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So many channels about retro mods are so careful and delicate but James is just as jank as the original truly gives retro vibes
@yolad4 ай бұрын
James' family motto is "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing janky"
@endeav0r_494 ай бұрын
jankpods
@AuroraAce.4 ай бұрын
James here is an inspiration to all enthusiasts, we must be jank builders
@Dlndn_4 ай бұрын
I read this comment before putting this video on as background noise. Then I look over after hearing dremels, "hot glue hot glue hot glue", and see plastic being cut off with pliers. I see what you mean now.
@rainbowrambo70934 ай бұрын
He's just as insane as Wade lol
@doctorrobert13394 ай бұрын
It's shocking the amount of angle grinding a console can take and still work.
@choppercove4 ай бұрын
Have you seen the portable Wii (U?) hack?
@illustriouschin4 ай бұрын
@@illustriouschin Yeah, the portable Wii where they chop off around 70% of the PCB. It's insane.
@choppercove4 ай бұрын
Fun fact, if you cut a board with a grinder or hacksaw or whatever, you really should finish off the edges with fine needle files/jewelers files. You don't want the traces from the different layers of the boards shorting together on rough cut edges.
@southernflatland4 ай бұрын
@@choppercove The portable Wii U is even more insane lol
@wikiwedia4 ай бұрын
@@wikiwedia wait those actually exist??
@pul53gh4 ай бұрын
The fact James can so confidently rip out electronics and frankenstein them together and know exactly what he's doing is astonishing to me.
@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus can't quote stuff from the bible as proof of God
@unknownidiot40013 ай бұрын
@Repent-and-believe-in-JesusNot even God can stop James from making Gaming Monstrosities
@Gwenithzo3 ай бұрын
@Repent-and-believe-in-JesusNintendo Playstation
@ExpandDong4203 ай бұрын
What always sells me with James' creations is just how violently he throws them together, I love it.
@seabit2533 ай бұрын
What are you talking about? These are the most delicately built, high quality conversions I have ever seen! 🤣
@ErwinHolland.2 ай бұрын
The amount of times James says “I’m sure it’ll work,” “hopefully that works,” and “I’m sure it’ll be fine”is very reassuring
@Arcade_Cat_4 ай бұрын
That's how you know he knows what he's doing
@Furko084 ай бұрын
I’m a bit surprised that these stuff actually work usually on first try
@berkeokur994 ай бұрын
I feel like a lot of James’ quotes would look great on a T-shirt. “Kinda jams in here.”
@gir489returns24 ай бұрын
to be fair it worked.
@RAFMnBgaming4 ай бұрын
"You really shouldn't leave this unfused, but I'm just gonna leave it unfused"
@deniskhafizov68274 ай бұрын
I'm so used to these kinds of things being all precise and formal. Seeing you grinding circuit boards, ripping things apart, patching things together with wires, then dumping ten kilos of hot glue in there and ending up with a working item is such a breath of fresh air honestly
@devkit04 ай бұрын
Like someone else said in one of his earlier videos, James is a early 19th century surgeon. He knows what parts do and what he has to do, he just lacks some technique.
@tezcanaslan28774 ай бұрын
@@tezcanaslan2877I think it's less he lacks the technique and more he refuses the technique
@ImprovSpeech4 ай бұрын
This comment is everything I thought as well. Great work on this James!
@foorocker914 ай бұрын
Nah. He has the knowledge and technique, but chooses to only show the knowledge while slapping shit together like an insane genius. It's like everyone is saying "please be careful" and he's like "ppffffffttttttfdtfftpfpt SURE KID" and just ruins your life with knowledge @@tezcanaslan2877
@forgot7en4 ай бұрын
Yeah
@moji38124 ай бұрын
*Rest in pieces Parallel Port* *(1995 - 2024)*
@Nebbed28 күн бұрын
As a 12+yr iron worker/welder/fabricator/nerd, I see a lot of myself in you. Fellow nerd man to fellow nerd man, keep up the excellent nerd work Shit goes hard
@blackfacegaming1914 ай бұрын
To be so careless with one's components but still knowledgeable enough to make it all work (and to know what to fix when it doesn't work) is truly the mark of a craftsman.
@GolemAvalanche4 ай бұрын
Once you know electronics you’ll know that PCBs are just fancy wires and you can easily locate failed components from the dark spot from its explosion
@ZaHandle4 ай бұрын
@@ZaHandle Mood. I'm thinking of getting a PCB put on the bottom of my desk so I don't have to worry about my garbage cable management anymore.
@RAFMnBgaming4 ай бұрын
@@RAFMnBgaming you could just tape cables to the underside of your desk
@CH-su5vj4 ай бұрын
@@CH-su5vj that still technically requires the management of cables.
@RAFMnBgaming4 ай бұрын
Exactly ! 😂
@snizzolАй бұрын
That was 10 minutes and 54 second of pure carnage and I absolutely love it, I applaud your craftsmanship and knowladge towards electronics. That was sheer perfection.
@MacDonnellFTAA4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Games_for_James4 ай бұрын
@@Games_for_James I've enjoyed every video both you and Wade have posted thus far, keep up the amazing work!
