Newport 500 Racing Game from 1980 | Fix & Restoration
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- I purchased this broken Castle Newport 500 Grand Prix racing game from eBay for £10. It came boxed, with instructions and the price sticker from Woolworths shows that it was originally £9.99 way back in 1980.
I've never actually seen this game before which is surprising because I was exactly the right age in 1980 for this to have been on my radar. Anyway, as per the auction description, it didn't work so I took it to pieces to find out why.
The case was quite yellow so I decided to retrobright it. I wanted to protect the stickers (which are in very good condition) so opted to use a peroxide cream rather than just putting the case in a liquid bath of peroxide. This worked quite well and the stickers emerged with no damage. I also retrobrighted the bottom half of the case and this really helped to improve the discoloured blue plastic.
It didn't take long to diagnose why the game wasn't working and I was able to repair it by simply bending a piece of metal. Of course, the trick is knowing which piece of metal and how much to bend it :-)
Once reassembled, I gave it a test and quickly discovered that my reactions are nowhere near as good as they were in 1980!
#repair
#asmr
#restoration
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i love the 2 spare bulbs, they were so toughtful to include them
Yes, the spare bulbs were a really nice touch. And good quality too - I was amazed that none of them had blown, even after 44 years!
"Stupid game".
As another, very well known, UA-cam fixer would say 😂👍
Ahh, I see you're a man of culture as well!
@@ProfessorYana Absolutely!
Using a fiberglass pen raw no gloves is insane, but nice video
What can I say, I’m a risk taker! 😂 Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Wow memory unlocked yes I had one!
I knew someone would have owned one! 😀 Thank you for watching.
All that effort and then for it to be such an annoying game 😂 nice resto work though
You are so right - unfortunately, this is nearly always the case with these old games 😂 Thanks for watching!
Crashing reminds me of my 5 y/o son telling me i'm wrong
That’s exactly how it felt but I was being told I was wrong by a 44 year old box of bulbs! 😂