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  • @MrKroogur
    @MrKroogur 7 місяців тому +15

    Very nice indeed! Dr. Ashens would be both impressed (at your repair) and deeply worried (that yet another pop stations exists) 😁

  • @andrewsmith1520
    @andrewsmith1520 7 місяців тому +5

    Everything you open up to work on, you should add write or a lable that says it was fixed by you and where to watch the repair video. A fun Easter egg for someone in the future.

  • @randomretroplays3123
    @randomretroplays3123 5 місяців тому +1

    Been watching your channel now for well over 2 years and you are absolutely my favourite fix it channel, always funny as well also the music you put on your videos is brilliant i love your choice of music, keep it coming 👍💯

  • @chazjamesn
    @chazjamesn 7 місяців тому +27

    I had one of these! Saved up my pocket money and got it from Argos. I recall Football was shit, minefield was utterly baffling and Invader was the only one I really played.... I eventually took it all apart (including carts) and knackered it..

  • @liamh1982
    @liamh1982 7 місяців тому +16

    Yep, I was taken in by this. Got it from Argos when I was about 11. Seconds of fun. The most enjoyment I got out of it was peeling all the stickers off in a vain attempt to make it look a bit less crap.

  • @Phille023
    @Phille023 7 місяців тому +8

    I never seen cartridges with a screen, so cool

  • @jobbo_
    @jobbo_ 7 місяців тому +14

    Nice surprise for a Wednesday night! Great videos Steve!

  • @ShouldHaveBeen
    @ShouldHaveBeen 7 місяців тому +8

    Lol "Soccer."
    Thank you, Steve. As an American, I find your American accent very endearing.

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 7 місяців тому +3

      Soccer is a British term... It is not an American word lol

    • @ShouldHaveBeen
      @ShouldHaveBeen 7 місяців тому +2

      @@samholdsworth420 Didn't say it was. Most all American words are English words. And, English itself borrows from quite a few languages. I was specifically referring to his accent change. He does it with certain words and I love it.

    • @darknase
      @darknase 7 місяців тому +1

      @@ShouldHaveBeen Just enjoy when he play Hand-Egg next ...

    • @ruzziasht349
      @ruzziasht349 7 місяців тому

      @@ShouldHaveBeen American words? do you even listen to yourself? You're speaking English. Always surprised me that America never came up with their own language.

    • @ShouldHaveBeen
      @ShouldHaveBeen 7 місяців тому +2

      @@ruzziasht349 Yes, I do "listen to myself." Lol but moreso I READ my own comments before I post them. Then I even edit them afterwards. Nothing I said was untrue. To reiterate and simplify: American words are English words. There are exceptions. If I'm going to argue technicalities and semantics then I would say: Native American languages are the true American languages. To wit, English is an amalgamation of multiple other languages. Next time it would behoove you to read my comment fully and make sure you comprehend it before trying to pretentiously patronize me in such a tactlessly trivial manner.

  • @heavybrambles
    @heavybrambles 7 місяців тому +34

    I wish you'd fixed the poor pin connection that was causing the intermittent display in the first place, but I can't say I haven't used the "wiggle it until it starts working and then don't touch it again in case it stops" method before...
    "Let he who is without bodge cast the first stone"

    • @AlpacaHacker
      @AlpacaHacker 7 місяців тому +4

      Let he who is without bodge melt the first plastic

    • @thazsar
      @thazsar 7 місяців тому +2

      I thought that, too

  • @aaronmutch1883
    @aaronmutch1883 7 місяців тому

    No frills, all entertainment! Excellent video

  • @TheFrankyg88
    @TheFrankyg88 7 місяців тому

    Loving the John Barnes Rap cover 🤣 didn't expect a cover of world in motion but quite glad we got it.
    Also thanks for all the vids, been watching you for a few months or so and it's inspired me to try to get into electronics and buy the tools and so on. Thanks again Steve and keep on making the great content... Peace! ✌️

  • @DonnyHooterHoot
    @DonnyHooterHoot 5 місяців тому

    Very cool! I would think having a screen on each game would be too expensive to manufacture. SOLID.