@MacDonnellFTAA4 ай бұрын
I couldn’t look away.
@powercageАй бұрын
1:41 PS: Oh you fixed me. James: HAHA it's time to rip it's guts out
@yuzukimiyazono63274 ай бұрын
The way he talks about what he's doing puts me at ease and makes me realise, we're going to get the end result and i'm going to wait and watch it unfold
@GooseWaffe4 ай бұрын
This is an absolute cursed patchwork of a console but I can’t help but be amazed by it.
@Ericson7Official4 ай бұрын
It’s really is “that’s stupid. I LOVE IT”
@floppydiscruler4 ай бұрын
James is the type of guy to have a disc drive scratch his game and not hammer the drive to nothing.
@toyotacorollaaltis86134 ай бұрын
You mean 1 grit the drive to nothing?
@janson29114 ай бұрын
@@janson2911no that's Wade's domain.
@DrBagPhD4 ай бұрын
Well, to be fair, he did used a GRINDER to work on it later, which it's a power play if I ever saw one
@21baron4 ай бұрын
@@21baron but he didnt destroy it with the grinder, he just removed parts of it so it could play games for him lol
@Forthakine4 ай бұрын
@@Forthakine well, yes, but I'm sure every electronic in a three mile radius was getting the message lmao
@21baron4 ай бұрын
Man I love these videos, nothing is careful, if you dont need it, rip it off, and hot glue everything. And the main peices are either free or leftover parts. I like this more than all these professional tech video's🤣
@bricksandpieces13 ай бұрын
This man tears apart electronics with such confidence! I'm afraid to even look at an open PCB board the wrong way 😂
@jcruz50504 ай бұрын
James is like a mad scientist for electronics instead of chemistry
@dualitysDownfall4 ай бұрын
So a mad engineer?
@HarrysDogmalaysia4 ай бұрын
@@HarrysDogmalaysia ...yeah!
@dualitysDownfall4 ай бұрын
Like a drunken Tech-Priest who is also Australian.
@GoredonTheDestroyer4 ай бұрын
Explosions & Fire/Extractions & Ire. Backyard chemist in Australia.
@breadnaught37114 ай бұрын
Nile red but tech
@NONAME_0984 ай бұрын
The only man to truly treat vintage electronics with the respect they deserve.
@Worrok4 ай бұрын
You playing Pepsiman made this video 100% better This, the portable Super Nintendo, that NES inside a NES cart... I really love what you do, and I'm looking forward to see what you will do next.
@OldVHSTapefrom-wo7qhАй бұрын
Wonderful work and summary!!! Love the upright optical. I made a VCR media center PC that was featured on Gizmoro a loong time ago, and used the VCR slot for pop out tray. You're inspiring me as I look around at unsuspecting hardware 😂
@manicmods4 ай бұрын
James, you both inspire me and terrify me with your devil-may-care attitude towards electronics. I am in awe of your prowess
@nwojdak4 ай бұрын
Devil does care. He wants to make sure everything stays working but his methodology is chaotic and evil.
@zacharyhansen82504 ай бұрын
As an engineer, I am absolutely horrified at how you did this. But I still couldn't stop watching it.
@rickyboiiiii4 ай бұрын
@@juser-abuseras a puerto rican Im not American enough to understand both of you.
@CrimenesDiarios4 ай бұрын
@@CrimenesDiarios HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Bloody Classic!! We have a winner!! 🏆
@johnboydojo4 ай бұрын
Omg hi koishi pfp
@NiwaFlan4 ай бұрын
OK larper
@ducks5144 ай бұрын
@@juser-abuserò
@xrtgaming20004 ай бұрын
Excellent video. I love your storytelling. fast, economical, clear. I learned a lot about looking at things that I had too much reverence for. I am amazed at how many changes you can make, fire it up and it's still working. Thank you for sharing your project.
@johnreskusich23242 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Games_for_James2 ай бұрын
I honestly subscribed just because of how you are all about fuckin shit up and just running with it. The fact that this is your process and the end result works is fantastic.🤘
@user-ys3xl9sx9e4 ай бұрын
I absolutely love “put a game in the cartridge slot”
@TRIVIA52094 ай бұрын
I feel like I'm watching a man perform open heart surgery with a wood axe I love this, please do more :)
@Portentous__4 ай бұрын
don't forget the hot glue :)
@kimbryhagen4 ай бұрын
And it working too because he's that good
@photondebuger454 ай бұрын
And succeeding!
@Kovaelin4 ай бұрын
LOL i love your channel i first found your channel wen you made the nes cartrage that plays nes games and even with the loop back its self . you had me laughing all day with how you take things appart destructively and rewire them to make them work again. keep up the good work .
@lonnymoore2622Ай бұрын
Now this is more like it! Raw, Fast, Smart, get to the Point Build! Thanks for this!
@TheTech6604 ай бұрын
The angle grinder is a very welcome addition to the videos. I hope to see more of it in the future
@Furko084 ай бұрын
I call it the 1 Grind
@Frank_Pods4 ай бұрын
AND A YOITUBE STAR SIDE CHARACTER WAS BORN @@Frank_Pods
@mathewdeering4 ай бұрын
The angle grinder is James' version of the 1 grit
@gamerin123d64 ай бұрын
Angle grinder definitely needs a name!
