Turns out $400 for a "broken" Atari Jaguar is a fantastic deal - Retro Console Restoration
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 10. 12. 2021
- Looks like the "behind the scenes" video format is here to stay with another unscripted and minimally edited repair project. This week it's a faulty Atari Jaguar that I bought from eBay, and I paid a handsome penny for it even though it was listed "for parts".
I've never seen an Atari Jaguar in person before, and knew close to nothing about it growing up. It does indeed have a bizarre controller but otherwise looks like a normal cartridge based system for the era. I managed to get this one working and it turns out the $400 I paid for it was an awesome deal due to the rest of the game carts bundle (system was $355 + $25 shipping and I bought an aftermarket A/V cable for $20).
It's always eye opening to me when I find systems that require very little attention to get them working. Granted the seller of this system knew it was worth something even "for parts" so it wasn't exactly destined for the trash, but nonetheless its an awesome bundle that I'm ACTUALLY going to game on and enjoy. This one is going under the TV, not on the shelf.
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Thanks for the flashback. I worked on the case design for that console back in the 90s. I didnât have anything to do with the electronics but I did a little case redesign and some of the graphics. Did you know there was a blue version planned for the east coast and the dark gray was for the west coast and the power button was supposed to be a small round post. Atariâs Jaguar director made almost every mistake you could make while developing this console. It was like they wanted it to fail.
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some dental medical appliance company bought the molds and still make it, i saw it at a dentists office recently
Can you make a video about that?
Replaced by a 3d printer
Bought many a jaguar sold as broken as people didn't know a cart has to be in to turn on
Nice. Iâm sure this happens with the N64 and itâs jumper pack too.
More knowledge thanks
2007 I was working for Amazon in the UK. We had 2 factory sealed Jaguars and 2 factory sealed Lynx 2's delivered for an unknown reason. I bought them all for ÂŁ20 each.
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It's kinda funny, random stuff like this pops up at stores and warehouses occasionally. Some smaller game stores I shop at still receive *ps2* games new and sealed along with shipments of ps4/5 and xbox games...
@@12pandemon the retro gaming shop by me has factory sealed PS 1 games in mint condition I bought a few. I love finding factory sealed retro games.
Random Jaguars popping up with retailers was a thing for a while. Game in the late 90s had loads of them going for about ÂŁ20 each and games for a few quid. Wish I'd bought a stack of them at the time.
@@craigcharlesworth1538 I thought that was supposed to be like 2008? I wasn't there but just remember reading something on the web.
Something funny about the notorious Jaguar CD system. I have owned about a dozen of em. Whenever one didnt work it was always the same problem. The spindle was pushed down and jammed and wouldnt spin. all it takes is a sharp knife and in a matter of seconds gently pry the spindle upwards slightly usually you see slight up movement and slight pop sound. you now have a perfectly working jaguar cd again. ive fixed several like this
Shame AVGN didn't know that when he probably trashed 3 of them., though he probably would have done it anyway tbh.
I'm gonna buy the next Jag CD I see then lol
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The first mistake of every Jaguar newbie, no game means no power! Same thing with the Lynx. These things are stupid but fun to work with. Back to watching.
Yes indeed. Now I know! Thanks for pointing out that its the same with the Lynx. Good to know for a future pickup/repair.
In 2019 I did get a Lynx with two games which supposedly didnât work. I was all prepared to replace the mosfet that often fails (Q11, IIRC) but it just⊠worked. Nothing was wrong with it. **shrug**
Same with Wonderswan handheld.
Honestly I feel that this was a brilliant feature to protect the console, and the carts. Actually surprised more systems back then didn't do that.
I was so envious with Lynx owners I grew up in a poor household
Honestly dude, these videos are helping me out so much right now. I've really been wanting to fix some of my retro consoles, but I've been afraid of messing something up. Your guided videos are a huge help.
Glad to hear it!