  • @joelkist6493
    @joelkist6493 7 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the entertainment Steve; always a joy!

  • @username_1985
    @username_1985 7 місяців тому +3

    "Another mans e-waste is another mans ... e-waste" - Jon Bringus. Probably last year ^^ Nevermind, I like to watch you repair something, Steve :) Greetings from Germany 😁

  • @gorillazhead
    @gorillazhead 7 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for the entertainment, Steve!
    Your videos gave me the confidence to hard mod my Switch with a modchip.

  • @nirgunapa56
    @nirgunapa56 7 місяців тому +4

    Shock horror! No rap!!!! Great video mind

  • @cwwCADAVER
    @cwwCADAVER 7 місяців тому

    I have enjoyed watching you improve your skills since I found your channel some time ago and it inspires me to keep fixing and learning electronics. I've watched you struggle with corroded battery terminals and keep saying to myself that you should invest into nickel plating. I'm looking to do the same.

  • @Synthematix
    @Synthematix 6 місяців тому

    I had a Quickshot Supervision, it was bloody brill.

  • @honkycat5442
    @honkycat5442 7 місяців тому

    Stez I have seen you fix up some junk but this may take the cake. Great work!

  • @phoenragon
    @phoenragon 7 місяців тому

    I can see why you bought this. A really interesting design choice for the screens to be integrated into the carts instead of the cart player

  • @skankingrudeboy
    @skankingrudeboy 7 місяців тому

    I had this! Spent hours playing Mine Field back in the day.

  • @Twenty_Six_Hundred
    @Twenty_Six_Hundred 7 місяців тому

    I got a feeling the is a cold joint on the cart pins to board area

  • @mtshark7
    @mtshark7 7 місяців тому

    Nicely done Steve!

  • @simonlunt353
    @simonlunt353 7 місяців тому

    Never seen the cartridge with the screen on nice little video 😊

  • @ziksfix
    @ziksfix 7 місяців тому +3

    'like a game boy but worse' I would love honest marketing like this 😂

  • @wisher21uk
    @wisher21uk 7 місяців тому

    Great fix Steve thanks for sharing 😊

  • @PeterDurnan-y7g
    @PeterDurnan-y7g Місяць тому

    Hi Steve could you possibly look at my bose tonematch mixer please power intermittent

  • @richardbiddlestone5012
    @richardbiddlestone5012 7 місяців тому +27

    The 80s synthpop music on the videos these days is great.

    • @mattsephton
      @mattsephton 7 місяців тому

      Royalty free usually by Epidemic Sounds

    • @Mr.NiceGuy80
      @Mr.NiceGuy80 7 місяців тому

      Yeah, I agree. As I get older, the more I love that sound.

  • @infin1ty850
    @infin1ty850 8 місяців тому +1

    Two videos in a week, couldn't be happier.

    • @temporaryscars
      @temporaryscars 7 місяців тому

      Huh? His last video was 11 days ago. Wtf are you talking about?

    • @infin1ty850
      @infin1ty850 7 місяців тому

      @@temporaryscars he has more than one channel

    • @infin1ty850
      @infin1ty850 7 місяців тому

      ​@@temporaryscarsit also could be that in a Patreon so I saw something early and didn't realize.

  • @pepexvaldivieso2661
    @pepexvaldivieso2661 7 місяців тому +3

    I think we all had those types of portable games, but I hadn't seen a cartridge with a screen.

    • @eliasross4576
      @eliasross4576 7 місяців тому +1

      When he took it apart I was like-Where's the screen? Oh.

  • @ScandalistRick
    @ScandalistRick 7 місяців тому +2

    Love your videos! Keep it up!