@Augnos4 ай бұрын
@@Augnos one name i thought of was Disk Utility.
@G-Cole-014 ай бұрын
That was... the most horrifying and cursed console modding video I have ever watched. Great job James! Just a few weeks late for Halloween I'm afraid.
@KiraSlith4 ай бұрын
The SNES thinks its all fun and games until he whips out the ol' Angle Grinder
@Chezzygaming12327 күн бұрын
This was one of THE BEST VIDEOS I have every seen 😊 really enjoyed the whole build process and was absolutely amazed by your skills
@theexcellerantonehypertone793 ай бұрын
I'm impressed with how violent the modding can be and still, you know, work.
@David_Phantom4 ай бұрын
This whole video had me gritting my teeth, with my eyes wide and my heart racing. I could sense my own physical discomfort tangibly emanating through the room around me. I kept waiting for the moment when it all went to hell. The stress was so intense, I was sweating bullets. I got so scared, I almost called my mom to come pick me up. If chaotic evil was a retro gaming KZheadr, this is that guy. Congratulations sir, you successfully made me uncomfortable for 11 minutes straight. ... Subbed. 👍🏻
@just_dizzy_emmensely4 ай бұрын
That'd be the bag.
@YesOkayButWhy4 ай бұрын
Found your channel last night I’ve got my new fix until i watch every video keep up the great stuff also I am so dumbfounded that you can smash things apart and still manage to make em work again
@RobertNowagarskiАй бұрын
Im in love with your approach of just ripping and tearing until it somehow works
@skyr3x4 ай бұрын
This was so much fun to watch. Every time he says this won't fit, I'd say to myself "surely he won't angle grind it" and he does 😂
@realmz4 ай бұрын
Not always. Sometimes he also cracks parts into two pieces with his bare hands. 😂
@Cyman754 ай бұрын
The final product even looks like an angle grinder
@adez13Ай бұрын
You know that Simpsons episode where Homer tries to build a BBQ and it ends up looking like an absolute mess, but it's mistaken as abstract art? That's the sort of vibe I get from James' projects 🤣 Great stuff.
@seanmckelvey66184 ай бұрын
I nearly used that meme as the thumbnail 😂
@Games_for_James4 ай бұрын
"That's one fine-looking Nintendo PlayStation. WHY DOESN'T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT?!"
@theyakkomanguy75224 ай бұрын
@@theyakkomanguy7522 It actually turned out looking way better than I expected 🤣 so I didn't use that meme
@Games_for_James4 ай бұрын
@@Games_for_James Mate, aside from the disc drive just sitting in the cartridge port I thought she was an official unit. 😤
@seanmckelvey66184 ай бұрын
1:47 “Don’t need that” *Metal clanging* 1:51 “Don’t need that” *Metal clanging*
@Alantonium4 ай бұрын
Your channel brings me so much joy. I was laughing like a maniac the entire video
@hargel3870Ай бұрын
That disc spinning openly in the SNES cartridge slot is a thing of true beauty, Dr Frankenstein sends his regards.
@joshuasims54214 ай бұрын
The blend of chaos and ingenuity is like hearing a symphony played entirely by airhorns.
@thegingineer04 ай бұрын
Or a shit ton of kazoos
@solidsnakeandgrayfox4 ай бұрын
I just recently saw this content and I fell in love fast. Keep making this content. Its loved
@demonblade30184 ай бұрын
the fact james can selectively break stuff and end up with projects working perfectly fine shows that he actually knows a lot more than you'd expect at a first glance
@pongopea3 ай бұрын
I love how James is the (relative) voice of reason on Garbage Time, but in reality he just matches Wade’s energy 😂
@SonicManEXE4 ай бұрын
wade and james both exert the exact same energy, just at different variations and levels, wade is far more enthusiastic while james is far more of a controlled chaos
@Forthakine3 ай бұрын
I love how the disc drive is sideways and in the air. It looks so awesome. And as a bonus, you can tell when the PS1 authenticates the disc!
@voca-chan79534 ай бұрын
how can you tell that?
@PlutoTheSynth4 ай бұрын
@@PlutoTheSynth The disc will start speeding up as it reads the wobble groove near the spindle hole.
@voca-chan79534 ай бұрын
@@PlutoTheSynth It speeds up. The first check (for the region-coded wobble) is done at a lower speed.
@nickwallette62014 ай бұрын
idk why but like, your voice is just nice to listen to so all your videos are super rewatchable to me😭
@PlushiePower3 ай бұрын
This is so relatable. Exactly how my projects go. The idea of being perfect is there but I get impatient and just go for it!
