I just wanted to come here and say I did my real first repair a few days ago (I am a total newbie at any repair using the soldering iron). I have a multimeter that stopped working when I needed it (I actually forgot it did not work). It was not a big deal, but it would have helped a lot. Anyway, I was already looking for other multimeters when I decided to open it up and check it, after also talking to friends and colleagues that are better than me at electronics. I did a sort of a diagnosis as I saw Vince do here and it looks like the ground connector just did not make contact anymore (it fell off as soon as I opened it up). I soldered it back and now my multimeter (the reasonably expensive one) is working again. I also soldered the other 3 just to be sure I won't have issues in the future. It felt good knowing I was able to fix it by myself and that I did not have to throw it away and buy a new one.
There appears to be a strange preoccupation with landfill. We are in no danger of running out of room. The entire US landfill system occupies about 35 square miles. Avoiding placing stuff into it really doesn't have any benefit. Meanwhile NASA is predicting that the Earth will no longer support human life within 50 to 200 years because of nothing to do with landills.
@@unitedfools3493 Yeah, I've heard that before about the amount of landfill, quite surprising really. I've also heard an argument against recycling paper because the less demand there is for newly produced paper, the less amount of trees there'll be because manufacturers won't need to grow as many. Recycling plastic and metal are important though because there's only a finite amount we can get out of the ground
I repaired a kid's magic wand just now by soldering a broken contact wire and the joy it brought is some reward - the original solder was very tiny and it should last longer now - cheers for the inspiration
That was my younger brothers toy! He always put his name on his stuff. The cheek! I wouldn’t steal it. I was more into my fly fishing. Love your channel. Your friend J.R Hartley.
Me and my brother would play this when visiting my Nan and Grandads down in Surrey. Very fond memories of digging this out from the under stairs cupboard every Christmas. It was often more coveted than the Sega Mega drive. Happy Times. 😊
I had this game as a 12 year old kid i have just bought a working game( 43 years later) , & mint condition box off ebay for £23 . However still really enjoyed your video . I also have a working puck monster game from the 1980s .
I picked up a boxed one here in the states a couple of Fridays ago at an estate sale. It was called Trick Shot by Parker Brothers here. I bought 7 other handhelds there. Nice to see a video about it.
Hi Vince, when reinstalling old components that have fallen out of their solder joints, clean and tin the pins to improve chances of long term success. I usually gently scrape the pins with wire cutters to remove oxidation and expose clean metal then tin and reinstall. This also reduces the amount of heat necessary to remake the solder joint avoiding damage to components (especially sockets with plastic bodies). Great video.
RIP Alex "Hurricaine" Higgins (1949-2010). He was certainly a character. I remember his 1982 World Championship win. There were a few Canadian players and the odd Aussie (the late great Eddie Charlton). A nice easy fix with the power jack. I knew that would be a problem if not THE problem when it fell out.
I had this as a kid in the US. From memory, it was branded Coleco and called Bank Shot (which I only remembered when you read it off the back of the game). I remember the box being similar or even exact (with the Snooker balls) but no celebrity endorsement. To us in the US, it was a pool table, but the red balls on the box flew over our heads. The 8 ball game selection has a flashing (#8) ball to sink last.
1 The HP battery size thing was a classification used before an international standard was agreed. 2 snooker is a worldwide game. 3 love the channel, keep up the good work!
HP = high power. Also SP = standard power, and LP = "sort of" leak proof - wrapped in metal not cardboard. As for sizes, SP2 = D, SP11 = C, SP7 = AA and SP16 = AAA. First came across D/C/AA/AAA when Tandy (Radio Shack) came to town.
Those pins for the powerjack are awfully short. No wonder they came loose when the game got knocked or whatever. It's really fun to see what they managed to do with their "low tech" back then. This surely has more "flair" than a basic modern game. For the short pins of the powerjack: I would have put component legs on them to extend them a bit and give them more material to be soldered onto the board. I don't think the jack will come off anytime soon, but it would have made the connection a bit more secure. It's really fun to see vintage things like that being repaired. Very satisfying, even if it wasn't me who fixed it ^^;
No fast forwards, was great, fade in fade out perfect, taking apart putting back together despite the fact it's just taking apart in reverse, love it. Although this was a short Tea break video it was very enjoyable. Now as far as long videos, i'm watched many youtubers fix laptop tops or games that are well over an hour with NO fast forwards or even fade in and out. The learning aspect of it is higher and watching the complete testing/fault finding equally enjoyable. Point is, unless you're done for the day don't fast forward, show us how you find faults, how you test even if you think it's boring myself and others don't.