Man, Iâm here from the start, and i supported you when you had like 80 subs. Itâs crazy how you moved in Terms of collection and video quality. From the times Iâve still been following you enjoying the videos. Itâs really nice how ur channel has grown since then. Told you you could do it :) Good job, and Iâll be waiting for more amazing content.
You never forget your early admirers ;) Even my wife remembers you. I was so excited to read your comments back then, I shared them with her too and I was like "hey, this guy thinks my videos are cool" :P Thanks for the support bud. It's very appreciated.
One of the coolest things I discovered with the jaguar was the cd addon allowed you to put in a music cd and watch about 30 or so color patterns on the TV that beat along with the music. Me and my buddies would smoke and watch for hours lol.
This takes me back to the Winamp days
Ps3 does similar for the entire music tracks you play. I have Spotify on mine.
I miss those old visualizers. Just arenât a thing anymore.
I've become really addicted to this channel, love the presentation. Keep them coming.
Thanks a lot man, appreciate the support.
I just cleaned my Jaguar, and oh my God it started right up. Wow I thought it was dead. I am so glad you made this video. All did was clean the cartridge slot and got picture đŒïž n the tv.
Glad you got it working.
Just getting Flashback in pretty much the best console version available, on top of Aliens vs Predator is a pretty good deal as well. Couple that with Doom, and you pretty much have all the only decent games the system ever had. If you enter "clip" at the password screen, it should take you to the last stage of Flashback. Not that I recommend playing it from there, but it's a password I've remembered for the last 20-odd years, is all. Congratulations on your find- you now own just about all the fun that system can muster. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
What about Tempest2k? or was that only with the toilet-bowl CD-ROM addon? I don't remember any more, but THAT was a great game for the Jag.
@@exidy-yt Well, now, in my defense, I did say "pretty much" all of the good games, but you're right- Tempest 2k was a good one, as well. Don't remember if it was cartridge or cdrom either, so that'll go a long ways towards it being worth picking up. I also remember there being a beat-em up that was pretty good, but can't remember the name. Definitely a handful of games worth having; just not much more.
Don't forget that the original Rayman was first released for the ol' Jaguar.
@@AceTrainerX3 Okay, now that one I don't remember. But we're still at less than 10 games. I'm not trying to be a jerk about it- this system is just one of those niche platforms that's enjoying a revival for some reason. Well, not so much a "revival," I think it's rarity is coming through in the prices. Rare doesn't equate to GOOD, though- I've got some hens' teeth I can't give away.
Always fun to hear from folks that owned these niche systems. It was similar with my Neo Geo videos and hearing from people that grew up with one. Love that you remember some random password to get to the last level on Flashback. I have a similar experience with Carmageddon on the PC - "lapmylovepump" gave you god mode. Random memory but for some reason one that is firmly planted in my mind.
I love the stoic and dry reactions to everything in this video. My spirit animal in terms of energy felt lol. ALL BUSINESS NO BS.
Always enjoying these restoration and repair of old consoles. It's a skill I don't have, but respect the knowledge and care professionals put into restoration.
"This is my excited face" I lost it, haha, these are great man.
Wow. You got super lucky. It even came with the wrong power supply and it wasn't fried! If they had powered it up with a game installed, it would have fried the power regulators and audio IC!
I was almost certain that there would have to be some swapping of parts. I even added the power regulators to my shopping cart in between takes before I realized I need to insert a cart to test the system!
Why doesnât the computer have some kind of fuse protection?
@@kanesmith8271 Atari made a lot of mistakes when making the Jaguar. The power supply was their least egregious mistake. There were multiple hardware errors and design problems with the console.
I thought if you tried a centre negative when it requires a centre positive then nothing would happen? Luckily for me that, the voltage and amps is sth I know to check for at least
@@deadsi Reverse voltage is really bad for most devices. It doesn't matter if it's meant for one way or the other, there is a good chance you will damage your device if you send it the wrong polarity of electricity. A well designed device includes protection against it, but to save costs, the extra parts required to add protection can be left out when designing the product. The Atari Jaguar is one of those devices without the required circuitry to protect from the wrong polarity of power.
that was actually a pretty decent games collection you've got there, Towers2, Doom, AvP, all-in with the console and 2 controllers for $400, very very decent price.