@mathewdwhite3 ай бұрын
I love being a technician and seeing him have absolutely zero regard as to if he’s breaking something or not
@ietonewowoi30534 ай бұрын
James is the epitome of what I feel an engineer should be. Overlords: "We need this to do that and another thing" James: "On it. Doin' it. Done" Overlords: "It does exactly what we want it to, but it's not marketable" James: "Designers make twice what I do. Send'em my love"
@AdamIsUrqed4 ай бұрын
Everyone tip toes around these things so delicately and james just out here snapping boards and grinding off bits 😂😂 love it
@networkrage4 ай бұрын
Whenever I tinker around with electronics, I'm always just super careful. James is just, "Ok that goes there" *slam* "I dont need that" *crack* "Don't need that either" *angle grinder noises* "Let's make a hole for this button" *drilling noises*
@eggstatus5824Күн бұрын
The sudden cuts to power tools just grinding away at sensitive electronics is just *chef's kiss*
@TheMaristBoy4 ай бұрын
I feel like I'm watching a chef. Not one who follows a recipie but one who can feel in his soul what the dish needs.
@RAFMnBgaming4 ай бұрын
The best kind
@thewiseoldfox3 ай бұрын
and then proceeds to dump a kilo of cocaine into the pot
@possibly_ben2 ай бұрын
@@possibly_ben If it's what the dish needs...
@RAFMnBgaming2 ай бұрын
This was my first time seeing someone anglegrind a PCB. that it works inspires me to continue my franken-vr project.
@moarjankАй бұрын
Well, thats a realy nice combination of ideas! The outside spinning Disk is most impressive.
@hybo91594 ай бұрын
This channel has unironically helped me so much in my own pursuit of electronics repair. Seeing the absolutely mad way James works eased so much of my anxiety and now I'm actually able to get things done instead of worrying about being overly precious with them lest they be ruined by anything other than perfection. You'd think any video in which an angle grinder was taken *multiple times* to a motherboard would be anxiety-inducing, but it's really quite the opposite.
@gc61854 ай бұрын
Finally someone who mods with all the same mouth-foaming, rabid urgency, recklessness, and horrifying amount of hot glue that I do. This is spectacularly grotesque and you've earned yourself a sub only like 45 seconds in. Well done mate
@SquickWorks4 ай бұрын
This video is great man. Really like how you did everything from the editing to just putting this console together. Lol I'm going to check out your float plane! I would also possibly love help with some modding. Thanks for the great video!
@quest4best4 ай бұрын
Thanks! Hope to see you on Floatplane! I’m glad you liked it! As far as modding help, keep high voltage safety in mind then just give it a go, if you arent confident with something look up tutorials. Also don’t be put off if you get to the end and you’ve completely destroyed your device. Learning is the valuable part.
@Games_for_James4 ай бұрын
@@Games_for_James great info! Very true, learn more through mistakes than success
@quest4best4 ай бұрын
I am 99% sure a PS5 would instantly set ablaze on contact with a screwdriver
@IneptOrangeАй бұрын
Just saw an article on GameRant about your Frankenstein creation, James! And I say "frankenstein" with the utmost respect, it was truly incredible to watch you just brute force this endeavor with sheer knowledge and circular saw skills.
@matmatician74 ай бұрын
I was terrified when the angle grinder came out the first time, and then horrified when it started cutting the boards, but all in all i was amazed at the results, can't argue with those
@endeav0r_494 ай бұрын
That's just a big dremel
@ProfWereW4 ай бұрын
This is my new favorite thing on the internet. Please do more! I’ve subscribed! Haha
@vos55794 ай бұрын
I have taken part my old Super Nintendo a couple times just to look around and I was sooooo careful, then I watch you rip both the ps1 board apart and destroy and hot glue the plastic on a famicom and it mortified me yet I couldn’t stop watching, you have earned yourself a sub
@TsarempireYT4 ай бұрын
James GameSpot posted an article about this on the front page! Congrats man!!!
@GaminylGames4 ай бұрын
Oh wow!!
@Games_for_James4 ай бұрын
This is the most terrifying piece of electrical engineering I have ever witnessed in my entire life. AMAZING.
@NemesisTWarlock4 ай бұрын
To see him destroy parts and pieces that he don't need then put together the rest to have it working again is amazing. Is rough watching this entire video but great work.
@HcCh-sm8kkАй бұрын
The way you grind, yank and glue everything apart or together, I thought this was going to be a joke video... Big respect that this thing actually works, thumbs up!
@captainslow52993 ай бұрын
That AC-voltage power switch is terrifying. Cursed, amazing piece of work!
@tbx10244 ай бұрын
Actually, now this switch is commuting a lot less current than usual.
@deniskhafizov68274 ай бұрын
@@deniskhafizov6827the current is fine, but the 230V arcing might fuck it up
@H3wastooshort4 ай бұрын
Old computers used to use "AT power supplies." Those also had the mains A/C voltage going through the power switch!
@nticompass4 ай бұрын
@@nticompass yeah, but this one might not be rated for mains voltage, given that it is only supposed to switch 9v (or 12, cant remember)
@H3wastooshort4 ай бұрын
This guy makes custom builds like he has a 2hr time limit 😅 Love the disk drive in the snes slot 😚🤌
@RestoreTechnique4 ай бұрын
Great British Bakeoff but for console modding? I would watch that
@elektriktoad24 ай бұрын
At 2:43 that cable is an interconnect harness that goes between the neck board and chassis on a wells gardner k7500 arcade monitor. Possibly other monitors or TVs as well.