Most Americans play Pool. Some people use the term billiards and pool interchangeably. This isn’t completely incorrect however. Pool is a type of billiards game. Nice repair Vince. I can’t wait for the next one.
This game looks amazing! And the fault was a neat one, maybe someone stuck the plug in there and it fell down or there was some pressure on the plug? I am glad it works again. And I finished my tea just in time.
Snooker is mainly a UK/Irish game in terms of where the bulk of the players come from, with an increasing amount of players coming from China and Thailand as of 2021, although you do see the odd mainland European player here and there, even though you have tournaments like the German Masters for instance, and there's tournaments in China as well
We do play snooker in the US. Not nearly as much as other pocket billiards games, though. You’ll find people playing 9 ball and 8 ball more frequently here across the pond.
The part that fell out is the power socket. The power jack is the part with plugs in to the socket. It's called the a power jack. Sorry, just a bug bear of mine. Great vid 👌 .
You are obviously too young to remember HP/SP batteries - good old zinc-based cells, none of your new-fangled alkali thingies let alone Lithium Ion! 😀When soldering the jack I would advise holding the socket on with kapton tape, soldering the CENTRE pin first, then while holding the socket tight to the board with your finger reflow the solder on the centre pin. Once this is nice and solid and flush to the board you can solder the outside pins at your leisure. Keep the videos coming - it's fascinating seeing stuff from my youth. Kids these days don't know how good they've got it... grumble... moan... 😜
Great fix vince! People in Canada play Snooker. However, it tends to be older generation guys who take it quite seriously. Unfortunately, pool halls are closing left, right and center. It seems like this passtime is fading out.
We don't play snooker in the US. You might find an odd table here and there, but 99.999% of the time they will only have billiards. Mist if us wouldn't know how to play even if we had access to a table
maybe a Radio control Jawa Sandcrawler. The controllers infamously stop working with the vehicle. No videos exist on how to calibrate the radio frequency..
This is what happend to my brother's one back in the day. He got it for Christmas and sat on the landing playing it in the dark. I ran up the stairs and didn't see the power cable and tripped over it and it pulled that power supply inside off. We got the screwdrivers and blue tack out but it didn't work. I ruined his Christmas. Lol
Americans tend to play 8 ball and 9 ball. I am from Canada, and we also play 8 ball and 9 ball but we also play snooker. Don't forget the World Champion Cliff Thorburn "the Grinder" who Not only was world champion but was the first to win the Masters 3 times in 4 years. I remember some great games between him and Steve Davis back in the day
I had Ray Reardon's Pot Black. I also got to see Alex Higgins almost daily on his way to & from the pub! He always gave a wave, but man he went downhill fast
I remember buying hp batteries as a kid in the seventies also had sp which were lower power but a bit cheaper, great fix, snooker is a game played around the world, but not really ever taken off big in America, Steve Davis and Barry hearn tried to give it a kick start in America in the 80's but didn't really work, it's a lot harder than the game they already have pool tables with buckets for pockets lol.
Higgins was great, but Ronnie is the GOAT And there are snooker fans here (not as many as in the UK, but a moderate amount).. just can’t find a table anywhere.
Hi, Im trying to find one of your videos where you build up some broken plastic with baking soda and super glue (I think). I'm trying to fix something and need to do the same. Thanks.
Are you referring to the game of snuckker? :-) No, it's MIA in the American sporting lexicon. (Strange, given the Canadian contingent of yore.) Did you ever see "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret"? That was a very funny storyline pertaining to US-UK disconnect on "Snukker" in it. ----Mike (Featuring a great (very funny) cameo by Steve Davis.)
