fixing vectrex consoles has got to be one of the most worthy restorations to do. those things are beautiful, and so unique. nice work mate, good to see you back too. to think its probably been laying dormant for years, all because of a blatantly fucked plug. lol. nice find. :)
Just want to say good job and thanks for your videos. You have a real relaxed approach to problem solving. I'm 42 & I can remember those systems when they were all the rage, but am not the sort of person who would normally think about taking consoles apart. I watch your videos with interest and have learned a lot from them. I also have used some of your videos as reference when fixing housing on my kids more modern ds handheld games. You videos in particular have given me the confidence (& probably many other people ) to have a try at simple fixes to broken consoles. (Something I couldn't do without revering to UA-cam) As I have 3 kids all into gaming systems your videos have been some of the most useful and have saved me money, not to mention made me look cleverer than what I am! ;-) Please keep them coming!
Been years since I've seen a plug like that! I remember when elctricals didn't come with plugs and you had to buy them separately! Thank god for molded plugs!! At the tender age of 10 i was wiring plugs! We were taught at school how too and I'm not ancient - only in my late 40's! lol
I have one of these. One of those came through my electronics pawn shop, and the seller was some grandma who didn't know what she had. I bought it for $20 - $30 dollars after testing it out. I had to have my friend who teaches electronic engineering replace . . . something on it because when the Vectrex was powered on, it made this low, constant, and annoying buzzing sound. And there's the buzzing sound at 7:20 just as I was typing this! Anyway, it's a surprisingly fun system that I break out about once a month or so.
Nice find! Sadly, a "standard" controller wont work with the Vectrx. It uses a analog joystick in stock. however, with a pair of voltage dividers, replacing the pots in the joystick, you can use a D-pad or a digital joystick for it. I got a video on my channel, explaining a bit how it's done. Also, a guy in the UK sells a custom made cartridge with all the 72 ever released games, including DIY games and demos on it. It's about 30 odd pounds for it.
There's a couple of videos on Ashen's channel about the Vectrex, so that would be a good place to get clued up on what it was and some of the games you can get for it. Wow, hard to believe it was such a simple fix to get it up and running again! Well done!
This game on the Vectrex was the first video game I ever played, so your video brought back some good memories for me. By the way, awesome deal you got there.
Awesome , been waiting for this since you first tweeted about it a while back. I love your videos man you inspire me to take my consoles repair needs into my own hands. Never paying repair fees again.
Great to see you back, Martin! You have been missed! And congratulations on your Vectrex score, with what may be the easiest fix I've seen you execute yet. :)
Awesome find. Even better, you didn't have to do anything remotely technical to get it up. I was worried the crt was faulty. Glad it was just a neutral lead. lucky score!
Glad to see another video my man! I am actually looking at some model 1 sega cds that say they are broken and try to get one to fix up because I have always wanted a model 1 because they looked so awesome to me back in the day.
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.
Your channel has inspired me to learn electronics and repair old consoles- is there a console you would you recommend for a beginner to work on? What I mean is there a console that doesn't have difficult fixes.
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.
I think I have seen this on eBay when it was listed. Yeah I'm 100% sure. I was thinking of buying it but with the shipping cost to Belgium it was ugh and I already own a few Vectrex systems. Around the time of the listing I bought a demo pod with a "non working" Vectrex.. turns out if you let it be plugged in for a while it eventually turns on :) Must be some faulty parts that I need to replace. It works, but when I plug it out I have to let it "charge" up before it turns itself on again.
You only need the original screen overlays, the Vetrex use clear plastic screen overlays to show the playfield/backgrounds. Nice find only needing the wire attached again LOL
Really really nice find!! Can't believe the only problem was a dodgy old badly wired plug without the protective sleeve found on modern BS1363 plugs!! Now that she is safe and well you will not be able to stop playing!! Love the Vectrex display!
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
The only time I've ever played one of these was at the Insomnia 49 gaming festival. The camera really doesn't do the display justice. I'm assuming it's electron beams that make up the shapes, but I'm not sure.
Wow the graphics do look so sharp. That is really cool. Thanks for the upload. If you find a controller, I hope it's another Ebay junk, so we can get another repair video.
Thanks. I don't own a PC Engine so I can't really help you with that, sorry. But I'm sure I've seen a few vids on here that show you how it's done. It's not too difficult :)
ok cheers dude i have had a look the videos on here seem a bit messy i have kept my eye out for an av booster and or cd unit so i can use av but they end up going for shit loads on ebay
ok cheers dude i am in the u.k,i really wanted to replace the pal out put with a nice port for A.V cable but i think that might be a step to technical with my noob soldering skills.