@dylanswanson58792 ай бұрын
There is so much knowledge applied in this video or that is how I see it, very interesting and incredible, good video
@xxel_manco_de_fortnite64xx843 ай бұрын
very epic, the cd drive sticking out the cartridge port tho is too funny man 🤣
@hayder06874 ай бұрын
I know someone is a master at their work when they can do it as careless as he does and still make something way better then most people can.
@user-qb3pt9im9j4 ай бұрын
The way you break some of the pieces off is like a train wreck, in that I can't stop watching it. 😂
@jodybarker832Ай бұрын
Thats amazing work Now i would like to see you play tekken on it, preferably 2 or 3
@ahmedsaeedmob7714 ай бұрын
Holy crap this is the jankiest, most fearless retro DIY i've ever seen, and I am hooked!! Cant wait for moar!
@exidy-yt4 ай бұрын
Ah yes, we all have a sony playstation in a toolbox
@dujeduje17804 ай бұрын
there's a power supply board from an og XBOX in my toolbox 🤣
@seanmckelvey66184 ай бұрын
Most important takeaway for me was that hot glue is the electrical engineer's duct tape. Unless you don't have hot glue. Then use duct tape, right?
@NTAD28 күн бұрын
this is so chaotic, omg but so cool to see you can know what your doing and fly through this compared to everyone else who makes It seem like such a big deal.
@zacforrest2 ай бұрын
I fixed a destroyed Panasonic Q in a similar way. I shoved a spare gamecube board and a laptop psu in it. This vid makes me feel better about my Frankenstein build! Great work!
@michaelmcbride25104 ай бұрын
James turned into dankpods at 10:26 just so we could have the full Pepsi man experience. truly the best creator of our time
@JoyRender4 ай бұрын
I showed my dad this vid and he said, "That's the hackiest motherf***er i've ever seen" and he is an electrical engineer. But I have to agree. Angle grinding not just the case but the motherboard, ripping off unused components, and using a 9V switch to break main. I literally had to lie that you were joking to my dad he was actually horrified. Never in my life have I ever scene every ribbon being a slice of a bigger ribbon or soldering to different ribbons together they brake if I look at them the wrong way. I don't think theirs's an inch of this console not held together with hot glue which is impressive and horrifying. I can't wait for the next video. I've never quite seen anything like this. The crafty way you get away with using all the wrong things is insane.
@dylanwahrheit8723 ай бұрын
That’s hilarious just in concept / writing lol. Really awesome build and hot glue respect!
@carlsandburg48604 ай бұрын
He's just so chill for how chaotic his work is. "Oh well I kind of messed up doing this crazy thing, let's do another crazy thing to fix it!"
@Deadgirl974 ай бұрын
I wish I had the same amount of confidence in myself that James has in hot glue
@woofy19884 ай бұрын
Awesome video I love the Frankenstein approach
@TheBloodyBarron933 ай бұрын
This embodies everything that I love about tinkering and modding. Glorious. Simply glorious.
@ActuallyAFungusАй бұрын
It's so mesmerizing watching this guy gut those components with such confidence 😂 Looks like a modding Speedrun, with how he just power saws everything
@jorgerincon68744 ай бұрын
Your calm voice betrays the absolute carnage I'm seeing on my screen.
@caskye19504 ай бұрын
I love the chaos of this! Need more of this!
@keiranmacdonald49804 ай бұрын
You should be working with all those video game companies because you’re pretty smart especially with those parts etc! Nice work 😮
@X73934 ай бұрын
In a sea of highly produced "clean" restoring/retro videos seeing this chaotic "careless" mess is very refreshing. At first I was baffled and then it hit me: "This is real life, this is what I would do (minus the glue gun, we don't like each other)." I got so used to the silent, ultra minimalistic productions that it made me think that that's how it should be, BUT NO! And for that I thank you and you got a new subscriber
@alexsudati4 ай бұрын
This video was such a joy to watch. The way you just slap, throw and cut through the hardware and electronics without a care in the world because you know what you're doing anyways is super enjoyable to see
@tjeerdtrekkie10304 ай бұрын
just wanna say I love this channel so much :)
@ElDonlan-my8gx3 ай бұрын
The way you're just smashing in to it is pretty inspiring if I'm honest.. i wanna see a applepenpineapplepen next!
@jackbuff_I4 ай бұрын
love this channel. James is making the whole process to look like absolutely carnage while same time skillfully building something amazing.
@damnson6664 ай бұрын
I love how you can tell the more videos come out, the more comfortable James is being on camera and interacting with an audience. It’s kind of sweet to see.
@bluescreenman424 ай бұрын
wild proto man :D
@bassboostedmoonchao4 ай бұрын
its scary to see someone cut up parts of consoles and casually wire it back, as if it's 100% safe guaranteed
@Jonald_SSBUАй бұрын
i dont know how you can get such results with the hackery. but i love it
So many channels about retro mods are so careful and delicate but James is just as jank as the original truly gives retro vibes
James' family motto is "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing janky"
jankpods
James here is an inspiration to all enthusiasts, we must be jank builders
I read this comment before putting this video on as background noise. Then I look over after hearing dremels, "hot glue hot glue hot glue", and see plastic being cut off with pliers. I see what you mean now.
