outside the UK that I've never saw one in person! You had an amazing deal on eBay with this and thanks your repairing skills now you're proud owner of a "NEC Turbografx" (without the "16", that's the name of the US one). Great!

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Most retro PAL consoles are set to run at 50Hz by default. This is why some unoptimised games appear to run slower. That's why installing 50/60Hz switches on old consoles is very common/popular here.

@Jessie_Renfro 11 жыл бұрын

That's cool that you got a fair price and was able to fix it up. I think it's interesting to see the inside of a video game console. That I wouldn't have the patience to fix them like you have. XD

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

It was suppose to get released but NEC pulled the plug at the last minute. That's why there are so many brand new boxed consoles floating about on ebay etc. The PAL stock exists but never made it to retail.

@lurkerrekrul 11 жыл бұрын

Game suggestions: Devil's Crush - Great pinball game Military Madness - Nice little war game, not too complex Space Harrier - Pretty good port Before spending a lot of money on games, I'd suggest that you download an emulator like TurboEngine and try them out. Then you'll know which ones you'll like.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

I use a cordless butane iron for less intricate work such as desoldering RF shielding, removing old components and tinning wires etc. For more delicate stuff I use a cheap 30W iron with a very fine tip. Cheap irons are fine for most common jobs. They cost about £5 on ebay/Amazon.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Well thanks for the super fast postage and awesome deal! :) This is the second item I've bought from your store and both times, excellent service! Cheers

@ProductionsHead 11 жыл бұрын

The thing is, that even though it was faulty, everything that came with it that works is well over the price that you paid for it, the controller alone should be over 20 bucks.

@BartechTV 11 жыл бұрын

I once got a new Sony Vaio laptop on Ebay for £90. It wouldn't power up, but the charger they sent me with it was for a different laptop and the wrong voltage. Plugged in the right charger and it powered up right away and the battery started charging. Never even had to pick up a screwdriver :)

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Lol, thanks. I sometimes worry people might think I'm being a bit smug. I'm actually just excited to share my finds and prove that there are still bargains to be found on ebay :) .

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

I was really surprised when I got the email from ebay telling me how much the final bid was! :)

@wingnut4427 11 жыл бұрын

A few great games to consider collecting. Bonk's Adventure, Splatter House, Bloody Wolf, The Legendary Axe 1 & 2, Alien Crush, Devils Crush, Ninja Spirit, Victory Run & Vigilante.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks. As far as I know they're pretty easy to mod. You can install a region switch and RGB output. They seem to be locked at 50Hz though sadly.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Yeah the AV port is about the only advantage the UK model has over the US.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Yes, it looks like someone glued it to the board. I didn't want to risk lifting traces by removing. It's no longer connected so I just left it where it was.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude. I was a bit surprised to see the condition of the board given the excellent condition of the outside! It seems someone bought it new and then tried to do the region mod. Kinda lucky they didn't fry something in the process! At least it was only about 5 pins I needed to resolder and not 300! lol Will check him out, thanks for the suggestion! I'm going to give the RGB mod a try I think.

@SproutyPottedPlant 11 жыл бұрын

Never seen one of those! That board sure was looking sorry for itself! It's amazing it was producing a video signal!!

@Ettornio 11 жыл бұрын

Excellent work, Martin! Looking forward to your pickups for this system.

@AcornElectron 11 жыл бұрын

Good man! Another classic console saved from the landfill!

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks. You just have to keep checking ebay frequently and look for things others might overlook.

@bfriesen75 11 жыл бұрын

A year ago I bought a "broken" TG16 off eBay, which is up and running now. What's interesting to me, if you compare the video image of your motherboard against the NTSC version and you'll see a lot of differences.

@lxs077 11 жыл бұрын

iv known about the turbo grafx all my life but never actually paid much attention to the console till last year and now i must have one lol

@SPARKY832010 11 жыл бұрын

Lol you do it everytime martin. You got an eye for a bargain. Good work man.

@bobbypaycheque 11 жыл бұрын

Great pick up and video as always. I live in North America and I have never even seen a Turbo Grafix 16 out in the wild. Guess we didn't get many of them. So enjoy it for all of us and you probably already know but there is a fantastic Castlevania game for the TG16 :)

@TheSynrgy1987 11 жыл бұрын

i got a master system mk1 off ebay as faulty, it worked but for some reason had no sheilding inside and was sold with a megadrive ac adapter and av cable, people do some strange things still wonder what happened to the sheilding anyway, great deal!

@JMC_90 11 жыл бұрын

Loving these video's mate :)

@robstimrules 11 жыл бұрын

Very nice video as always, you got yourself a very nice addition to the collection

@MrSiggler 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome, man! Not only a great deal, but the fix wasn't too difficult! I was surprised to see that the PAL Turbo-Grafx has an AV port... I had to mod my NTSC unit to get AV out. With an NTSC unit you'd need an over-priced expansion module called the Turbo-Booster to get anything but blurry RF out of it. Wish I could suggest a few games, right now I still only have just "Keith Courage in Alpha Zones" lol. Anyhow ;) Awesome job man!