I took a chance on a Vectrex 2 years back for the same price with the same fault but rewiring the plug did nothing. I spent hours tinkering with the console and ended up hating the thing.
That is cheap for a Vectrex. I think this is one of the most interesting things you have fixed I have seen you do; not many of these around so the more working the better.
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
Nice vid and a great score. Still, I would not be plugging in 30+ year old hardware (especially high-voltage CRT stuff) into the mains without opening it up and inspecting the internals first. You never know what condition the electronics are in after all these years and there's the possibility of permanently damaging something.
Wow so lucky! Another great video. I want a Vectrex really bad but they are quite expensive normally and I have little space to put it. Hopefully one day! Kind of funny actually, I recently bought an NES with a plug that looks near identical to that one (wires sticking out, a little rusty etc). It will need replaced soon as it doesn't work so good.
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 :)
Not so fun fact. Back in the 1980's most electricals weren't pre-installed with a UK plug. You had to fit your own, which alot of people didn't do correctly back then, which resulted in alot of deaths & fires. If i mind right, bbc watchdog had a massive influence in changing this law. Now plugs come as standard. I bet you that plug was probably installed in 1982! Nice find :-)
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.
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.
Hey maybe you can wire a Saturn 3D pad to work with this thing to get analog control. I think the Saturn and mega drive wiring is very similar and it's possible to change the plugs to use one on the other. So maybe if you change a Saturn 3D pad to get a mega drive plug it would work on the Vectrex.
That's a massive score! What a great price for it! Vectrexes are a collectors wet dream. I have a feeling that possibly the seller deliberately pulled out the neutral pin, to comply with laws on selling vintage equipment. Anyway, great deal. Never sell that, it's a goldmine. Recycledgamer *Chuck van pelt possibly has some controllers for your system ;)
I know you didn't need it, but an old trick to see if there is any power getting to a tube based screen/system is to place the back of your hand on the screen when you turn it on. If there is anything getting to it, the hairs on the back of your hand will stand up *like static*. Just for future knowledge.
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
Watch out your going to catch the Vectrex bug! I have it and I love the system! You haft to check out all the homebrews for it!! Plus the Vectrex has a amazing library of original games also!!
i want one of these, but it utterly failed in the USA due to it coming out in the eve of the crash, how did it go in UK? i know it sold better, but not by much, and you got the MB version, theres a more rarer version, i think it's either US or UK, but it was branded by the company that made the idea
yay, I knew you'd return :D edit: If you are having trouble finding new consoles to buy and fix you should just buy random broken consoles and try to fix them as a challenge and see if you can resell them for a profit
I remember seeing a boxed Vectrex for sale at a games expo at Braehead a couple of months back. Shame I didnt have a spare £300 How you were lucky enough to find yours so cheap I'll never know.
NiceandGames did a video about his Vectrex. He got a Time Pilot clone for it that someone made recently. Seemed to be a pretty cool game if you are interested. Also, you can't always trust continuity on fuzes. Sometimes the filament will flex under load and break contact if one side of the filament isn't properly soldered into place anymore. This is definitely a few and far between occurrence, but I thought I would share.
Great find! Wouldn't it be possible to just rewire the extension cord to get other controllers to work instead of directly modifying one? Just a thought, it may not be that easy of a mod or you may have already considered it, but I thought I'd suggest it :)
Hah, you are like a techno womble or something. Great stuff, good find. I guess most people when something breaks down, they are afraid to even open a plug. We tinkerers though, get out our tool kits.
How many videos are you thinking to upload per week / month? because lets face it: it took a loooong time for another video to be coming. but i still trusted in getting more videos from you and that worked out good. please answer my question it would make my day.
Instead of cutting the megadrive controller connector, you might want to cut a controller extension cord connector instead, thus creating an adapter of sorts.
Damn last time I watched this I was using a Samsung Note 3. Then upgraded to the Note 7 (the one that exploded, apparently), to an S10+, and am now on a Pixel 6 in 2023.
Amazing find. Great to see a new video from you. Any chance you could do a tutorial on fixing a sega master system model 2 with no power? Ive changed out the voltage regulator but still no luck =( Anyways, thanks for all the informative videos, hope to see more.
I wouldn't know where to start with a Master System 2, sorry. I have the MK1 but have never actually owned the model 2 version. It sounds like you already know far more about the system than me! :P Good luck.
fixing vectrex consoles has got to be one of the most worthy restorations to do. those things are beautiful, and so unique. nice work mate, good to see you back too.
to think its probably been laying dormant for years, all because of a blatantly fucked plug. lol. nice find. :)
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! :)
it makes you wonder how much fixable stuff is just sitting in landfills.