HP7 and U7 were AA, HP11 & U11 were C and HP2 and U2 were D cells back in the day - i can never remember the new term for the square 9 volt battery and in my mind it will always be a PP3
@@wisher21uk oh and what about bicycle lamp batteries ? the old 800 - a 3 v unit - looks like 2 oversized d cells stuck together with a flat terminal halfway down the cylinders? and the good old 4.5 volt wit 1 long and 1 short tab on top - found it as a 1289 but im sure that wasnt its riginal designation? {SORRY VINCE - SEEM TO HAVE HIJACKED YOUR VIDEO COMMENTS FOR A NOSTAGIC WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE]
Snooker is very popular in China, last time I went there my brother-in-law who is Chinese took me to a snooker hall. They had girls working there who put the balls on the table after potting, it was quite off-putting having my terrbile skills watched by a stranger!
Love this video. I have this game in mint condition. Could you or anyone tell me which adapter is needed? I know it says in instructions a 9 Volt AC Adapter but not all will fit as this game had a size specifically to fit. Anyone know which size? Thanks in advance.
I guess it's difficult to appreciate how exciting "electronic" games where back in the 80s. There was a limited amount of devices and prices would also be a factor. Kids these days are surrounded by electronics and I suspect they all have a smart phone now with access to an almost infinite amount of games & videos!
I just wanted to come here and say I did my real first repair a few days ago (I am a total newbie at any repair using the soldering iron). I have a multimeter that stopped working when I needed it (I actually forgot it did not work). It was not a big deal, but it would have helped a lot. Anyway, I was already looking for other multimeters when I decided to open it up and check it, after also talking to friends and colleagues that are better than me at electronics. I did a sort of a diagnosis as I saw Vince do here and it looks like the ground connector just did not make contact anymore (it fell off as soon as I opened it up). I soldered it back and now my multimeter (the reasonably expensive one) is working again. I also soldered the other 3 just to be sure I won't have issues in the future. It felt good knowing I was able to fix it by myself and that I did not have to throw it away and buy a new one.
Good! Keep on going, you won’t regret it.
Love this, Vince. Never seen one before, but it's right up my street. I would've loved one as a child! 👍
Thanks Steve👍👍
I'm so glad that people are still keeping hold of these old games and selling them on EBay, even broken ones, instead of them going into landfill
There appears to be a strange preoccupation with landfill. We are in no danger of running out of room. The entire US landfill system occupies about 35 square miles.
Avoiding placing stuff into it really doesn't have any benefit.
Meanwhile NASA is predicting that the Earth will no longer support human life within 50 to 200 years because of nothing to do with landills.
@@unitedfools3493 Yeah, I've heard that before about the amount of landfill, quite surprising really. I've also heard an argument against recycling paper because the less demand there is for newly produced paper, the less amount of trees there'll be because manufacturers won't need to grow as many. Recycling plastic and metal are important though because there's only a finite amount we can get out of the ground
I repaired a kid's magic wand just now by soldering a broken contact wire and the joy it brought is some reward - the original solder was very tiny and it should last longer now - cheers for the inspiration
I once repaired an Nvidia Shield by using an old knife on the gas stove as a soldering iron. ;)
That was my younger brothers toy! He always put his name on his stuff. The cheek! I wouldn’t steal it. I was more into my fly fishing. Love your channel. Your friend J.R Hartley.
🤣🤣
Is your brother still around? Maybe you could get it back and give it to him as a present or something.
Me and my brother would play this when visiting my Nan and Grandads down in Surrey. Very fond memories of digging this out from the under stairs cupboard every Christmas. It was often more coveted than the Sega Mega drive. Happy Times. 😊
Great memories - had one of these for Xmas 1982. Lovely straight forward fix 🙂👍
I also remember this game but it was a friend of mine who owned it!
We had a lot of fun playing it.
I had this game as a 12 year old kid i have just bought a working game( 43 years later) , & mint condition box off ebay for £23 . However still really enjoyed your video . I also have a working puck monster game from the 1980s .
I picked up a boxed one here in the states a couple of Fridays ago at an estate sale. It was called Trick Shot by Parker Brothers here. I bought 7 other handhelds there. Nice to see a video about it.
Snooker and electronics repair... I'm In heaven
One of my most favorite things from my childhood but, it was called Bank Shot by Parker Brothers
Hi Vince, when reinstalling old components that have fallen out of their solder joints, clean and tin the pins to improve chances of long term success. I usually gently scrape the pins with wire cutters to remove oxidation and expose clean metal then tin and reinstall. This also reduces the amount of heat necessary to remake the solder joint avoiding damage to components (especially sockets with plastic bodies). Great video.