I remember when you could buy these things for pennies on the dollar. Times have changed.
Why is the jaguar this much money but I can buy a retro used nes, Genesis, N64, Dreamcast for under 50 bucks
A genesis ( Mega drive ) here.......is only ÂŁ25
@@breakingames7772 Most likely itâs because of the supply. Prices are always determined by supply and demand. Even if demand is relatively low as I believe it is with the Jaguar vs. Genesis, SNES, N64 and Saturn, because the supply of Jaguars on the market is lower than the others, the price is going to be higher.
The Jaguar wasnât in production for as long as those other consoles. It was only made from â93 to really the end of â95. By spring they were already liquidating all remaining Jaguar inventory and I doubt they made many new Jaguars if they made any at all in â96.
I donât know anyone who had one as a kid and some of my friends had a PC Engine (Turbo Grafx 16), 3DO, Sega CD, 32X, Neo Geo CD and one of them even had a CDi lol, but no one had a Jaguar.
No one had a Neo Geo AES either, but thatâs because none of us had parents willing to buy $200 games.
Lack of supply. The Jag sold 250k units worldwide and the average game probably 20k-30k copies. Those other systems sold millions of units with an equally high volume of software. Jaguar will never be cheap to collect for (still cheaper than Neo Geo lmao) just because there isnât enough to go around.
Thanks for this, really enjoy your patient approach. This reminds me of a random box of consoles and games I bought a couple years back. Amongst the stuff were two n64's, neither one would display anything, one wouldn't power on, and a bunch of the controller ports wouldn't work. All I had to do was clean contacts with isoprop and everything worked like new. Literally got more than my initial investment back after selling them, and absorbed a bunch of great stuff to my collection.
Was stressing me out so bad watching you try to get the power led to turn on without a game in the system lol.
Was shouting at the tv, PUT A CART IN đ€Łđ€Łđ€Ł
Haha I know there must have been a bunch of you that felt that. You don't know what you don't know!
I was wondering if he was going to try to make an un needed repair.
Wow, nice work man. First time seeing your content. I really appreciate your youthful curiosity. Super entertaining!
That is really good info to know about the center negative power supplies, I have a number of older systems in storage I used growing up but might have to get new power supplies and other stuff to get them working again and never thought to consider anything beyond the voltage, will defiantly be checking to make sure getting the right center positive or negative power supply when refurbishing them.
Man! This takes me back to my uni days mid in the mid 90's. My mate, who I shared a house with, had a Jaguar with AvP and couple of other games. I remember thinking a 64bit console was mind blowing. Great video you earned a new sub :)
I liked the video simply for editing out unscrewing all four screws. Tank you for editing the video.
Wow when tower 2 didn't work immediately I went đŹ.
Well done on the purchase.
After the first few carts worked I was pretty sure it would work eventually. I think this system was in storage for many years given all the carts needed the treatment with contact cleaner.
Prices for retro consoles are off the roof currently. I was lucky that I scored a boxed Atari Lynx 2 in early 2020 for a decent price. Congrats on your Jaguar packageđđ
They are appreciating assets my friend and only going up in value. Always nice to score a boxed system, congrats to you as well!
Old computers, too. Back in 2005 or so I sold all of my Amiga hardware (5 Amiga 1200's, 3 Amiga 4000's, 4 PowerPC cards, 3 060 Accelerators..).
The PPC cards for my Amiga 1200's sold for about âŹ270 each. The only one on Ebay now is at âŹ3,500. An Amiga 1200 itself was selling for around âŹ40 on Ebay now the average is âŹ600-âŹ700. If I had kept it all for 15 years, I'd be looking at âŹ30-40k easily. I suppose the lesson is, never sell anything. Store it in a box somewhere.
Very interesting, and I learned something. I never knew about the center -/+ of power supplies... but I will be learning about them now. :)
Glad you learned something new!
