That brought back so many memories for me, as I remember my oldest brother getting this for his birthday. I initially thought it might be modded for use on a 12V caravan supply, or motorhome, but looking on Google they are flat 2 pin plugs not round. Really strange! Interesting video Roger and great fault finding 👍👍
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Vince... my initial thoughts were a bench power supply but then I thought someone with a bench supply would realise the importance of positive/negative polarity and would have a soldering iron. Interesting little find. Glad it brought back good memories. As ever Enormous thanks for your support!
@happyfeet1333 жыл бұрын
I can envisage the obituary of the person that might have plugged that in to the mains, "he died fighting alien invaders". What a way to go!
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
LOL. Yeah fair play, they'd have been actually killed by a space invader! Thanks Happyfeet. I Appreciate the comment. Roger
@mjh174743 жыл бұрын
I used to love this as an 8 year old.... 39 years on and I re-acquired a grey version from eBay :).
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark, glad you were reacquainted. You don't see those grey ones often. I love this little game its my favourite LED game and really quite pailful to the arcade given the tech. Glad you enjoyed the vid and thanks so much for your comment.
@Popeyes663 жыл бұрын
Great job. Probably the kid that previously owned it is no longer walking this earth .
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Lets hope that isn't the case although his parents could say legitimately he was killed by a space invader!. Thanks again for the comments!
@jasonrabbit3 жыл бұрын
Great little repair
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason. Thanks for the feedback and for taking time to comment. I really appreciate it.
@stuartmcphillie73003 жыл бұрын
Another great watch. Keep it up!
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks SO much Stuart. I am really glad you enjoyed it. Your encouragement is even real really appreciated. cheers
@cthlhu3 жыл бұрын
I've gone back and watched all your videos. Keep up the awesome work and thank you for the amazing content!
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason, I'm flattered and very grateful for your views and comments. I have to admit the channel has been slow growing perhaps because it takes me a while to get each video our or perhaps for other reasons, but I'm thrilled to have you along. Thanks so much for your feedback.
@lawriegreen83743 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was a surprise. Maybe this will be the start of a new craze for 'Plugged' items on Ebay. I sold my Entex Space Invader a couple of years ago but I still have a Merlin I could plug ;-) Well done for all your hard work in making this interesting video.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Hi Lawrie, I did actually spot another plugged game on ebay but it was plugged to a dc supply thankfully. I wanted a merlin SO much as a kid. I'll stick to conventional AA power though. Thanks so much for your comments. Glad you enjoyed the video.
@MikeK-NIreland3 жыл бұрын
Hi Roger great video as ever. First time I have ever seen a Booby Trapped Device on You Tube, are you sure that seller wasn't trying to take you out 🤣 keep up the great work. Mick 👍👏🍻
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
LOL, I am sure there are a few people out there who could have it in for me. I dread to think what would happen if it had fallen into the wrong hands. Anyway all's well that ends well. Thanks so much for your comment. Glad you enjoyed the video. Roger
@skyway733 жыл бұрын
Come on, own up... This was 8 year old Roger's first ever Retro Tech Repair which you got down from your loft 😁 Wow it's scary to think what may or may not have happened when this was plugged in. As usual, great persistence in finding a solution to ending up with a working game, it cleaned up nicely too, great stuff 👍 Thanks for the upload, always entertaining.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
... and thank you for your comments, I always look forward to you commenting. Sadly in 1982 when the game launched I was quite a bit older than 8 although had I been the one to mod it, it might have been something I was stupid enough to do. I was temped to plug it in and see what happened but I could have made things worse so decided not to bother. Anyway thanks again for your comments. As always very much appreciate the feedback. Thank you
@clarenceworley33733 жыл бұрын
Nice find. Incredible perseverance! A couple of glimpes of your noggin too! Is this part of some slow reveal? ;) Thanks for posting.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
LOL Maybe I'll do a face reveal if I ever make it to 10k subs or something. I usually go to some effort to edit out by baldy head (I mean that's not why people watch now is it?) But I was in a bit of s hurry to get this one out. Glad you enjoyed the vid. Thanks so much for your comments
@MrVectrexUK3 жыл бұрын
What a horrifying modification someone had made to that poor game!! Nice work getting one of the machines working again!
