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Nintendo GameCube DOL-001 Indigo Retrobriting

July 20, 20225 threads~2 min read
Yellowed shell
Retrobrite

Retrobrited this Nintendo GameCube DOL-001 indigo over a couple of sessions and brought it up to fleet standard. It had a very dark hue so it's definitely better than it was.

Parts & Tools (4)

PicoBoot

PicoBoot, an open-source IPL replacement modchip for the Nintendo GameCube built on a Raspberry Pi Pico, letting it boot homebrew and loaders straight from power-on.

Raspberry Pi Pico

Raspberry Pi Pico, the RP2040 microcontroller board that PicoBoot runs on.

GameCube SMD cap kit

Nintendo GameCube SMD cap kit, NTSC and PAL from Console5, the replacement surface-mount capacitors used for the recap.

Vapour retrobrite method

RetroRGB's write-up of the vapour retrobrite method, the hydrogen-peroxide-vapour and UV technique used to reverse the yellowing on aged plastic.

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hitmanmcc

July 20, 2022· Thread 1· 2 tweets

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Day 1 with previously used hydrogen peroxide. @A3rgan This technique is really something. I don't know how degraded the H2O2 already was but it still had quite an effect. Trying again tomorrow with the same liquid again. #RETROGAMING #retrobrighting

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Day 2, made a difference but not as much as I was hoping for. Since most of this hydrogen peroxide has gone through 4 cycles. Maybe it's time to get some new one. #RETROGAMING #retrobrighting

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July 24, 2022· Thread 2

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Gamecube and Saturn complete, mistakes were made but, both are definitely better than they were. #RETROGAMING #Sega #Nintendo #retrobrighting

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hitmanmcc

November 19, 2023· Thread 3· 3 tweets

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(1/5) Gamecube maintenance day. Replacing the caps on the optical drive PCBs. Started 4/5 drives dead, now 5/5 work. Huge success! Thanks @leonkiriliuk, I think it was in one of his posts that I read that the laser isn't usually the issue, it's the caps. #RETROGAMING #restoration

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(2/5) These 3 just needed the capacitors replaced and they immediately started working fine. #RETROGAMING #Nintendo #CRT

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(5/5) One big happy family. All of them now have working drives! #RETROGAMING #Nintendo #gamecube #restoration #repair

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hitmanmcc

March 29, 2025· Thread 4

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Finally the last one is done, all standard GameCubes fully recapped. Only missing the Panasonic Q now. That'll be a project for another time. Testing with Luigi's Mansion, I've if my favourite games on the system. Still looks amazing. #RETROGAMING #Nintendo #GameCube #Luigi

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hitmanmcc

July 18, 2025· Thread 5

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Making sure the downstairs matches the upstairs. #Nintendo #GameCube #GameBoy #GameBoyAdvance

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