I Bought 10 BROKEN Nintendo Games - Let's Fix Them!
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- I Bought 10 BROKEN Nintendo Games - Let's Fix Them! I bought all these game cartridges for $200 from Goodwill so I could take them apart and see if I can get them all working. Of course I'll be cleaning lots of dirty pins and taking care of some corrosion. I'll also be cleaning a "mystery substance" off one circuit board. And then testing to see if they are all working.
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Should have showed them not working before "fixing" them
With the 3DS/NDS carts, you can use a wooden tooth pick with IPA to clean the contacts.
Would you be willing to disclose where you get ds's from? I fully understand if not
hey man do you have any ps5 scuf controllers for sale?
5:34 triggered me so bad when u were testing the wrong one lmao
On the Gameshark I would super glue it, let the glue dry then bolster the areas that need support with UV resin. I use this often at work for small parts.
This Video inspired me to take another look at my non functional Diddy Kong Racing Cartridge. While cleaning it I spottet a solder point that didn't have any material on it. So I took my soldering iron and fixed this. Now I have a fully functional Game :D Bought it at a flea market for 7 Euros so good deal In the long run I guess.
Love it! Nice work!
I love watching people I don't know fixing stuff I know nothing about!!
A normal toothbrush is also very good at cleaning the contacts on 3ds games. At least it’s something I have had great success with. A stiff bristle brush seems to be just abrasive enough to get most corrosion off using nothing but alcohol.
7:40 holy crap that transition is soooooo smooth ! Right hand so on point between the 2 shots it almost looks like a glitch
A great way to get those stripped screws off with minimal damage is to fill the screw hole with solder. Then press the bit against the solder and heat it up so the bit slips in. I let it harden and and pull the bit out and it literally rebuilds the screw hole. Super easy to remove afterwards.
It's kind of wild that Goodwill sold what they thought were broken games for $200, when the potential profit if they're all working is like $35.
thats goodwill for you now days their a reseller no longer a donation place for poor people
I understand that testing the games ahead of time maybe boring... But you could test them and tell us that you did... here's the reason... We want to know if the people who sold the broken objects, tested them before selling or just put some stuff together to sell without testing. If they do, there's hope for us novices to get something and immediately turn it around (with some minor cleaning) for profit. I watch your videos for the hope for the positive out come in every phase of this process... Including buying a broken object and getting something that works! That's why there's at least one comment in every video: did you test it beforehand. Sending lots of love 💖 from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵. Take care of yourself and each other 😷.
YOOO STOP IT that club overlay had me craxking up
I used to use pencil erasers on dirty contacts, and they seem to do quite a decent job rubbing off the oxidation. Works great on RAM modules. Ever tried that?
He has in past videos.
Yep, tried it. Works good but I do like De Ox It better
Erasers are great if you're looking for a chemical free alternative, but they never get as far down as chemicals do. That's mostly due to microscopic scratches that the eraser can't reach.
I read years ago--- take this with a grain of salt because I didn't check--- that "rubber" got it's name because the first use of it was in erasers... and only erasers because "vulcanization" had not yet been invented. So evidently what we now call erasers were called "rubbers." And rubber alone wasn't especially good even for that. So... pumice was added! Abrasive stuff from volcanoes. Now I'm talking about those erasers that come attached to wooden pencils, of a bandaid-like skin-color color. More modern erasers don't seem to have the pumice. And that's the moral of this story: You should pick erasers for cleaning electronics in the same way that you would select one grade of sandpaper out of several available.
@@moc5541 I fact checked this, and seems correct from a cursory glance.
I think i have hundreds of cartridges and only a single one was unrepairable (defective ROM chip). The others mostly just needed cleaning and one needed a trace repaired, but that was it. This video is a good showcase that most of the time, a cartridge isn't broken, it's just dirty.
Thanks for outbidding me 😂😂 love the video and content!
Lol, sorry about that.