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks MrVectrexUK. I was a bit saddened I damaged the PCB when I removed the IC so had to put the link in, but I suppose these things happen. But as you say it was a horrid mode so its better now. Thank you so much for your kind comments and support.
@davidc64593 жыл бұрын
Great fix
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave C. I really appreciate that. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. It makes a big difference. Cheers
@unitedfools34933 жыл бұрын
Huh that is crazy! I would love to see how to do a safe AC power mod for tablets and phones. I have a few (very, very old) HTC Universal Windows Mobile devices that will not power on without the battery when plugged into USB. Also it would be nice to repurpose old phones without worrying about the battery aging.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Mad isn't it? Great suggestion, a couple of people asked for the same. Maybe I should do something like that on a future vid. Thanks for the comments and ideas.
@matthewbeeson56123 жыл бұрын
For a second I thought you might plug it in. What a crazy mod. I imagine this could have been owned by Sid from Toy Story!
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Oh I was SO tempted to plug it in! Thanks for the comment. As ever it's very much appreciated.
@KorAllRBare3 жыл бұрын
***TIP*** 🐨 Should you ever come across donor Chip swapping, it's a good idea to source some IC socket Strips, I stress Socket Strips, because IC's have various widths and Pins per side, and with the IC Socket Strips you can cut the amount of pins required to length, Now to solder in the pins it is important to have the IC plugged into the two strips as you solder the first four pins at each corner, once the corners are soldered in, remove the IC to avoid heat damage and complete soldering in the rest of the IC socket pins, once done, Plug the IC in and hope the extra height doesn't interfere via the extra height from the installed IC Socket.. Good Luck.. Oh and APU I dropped a 👉👍👈
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for your detailed comments and Great tip. I do have some sockets but don't have strips and will get some following this. Thanks also for your support to the channel. Much appreciated.
@Cullystout2 ай бұрын
Great video! In passing, you referenced another tutorial regarding key pressing, which one is that? I am trying to repair my black Entex Space Invaders from childhood and need some advice regarding the buttons; the rubbery material underlying the 'left' and 'right' movement buttons has disintigrated, such that they cannot be pressed and pop back up--hope that makes sense.
@RetroTechRepair2 ай бұрын
Hi Thanks for your question. I know exactly what you mean. It's been a while and I can't remember exactly which vid I was talking about, but unfortunately it dealt mainly with dirty pads not disintegration of the rubber. I haven't seen that myself. I have no experience of it, but wonder if a cheap old keyboard might yield some rubbery bits you could use. I collect them from things I fail to repair and reuse if I can. I have seen buttons where the carbon has worn off the rubber pads and these can be fixed with copper tape or conductive paint, but I haven't tacked a total rubber failure. Thanks for your question. Sorry that I can't help
@Cullystout2 ай бұрын
No problem; appreciate the response!
@peterbardason57033 жыл бұрын
Another job well done
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Peter! Appreciate the feedback and you taking time to give it. Cheers!
@peterbardason57033 жыл бұрын
Seems to of been a while since you last posted .. anyway still a joy watching you bringing old classics back to life .. pat on the back
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
@@peterbardason5703 Yes Peter, its just over 3 weeks. I struggle to get more than 1 video out a month. I work full time and have another part-time job so I don't have as much time as I would like. Thanks for sticking with us.
@md.monzurhassan51632 жыл бұрын
Beautiful practical
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanka
@hamishspencer3 жыл бұрын
Good job
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Hamish. Glad that you enjoyed the video. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment.
@omorfaruk73432 жыл бұрын
Nice work 👌👌👌
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks ✌️
@NotMarkKnopfler3 жыл бұрын
It probably connected to a bench type power supply.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Great Minds think alike. I had thought that too, although the plug was marked 250 VAC and when I tried it with my bench supply and the spacing between pins was way off and the pins themselves thicker than normal banana plugs. I should have shown it in the video really. Thanks so much for your comment though, I like your thinking and appreciate your feedback.
@asikulislam35852 жыл бұрын
Great work
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@retrotechguardian43933 жыл бұрын
My guess would be they used a 6v 4R25 battery to power it up, maybe just wedged the contacts of the mains lead into the springs on the battery.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Retro Tech Guardian, they certainly could have. No polarity indication or reverse polarity protection on the board though, so perhaps it only lasted long enough for the 50/50 odds of misconnection to play out! Thanks so much for you comment. Much appreciated
@Popeyes663 жыл бұрын
Tim Allen rewired it Tool Time !