Great find! The former owner would be kicking themselves if they knew it was just a wrong power supply. Towers II is a decent game, but would be better with a keyboard and mouse. Surprised Tempest 2000 wasnât included as thatâs the signature game. Hope you enjoy it!
Kind seems that thy were just dumping stuff from their storage and probably thought a couple hundred was a great deal for them.
I think it was a good deal for him. Probably not tech savvy and doesn't care about the collectibility of the system. As far as he's concerned it's someone else's headache (mine haha) and he got ~$380 for it.
Just the kind of stuff I like to watch! Instant subscription, looking forward to more of your content, sir! Cheers!!
Welcome aboard!
That's pretty awesome. Kudos! I considered buying a Jaguar new when they came out, but after reviewing the games couldn't get overly excited about it.
Thanks bud, glad you enjoyed it!
Really like your style of video and the editing thanks đ
It's around September 1993. My family and I were living in a Holiday Inn Suites in Burbank, CA for a couple of months. Our home in Glendale wasn't finished being constructed yet. I get the EGM and GamePro Magazine showing the Atari Jaguar. Was only $250. Told my parents I wanted that for Christmas.
So Christmas rolls around and I kinda forgot all about it. I'm going to turn 13, so it's not something I'm always thinking about. I did get a Game Gear for my birthday 3 weeks earlier. So I open my present and there it was. An Atari Jaguar. I didn't think they could get it because it was in NY and SF. But they had some at Toys R Us but in limited supply. And it was over $300.
Til this day, the Jaguar along with my Air Jordan VII Bordeaux I got the year before are still my favorite Christmas presents. This is why the Jaguar still means a lot to me even though it's without a doubt the worst console I've ever owned. I actually still had it for 23 years until I left some things in the Philippines đ”đ in 2016.
If you ever seen 8-Bit Christmas (2021), it's not really about getting the NES. It's your moments spending time with your family and friends. It was never about the Jaguar. They're just things. It was the thought and effort I put my parents through to get it is why the Jag meant a lot to me. That, and it has a really cool name, cool red and black font, cool boot-up, and cool design even if it lacks a cartridge slot cover and how the back is exposed.
Thank you, Mom and Dad, for getting me that Atari Jaguar for Christmas of 1993 . Will always remain grateful for those Christmas presents in 1992 and 1993. Now I just use RetroArch on my Android smartphones to play Jaguar games like Rayman.
Thanks for sharing. Nostalgia is powerful, and a big draw for me when it comes to this hobby. I can relate to your fond memories and sounds like your parents wanted to put a big smile on your face. Two consoles a few months apart, haha wow you were a lucky kid my man.
I noticed you did not mention the second FREE under shirt, what a bargain!
Oh sh!t, thats a huge oversight. That second one was the cherry on top.
dont know why you would keep the shirt
I like the minimally-edited format videos. It's authentic & lets your handiwork speak for itself
Glad you're enjoying coming along for the repairs and restorations. Cheers.
I love your videos man, keep 'em coming!
Happy to hear it!
Ahhhh the feeling when you put the grease on the switch! no idea why but I've never thought of this. Wicked vid.
I really liked this video, thank you. And of course congratulations on this hit! Keep up the good work and this amazing quality of videos. I just subscribed and need to see your other videos, all sounds fun to watch. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the sub!
man i got this when it came out.. i remember being pretty bummed about it at the time and i ended up just giving it to a friend as a gift (i even had the cd attachment). man i wish i had held onto it
@cockmcballs4577 yeah, when I got alien vs predator I ended up spending a ton of time with it and I remember loving that game. it was only after finishing that game that I was like "there's nothing else I wanna play." I even got the cd expansion but the only thing interesting was the music video puzzle game..and it was only interesting to me at the time because I wasn't allowed to watch mtv so that game was kind of a loophole haha. but yeah I mean, I played the heck out of doom as well.. and tempest 2000.. but it was more out of a feeling of obligation than excitement.