Ive dumpster dived for computers
Considering these sell for £200+ you got the bargain of the century.
Just want to say good job and thanks for your videos. You have a real relaxed approach to problem solving. I'm 42 & I can remember those systems when they were all the rage, but am not the sort of person who would normally think about taking consoles apart. I watch your videos with interest and have learned a lot from them. I also have used some of your videos as reference when fixing housing on my kids more modern ds handheld games. You videos in particular have given me the confidence (& probably many other people ) to have a try at simple fixes to broken consoles. (Something I couldn't do without revering to UA-cam) As I have 3 kids all into gaming systems your videos have been some of the most useful and have saved me money, not to mention made me look cleverer than what I am! ;-) Please keep them coming!
Been years since I've seen a plug like that! I remember when elctricals didn't come with plugs and you had to buy them separately! Thank god for molded plugs!! At the tender age of 10 i was wiring plugs! We were taught at school how too and I'm not ancient - only in my late 40's! lol
I have one of these. One of those came through my electronics pawn shop, and the seller was some grandma who didn't know what she had. I bought it for $20 - $30 dollars after testing it out. I had to have my friend who teaches electronic engineering replace . . . something on it because when the Vectrex was powered on, it made this low, constant, and annoying buzzing sound. And there's the buzzing sound at 7:20 just as I was typing this! Anyway, it's a surprisingly fun system that I break out about once a month or so.
Nice find!
Sadly, a "standard" controller wont work with the Vectrx. It uses a analog joystick in stock. however, with a pair of voltage dividers, replacing the pots in the joystick, you can use a D-pad or a digital joystick for it. I got a video on my channel, explaining a bit how it's done. Also, a guy in the UK sells a custom made cartridge with all the 72 ever released games, including DIY games and demos on it. It's about 30 odd pounds for it.
There's a couple of videos on Ashen's channel about the Vectrex, so that would be a good place to get clued up on what it was and some of the games you can get for it. Wow, hard to believe it was such a simple fix to get it up and running again! Well done!
This game on the Vectrex was the first video game I ever played, so your video brought back some good memories for me. By the way, awesome deal you got there.
Awesome , been waiting for this since you first tweeted about it a while back.
I love your videos man you inspire me to take my consoles repair needs into my own hands. Never paying repair fees again.
Haha, thanks for watching and supporting the channel. Glad you like the vids :)
I love your videos a lot! How are you so knowledgeable in repairing stuff? You are a genius! I love my vectrex!
Man your channel has inspired me so much, I hope you get back into it!
When are you coming back to uploading videos, I loved all these eBay junk and fixing videos
Great to see you back, Martin! You have been missed!
And congratulations on your Vectrex score, with what may be the easiest fix I've seen you execute yet. :)
Thanks, buddy! I've been a little too busy to make vids recently.
SO glad to see you back, Martin! Great video and amazing find. :)
Cheers, dude! :)
Nice fix! Glad to see another video from you.
Very lucky and awesome! I live over in the USA and I have to say the UK plugs are way better then ours, even though they are bigger.
lovely. nice to have you back, matey!
Great score and glad you got it up and working so easily
Always good to see you put another great vid on youtube man. Great find!
Cheers! :)
Great video. I always love watching your videos for some odd reason, too bad you don't post too often...
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.
That must be the easiest fix for a faulty system ever. Excellent to see another video from you :)
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.
Any day retro uploads a video is a good day.
Ha, cheers!
Awesome find. Even better, you didn't have to do anything remotely technical to get it up. I was worried the crt was faulty. Glad it was just a neutral lead. lucky score!
There is something very appealing about the graphics on a Vectrex. Good job dude =)
those old tube/crt screens are like batteries, have to be carefull because they can hold a charge for a long time
more like capacitors, they release it all in a very short burst, and kill instantly.
LOL, nice pickup! I cannot believe that people don't check something as simple as the plug and wiring.
Legend. Can't help but feel bad for the seller.
Thanks for posting another video, I truly appreciate your effort.
Thanks for watching! I appreciate your time :)
Nice to see ya back again!
Glad to see another video my man! I am actually looking at some model 1 sega cds that say they are broken and try to get one to fix up because I have always wanted a model 1 because they looked so awesome to me back in the day.
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.
Your channel has inspired me to learn electronics and repair old consoles- is there a console you would you recommend for a beginner to work on? What I mean is there a console that doesn't have difficult fixes.