I still think for broken games 200 bucks is way to much from goodwill. I mean there broken in their eyes. Besides you who would spend 20 bucks for a broken mario 64.
plot twist they were workign when he bought them hes lying
@@sonnyc3826 Are you eleven?
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@@SPOGGETT did you really reply to a comment with a grammer correction. for a video over 5 months.I am going to type all not good here lol.
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The white powder is dried Brasso, Brightboy or whatever metal polish they decided to use. I know this because I had to tell my local game shop to stop using it. It will always creep past the case and into the inside. Funny enough I told them to use that Deoxit D100L like you have there. Read the bottle. It says to leave a thin layer on. It will protect from future oxidation and will not damage plastic or metal. Also, please stop using the magic eraser. A Q-tip is plenty with Deoxit. It melts oxidation away. Very little effort is needed. I can't imagine repairing electronics without it. Seriously magical stuff. Ever struggle with the xbox one controllers that have d-pads that rapid press? Not even 99% IPA could get the pads clean enough to stop it. Only Deoxit has solved literally any and all connectivity issues I have had repairing hundreds upon hundreds of consoles, controllers and games.
Maybe plastic epoxy putty would work for the game shark issue. It molds to the shape you need and adheres to the plastic so you would have to be careful to stay clear of the connections and clamp it back down into place as the putty adheres, but then it might be strong enough to hold it's shape.
I recently transplanted a board from a generic USB SNES controller into the shell of a Hyperkin USB SNES controller using nothing but a screwdriver and hot glue. It worked beautifully
You can try solvent bonding that crack in the game shark slot. Get some acetone or MEK, dip in something thin like a toothpick or small metal tube like what's on the deoxit bottle. Then run the drops along the crack (not too much but wet crack faces) and squeeze it firmly for a few hours. With rubber bands for example.
If it's the right kind of plastic (ABS, ASA, acrylic) and you do it right, it'll be as strong as new.
Have you tested the games before attempting the repairs? I´d expect quite a few to work even before cleaning.
You should know that those cartridges were never broken at the first place... their seller didnt have the console to test them; Nintendo cartridges are immortal.
About the Gameshark....maybe you can put something in the case...close it...and maybe that push the broken plastic down so the pins make contact again....
Do you have a video displaying the soldering setup you prefer to use? Or maybe something you’ve explained over numerous videos??? I’m a decent DIYer and experienced handyman.. and I’m about to get into soldering as a hobby and tactic to save money & I would like to know what microscope and lead or lead free solder.. flux or rosin or no rosin.. kind of equipment etc…. 🙏🏽
14:32 WHAT? You've never played Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga??? Steve, do yourself a favour and play it, it's awesome! You will have a wonderful time. You can thank me later.
I played very few games when I was younger and now I don't have much time to but it sounds like I need to carve out some time for this one
1:11 my friend, you just made a thirst trap for a circuit board.
I wonder if Tronics wife gets TronicsFix broken stuff for x-mas. Oh wow 3 broken switches and a busted PSP? Thanks hun 😁😁
I love watching stuff on how to fix video games and love stuff on how to fix video game systems.
TMNT Tournament Fighters was fantastic!! Lots of hours spent on that one!
15:55 If the head of the screw is rounded, put a rubber band between the head and the screwdriver to give you more friction and it will open better.
Man, I bought Legend Of Mana for SNES from my local game shop and it wouldn’t work. Opened it up, corosion and red stuff everywhere. Resistor was completely broken in half but still in the board and the entire board was just covered in random corrosion. Really sucked, I was looking forward to playing it for the first time
I'm just here to chill and watch some games get cleaned lol 😁
Moisture usually doesn't get into these things... unless you blow into the cartridge... LOL
Did you change the button cell battery on that N64 cartridge? Those are notorious for going bad over time
Will u be doing a repairability perspective of the Playstation Portal?