@swaxTV 11 жыл бұрын

i once bought a video camera for 90 USD and sold it on ebay for over 600!!:) gotta love people who dont know what selling.

@la.zanmal. 11 жыл бұрын

"I'd love to get some suggestions of games I should try."

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll go watch some gameplays :)

@cutemimi25 11 жыл бұрын

So that's what the PAL version of the TurboGrafx 16 looks like (I thought it would look like the PC Engine). Anyway great pickup RetroGameTech.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like them!

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've bought stuff from them too. They have quite a lot of new old stock items, which is cool.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

No they're fine. It's just new old stock. The console never got an official release in the UK so the stock ended up sitting in a warehouse unsold.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check them out.

@P5ychoFox 11 жыл бұрын

I have a Telegames PC Engine convertor for mine. You can fit a region switch to enable PC Engine games to be played but its a fiddly job.

@FullMoonStudio 11 жыл бұрын

I have a mint one of these in my basement as I am the original owner. Have to dig it out and see if it still works ;-) I am in the USA. I did not realize that these did not have a proper UK release.

@southparkboy619 11 жыл бұрын

Your Genesis Monster was staring at me this whole video.

@SimmyBassline 11 жыл бұрын

That was a great deal you got yourself there mate, nice.

@StarLightNow 11 жыл бұрын

That was an amazing deal! Awesome find and awesome video.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

I was pretty surprised to win it at that price! :) After a little research it seems like a previous owner had attempted to do an RGB and/or region mod. Possibly decided they were out of their depth but by that time had already killed the console. I just reconnected a couple of legs on that IC and it was good as new :) . A lucky find for sure!

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Fixing a lot of these old systems is generally easier than you might think ;-)

@DjStiv3 11 жыл бұрын

man i wish i was like you bro... clever at repairing consoles & fixing things.. im below average at best... its awesome you do these things.. (in the back of mind i think its bogus bcz i wish i could do these things like you..but at at the same time i respect you and your knowledge) i wish at the very least i actually knew you or someone like you i think it would be nice and aweome if you could help fix things.. (you should consider opening a repair site like a send in repair sort of thing

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

They didn't sell too well outside of Japan I believe. Didn't know about the Castlevania game. Will check it out.

@COBOL 11 жыл бұрын

It's a PAL Turbografx. Much more rare than a US Turbografx 16. Sure it was an epic deal!

@yandman26 11 жыл бұрын

It's also worth noting you have the black NTSC game pad that's not the one that comes with the pal unit , pal ones are grey like the console the American console was black like your pad but I feel this looks much better

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

The UK version has a composite output where as I think the US version was RF only? The image still looks pretty washed out to me so I'm going to do the RGB Scart mod next I think :)

@DaveSimonH 11 жыл бұрын

Well done, sounded like you surprised yourself on this one. Suppose worst case scenario, you could have kept if for spares or sold it on. Good that you got it working, although your wallet will be lighter when you track down more games for it :)

@1980sGamer 11 жыл бұрын

Hmm. I didn't know it was just called the "Turbografx" in the UK. Thanks for sharing that.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to think so. Either a region mod or RGB mod gone wrong. Interesting to read about all the new old stock that seems to be floating about. I never knew the system was never officially released in the UK. That would explain why the system is in seemingly unused condition.

@P5ychoFox 11 жыл бұрын

Hmm the previous owner didn't open the manual but removed and re-fitted the ICs :) I have one of these PAL TG consoles, mine was brand new and boxed. I've only played it a handful of times so far. Very nice system, shame its launch here in the UK never really got going.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

I was trying to find more info on this the other night. But it seems that because the console is a bit uncommon, there isn't much demand for finding a 60Hz solution. In most cases it would probably just be easier/cheaper to buy a US or Japanese system. I'm going to keep looking into it though. It can't be that difficult to revert it back to 60Hz. Maybe I already have some junk consoles with the required parts.

@CursedTeardrop 11 жыл бұрын

always wanted one of these, i wish i had as much luck as you on ebay. love the repair vids keep them coming :-)

@MrROTD 11 жыл бұрын

good find and good job fixin it, I had one of these when it was new, Bonks adventure games and Legendary Axe were really cool at the time maybe I shoulda kept my TG16

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Lol, did you forget to bid? I couldn't believe no one else was interested. The controller alone is worth about £10! :)

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

It would be nice to get an original Japanese PC-Engine one day :) . They are very expensive though! It's no surprise we get the ugly cover art as usual, haha. JAMMA PC-Engine? That sounds interesting!

@ricflairjrs4 11 жыл бұрын

You give yerself no credit my friend, to you 20 minutes with an iron, to most other gamer archeologists -???...as them kids say, you got skills. Cheers, enjoy that machine!