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Tool Time! I bet those invaders came at you fast with 250V! Love the comment. Thanks!
@skyway733 жыл бұрын
This comment made me lol 🤣 Urggh Urggh!
@rogerhyde76563 жыл бұрын
@@skyway73 glad you enjoyed! Hope you are well
@md.abdullahal-mamun59362 жыл бұрын
Good work
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Davedarko3 жыл бұрын
Guess you saved a live or two there, wow!
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks DaveDarko Maybe I did .... although I was tempted to see what would have happened if I plugged it in! Thanks for your comments much appreciated.
@mvaneijgen3 жыл бұрын
Nice video, would be nice if you could illustrate what needed to be done to make it pluggable. I was thinking: you could add a usb plug on it and find a charger with the same voltage and amps to make it pluggable. Also as a side note, your voice over is lower volume then your other voice, which makes it I have to change my volume while watching the video.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mitchel, I think USB would have been a bit low at 5v, but a 9v AC/DC regulated supply would probably have worked. Re the audio I will be more careful next time. Thanks for the feedback!
@titohasan46442 жыл бұрын
Great video
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@md.monzurhassan51632 жыл бұрын
Very nice video
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@MattyEngland3 жыл бұрын
I was expecting to see a badly wired, PCB power supply inside for the 9v DC, not just wires wrapped around the battery contacts. Insane that someone would do that 🙄
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
HI Matty, I know crazy isn't it? Somebody had suggested it might fit a bench power supply but it didn't fit in mine, but it fitted many AC sources well! maybe somebody thinks UK mains is 9v DC! who knows. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the comment.
@anamulhaqhaq92852 жыл бұрын
Beautiful
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
thanks
@tarequrerahman7682 жыл бұрын
very hard work
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
It was. Thanks
@cognetic3 жыл бұрын
What is that spray you are using to clean the outer plastics?
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Hi Brian I use a window cleaner spray like "windowlene" or "windex", whatever brand they have at the shop when I run out and then clean with a tooth brush. Sometimes I finish off with a household spray furniture polish. Hope that's useful. Thanks so much for your question.
@MrJahid-yh3ss2 жыл бұрын
Just Amazing
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
glad you enjoyed it
@mdnazmulislam33132 жыл бұрын
Very nice.
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@sharifhasan49152 жыл бұрын
Nice video
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@md.arifulislam36162 жыл бұрын
good job
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@isanurhossn19042 жыл бұрын
Wow wonderful
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@K.P.Alexander3 жыл бұрын
Wow... I could've saved so much money on Game Gear batteries if I'd thought of this... Also, just be thankful that whoever did that didn't also decide to mod his wife's "personal massage"... I hope.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Lol KP. Yeah I wonder what else about the house he might have modded? Assuming he's still alive and hasn't burnt his house down.
@Wenlocktvdx3 жыл бұрын
Yikes, looks like it did get plugged in, strange it didn’t seem to have gone bang. No soot, no exploded parts. Looks like they changed things around quite a bit. I had a similar with,y locomotive alarm clock. I found it at a thrift store and got sound but nothing more than clicking as the blob on a board was faulty. It did seem to behave correctly but only one bit of the digital recording of train sounds was reaching the speaker. I found the Hong Kong manufacturer who put me in contact with the Australian distributor. They supplied a new sound board and I figured out the alarm input was now low to activists instead of high to activate. I swapped the alarm and lights wires at the battery and voila! Train sounds. Then there’s my model car radio. A model of a ‘28 Lincoln, the radio was always distorted and recently died with no local oscillator. It was missing the steering wheel but otherwise in pretty good shape. Then a Rollys Royce Phantom Coupe appeared at a local op shop. It was in poor shape, finished corroded, wheels missing, lights missing, steering wheel rolling around inside. I soon had the radio swapped over and glued the steering wheel into the Lincoln. Almost complete now, the Rolls and the dead radio are in a drawer in case anything else shows up.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I wonder if they ever did plug it in? Nice repair on the clock and the model car radio, sounds like you went to a lot of effort for both. Very interesting. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences and your detailed comment. Super Interesting and very much appreciated
@Wenlocktvdx3 жыл бұрын
👍
@PoutingTrevor3 жыл бұрын
Maybe the wrong place to ask, but can I ask you about the olive oil bath and what it does, please?