Hello hello! I have started watching your videos lately and it's begun to inspire me to want to try to repair game cartridges. I was wondering though if you have a link of some sort to the type of wire you use to solder traces on the boards. It looks like some sort of blue wire. I really appreciate your time and thank you very much for the videos
You can try to fix the gameshark by mixing Styrofoam with superglue like loctite to make quick cement like substance! once applied it will harden in seconds... you can then simply file off the extra bits
Looks like the GameShark has a GameBoy Pocket/Color cartridge connector, you could desolder the whole connector and replace it with a brand new one for those systems, it wouldn't have all of its original parts anymore but it would work and that's what matters.
It would be easier for us to see the games working on the handhelds if you used IPS-modded systems, the original GameBoy had too much light reflecting off the screen lens and the contrast wasn't set high enough to see the screen clearly.
anyone who has not played the Mario and Luigi games should because they are good games, there are four that I know of, Superstar Saga on GBA Bowser's inside story and Partners in Time on DS and Dream Team on 3DS, I have been waiting for Nintendo to port them to the switch so I can replay them on a newer system but they probably won't.
I think those Zelda OoT carts came with silver color pins not copper usually. I have 2 and both are like that. Maybe it has something to do with having to re release them because of the religious music and symbolism in the gold cart versions. I dont know. I just know silverish pins on Zelda OoT is very common. Very likely it has nothing to do with anyone trying to clean the pins.
could you redo the gold plating?? I know people restoring watches typically replate gold. i figure you could put the pins of an N64 cartridge in the solution and gold plate it, even though its pretty toxic from what ive heard
That Christmas t-shirt ha ha 😄
Always fan boy!
Great videos recently, I esp. liked the Dreamcast colab videos.
Desolder that game pot from the board on the shark. All the pins should be easily removed from it allowing you to glue the cracks back together and reassemble.
If not, it’s at least worth a shot using a precision tip super glue and trying to glue the crack from underneath instead of chocking it up as a lost cause without putting any effort into it.
The really hard to fix Jobs are the ones that are declared as "Only needs a little bit of cleaning" or "easy fix". 😂 "Untested" is also a good indicator
I recently used rubbing alcohol and a eraser on NES and SNES games pins that were VERY dirty (the eraser did most of the work for sure) and they turned out fantastic rather quickly!
Im new to this, what kind of ereaser its used?
@@romeroll i ordered Ticonderoga Wedge Erasers, Pink 3 Pack from Amazon
Wrap the GameShark in a few tight layers of electrical tape and see if that works
Was more a cleaning vid than a fixing vid, that's just about all you needed to do!
$200 from goodwill?
Inflation is no joke. Sheesh.
Goodwill prices are insane...yet here I am paying them.
Yeah I had to go back and listen to that again, I thought I misheard it!
prices of them now are crazy, in 2008 or so I picked up 15 N64 games, with boxes etc all for 40 bucks at a garage sale, that was at a time when interest in them was low , I still have them ,also , for any game that has a battery for game saves, change those also!!
Not to be too pedantic, but @12:00 you need a tripoint screwdriver, not a triwing.
Triwing has a different shape.
Your content helps me sell on eBay lol. Ive wondered why people would buy broken gameboys for 40 bucks when you can get a good working one for 55. I had two boxes of broken cartridge games I'd saved and sold them not too much cheaper than they sell for in working order- can only imagine it's for this type of content.
lol, prices for broken stuff are CRAZY! I regularly see used, working devices sell for less than broken ones.
The one at 18:14 looked like it must have belonged to Pablo Escobar !
Quite honestly I would have just cleaned them with IA first and then tested them before opening the shell.
That one n64 game almost looks like brasso residue.
I didn't know Goodwill had a broken games category?
Watch all your videos . . Find your video’s oddly therapeutic 🤓. Been fixing stuff for years . Never learned to solder yet tho . Don’t trust myself to do it .
You think 81 hours of that Pokemon Game is a lot is a sneeze to my hours, Mines 151 hours.
@TronicsFix do you repair people's game units?
All of this fixing makes me think of my broken Sega cd?