He's just as insane as Wade lol
It's shocking the amount of angle grinding a console can take and still work.
Have you seen the portable Wii (U?) hack?
@@illustriouschin Yeah, the portable Wii where they chop off around 70% of the PCB. It's insane.
Fun fact, if you cut a board with a grinder or hacksaw or whatever, you really should finish off the edges with fine needle files/jewelers files. You don't want the traces from the different layers of the boards shorting together on rough cut edges.
@@choppercove The portable Wii U is even more insane lol
@@wikiwedia wait those actually exist??
The fact James can so confidently rip out electronics and frankenstein them together and know exactly what he's doing is astonishing to me.
I'm good, thanks mate. @Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus
@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesushot glue
@Repent-and-believe-in-Jesus can't quote stuff from the bible as proof of God
@Repent-and-believe-in-JesusNot even God can stop James from making Gaming Monstrosities
@Repent-and-believe-in-JesusNintendo Playstation
What always sells me with James' creations is just how violently he throws them together, I love it.
What are you talking about? These are the most delicately built, high quality conversions I have ever seen! 🤣
The amount of times James says “I’m sure it’ll work,” “hopefully that works,” and “I’m sure it’ll be fine”is very reassuring
That's how you know he knows what he's doing
I’m a bit surprised that these stuff actually work usually on first try
I feel like a lot of James’ quotes would look great on a T-shirt. “Kinda jams in here.”
to be fair it worked.
"You really shouldn't leave this unfused, but I'm just gonna leave it unfused"
I'm so used to these kinds of things being all precise and formal. Seeing you grinding circuit boards, ripping things apart, patching things together with wires, then dumping ten kilos of hot glue in there and ending up with a working item is such a breath of fresh air honestly
Like someone else said in one of his earlier videos, James is a early 19th century surgeon. He knows what parts do and what he has to do, he just lacks some technique.
@@tezcanaslan2877I think it's less he lacks the technique and more he refuses the technique
This comment is everything I thought as well. Great work on this James!
Nah. He has the knowledge and technique, but chooses to only show the knowledge while slapping shit together like an insane genius. It's like everyone is saying "please be careful" and he's like "ppffffffttttttfdtfftpfpt SURE KID" and just ruins your life with knowledge @@tezcanaslan2877
Yeah
*Rest in pieces Parallel Port* *(1995 - 2024)*
As a 12+yr iron worker/welder/fabricator/nerd, I see a lot of myself in you. Fellow nerd man to fellow nerd man, keep up the excellent nerd work Shit goes hard
To be so careless with one's components but still knowledgeable enough to make it all work (and to know what to fix when it doesn't work) is truly the mark of a craftsman.
Once you know electronics you’ll know that PCBs are just fancy wires and you can easily locate failed components from the dark spot from its explosion
@@ZaHandle Mood. I'm thinking of getting a PCB put on the bottom of my desk so I don't have to worry about my garbage cable management anymore.
@@RAFMnBgaming you could just tape cables to the underside of your desk
@@CH-su5vj that still technically requires the management of cables.
Exactly ! 😂
That was 10 minutes and 54 second of pure carnage and I absolutely love it, I applaud your craftsmanship and knowladge towards electronics. That was sheer perfection.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@Games_for_James I've enjoyed every video both you and Wade have posted thus far, keep up the amazing work!
I couldn’t look away.
1:41 PS: Oh you fixed me. James: HAHA it's time to rip it's guts out
The way he talks about what he's doing puts me at ease and makes me realise, we're going to get the end result and i'm going to wait and watch it unfold
This is an absolute cursed patchwork of a console but I can’t help but be amazed by it.
It’s really is “that’s stupid. I LOVE IT”
James is the type of guy to have a disc drive scratch his game and not hammer the drive to nothing.
You mean 1 grit the drive to nothing?
@@janson2911no that's Wade's domain.
Well, to be fair, he did used a GRINDER to work on it later, which it's a power play if I ever saw one
@@21baron but he didnt destroy it with the grinder, he just removed parts of it so it could play games for him lol
@@Forthakine well, yes, but I'm sure every electronic in a three mile radius was getting the message lmao
Man I love these videos, nothing is careful, if you dont need it, rip it off, and hot glue everything. And the main peices are either free or leftover parts. I like this more than all these professional tech video's🤣
This man tears apart electronics with such confidence! I'm afraid to even look at an open PCB board the wrong way 😂
James is like a mad scientist for electronics instead of chemistry
So a mad engineer?
@@HarrysDogmalaysia ...yeah!
Like a drunken Tech-Priest who is also Australian.
Explosions & Fire/Extractions & Ire. Backyard chemist in Australia.
Nile red but tech
The only man to truly treat vintage electronics with the respect they deserve.
You playing Pepsiman made this video 100% better This, the portable Super Nintendo, that NES inside a NES cart... I really love what you do, and I'm looking forward to see what you will do next.
Wonderful work and summary!!! Love the upright optical. I made a VCR media center PC that was featured on Gizmoro a loong time ago, and used the VCR slot for pop out tray. You're inspiring me as I look around at unsuspecting hardware 😂
James, you both inspire me and terrify me with your devil-may-care attitude towards electronics. I am in awe of your prowess
Devil does care. He wants to make sure everything stays working but his methodology is chaotic and evil.