Nice game and fix :) Love those 80's electronic sounds and displays.
RIP Alex "Hurricaine" Higgins (1949-2010). He was certainly a character. I remember his 1982 World Championship win. There were a few Canadian players and the odd Aussie (the late great Eddie Charlton). A nice easy fix with the power jack. I knew that would be a problem if not THE problem when it fell out.
Oh my god, i used to have that exact game when i was a kid, me and my elder brother used to play it daily.. was a great game for its age
I love this old devices. They are so interesting.
Love watching all the old games being repaired
I had this as a kid in the US. From memory, it was branded Coleco and called Bank Shot (which I only remembered when you read it off the back of the game). I remember the box being similar or even exact (with the Snooker balls) but no celebrity endorsement. To us in the US, it was a pool table, but the red balls on the box flew over our heads. The 8 ball game selection has a flashing (#8) ball to sink last.
I looked it up and it actually had a yellow ball and a striped red ball on the cover, the only person was a random kid on the bottom of the box.
1 The HP battery size thing was a classification used before an international standard was agreed. 2 snooker is a worldwide game. 3 love the channel, keep up the good work!
Thanks Wineman
Snooker isn't really played in America, there was 2 prominent Canadian players back in the day, cliff thorburn and kirk Stevens
HP = high power. Also SP = standard power, and LP = "sort of" leak proof - wrapped in metal not cardboard. As for sizes, SP2 = D, SP11 = C, SP7 = AA and SP16 = AAA. First came across D/C/AA/AAA when Tandy (Radio Shack) came to town.
@@jonathanInLondonUK HP7 batteries are also known as LR6.
I had one of those when I was a kid. Brings back memories.
Honestly I love watching the longer videos
Those pins for the powerjack are awfully short. No wonder they came loose when the game got knocked or whatever. It's really fun to see what they managed to do with their "low tech" back then. This surely has more "flair" than a basic modern game. For the short pins of the powerjack: I would have put component legs on them to extend them a bit and give them more material to be soldered onto the board. I don't think the jack will come off anytime soon, but it would have made the connection a bit more secure. It's really fun to see vintage things like that being repaired. Very satisfying, even if it wasn't me who fixed it ^^;
Hi Vince, I'm your brazilian fan and I like so much yor videos. Snooker is a game very popular in Brazil too. Great video.
Lovely little repair!
Cheers Gadget, hope you feeling OK and taking some well earned rest 👍👍
i had one of these as a kid. great memory
Can't believe you hadn't heard of HP7! Thought we were of the same era, always HP7 to me as a kid in the 80s 😊 Great video 👍
They're also known as LR6 batteries.
No fast forwards, was great, fade in fade out perfect, taking apart putting back together despite the fact it's just taking apart in reverse, love it. Although this was a short Tea break video it was very enjoyable. Now as far as long videos, i'm watched many youtubers fix laptop tops or games that are well over an hour with NO fast forwards or even fade in and out. The learning aspect of it is higher and watching the complete testing/fault finding equally enjoyable. Point is, unless you're done for the day don't fast forward, show us how you find faults, how you test even if you think it's boring myself and others don't.
Most Americans play Pool. Some people use the term billiards and pool interchangeably. This isn’t completely incorrect however. Pool is a type of billiards game. Nice repair Vince. I can’t wait for the next one.
This game looks amazing! And the fault was a neat one, maybe someone stuck the plug in there and it fell down or there was some pressure on the plug? I am glad it works again. And I finished my tea just in time.
See a few Asian countries playing snooker to but I think it's mostly a Europe sport.
Lovely game and nice easy fix.
I don`t remember seeing this game back in the day, great little repair.
Thanks for the video Vince!
Snooker is mainly a UK/Irish game in terms of where the bulk of the players come from, with an increasing amount of players coming from China and Thailand as of 2021, although you do see the odd mainland European player here and there, even though you have tournaments like the German Masters for instance, and there's tournaments in China as well
that is a pretty wonderful way to play snooker considering the time it was made.