Just discovered your channel! With all the choices back then, I latched on to Genesis and the Playstation when it came out to play! Pre-ordered Playstation 2 North America launch. Was super excited that day just as you are in the video! Drives my Wife mad lol. Subed đ
Welcome aboard!
Wow. Nice video.
I remembered getting the Jaguar when it first came out, also got the Jaguar CD later. Only 2 games I really enjoyed back then: Tempest 2000, AVP. Traded it for the Japanese PS1 when it first came out, which cost closed to $1000 USD when imported.
WHAT! Why is this console so valuable. Great video as always
very well done video. great speaking, great video, and great information to take away! thank you!
I'm not ashamed to admit that I had envy you in this video haha! Nice find in this Jaguar, I'm trying to get one to myself, but it's very hard to find one with a good price and in good shape. Congrats for getting this one!
Thanks bud. Good luck on your search.
This new format your using of filming with you more in the shot is way better than your old style! Not saying the old way was bad, just this is a step up. I watch the show mymatevince quite a bit and I wish he did the same. Its much for personal in my opinion!
Nice acquisition. It's good that you realized fast what happened with the console. Nice video
Thanks man, glad you enjoyed it!
I remember getting one of these for $20 brand new back 12 years ago. Now look at the prices ! Damn
Retro games have taken on a life of their own.
I got mine from a yardsale way back in the 2000s and it was only $15 for a working system and several CIB games that included Doom, Busby Fractured Fairy Tales, and Wolfenstein 3D.
Now they're just like holy shit levels of valuable with people dropping $300+ on just the console itself and a gamepad without a second thought.
@@cryptidproductions3160 Ive been playing games thru an emulator and 90% of the games run great and I can use a better controller. If I bought a system id get the SD Cart. Just wish I could play the CD jag games.
I've always loved the case design of this guy.
So happy the console just needed some new love. đđđ. Awesome video like always.
Glad you enjoyed it my man.
I guess I'm glad I never got rid of mine :D It has the CD drive and both are complete with their original boxes and accessories. I never kept track of their values as retro systems (same for my Saturn and Colecovision). The one time I thought something had failed was when CD's started scraping in the drive. I found out that it was just the drive unit had become dislodged from its friction fit mounts on the motherboard. A little jiggle and all was well. A modest collection of cartridges (25 plus the memory cart) and seven CD titles (Baldies, Battlemorph, BrainDead 13 and Highlander, plus the pack-ins that came with the CD unit) round out that corner of my collection.
Excellent find and great video
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Dude. Your workspace is SICK. I have to subscribe.
My curiosity was stronger when i recently purchased 2 panasonic's gamecube q... not much to do on both but pretty sure that was also a great deal !
Nicely donc btw ! Cheers from France
Those are pretty collectible so nice find especially if they were working from the get-go.
As someone who is bad at doing the problem finding on circuit boards, I thank you for showing me a bit on how to work my way around one
Glad you found it useful
First time here. I thoroughly enjoyed this whole video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching.
Just wanted to say that your editing skills are no less impressing than soldering ones. Really having fun watching your vids even though I don't have a clue what you're doing half of the time, lol. Keep up the good work!
Much appreciated. I'm having a lot of fun with it.
I have great luck on Ebay too. Thanks for the upload.
That snowboard game looked great for an Atari. Im pretty blown away.
Ah, so that's the right way to use contact cleaner!! Been wondering the correct way to use this stuff, and amazing video! Keep it up!
Thanks bud, glad you enjoyed the video.
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@@andycraig7734 Hah, just reminded me as a kid I picked up an aerosol can of contact lens cleaner spray (sat on a trash bag) and squirted my mum in the face? She was not impressed and dragged me off to the chemist to enquire about it.
I think I knew it was mostly water beforehand...
another fantastic video, keep the motivation up
Appreciate it!
Great editing!
Enjoying so much by your videos! Keep going!
Glad to hear it.