  • @michaelmcmahon8312
    @michaelmcmahon8312 7 місяців тому +1

    Remove the battery springs that have rust and put them in a cup of white vinegar for about 10 to 15 minutes and use a tooth brush to scrub them after the 10 to 15 minutes of them being in a cup of vinegar to get remove remaining rust this technique works really well

    • @mabozar15
      @mabozar15 7 місяців тому

      Yeah I've seen this on a restoration channel. I've also seen the creamy plastic improved to a more aestheticly pleasing colour.

    • @michaelburns8073
      @michaelburns8073 7 місяців тому

      Oh, he knows about doing that, he's done it before. In this case, he had the replacement springs from a previous repair, so it makes more sense to just replace them.

  • @ibrahimkocaalioglu
    @ibrahimkocaalioglu 7 місяців тому

    Would like to see more you upgrade the old devices by upgrading or adding more components. Upcycling.

  • @Carl_Raybould
    @Carl_Raybould 7 місяців тому

    I had one of these when I was younger and spent ages on it 😅

  • @electroid8119
    @electroid8119 Місяць тому

    I remember a cousin having a gameboy and i absolutely loved it for the 2 days or so he loaned it to me.. I nagged and nagged my parents for a gameboy that christmas and i got this PoS thing instead. The disappointment I had was unreal 😂😂

  • @coondogtheman
    @coondogtheman 7 місяців тому

    I'm guessing that the games themselves are the cartridge things with the LCD screens and all that the machine is doing is providing power, controls for the games and sound output. Sort of like the hitclips did.

  • @verdy619
    @verdy619 7 місяців тому

    Love the videos, particularly the retro consoles.
    Ever repaired a DS Lite?

  • @stualoo
    @stualoo 7 місяців тому

    StezStix - World in Motion 2024 needs to be made for the Euros 😂

  • @pedromimoso8804
    @pedromimoso8804 7 місяців тому

    Nice one, Steve! 👍

  • @Bratzelise
    @Bratzelise 7 місяців тому +7

    Hey Steve, looks good! Have you ever thought about cleaning the plastic / bleaching the plastic back to its original state with H2O2?

    • @chanyphilly8266
      @chanyphilly8266 7 місяців тому

      I love seeing things come back as white as sheets after this has been done

    • @jjryan1352
      @jjryan1352 7 місяців тому +1

      Retrobrighting. With UV lighting.

    • @ruzziasht349
      @ruzziasht349 7 місяців тому

      H2O2 and UV

  • @neilyoung5851
    @neilyoung5851 7 місяців тому +2

    Was its default song Dixie? Interesting choice

  • @Chrish1981
    @Chrish1981 7 місяців тому

    How did they swith the red and black wires..... Especially if they knew enough how to take them off in the first place

  • @baggiesjoe1608
    @baggiesjoe1608 7 місяців тому +3

    Mom, can I have a game boy? No, we have a game boy at home 😂

  • @djhev2787
    @djhev2787 5 місяців тому

    I had this as a kid. Part of me wishes I still had one even though it was a bit garbage 😅

  • @grilnam9945
    @grilnam9945 7 місяців тому

    I think Dave is tampering with your Magic pointy finger. No link in the corner😂

  • @tirokopita
    @tirokopita 7 місяців тому

    Nice.

  • @RetroSegaDev
    @RetroSegaDev 7 місяців тому

    Oh wow I had this as a kid before I had a Gameboy! Memories unlocked! Got to end and realised you did have invader 😂

  • @robtpb
    @robtpb 7 місяців тому

    A welcome return to VOS outro raps!

  • @stevenrod100
    @stevenrod100 7 місяців тому

    I use to have one of these with a power ranger theme as a kid.

  • @Boogie_the_cat
    @Boogie_the_cat 7 місяців тому

    Ah, the competitor to the Game and Watch, it's the "Game and Nothing Else"
    I hear it was really popular with dentist's offices and minimalist street performers whose hurdy-gurdy's were in the repair shop.