You should fix it!
What type of cleaning agent is he using on the pins??
lol 84 hour is a lot lol that is like 2 weeks of play for my wife never was huge into Pokemon but she loves it.
This man, every other videos: I hope there's no liquid damage.
This video: please let there be liquid damage.
I always thought SM64 had battery backed SRAM. Is it flash?
For the game Shark a 3d printer can solve your solution thing is your into profit and printing plus time ain’t feasible unless it’s for your own personal use
Always dreamed but never got this..
All any of the games needed was blowing on the pins.
oily glue for the gameshark
Hey TronicsFix can you refer me to an intro guide/course. Would appreciate very much thanks! I dont know where to start.
xD he used gloves on all the fine ones, and then went barehanded on the dirtiest N64 cartridge.
I thought the idea behind gold plating the pins is that they would never need to be cleaned.
Gold is resistant to oxidation and corrosion, but not immune to it. It is also a pretty soft metal, so over time it can be stripped from the contacts through normal use. Remember, these games are more than 20 years old and kids are not always gentle with their belongings. I remember we used to blow into the carts if the NES wouldn't read them, and it turns out that getting little globs of spit in there and leaving them to cake on for 20 years is a recipe for corrosion.
What were those pliers you used??
Mario & Luigi is a great game btw.
I love these videos
Maybe a stupid question, but these games are "broken" because you tested them all beforehand off camera or because Goodwill said they were broken? Just not used for you to not test stuff on camera before disassembly😅
yeah it did feel lile something was missing from the video
yeah, what is the point if they do not test them before.
They were sold as broken and not working. I didn't test them before hand off camera. I do sometimes test them before hand but it gets pretty boring for a video so I wanted to just get in and start fixing them.
@@Tronicsfix yeah showing all 10 being tested could get repetitive if they all dont work. how about just showing the first one being tested?
Cleaning is important in nes games the space empty sometimes have other things like ilegal sustances
WWF no mercy best N64 game ever made no 🧢
Where do you do to learn this stuff cause i want to learn
If you only knew you’re literally preserving and saving games for future generations of gamers thank you 🩷
@5:35 Wrong trace!
Lol
I like how you're thinking "I hope there's something majorly wrong with these games".
The rest of us are just crossing our fingers hoping to see a logo. 😂😂
To be fair even though you consider it not as exciting since it’s mainly cleaning - it’s still interesting to see what people consider broken and how easy it is to fix them.
Might lead to a few more people trying to fix their own cartridges or picking up some good deals on retro games that just need a bit of IPA
It also introduces us to products some of us hadn't heard of before, like the Deoxit. Any content that can be considered educational is never a bad thing, even if it's "just" cleaning techniques.
I used to always blow into the cartridge 😂
Lol, that usually worked!
😂😂😂
That’s Brasso in Super Mario 64. It’s abrasive and they probably used it regularly which is why it took off the gold plating and caked up on the inside.
Brasso is usually a little yellower, maybe Silvo or toothpaste?
ya It looks like Brasso
@@ianburkard there are different kinds for stovetops, brass, etc
100% brasso, pretty widely used too, I even used it to refurb carts like this years ago. Seems like whoever was using it didn't bother to clean it off afterwards, which imo causes damage long term.
@@paulghignon4092 There is a cover that the PCB extends through with the exposed contacts. Brasso gets pushed up through the cover where it can’t be cleaned without disassembling the cart. Too bad it doesn’t just evaporate like isopropyl alcohol.
7:30 that "sw" written on the Donkey Kong cartridge... Try some isopropyl alcohol to remove it. Fun fact: the only thing that makes permanent marker permanent is the the solvent is alcohol and not water. 💖🌞🌵😷
Back in the day, we really got quality products for our money, not like the trash we have today...
@TronicsFix the GameShark should be repairable with a paper clip made out of metal and a solder iron. Just bend a few "waves" into the paper clip and melt it into the plastic where the cracks are with the solder iron. I already repaired a few things made out of plastic which weren't glueable.
