1990s Handheld console restoration. BRICK GAME Tetris 999 IN 1
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- čas přidán 31. 10. 2023
- I restored a 1996 "Brick Game" handheld game console.
Join me as I restore a 1996 portable game console known as the "Brick Game." This console may not be valuable or expensive right now, but who knows what the future holds? In this video, I'll take you through the process of cleaning, repairing, and reviving this vintage gaming device. Whether you're a retro gaming enthusiast or just curious about restoration work, you'll find this video interesting. Let's dive in and see the transformation of this 90s relic! - Věda a technologie
Hmm.. memories! Had one as a child, sadly when I had kinda lost interest in playing it and it had begun to have minor faults, I tore it down as a teenager.
I was interested on electronics and had the irresistible desire to tear down everything not-so-useful to see what they have inside, and to salvage components for own (mostly not that useful either) projects.
As a happy side, I eventually became a professional technician.
Speciality about this brick game was, that while handheld electronic games were traditionally expensive, till the end of their heydays, this was popular in end of that era and this was notorious for being cheapo, and sold and distributed with a plethora of different brand names, logos and packages prints on exact same product and package. It also came with different colors of plastic, some also transparent. There were also some slightly different variants of functionality.
These were often given as "free gifts" with subscriptions of magazines and ordering of products, and they were also sold for pocket money on gas stations to keep children entertained during travel.
I wonder if there is any information of the true manufacturer of these, and what kind if history does it have.
The desire to disassemble and study in adolescence is something we have in common). Usually people with such aspirations end up getting a technical education.
As far as I remember, Tetris itself as a game was invented somewhere in the 80s. And it was packaged into a portable console in the 90s. It was with us that it was “Brick Game” and is considered an authentic model.
@@CustomFIX Nice to hear about your similar background, and your restoration was interesting to watch btw!
Yes, Tetris has well-known origins, having been developed by Soviet engineer Alexey Pajitnov in 1984 for Electronika 60 computer. And has since gotten lots of clones for all kinds of computers and probably also as many kinds of standalone hardware like this.
But I am especially wondering if anyone knows the backgrounds of this particular hardware product. While usually handheld electronic games used to be pricey and branded from famous manufacturers, this was a cheapo "white label" product that came "out of the blue" with a variety of names, never mentioning the actual manufacturer name - at least in any noticeable way.
I wonder what might have been the manufacturer, some Chinese or Taiwanese for sure, and what has been their story behind this thing.. There would be a place for a documentary.
My one was actually named "Game Fun" instead of "Brick Game", forgot to mention. But looks otherwise exactly same, to the extent of packaging albeit it having colorful print with "Game Fun" logos. Color scheme of the device was same too, white case and yellow buttons.
All I could dig up on this matter:
After long trials, Nintendo received the rights to Tetris and released its gameboy complete with a Tetris cartridge. It turns out that the Gameboy was the official portable Tetris console.
According to known data, 32 million devices and 15 million cartridges were sold.
I think with such success, pirated products began to be produced and sent simultaneously to all parts of the world under different names.
I don't think it's possible to find a beginning for this. The beginning is most likely, all the factories and basements of electronics in China at the same time)
A separate, full-fledged history of Teris piracy could be recreated by taking interviews from various witnesses of what was happening in China at that time.
But that is another story )
Just found your channel. Great restoration. Keep it coming.
Thank )
10:18 Quedó un pixel parpadeando en el fondo de la pantalla. Más allá de eso, muy buena restauración😃. También tuve uno de esos en mi infancia😉
Thanks ). The blinking pixel is a feature of this part of the game if you select a different number or another game, then the pixel there does not blink. Glad you liked the video! )
wait... u only get 121 subs??? you made an amazing videos brooo...the high video quality, if im not looked at your account, i will assume this channel is hundreds thousand subsr by only watched your vid. u agreat conten creator bro. im your new subscriber 🤗😉
Hundreds of thousands of subscribers are still a dream. )) Either CZcams's algorithms don't like me, or I need more videos. Thank you for subscribing, I'm glad you liked it!
@@CustomFIX whatever it is, just dont stop making videos regularly. Your hardwork must be paid. Besides that, read all the comment, they likes your videos, u great men
Thank you for your positive words, they inspire )
You deserve a lot more subs. Hoping the algorithm helps you blow up. Nice vid
Thank you. I'm trying to fight the algorithm), I hope we can make friends with it someday.
Nice video very good restoration😊
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it )
Great job.
What percentage of peroxide do you use to whiten the parts?
Thank! I used a mix of peroxide 100 ml 30% and 400 ml 3%. Whatever was at hand at the time.
Thanks a lot for the answer.
Nice week to you.
Thanks, you too.
Nice restoration! If any custom PCBs may assisit for upcoming repair work? Would love to sponsor and reach any collab! (PCBWay zoey)
Thank you, I will take your suggestion into account. I think I'll need this. )
@@CustomFIX You are welcomed anytime! Would love to have a further talk for any potential collab, if possible, may i know your E?
Of course, I added the email address in the channel description.
@@CustomFIX Email sent! Looking forward to a further talk!
Where'd you get fresh battery contacts that are compatible? Unless you harvested them out of a newly manufactured Brick Game... a little sus.
I took the contacts from my daughter's old toy. It was necessary to show this so as not to mislead the audience. Thanks for watching. )
@@CustomFIX Add this one to skill bucket: you can easily and relatively safely electroplate the contacts with nickel at home. I have found that i loathe the usual nickel acetate method and i use nickel citrate instead. Also don't make the same mistake as i did, so take it slow when priming the solution and use as little salt as at all possible. I heard that you can use saccharine as a chemical brightener and i tried and i can tell for certain i haven't ruined the solution but i also can't see that it was helpful at all.
You should get a lot better outcome from a professionally formulated solution like the one from Tifoo but i haven't tried.
Also don't make the mistake of buying cheap battery nickel strip and hoping that it's actually nickel. I thought "it's probably not the best thing but i can try" and no, no, it galled the solution so fiercely. You do need a high purity nickel electrode.
You can also run the electroplating process basically in reverse in any salt electrolyte to electrically clean and ablate the surface and prepare it to accept the plating.
Originally the battery terminal is of course chrome plated but i am not about to suggest you do that at home.
I basically do electronics repairs on a weekly basis. The most out there thing i have done is rebuilding a CCFL monitor to LED backlight, including partial PSU redesign, and just the whole process of manipulating the LCD layers without breaking them is quite something.
I have already ordered an electrode for nickel plating, although I am not sure of its quality, I will have to experiment. I purchased the solution from a local electroplating company. 3 solutions of “Galvanic degreaser”, “Activator”, “Solution for nickel plating” and separately distilled water for rinsing. I’m also thinking of experimenting with copper plating, silver plating, etc., as time permits. Very interesting note about the reverse process to remove the coating and further processing, thank you.
Like you, I changed CCFL to LED backlight). Now there are several Dell u2412m, you need to change your native LED to a Chinese one.
Отлично отреставрировано, а зачем вы фольгой изнутри обклеили корпус?Вроде бы нет в этом особой необходимости.
I agree this is not necessary. This is my attempt to slightly shield the body from interference. Of course, these are not high-precision medical devices or aerospace equipment )