We do play snooker in the US. Not nearly as much as other pocket billiards games, though.
You’ll find people playing 9 ball and 8 ball more frequently here across the pond.
Awesome repair
The part that fell out is the power socket. The power jack is the part with plugs in to the socket. It's called the a power jack. Sorry, just a bug bear of mine. Great vid 👌
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You are obviously too young to remember HP/SP batteries - good old zinc-based cells, none of your new-fangled alkali thingies let alone Lithium Ion! 😀When soldering the jack I would advise holding the socket on with kapton tape, soldering the CENTRE pin first, then while holding the socket tight to the board with your finger reflow the solder on the centre pin. Once this is nice and solid and flush to the board you can solder the outside pins at your leisure. Keep the videos coming - it's fascinating seeing stuff from my youth. Kids these days don't know how good they've got it... grumble... moan... 😜
Love seeing these vintage games... reminds that although my parents never bought me any of them... I didn't really mis much.
Great fix. Game looks mint as well
Thanks Emma, yes, very nice condition indeed👍
Great fix vince! People in Canada play Snooker. However, it tends to be older generation guys who take it quite seriously. Unfortunately, pool halls are closing left, right and center. It seems like this passtime is fading out.
i love these kind of games, they still fun imo.
good fix Vince
As always. Simple and genuinely interesting
Omg I had that game when I was young this bought back a lot of memories thanks great video 👍👍👍👍
We don't play snooker in the US. You might find an odd table here and there, but 99.999% of the time they will only have billiards. Mist if us wouldn't know how to play even if we had access to a table
Most Americans don't even pronounce it correctly.
Im in a 400k person city that has a nice pool hall and a university and you can find them at both.
@@SimonNemeth 😲😂
We don't really play billiards in the US either. Pretty much only pool.
We definitely have snooker here in the states. But I think most people prefer regular 8 and 9 ball.
Nice fix Vince! I’d love to see some vintage Star Wars toys at some point, particularly Kenner range. Thanks for the entertainment 👍🏽
maybe a Radio control Jawa Sandcrawler. The controllers infamously stop working with the vehicle. No videos exist on how to calibrate the radio frequency..
Another good save on the old classics.
Thank you 👍
I like the tea break episodes
This is what happend to my brother's one back in the day. He got it for Christmas and sat on the landing playing it in the dark. I ran up the stairs and didn't see the power cable and tripped over it and it pulled that power supply inside off. We got the screwdrivers and blue tack out but it didn't work. I ruined his Christmas. Lol
It’s only a game show you better believe I am right we’re gonna be snookering you tonight 🎶
J R Hartleys brother?
Must've played that whilst he was out fishing 😂
With his Yellow Pages!!!!
Love the tea-break repairs.
I don't remember this game shape and colour, but the game play looks familiar.
Americans tend to play 8 ball and 9 ball.
I am from Canada, and we also play 8 ball and 9 ball but we also play snooker.
Don't forget the World Champion Cliff Thorburn "the Grinder" who Not only was world champion but was the first to win the Masters 3 times in 4 years.
I remember some great games between him and Steve Davis back in the day
Vince ,back to what you do best more like this it's been a while😁
Never seen this before glad got it working 👍👍
Entertaining and for once I could understand and follow what you were doing!
David Hartley, his grandad wrote a book about fly fishing IIRC :)
I had Ray Reardon's Pot Black. I also got to see Alex Higgins almost daily on his way to & from the pub! He always gave a wave, but man he went downhill fast
Merry Christmas Vince!
We have pool or billiards in the US. I'm not sure if it's the same as snooker but it uses the same table and sticks and stuff
Great tea break fix Vince. 👍
I think Cliff Thorburn and Bill Werbeniuk were Canadian.
I used to watch it through the 80's with my Grandfather who was a massive fan.
By the same designer as the Merlin? Sounds just like it, also with the red LEDs and Texas Instruments components too.
What a neat little game
Vince,
Showing my age here, but they were originally know as HP7. I can't remember when it changed to AA
I remember buying hp batteries as a kid in the seventies also had sp which were lower power but a bit cheaper, great fix, snooker is a game played around the world, but not really ever taken off big in America, Steve Davis and Barry hearn tried to give it a kick start in America in the 80's but didn't really work, it's a lot harder than the game they already have pool tables with buckets for pockets lol.