Playstation portal teardown pls 🙏 I want to see how easy is to fix analog sticks
Thanks for teaching people how to handle these retro games. Not many people have the knowledge. You also make it pretty simple to understand.
Doh, at 5:28 I noticed you were testing the wrong solder joint. lol
Lol
Playing the Star theme for checking the pins was a nice touch.
If you edit that again and find a loose one, I instantly think of a death/lost life sound effect for that problem.
I think it would be interesting to see you giving a try on the Gameshark adaptador, great video tho
Indeed. I fixed the connector on a Mega Memory Card which uses the exact same design for the shell and connector but my issue was a mangled pin. It seems they used a different kind of plastic to make it clear on the GameShark which must be why it cracked. In my case I had to relocate an unused pin (Audio In).
“84 hours… that’s a lot”
Them are ROOKIE numbers 😂
Have you ever attempted to replate worn-out gold-plated contacts? Looking at some protocols online, it seems like it should be within reach of the hobbyist, if fiddly.
Should have tested some of them first to see what was actually a repair vs a misdiagnosis as broken.
Ocarina of Time may still need a battery.
Isn't it ironic that the label in the back specifically tells you not to clean with "alcohol" and/or other such solvents...
I believe back in the day it was because over the counter alcohol was typically 70% rubbing. Isopropyl alcohol is more available today and that's most effective for cleaning electronics without causing risk of corrosion from water.
@@oOignignoktOo1Rubbing alcohol is isopropyl alcohol.
What’s even more ironic is that the Official Nintendo Cleaning Kit for the NES tells you to use distilled water first then 50/50 “distilled water and isopropyl” if that doesn’t work. Most people didn’t even know what that meant back then and they couldn’t just look it up online. “Where do I get this ‘isopropyl’ stuff?” Guess it was harder to notice the contradiction too. ;)
Supposedly the warning against cleaning with alcohol was because Nintendo was concerned about children and safety, and not because of alcohol being ineffective.
"Moisture usually doesn't get in here unless people are blowing into their cartridge."
Do you not understand, there is a step-by-step process to play any NES game...... you have to follow it... or it will not work... sometimes you have to blow, insert, remove and blow again, then insert and power on if it is a suspicious cartridge.
If that copy of No Mercy is the USA-1, then it sells for $299 and up. It's the rarest N64 game
I don't think it would have made a difference with getting the 3DS cart working but they do make pointy tipped qtips. I have a pack of bamboo ones from Amazon and they are awesome!
I was wondering, do you service PS3 60gb backwards compatible consoles? I'm looking at buying one from eBay and I would need it opened and cleaned and checked, also new thermal paste on CPU-GPU. Please let me know. Thank you
I love that you take so much e-waste and old classic games and make them usable. It's like preserving history.
unfortunately there is still too much ewaste, video games are getting recycled for the collective nostalgia but I have been to a lot of swap meets and the amount of electronic stuff that will go to a landfill or a under developed country is astonishing
Me and my gf are fairly well off so we live in a nice building in the middle of a European capitol. The first sign that gave it away some really rich people live here is was when the e-waste bin in the basement was constantly filled with not just expensive hardware, but still perfectly functional hardware. I've recovered a PS4, PS2, PS1, NDS, PSP, soooo many games for all of these, PCs, monitors, TVs, iMac that was only 3 years old, $10k printer, etc. Just today I found a perfectly working PC. The HD is in my backup PC now acting as a media center.
I've considered just putting up a sign telling people that anything PC/Game related they should just dump at my doorstep instead. Saves me the trouble from having to dumpster dive.
I cannot find any video of yours fixing a OG playstation 3 phat. the only playstation 3 you been fix was a white ps3 slim.
can you do some videos restoring and fixing ps3 fat using syscon diagnostic to find out the problem?
Playstation 3 fat version (especially the original ps3 2006) was my favorite playstation console of all