Thanks, dude. That vector display is awesome! I hadn't realised how cool it would look in real life. Now I need me some more vectrex games! :)

Ive dumpster dived for computers

Ha, cheers!

its a Vectrex, not a Game Child

sittingduhk I half expected Mark from CGR to pop out and say the vectrex is basically as good as a ps4

bit of ashens to liven up my day

more like capacitors, they release it all in a very short burst, and kill instantly.

Haha, thanks for watching and supporting the channel. Glad you like the vids :)

Thanks, buddy! I've been a little too busy to make vids recently.

Thanks! I'm glad you like them! I try to make vids as often as I can but I don't always have the time these days.

Cheers, dude! :)

Thanks for watching! I appreciate your time :)

No, the easiest fix was when he bought a faulty Wii, and it wasn't even broken.

Thanks buddy :). Yeah definitely got luck on this one. I bought it expecting to be making a series of repair vids on system. Guess not then, haha.

Cheers! :)

It kinda feels like cheating to even call this a repair :P

I was fully expecting to have to open it up and replace the transformer. Very lucky! :) The vector monitor looks epic!

RetroGameTech I was expecting the word 'leaky' and 'capacitor' used more than once, perhaps add in a little flood damage and some burned components but no :D Not even so much as a corroded trace to be repaired!! I wish I had your eBay skills maybe then I can find myself the perfect Dreamcast hehe

Cheers dude. Those model 1's are usually pretty simple to fix. A very common and easy to fix fault is a blown fuse on the mobo right next to where the power supply connects.

I don't know if you could even class that as a fix. It was way too simple :P Unfortunately it'll probably cost me double what I paid for the console to get hold of a controller for it! haha

Well it kind of is in a way.

I think I read something once that you can also use a Genesis/MD controller, I think.

Cheers :) Just been too busy so taking a little break.

It seems to me, that if you can fix one old console you can pretty much fix them all.

Brew The NES is definetly the easiest to start with. 99% of its problems can be fixed by carefully cleaning the cartridge connector, the rest is bad caps and broken cables.

+Brew I repaired a GB Pocket, pretty easy. The main problem was it wouldn't even start. I just cleaned the battery connectors and worked fine. Then I realized the LCD cable had desoldered from the screen. I tried to resolder it but in the end I had to replace the LCD.

+Brew There's a couple channel recommendations I'd like to throw your way. If you're not easily offended by swearing, AvE is great. Then there is bigclivedotcom. I heartily recommend these channels, they are fantastic. There is also Afrotechmods, who still has his original website and forums. As far as consoles go: anything Nintendo. They are amazingly simple machines to repair.

One with the least amount of parts possible... So not dreamcast or a handheld because you'll have to deal with disc drives and screens... I'd say NES

he already tried this with a fat lady ps3

Thanks. Yeah maybe I can score another good deal on a faulty controller :P

Thanks :)

:)

The prices for complete Vectrex systems seems to be all over the place right now. Anywhere between £50-£150. I'd say definitely worth paying around £80 for a good working one :) Get that NES plug replaced before it causes a fire or electrocute someone! They cost next to nothing :)

As I understand it, plugs with fuses are common in the UK because many older houses (namely the ones built in a hurry after the war) didn't have proper circuit breakers in the wall. These fuses are likely separate from any that might be located inside the main housing.

TBustah Newer plugs have a compartment that can be removed using a table knife so when the fuse needs repairing you don't need to take it apart.

Gambit771 Is that right? We don't have anything like that in North America (well, at least not in the USA, I can't speak for Canada or Mexico even if most of the same products are sold throughout), that makes so much more sense. I had to change a fuse in a lamp a while back. It wasn't a big deal, there were just a couple of standard screws to get at it. But, I'll bet if that lamp went out on somebody that was less mechanically inclined, they probably would have just assumed that it was totally dead and chucked it. There wasn't any indication on the lamp itself that the fuse was serviceable, and the package and instructions were long gone. The fuse was housed in the lamp's base in a totally inconspicuous way, I didn't even know if it WAS serviceable, and wouldn't have bothered to look if I didn't like the lamp so much. It's a fairly new one, too. You'd think with so many people trying to "go green", they'd make these fuses easier to get at.

They had a Vectrex in Game in Glasgow? Haha, that's crazy. I remember seeing my local Gamestation selling a used Virtual Boy for £70 a couple of years ago. Kinda wish I'd bought it.

RetroGameTech when i say a few years ago, it was like 8 or 9...maybe more, not sure it was game at the time or game station, but feel the same, wish i bought it haha

Too late! :P I'm already eyeing up overlays, flashcarts and controllers for the system. That vector display is a wonder to behold! :)

Sup :)

Bitch please. This system is 17 years older than I am. So I have even a bigger excuse to not know about it...

Evaldas65 and your age/immaturity shows by your need to call me bitch.

I was just trying to associate the "Bitch please" meme... I wasn't really trying to insult you by doing that... :)

Evaldas65 guess I am showing my age by having no clue what the heck you are on about. No worries.

Well, sorry if I hurt you in any way. I really didn't mean it.

Haha :P

Cheers

+vampifrog That's actually exactly what he did!

Will do :) I'll probably get a spare Mega Drive controller modded to use with it to start me off.