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
I think I have seen this on eBay when it was listed. Yeah I'm 100% sure. I was thinking of buying it but with the shipping cost to Belgium it was ugh and I already own a few Vectrex systems. Around the time of the listing I bought a demo pod with a "non working" Vectrex.. turns out if you let it be plugged in for a while it eventually turns on :) Must be some faulty parts that I need to replace. It works, but when I plug it out I have to let it "charge" up before it turns itself on again.
Cool video,I'm trying to track down a vectrex that works properly at a decent price.Love those vector graphics
You only need the original screen overlays, the Vetrex use clear plastic screen overlays to show the playfield/backgrounds. Nice find only needing the wire attached again LOL
I love these old systems, I think this came with (or at least some games) color overlays for the screen.
Glad to see you haven't stopped doing videos btw =)
Cheers :) Just been too busy so taking a little break.
I've only ever plated a vectrex once and it is something I definitely want to own! It is pretty awesome but I do not have the space for it.
Really really nice find!! Can't believe the only problem was a dodgy old badly wired plug without the protective sleeve found on modern BS1363 plugs!! Now that she is safe and well you will not be able to stop playing!! Love the Vectrex display!
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
am i the only person who expected him to put it on a brown sofa
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
love your videos, I found you rwhilst doing repairs for a ds lite....so many awesome vids :D
The only time I've ever played one of these was at the Insomnia 49 gaming festival. The camera really doesn't do the display justice. I'm assuming it's electron beams that make up the shapes, but I'm not sure.
What a ridiculous bargain! Great system. Worth getting hold of the home brew version of Thrust.
Wow the graphics do look so sharp. That is really cool. Thanks for the upload. If you find a controller, I hope it's another Ebay junk, so we can get another repair video.
Thanks. Yeah maybe I can score another good deal on a faulty controller :P
That's an awesome console! Please upload some footage when you get a controller working!
well worth it, great deal dude, any chance you could show how to do an av mod on the original white pc engine please.
Thanks. I don't own a PC Engine so I can't really help you with that, sorry. But I'm sure I've seen a few vids on here that show you how it's done. It's not too difficult :)
ok cheers dude i have had a look the videos on here seem a bit messy i have kept my eye out for an av booster and or cd unit so i can use av but they end up going for shit loads on ebay
Thanks for that link very helpful,will have to attempt some soldering action cheers.
ok cheers dude i am in the u.k,i really wanted to replace the pal out put with a nice port for A.V cable but i think that might be a step to technical with my noob soldering skills.
I took a chance on a Vectrex 2 years back for the same price with the same fault but rewiring the plug did nothing. I spent hours tinkering with the console and ended up hating the thing.
Gotta love the simple fixes.
A new video at last, Thank you!!!
Dude, these videos are the best
Thanks :)
Good for you! That's great to hear!
That is cheap for a Vectrex. I think this is one of the most interesting things you have fixed I have seen you do; not many of these around so the more working the better.
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.
Nice vid and a great score. Still, I would not be plugging in 30+ year old hardware (especially high-voltage CRT stuff) into the mains without opening it up and inspecting the internals first. You never know what condition the electronics are in after all these years and there's the possibility of permanently damaging something.
Wow so lucky! Another great video. I want a Vectrex really bad but they are quite expensive normally and I have little space to put it. Hopefully one day!
Kind of funny actually, I recently bought an NES with a plug that looks near identical to that one (wires sticking out, a little rusty etc). It will need replaced soon as it doesn't work so good.
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 :)
Not so fun fact. Back in the 1980's most electricals weren't pre-installed with a UK plug. You had to fit your own, which alot of people didn't do correctly back then, which resulted in alot of deaths & fires. If i mind right, bbc watchdog had a massive influence in changing this law. Now plugs come as standard. I bet you that plug was probably installed in 1982! Nice find :-)
It's cool that the fuse is built into the plug, they aren't as accessible in most of the systems I'm familiar with.
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.
Hey maybe you can wire a Saturn 3D pad to work with this thing to get analog control. I think the Saturn and mega drive wiring is very similar and it's possible to change the plugs to use one on the other. So maybe if you change a Saturn 3D pad to get a mega drive plug it would work on the Vectrex.
The explosions look kind of like the pulsar map from the golden disc aboard the Voyager Spacecraft.
dude your back again
That's a massive score! What a great price for it! Vectrexes are a collectors wet dream.
I have a feeling that possibly the seller deliberately pulled out the neutral pin, to comply with laws on selling vintage equipment. Anyway, great deal. Never sell that, it's a goldmine.
Recycledgamer *Chuck van pelt possibly has some controllers for your system ;)
I wonder if its possible to wire a different screen up to the vectrex.