  • @minitanksandchairs
    @minitanksandchairs 7 місяців тому

    Where's your music from?

  • @Nemesis2K
    @Nemesis2K 7 місяців тому

    I have a talkboy from home alone that doesn’t work, maybe needs a new belt. I bought some belts but have no desire to open it as I don’t wanna break it, would you be interested in helping a brother out?

  • @brendaneichler5244
    @brendaneichler5244 7 місяців тому

    Why does the start up jingle sound like Dixie?

  • @ralphj4012
    @ralphj4012 7 місяців тому

    Lucky surviving the reverse-polarity power connection (1:01).

  • @bobbin054
    @bobbin054 7 місяців тому

    Wow. The display is in the game cartridge.

  • @franckozon
    @franckozon 7 місяців тому

    Nice

  • @paszTube
    @paszTube 8 місяців тому +2

    On vacations which involved 7+ hours of driving to get to the destination, my parents got me and my brother LCD games. I loved them. Nowadays, I don’t feel much nostalgia for them, mainly because almost all the games are rubbish. I mean stupid.

  • @PatrickEwen
    @PatrickEwen 7 місяців тому

    But did you melt the plastic when soldering the wire to the battery contacts? 😅

  • @joncurtis199
    @joncurtis199 7 місяців тому

    The outro should have clearly been the england song from the Mike Bassett film.

  • @paulrb894
    @paulrb894 7 місяців тому +1

    Interesting videos. What's the hamsters name please 😀

  • @dodgydruid
    @dodgydruid 7 місяців тому

    Thought I would share I be wearing my punk Exploited t shirt, saw them Woolwich polytechnic and 100 Club a few times :)

  • @jimsuber6784
    @jimsuber6784 7 місяців тому

    Good vid. Great music. Better.

  • @damionmahon5216
    @damionmahon5216 7 місяців тому

    Yay! New videos are awesome

  • @Raqtor96
    @Raqtor96 7 місяців тому

    does anyone know what video to search for to learn about dave's origin? 🙂

  • @SetTopGames
    @SetTopGames 7 місяців тому

    I spit out my drink when I heard the uh, song at the end.

  • @Reed-Publications
    @Reed-Publications 7 місяців тому +1

    There's nothing like refurbing some good old fashioned e-waste. 😆

  • @FranciscoGoodface
    @FranciscoGoodface 7 місяців тому

    greetings from México!

  • @tubaman66
    @tubaman66 6 місяців тому

    Nice fix! You're lucky you didn't fry it when you connected the bench supply with the wrong polarity as most cheap electronics has no protection for such abuse.

  • @FluxKitten
    @FluxKitten 2 місяці тому

    5:35 best quote how can you die in football

  • @sampahumeoli
    @sampahumeoli 7 місяців тому

    the song of the 90's

  • @michaeldoyle7444
    @michaeldoyle7444 7 місяців тому

    The making of the next England manager me thinks.

  • @gower1973
    @gower1973 7 місяців тому +5

    The LCD is in the game cart wtf?

    • @AllofJudea
      @AllofJudea 7 місяців тому +1

      Yeah it's like a Tiger Gameboy

  • @ChrisHopkinsBass
    @ChrisHopkinsBass 7 місяців тому

    Imagine asking for a Gameboy for Christmas in the early 90s and getting one of these instead.........you would definitely be annoyed!

  • @ninaevans4501
    @ninaevans4501 7 місяців тому

    P.S. Love the 1980's style music when you're working on stuff.
    Wayne & Nina
    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🫡🫡🫡🫡

  • @craigtaco9875
    @craigtaco9875 7 місяців тому

    Stez!! Where are you???

