Where dead consoles come back to life — restoring, modding & preserving retro gaming hardware.
+34 photosSuccessful repairNEC — PC Engine LT
An epic of strife, perseverance and adaptation.
+11 photosSega — Wondermega
A full board recap on the Victor RG-M1, complete with a laser sled clean. Everything works; the motorised tray is just waiting on a replacement belt.
+18 photosSuccessful repairNEC — PC Engine CD-ROM2
This one threw everything at me: 3D printed gears, a dead laser, a Discman sacrifice and a spindle height mystery, before a full recap finally brought it home. Worth every frustrating hour of it.
+7 photosNEC — PC Engine IFU-30
Capacitors, voltage regulator and the supercapacitor that keeps the save data alive. Validated with some Street Fighter II and Bomberman '94.
+6 photosNEC — PC Engine CoreGrafx
A quick pre-dinner recap with jailbar fix caps thrown in for good measure. Short job.
+3 photosNEC — Ten No Koe 2
The Ten No Koe 2 was harbouring what are probably the original Hudson Soft branded batteries, in there since the day it left the factory. No damage done, but they were long dead.
+33 photosSuccessful repairBang & Olufsen (B&O) — Beovision 1
This B&O had the audacity to emit smoke and then carry on displaying a perfect picture. A lengthy investigation eventually uncovered an X2 safety cap that had met a truly spectacular end. Came away with a cleaner TV and a great story.
+20 photosPartial fixFujitsu — FM Towns Marty
A thorough recap from top to bottom. The console boots and the CD-ROM side works, but the floppy drive remains undefeated. It spins but refuses to acknowledge any disk.
+15 photosSega — Wondermega
A pig to take apart and put back together, but the end result speaks for itself. Both the Mega Drive and Mega-CD sides are fully operational.
+5 photosNintendo — Super Famicom
Yellowed shell, no problem. Recapped and cleaned; couldn't match all the SMD values on the day so a few remain as a future task.
+57 photosSuccessful repairSega — Game Gear
Had lunch with a couple of friends and one of them brought a Game Gear along, wondering if anything could be done with it. Power LED only, nothing else.
+4 photosSega — Game Gear
Do not recap Game Gears with ceramics
