Retro Repair Blog and Articles
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A rusty, dented Mega CD 1 arrives in a bag with its battery torn off and every SMD capacitor leaking. I strip it down and work out what it needs.
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A filthy PC Engine CoreGrafx PI-PD6 pad gets a full teardown, a soapy wash (no alcohol near the conductive pads), contact cleaner and careful reassembly.
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The final part of the dead 3DO FZ-1 repair. I test the removed capacitors, fit replacements, power it up and play some games.
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A week with the troubled Sinclair ZX Vega Plus handheld. Great screen, but the D-pad, sharp case edges and SD card loading let it down badly.
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A big bag of Commodore 64 bits for £40: Gridrunner, boxed software, a plotter, an Oceanic OC-118N drive and a breadbin C64. Did I overpay?