As an engineer, I am absolutely horrified at how you did this. But I still couldn't stop watching it.
@@juser-abuseras a puerto rican Im not American enough to understand both of you.
@@CrimenesDiarios HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Bloody Classic!! We have a winner!! 🏆
Omg hi koishi pfp
OK larper
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Excellent video. I love your storytelling. fast, economical, clear. I learned a lot about looking at things that I had too much reverence for. I am amazed at how many changes you can make, fire it up and it's still working. Thank you for sharing your project.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I honestly subscribed just because of how you are all about fuckin shit up and just running with it. The fact that this is your process and the end result works is fantastic.🤘
I absolutely love “put a game in the cartridge slot”
I feel like I'm watching a man perform open heart surgery with a wood axe I love this, please do more :)
don't forget the hot glue :)
And it working too because he's that good
And succeeding!
LOL i love your channel i first found your channel wen you made the nes cartrage that plays nes games and even with the loop back its self . you had me laughing all day with how you take things appart destructively and rewire them to make them work again. keep up the good work .
Now this is more like it! Raw, Fast, Smart, get to the Point Build! Thanks for this!
The angle grinder is a very welcome addition to the videos. I hope to see more of it in the future
I call it the 1 Grind
AND A YOITUBE STAR SIDE CHARACTER WAS BORN @@Frank_Pods
The angle grinder is James' version of the 1 grit
Angle grinder definitely needs a name!
@@Augnos one name i thought of was Disk Utility.
That was... the most horrifying and cursed console modding video I have ever watched. Great job James! Just a few weeks late for Halloween I'm afraid.
The SNES thinks its all fun and games until he whips out the ol' Angle Grinder
This was one of THE BEST VIDEOS I have every seen 😊 really enjoyed the whole build process and was absolutely amazed by your skills
I'm impressed with how violent the modding can be and still, you know, work.
This whole video had me gritting my teeth, with my eyes wide and my heart racing. I could sense my own physical discomfort tangibly emanating through the room around me. I kept waiting for the moment when it all went to hell. The stress was so intense, I was sweating bullets. I got so scared, I almost called my mom to come pick me up. If chaotic evil was a retro gaming KZheadr, this is that guy. Congratulations sir, you successfully made me uncomfortable for 11 minutes straight. ... Subbed. 👍🏻
That'd be the bag.
Found your channel last night I’ve got my new fix until i watch every video keep up the great stuff also I am so dumbfounded that you can smash things apart and still manage to make em work again
Im in love with your approach of just ripping and tearing until it somehow works
This was so much fun to watch. Every time he says this won't fit, I'd say to myself "surely he won't angle grind it" and he does 😂
Not always. Sometimes he also cracks parts into two pieces with his bare hands. 😂
The final product even looks like an angle grinder
You know that Simpsons episode where Homer tries to build a BBQ and it ends up looking like an absolute mess, but it's mistaken as abstract art? That's the sort of vibe I get from James' projects 🤣 Great stuff.
I nearly used that meme as the thumbnail 😂
"That's one fine-looking Nintendo PlayStation. WHY DOESN'T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT?!"
@@theyakkomanguy7522 It actually turned out looking way better than I expected 🤣 so I didn't use that meme
@@Games_for_James Mate, aside from the disc drive just sitting in the cartridge port I thought she was an official unit. 😤
1:47 “Don’t need that” *Metal clanging* 1:51 “Don’t need that” *Metal clanging*
Your channel brings me so much joy. I was laughing like a maniac the entire video
That disc spinning openly in the SNES cartridge slot is a thing of true beauty, Dr Frankenstein sends his regards.
The blend of chaos and ingenuity is like hearing a symphony played entirely by airhorns.
Or a shit ton of kazoos
I just recently saw this content and I fell in love fast. Keep making this content. Its loved
the fact james can selectively break stuff and end up with projects working perfectly fine shows that he actually knows a lot more than you'd expect at a first glance
I love how James is the (relative) voice of reason on Garbage Time, but in reality he just matches Wade’s energy 😂
wade and james both exert the exact same energy, just at different variations and levels, wade is far more enthusiastic while james is far more of a controlled chaos
I love how the disc drive is sideways and in the air. It looks so awesome. And as a bonus, you can tell when the PS1 authenticates the disc!
how can you tell that?
@@PlutoTheSynth The disc will start speeding up as it reads the wobble groove near the spindle hole.
@@PlutoTheSynth It speeds up. The first check (for the region-coded wobble) is done at a lower speed.
idk why but like, your voice is just nice to listen to so all your videos are super rewatchable to me😭
This is so relatable. Exactly how my projects go. The idea of being perfect is there but I get impatient and just go for it!