  • @markthintie5132
    @markthintie5132 7 місяців тому

    I still have my Original Gameboy Colour and an Atari Linx with games for both. Sadly i do not have my Sega Game Gear anymore :(

  • @JohnLafitte
    @JohnLafitte 7 місяців тому

    2:41 you shouldn't vape in the studio Steve 😂

  • @mhajizamanitest
    @mhajizamanitest 7 місяців тому

    @2:52 Technically it was melting the plastic :D

  • @Nobe_Oddy
    @Nobe_Oddy 7 місяців тому

    polarity ma dude!! :)

  • @slaviskierka4489
    @slaviskierka4489 7 місяців тому

    Hello Steven, Is there any way to message you directly? I have a question regarding a repair of an Orient digital lcd watch..by the way greetings from Australia, I love your videos, I’m a bit of a watch repair guy and I collect lcd and led watches. Best regards, Slav.

  • @Lazyman1975
    @Lazyman1975 7 місяців тому

    Neg and pos is backwards. I spotted it right away.

    • @CTCTraining1
      @CTCTraining1 7 місяців тому

      Spot on …. I for one hope Steve contacts the manufacturers to ensure they recall and correct those misleading wires 👍😀

  • @chris5675games
    @chris5675games 7 місяців тому

    do you fix viewer stuff? I have some laser levels that need repairing!

  • @MikeB_UK
    @MikeB_UK 7 місяців тому

    Wot no rap section? But that's your trademark! Odd design of game with each cartridge having a screen.

  • @dougharkness6776
    @dougharkness6776 7 місяців тому

    "how do you die in football?" 🤣😂

  • @steve.b.23
    @steve.b.23 7 місяців тому

    3:14 I'm sure there's an animal called a balm.

  • @orchy86
    @orchy86 6 місяців тому

    I had one of these as a kid haha

  • @SylveonTrapito
    @SylveonTrapito 7 місяців тому

    I love those old knock off LCD games.

  • @hagen-p
    @hagen-p 7 місяців тому

    Second time I have seen reversed polarity colors. First time was in a China-produced Conic TG-621.

  • @thinkbolt
    @thinkbolt 6 місяців тому

    So strange it starts with "I Wish I Was in Dixie"

  • @earthoven
    @earthoven 7 місяців тому

    Steve! Please clean your rubber work mat. It's so dirty!

  • @DigitalDiabloUK
    @DigitalDiabloUK 7 місяців тому

    I know there is a certain movement for saving these games for preservation and nostalgia, but they really were landfill even when brand new 😂

  • @rkillalea6706
    @rkillalea6706 7 місяців тому

    Where were you on Saturday? It's tronixfix on Friday then you on Saturday

  • @wat5713
    @wat5713 7 місяців тому

    As a viewer I care more about you having that fume scrubber on then being able to hear you. Lead fumes aren't safe dude. 😊

  • @timbrown9535
    @timbrown9535 7 місяців тому +2

    I do enjoy watching you get your butt kicked by "stupid games" LOL.

  • @letttttttssssss_gooooooo
    @letttttttssssss_gooooooo 7 місяців тому

    Letttttttssssss gooooooo!

  • @logothaironsides2942
    @logothaironsides2942 7 місяців тому

    Strange to use Dixie Land as the opening tune in every game. The novelty factor made these popular. Once you had a go on one for a few times, it was not very interesting anymore. I think my son had captain scarlet on a hand held and lost interest very quickly. This cartridge with a screen system must have made the cartridges expensive.

  • @TheStonedSpidR
    @TheStonedSpidR 7 місяців тому

    lol good job

  • @Chodaboy65
    @Chodaboy65 7 місяців тому

    Interesting choice of music for their games start sound. Know what makes me think of European Soccer? An 1859 American Confederate Civil War Anthem! 😂😂

  • @highroyds
    @highroyds 7 місяців тому

    hahahhaha ... taking notice of colour of the wires instead of the terminals

  • @imm311
    @imm311 7 місяців тому

    Great repair and video! God bless you and yours. Praying for you! Keep up the excellent work. All the best! If there os anything I can help you pray for I would be happy to!