I know you didn't need it, but an old trick to see if there is any power getting to a tube based screen/system is to place the back of your hand on the screen when you turn it on. If there is anything getting to it, the hairs on the back of your hand will stand up *like static*. Just for future knowledge.
another awesome video! would you ever considering doing tutorial videos for common problems for different systems?
I don't think there's anything lukemorse1 and the rest of the internets hasn't already covered :P
RetroGameTech ill have to check out his channel if he has alot of tutorial vids
Jesus, the shipping of the damn thing probably cost nearly as much as the sale of the console.
played the same console in game in glasgow a few year ago, hink they were selling it at the time for 80 odd quid, 26 quid is a steal, nice find man :P
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
Sweet pickup & easy fix for the win
Watch out your going to catch the Vectrex bug! I have it and I love the system! You haft to check out all the homebrews for it!! Plus the Vectrex has a amazing library of original games also!!
Too late! :P I'm already eyeing up overlays, flashcarts and controllers for the system. That vector display is a wonder to behold! :)
Wow, people continue to amaze me, what they will sell as "faulty". Well at least you were able to take advantage of this deal.
It kinda feels like cheating to even call this a repair :P
Do you need a controller for this?
keep the good work, i like very much your chanel! i will spread the word about it
i want one of these, but it utterly failed in the USA due to it coming out in the eve of the crash, how did it go in UK? i know it sold better, but not by much, and you got the MB version, theres a more rarer version, i think it's either US or UK, but it was branded by the company that made the idea
man... you really lucked out on that one!
:)
yay, I knew you'd return :D
edit: If you are having trouble finding new consoles to buy and fix you should just buy random broken consoles and try to fix them as a challenge and see if you can resell them for a profit
he already tried this with a fat lady ps3
I remember seeing a boxed Vectrex for sale at a games expo at Braehead a couple of months back. Shame I didnt have a spare £300
How you were lucky enough to find yours so cheap I'll never know.
Wow that is amazing dude. Congrats
Great vid - well done!
NiceandGames did a video about his Vectrex. He got a Time Pilot clone for it that someone made recently. Seemed to be a pretty cool game if you are interested.
Also, you can't always trust continuity on fuzes. Sometimes the filament will flex under load and break contact if one side of the filament isn't properly soldered into place anymore. This is definitely a few and far between occurrence, but I thought I would share.
Well done. Good score.
it's hilarious no one does any troubleshooting anymore and just discards this stuff when it stops working
The vectrex console is really cool
Great find! Wouldn't it be possible to just rewire the extension cord to get other controllers to work instead of directly modifying one? Just a thought, it may not be that easy of a mod or you may have already considered it, but I thought I'd suggest it :)
Hah, you are like a techno womble or something. Great stuff, good find. I guess most people when something breaks down, they are afraid to even open a plug. We tinkerers though, get out our tool kits.
You lucky git :) well done. That must be the buy of the year for you
Good to see a new vid :)
I watch his videos at night because his voice is so seductive :) and makes me go to sleep :)
I think they have one of those at the leeds media museum
I think you might be correct. I'm sure I saw someone do a vid on that just place recently.
How many videos are you thinking to upload per week / month? because lets face it: it took a loooong time for another video to be coming. but i still trusted in getting more videos from you and that worked out good. please answer my question it would make my day.
when I saw the wire, i rofl'd real hard. 'It doesn't turn on!' 'That's because the wire's fallen out...' 'oh.'
The Jimmy Fallon of repair with the fake laugh sprinkled in every so often.
Love your vids keep it up!
Idk know but I had a major déjà vu, I swear I saw this video a year ago!
Nice vid man! Keep it up
You should try Craigslist or sites like it. I see a lot of "parts" systems on there, though probably nothing as cool as a Vectrex
Do you take fan mail? Got an Atari 2600 av mod kit that's not getting used. :P
Instead of cutting the megadrive controller connector, you might want to cut a controller extension cord connector instead, thus creating an adapter of sorts.
+vampifrog That's actually exactly what he did!
Great find!
Damn last time I watched this I was using a Samsung Note 3. Then upgraded to the Note 7 (the one that exploded, apparently), to an S10+, and am now on a Pixel 6 in 2023.
Nice find, did you ever get the controller?
Amazing find. Great to see a new video from you. Any chance you could do a tutorial on fixing a sega master system model 2 with no power? Ive changed out the voltage regulator but still no luck =( Anyways, thanks for all the informative videos, hope to see more.
I wouldn't know where to start with a Master System 2, sorry. I have the MK1 but have never actually owned the model 2 version. It sounds like you already know far more about the system than me! :P Good luck.
How did you learn to fix stuff ?