@@BorderlineOCD by the way, tried your method of polishing on PS3 Super Slim. It has two side panels with glossy finish. Worked like a dream!
A buddy of mine had an Atari Jaguar in college (circa 1996). We played the shit out of Alien vs Predator, this video takes me back. Thanks.
Really enjoyed this đ
great thorough video
Glad you enjoyed it.
Why is this so interesting to me??? Itâs like a mystery to solve I guess , great video
Great video!
What a great score! Iâve been wanting a Jaguar for while now. I had one friend that got one when we were kids although I donât remember much about it. I think he only had a couple games. The console has gotten so expensive thoughâŠ
Typing whilst watching talking to the video âyou need to plug a game in before powering upâ otherwise it wonât light up, glad you figured it out quickly.
I own two Jags, one boxed , a working boxed Jag CD and almost all gams, all boxed, 95% are new/mint. Great little system, far more capable than most of the games suggest, killed off too soon as so many games were in development. Of course, it also couldnât compete with the PlayStation 1.
Nice work!
Makes me want to dig mine out of storage and show it some love.
You should :) Specially if you had some cool games to go alone with it.
Another great job !!
I didn't even make it 10 minutes in before subscribing, great video!
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Great find. I never owned a Jaguar. I noticed that the Jaguar had no where near the amount of capacitors the sega genesis II has. Lol
It's true according to the recap kits the Jaguar has about 20 caps, almost half of the Genesis model 2.
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Thanks for the sub.
I still remember when these systems were being liquidated at KB Toys for $50 with the game at $5. The CD attachment may have been $50 and the system
$25 now that I think of it. If only we were smarter back then.
I don't think anyone expected retro games to blow up like they did. I still remember seeing NES carts at Goodwill for $1 or $2. Those days are long gone my friend.
@@BorderlineOCD they sure are. Also I think thereâs some funny business with these million dollar auctions for crazy common games but finds like this are fun.
Great video man.
Much appreciated.
Nice video. One note, I would never use contact cleaner on an edge connector, especially ones like on the Jaguar which are almost impossible to find replacements and are difficult to replace if you do find a replacement.
That's literally what contact cleaner is for. It's not going to damage anything.
I'm confused by this concern, can you explain your reasoning? There are a couple of varieties of contact cleaners out there and the one I'm using (MG Chemicals 404B) is specifically designed for this job. I made sure that the silicone left behind by 404B is safe for plastics too. Are you referring to contact cleaners in general (like automotive ones) or are you specifically concerned about the product I'm using?
What a steal!!!!! Working or not, those loose games are all worth good money. Nice!
Man... that ad was right after you hit the on button. Longest 5 seconds of my life!
Dude this is great, listen to this. So I got a Jaguar yesterday and I heard you can use the Sega Genesis power cable on it. Tried it and the light didn't light up. This Jaguar was in storage, so there was a chance it didn't' work. In the back of my mind I was like "maybe it needs a game to be in there" then I thought, eh idk about that, I've never seen a console need a game in it just to get power. So I look up this video, and then poof, that's exactly what it was. I saw you say that, and was like "ha, wow" - So now my new Jaguar works, and I was playing Cybermorph all night!
I am quite impressed that the console survived shipping like that. I hope you bought a lotto ticket, you don't get that lucky every day.
Back in the day, my friend had Alien Vs. Predator on the Jaguar. That game is awesome. A technical achievement way ahead of it's time.
I've only played it a bit so far but its pretty decent.
In the early 2000s you could obtain a brand-new (as in never opened) Jaguar in the original packaging (yes, with Cybermorph) online for *thirty dollars* plus shipping. For an extra 15 dollars, they threw in a spare core console. In the mid-2000s I was able to obtain a barely-used Jaguar CD on ebay, complete with packaging and pack-in titles, along with Myst, Baldies, HoverStrike, Dragon's Lair and Space Ace and the whole thing was under 300. I was able to buy Doom, Wolfenstein, Alien Vs. Predator, Iron Soldier, I-War, HoverStrike and a few others all in their original shrink-wrap as well very reasonably during this same time. In addition, a flea market local to me sold used Jag titles for dirt-cheap. It seemed like destiny itself wanted me to have a weirdly massive Jaguar collection.
