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Steve
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Used to own one of these and fancied adding it to my retro console collection, working ones fetch decent money though 30-50 quid! so I purchased a broken one for 10 quid and repaired it.



The process is called recapping, and its replacing all the capacitors for new ones.

The problem, dim, screen, can barely make anything out no matter how you adjust the brightness



Replacement capacitor next to one of the originals



10 in all the replace



Old ones



As good as new now
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Good work
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Got an Atari Lynx?
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Nah my mate had one of those back in the day lol
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Lol
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Tried to hook my NES up to an LCD TV, but it just flickered constantly.

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Just bunged Sonic on, I used to spend hours on this game as a kid, pretty amazing how Iv not probably touched this game for about 15-18 years yet I pick it up and it instantly comes back to me, where the lives and the hidden rooms are, everything

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Brilliant Steve. I'm beginning to mess with some basic electronics to try and get my soldering better. This looks fiddly to say the least.

Needs a bit of a clean/sand tho!
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I loved my Game Gear. Had a TV tuner for it, that was awesome.
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Always wanted the TV tuner
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quote:
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Always wanted the TV tuner
I did too. Was well jealous of the kids with them on toy day lol
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Used to have one
Gary
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Posh cunt
3CorsaMeal
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Still got mine with about 8 games and the hard carry case

Every time I dig it out and play it I end up wondering why I'm bothering when I have an xbox and a smart phone.

Going to get it out today now
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Are you gunna get it out and show the Mrs Jim?
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She will be impressed at how big it is imo
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Seem to of lost a game or two and the power supply so can't play it yet.

Are there any game gear meets i could attend?
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Got Indiana Jones on eBay. Arrived today but my screen is dim son.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eitPZ24_7KE
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i used to play vampire master of darkness so much on the game gear.. also had a tv tuner.. in fact i think i still have that somewhere.
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wont work now sadly now analogue has been switched off
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I remember this being my first gaming machine. Had Sonic the Hedgehog as my first game, was cool
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Ahh I remember playing Echo the dolphin on that!
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used to have mario and zelda on this, donkey kong too
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oh right

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