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Sure The Retro Speculative. It was. I think it did nothing much! The idea is to restore the lost oils from the plastics of the discoloured game (kind of like automotive black plastic colour restorer) but its didn't work well. I might try baby oil if I had to try it again. I just happened to have olive oil that day... I don't have much use for baby oil. LOL
@PoutingTrevor3 жыл бұрын
@@RetroTechRepair Thanks for the reply! I thought that's what it was for. Shame it wasn't too effective. I've used Vaseline before with varying levels of success, but I'm impatient and don't let it sit long enough! Baby oil would be interesting to try. Given the principal, I wonder how effective non-synthetic engine oil might be 🤔
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
I had wondered about engine oil too. let me know if you ever try it. I did try wd40 but it just made the grey shiny
@red23 жыл бұрын
I got Grandstand BMX Flyer from ebay. The screen doesnt light up but the game sounds ok and it does the right things when you press the buttons. Any ideas ?
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
I haven't yet repaired a BMX flyer they use a high voltage florescent tube to back light an LCD, my guess is that the LCD is working but the tube isn't. Unfortunately I don't know how to fix it
@bunnylove2733 жыл бұрын
Hi bud what a scary mod l think it would have been safer to change the battery contacts great vid 👍
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
I agree bunny love. Id hate to be there when/if it was plugged in. Thanks so much for kind words glad you enjoyed the video.
@sihirislam91422 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ❤️❤️
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@md.al-alifsiddiki16202 жыл бұрын
Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️ video
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@SLRModShop3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it would fit in my bench power supply.
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
Hi, I thought that too, but I tried it in mine and it didn't fit, the spacing between the pins was off. With no polarity protection or indication on the plug I think it would have been a short lived success. I probably should have put that in the vid really. Thanks for you comment! Very much appreciated!
@K.P.Alexander3 жыл бұрын
Same, but I really don't think that anyone techy enough to have a bench power supply is dumb enough to try something like this, especially on a child's toy. At least, I hope not...
@mokulmahi36612 жыл бұрын
Very intelligent
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Too kind. Thanks
@md.arifulislam36162 жыл бұрын
thanks
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
you are welcome
@kamrulislam16512 жыл бұрын
Good discuss
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
maybe not?
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Yeah Thanks... that's me discussing
@mdmahabbat82422 жыл бұрын
Nice
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@antbuch86993 жыл бұрын
I think that's an italian plug
@RetroTechRepair3 жыл бұрын
It could well be, my guess is its from Europe somewhere. Thanks so much for you comment.
@markbriscoe85262 жыл бұрын
Trust me you don’t need 250 V to damage that circuit board which is designated for 9 V 120 V could do far more damage if a heavy voltage such as that was used you would see the damage straight away on those components
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mark. I appreciate the comments
@irenatonney84362 жыл бұрын
nice
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@merajhossain47152 жыл бұрын
Good
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@user-ku6se1ry1k2 жыл бұрын
Great
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@markbriscoe85262 жыл бұрын
Mate take remove the wires away from the battery terminal that wasn’t designed that way please take it off
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
It certainly wasn't designed that way. I still wonder what the person who did it was thinking
@mdronvai44052 жыл бұрын
Super
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@emonkhan12212 жыл бұрын
❤️
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@mdashikurrahman99422 жыл бұрын
onek joss
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Super
@bmeti98512 жыл бұрын
gd job
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@bmsaddamhossain32622 жыл бұрын
Gd job....
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@AKASH-sb2pr2 жыл бұрын
Wow
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Lachlant19842 жыл бұрын
Why would you do that? Just, why? That is so very dangerous and really a very stupid thing to do. I imagine if you plugged that into a mains power point, the game would go bang, flash, and probably catch fire or do something else really horrible. Does the game actually have an AC adaptor input on it? I've never tried to repair anything before, but even I wouldn't do that. What was the person thinking? Who would do something so stupid?
@RetroTechRepair2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't agree more! Crazy. The game itself doesn't have an DC jack so presumably someone improvised (badly) . I think you are right there would have been a lot of damage if the game had been plugged into the mains. Thanks for you comments and welcome to the channel. Great to have you along