Yeah old battery terminology for us 70's kids H7 and PP9 trying to think of that torch battery with long brass arm connectors 4.5v in some games
That was the Ever Ready 1289 battery.
@@NOWThatsRichy
Thank you for that
I can sleep better tonight ... Memories the good old days
👋🏽 y’all, never seen this games before 😅.
awesome easy fix :)
Higgins was great, but Ronnie is the GOAT
And there are snooker fans here (not as many as in the UK, but a moderate amount).. just can’t find a table anywhere.
Neat Work Mate👍
Nice fix. Fun game!
Lovey fix nice and simple how I like them shame it's casing is faded!!!!
nice one👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Anonymous 👍
Never seen a billiards table or snooker table here in Western Australia. Most common is the pool table. 15 ball poo, none of that 9 ball rubbish.
They have snooker in Canada though;
Hi, Im trying to find one of your videos where you build up some broken plastic with baking soda and super glue (I think). I'm trying to fix something and need to do the same. Thanks.
Yep, you guessed it, David Hartley
Hey Vince. Just to sate your curiousity, Snooker isn't much of a thing in the US or Canada. Over here they tend to favor 8 or 9-ball.
Canadians do play Snooker americans don't have any idea what snooker is.
Yes it is popular in the USA i think they call it something like billiards or pool
Vince am trying to use recorvery mode on switch but i cant use one side what do i do pls help
Nice video, thanks :)
Ooh never seen one of these
David Hartley, owner of Hartley Hare.
Are you referring to the game of snuckker? :-) No, it's MIA in the American sporting lexicon. (Strange, given the Canadian contingent of yore.) Did you ever see "The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret"? That was a very funny storyline pertaining to US-UK disconnect on "Snukker" in it. ----Mike (Featuring a great (very funny) cameo by Steve Davis.)
wow i had one of those a while back got it in a garage sale for 1$
good job mate.
HP7 and U7 were AA, HP11 & U11 were C and HP2 and U2 were D cells back in the day - i can never remember the new term for the square 9 volt battery and in my mind it will always be a PP3
You forgot the good old PP9
@@wisher21uk big chunky pp3 lol
@@andytipping70 oh yesssssssss ! I could never quite get my tongue across the terminals for that feeling of instant regret lol
@@wisher21uk oh and what about bicycle lamp batteries ? the old 800 - a 3 v unit - looks like 2 oversized d cells stuck together with a flat terminal halfway down the cylinders? and the good old 4.5 volt wit 1 long and 1 short tab on top - found it as a 1289 but im sure that wasnt its riginal designation?
{SORRY VINCE - SEEM TO HAVE HIJACKED YOUR VIDEO COMMENTS FOR A NOSTAGIC WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE]
@@andytipping70 yes I remember them they used to be used in door bell systems as well lol brilliant
Sorry Vince 😊
Did JR Hartley have a fishing game lol!
Maybe David Hartley is related to J.........R...............Hartley (those old enough will understand this)
Fly Fishing 🤣
Oh you do! That's Wonderful!
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I like these shorter video's. Those 45 minutes to 1 hour + video's are sometimes too much for me. lol.
I only know of Snooker because of CZcams and video games, never actually played it though..
That looks more like pool. Fun toy anyways!
anyone else thinking that might be J.R. Hartley's son or grandson?? preferred snooker to fly fishing😂😂
Snooker is very popular in China, last time I went there my brother-in-law who is Chinese took me to a snooker hall. They had girls working there who put the balls on the table after potting, it was quite off-putting having my terrbile skills watched by a stranger!
Love this video. I have this game in mint condition. Could you or anyone tell me which adapter is needed? I know it says in instructions a 9 Volt AC Adapter but not all will fit as this game had a size specifically to fit. Anyone know which size? Thanks in advance.
Shout out to David Hartley!
It’s so basic, but must have been really exiting back in the day it was new
I guess it's difficult to appreciate how exciting "electronic" games where back in the 80s. There was a limited amount of devices and prices would also be a factor. Kids these days are surrounded by electronics and I suspect they all have a smart phone now with access to an almost infinite amount of games & videos!
Tea upsets my stomach, can I have coffee?