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

I think it was maybe a region mod gone wrong. I'll probably end up region modding it properly and also install a proper RGB output :)

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

It looks like the console had a botched region/RGB mod attempted on it. Probably bought new and never played as a result. The UK version seems like a bit of an oddball system! it's gimped in some ways and improved in others. I'm looking forward to trying out some other games :)

@MushroomMTL 11 жыл бұрын

Awesome deal and great job on the repair! :D

@iGuruRevolution 11 жыл бұрын

Martin, you should put ads on your videos, I feel bad watching them without giving you anything in return. Also the money generated from the ads could help let you buy more junk to repair which would in turn give us more videos :D:D:D like so he can see guys!

@9ElevenGamer 11 жыл бұрын

It's worth it just for the controller at that price, nice find mate.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

They seem to cost about £70 including postage for BNIB new old stock bundle. So not a bad saving! :)

@yandman26 11 жыл бұрын

Legendary axe , all three bonks adventures , soldier blade , final soldier , devils crush , Jackie Chan kung fu , vigilante etc etc it's one of the greatest consoles ever made it's awesome I've built an arcade machine version

@jusfucksingmeupG 11 жыл бұрын

You my friend are a master tech. I do learn from you it look hopeless keep posting vids.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

ORLY?... You should share the name of the site. I think a lot of people would love to pick up a TG16 for such a low price.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

Apparently they were never officially released in the UK. I'm surprised it came back to life too! lol

@la.zanmal. 11 жыл бұрын

Oh man, Splatterhouse was like the one game I wanted back in the day but missed getting :( I remember seeing an arcade version of it once.

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

It's just a shame the PAL versions seem to be locked at 50Hz. I'm not sure if anyone has worked out how to convert it back to 60Hz.

@ElegyForTheMasses 11 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a deal! I got a crappy deal on mine, and that was after looking for weeks for a decent price. I ended up paying $150 for a TG16+dock+CD which was sold as-is and the seller is not sure if it works as the power supply is severed. I'm hoping it works right away (with a proper power supply of course), but if not, I'm hoping it's an easy repair. :/

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

You can region mod it to play Japanese games but it'll still be outputting a 50Hz signal. I don't think there's an easy 60Hz solution sadly.

@SpaceShank 11 жыл бұрын

Never even heard of this system, but good work!

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

After seeing the condition of the board I just assumed the thing must have been fried or previously repaired and had died again. I wasn't hopeful so it was a real surprise to see it boot up! :) I figured since the controller and game typically sell for around £10 each that I couldn't really lose :P. Problem is I've now got a taste for TG16 gaming and would love to get the Japanese console with some games! But my wallet hasn't recovered from Xmas yet! :P

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

You can search by seller if you hit the "Advanced" link next to ebay's blue search button ;-) .

@la.zanmal. 11 жыл бұрын

It's from about 1989. It was never really popular in North America... AFAIK it got no TV advertising, and it was primarily sold at Radio Shack, so yeah.

@1980sGamer 11 жыл бұрын

Damn! A TG16 for 11.50 pounds? That's an epic deal indeed.

@evoGage 11 жыл бұрын

Good job on the repair as usual!

@drummingsoldier87 11 жыл бұрын

I have a TurboGrafx that isn't working and this inspired me to at least try and fix it :)

@KevinTwiner 11 жыл бұрын

Way too get it running!awsome job as always!

@MoonlitVibe 11 жыл бұрын

I've just realised that it's a faulty console (and a particularly good deal) so I guess it would normally fetch a bigger number. Still, I'll never be an antiques dealer.

@TheMightyFlame 11 жыл бұрын

Hey! Love your videos, really fun to watch and your voice is so calm and relaxing! Great work! :) Random question, what kind of watch do you have? Really random but I'm looking after a new watch and I liked the one you got, haha :) Keep up the good work, I'm a fan!

@GuardYourFlanks 11 жыл бұрын

Good job. Hey even if you couldn't get it working it would have been worth if for the box and the housing of that TG16

@SupahLinkio 11 жыл бұрын

I bought a BNIB one of these and it sounds exactly the same as this. I can see what you mean by how slow it sounds, though.

@KevinArcade 11 жыл бұрын

Lol strange way to ship something inside a garbage bag.. amazing that the box is not that damaged from shipping, but seems to be damaged a little.

@VintageTechRepairs 11 жыл бұрын

Damn it, I Missed that one, LOL Well done

@RetroGameTech 11 жыл бұрын

The UK version does composite out as standard. That's about it's only advantage over the US version, though. :P

@CursedTeardrop 11 жыл бұрын

Great price for that, I've seen them go for much more on eBay. Nice repair vid keep em coming :-)

@MrDebauch 11 жыл бұрын

I am not sure about in the UK... but I think just the AV cable would have been worth that amount of cash. I think those are scarce.. at least here in north america. I am stuck using the RF on my tv.. also, blazing lazers is worth around that price with the case and manual I think.. I would pay 15-20 bucks for it for sure.