EDIT: Guess I should have a point. It's crazy how the demand for Jaguar hardware and games continues to this day and continues to drive prices up and up, and it's equally crazy how the underground following for this failed console (not to mention the Lynx as well) only seems to grow stronger. Guess I was lucky to be drawn in early, but it's wild how the hunger for this stuff continues.
Wow, you were quite lucky with this, for just some minor fixes/cleaning! For what I know a wrong power supply means insta-death of the console (the voltage regulators), as there's no protection for that.
All you need now is an RGB cable (instead of composite) and the GameDrive cartridge! đ
It's possible it was tested by the previous owner without a cartridge inserted either, which may have saved it. Just my guess. There's no protection diode in between the input and switching voltage regulator so I'm not sure how long it can handle the wrong voltage, if any length of time at all. It would have been a relatively easy job to swap out the regulator but thankfully doesn't need to be done.
Outstanding Refurb job!!!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Always love/hate getting console lots like this. Love that I still got a good deal, hate that the fun of repair got taken away due to a simple issue/simple fix.
Regardless, congrats on the find!
Thanks my man. It's fun not knowing what's going to show up but I know what you mean, I enjoy the technical repairs the most.
Holy sh*t, I learned something about power plugs and what those icons mean.
Congrats on the deal!
Glad you found it useful.
Please, make more videos. I have enjoyed all of them.
I bought one on launch purely for tempest 2000. Picked up a custom rotary controller for it off ebay. Much nicer to play now.
Someone mentioned the rotary controller and I was confused whether he was referring to an official accessory I wasn't aware of. So this must be a pretty popular mod for the controller then.
Nice video clip, keep it up, thank you for sharing :)
Thanks for watching!
This video made me happy.
Great results đ
Thank you, cheers.
Great buy in the end. I bought 2 ps3's for ÂŁ20 2 nights ago. Slim 320gb which doesnt have anything wrong with it but looks a bit dirty so will take it apart and clean and new thermal paste. The other an original 60gb backwards compatible 1. Never opened before but has the dreaded YLOD. I watched your video on that again and will be attempting to fix it near future after watching few other videos. Keep up the great work. Watching your videos got me into fully taking consoles apart. Would only go to the disc drive before if it was playing up
Glad to hear you're tinkering with systems now and ÂŁ20 is an amazing bargain for those PS3s no matter how you look at it!
@@BorderlineOCD couldn't believe it when I saw them on facebook marketplace. They didn't even say what model's they where. I was able to pick up though it was the 60gb as the chrome stood out in the pictures compared to the silver of the newer fat ps3's. Keep up rhe good work woth your videos. Always look forward to a new 1 from you.
Oh man thanks for sharing I bought one of these brand new when it came out and had the Aliens vs Predator game that played and that game made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up followed by body chills lol playing in the dark and alone
The Atari Jaguar and it's history are so fascinating to me, and it's cool to see how you got it working! Good job!
To me as well, particularly because it was their last hurrah in game consoles but ended up being a commercial failure.
@@BorderlineOCD Exactly! But there were some cool games and neat hidden gems!
I found a complete jaguar in retro video store for about $329. Got the flash cart from Retro HQ and plays wonderful. Add the right adapter, HD retrovision cables and a retrotink the built in RGB looks pretty good. Most of the games are crappy but very impressive for the time. Tempest 2000 is probably the best one.
Nice, pretty awesome price for a working system! How long ago did you get that deal? I'm going to be looking into a multicart option for the system to experience the library of games. Not a system that's very well emulated at all so I'm looking forward to discovering some hidden gems.
60 seconds in, I see "Towers II" - instantly I see why you're happy.
Weird game. I've played it a bit since this video. I'm pretty sure I'm going to get rid of it.
anyone else yelling at the tv on first try power up? you got a great deal there
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