I love being a technician and seeing him have absolutely zero regard as to if he’s breaking something or not
James is the epitome of what I feel an engineer should be. Overlords: "We need this to do that and another thing" James: "On it. Doin' it. Done" Overlords: "It does exactly what we want it to, but it's not marketable" James: "Designers make twice what I do. Send'em my love"
Everyone tip toes around these things so delicately and james just out here snapping boards and grinding off bits 😂😂 love it
Whenever I tinker around with electronics, I'm always just super careful. James is just, "Ok that goes there" *slam* "I dont need that" *crack* "Don't need that either" *angle grinder noises* "Let's make a hole for this button" *drilling noises*
The sudden cuts to power tools just grinding away at sensitive electronics is just *chef's kiss*
I feel like I'm watching a chef. Not one who follows a recipie but one who can feel in his soul what the dish needs.
The best kind
and then proceeds to dump a kilo of cocaine into the pot
@@possibly_ben If it's what the dish needs...
This was my first time seeing someone anglegrind a PCB. that it works inspires me to continue my franken-vr project.
Well, thats a realy nice combination of ideas! The outside spinning Disk is most impressive.
This channel has unironically helped me so much in my own pursuit of electronics repair. Seeing the absolutely mad way James works eased so much of my anxiety and now I'm actually able to get things done instead of worrying about being overly precious with them lest they be ruined by anything other than perfection. You'd think any video in which an angle grinder was taken *multiple times* to a motherboard would be anxiety-inducing, but it's really quite the opposite.
Finally someone who mods with all the same mouth-foaming, rabid urgency, recklessness, and horrifying amount of hot glue that I do. This is spectacularly grotesque and you've earned yourself a sub only like 45 seconds in. Well done mate
This video is great man. Really like how you did everything from the editing to just putting this console together. Lol I'm going to check out your float plane! I would also possibly love help with some modding. Thanks for the great video!
Thanks! Hope to see you on Floatplane! I’m glad you liked it! As far as modding help, keep high voltage safety in mind then just give it a go, if you arent confident with something look up tutorials. Also don’t be put off if you get to the end and you’ve completely destroyed your device. Learning is the valuable part.
@@Games_for_James great info! Very true, learn more through mistakes than success
I am 99% sure a PS5 would instantly set ablaze on contact with a screwdriver
Just saw an article on GameRant about your Frankenstein creation, James! And I say "frankenstein" with the utmost respect, it was truly incredible to watch you just brute force this endeavor with sheer knowledge and circular saw skills.
I was terrified when the angle grinder came out the first time, and then horrified when it started cutting the boards, but all in all i was amazed at the results, can't argue with those
That's just a big dremel
This is my new favorite thing on the internet. Please do more! I’ve subscribed! Haha
I have taken part my old Super Nintendo a couple times just to look around and I was sooooo careful, then I watch you rip both the ps1 board apart and destroy and hot glue the plastic on a famicom and it mortified me yet I couldn’t stop watching, you have earned yourself a sub
James GameSpot posted an article about this on the front page! Congrats man!!!
Oh wow!!
This is the most terrifying piece of electrical engineering I have ever witnessed in my entire life. AMAZING.
To see him destroy parts and pieces that he don't need then put together the rest to have it working again is amazing. Is rough watching this entire video but great work.
The way you grind, yank and glue everything apart or together, I thought this was going to be a joke video... Big respect that this thing actually works, thumbs up!
That AC-voltage power switch is terrifying. Cursed, amazing piece of work!
Actually, now this switch is commuting a lot less current than usual.
@@deniskhafizov6827the current is fine, but the 230V arcing might fuck it up
Old computers used to use "AT power supplies." Those also had the mains A/C voltage going through the power switch!
@@nticompass yeah, but this one might not be rated for mains voltage, given that it is only supposed to switch 9v (or 12, cant remember)
This guy makes custom builds like he has a 2hr time limit 😅 Love the disk drive in the snes slot 😚🤌
Great British Bakeoff but for console modding? I would watch that
At 2:43 that cable is an interconnect harness that goes between the neck board and chassis on a wells gardner k7500 arcade monitor. Possibly other monitors or TVs as well.
There is so much knowledge applied in this video or that is how I see it, very interesting and incredible, good video
very epic, the cd drive sticking out the cartridge port tho is too funny man 🤣
I know someone is a master at their work when they can do it as careless as he does and still make something way better then most people can.
The way you break some of the pieces off is like a train wreck, in that I can't stop watching it. 😂
Thats amazing work Now i would like to see you play tekken on it, preferably 2 or 3
Holy crap this is the jankiest, most fearless retro DIY i've ever seen, and I am hooked!! Cant wait for moar!
Ah yes, we all have a sony playstation in a toolbox
there's a power supply board from an og XBOX in my toolbox 🤣
Most important takeaway for me was that hot glue is the electrical engineer's duct tape. Unless you don't have hot glue. Then use duct tape, right?
this is so chaotic, omg but so cool to see you can know what your doing and fly through this compared to everyone else who makes It seem like such a big deal.
I fixed a destroyed Panasonic Q in a similar way. I shoved a spare gamecube board and a laptop psu in it. This vid makes me feel better about my Frankenstein build! Great work!
James turned into dankpods at 10:26 just so we could have the full Pepsi man experience. truly the best creator of our time
I showed my dad this vid and he said, "That's the hackiest motherf***er i've ever seen" and he is an electrical engineer. But I have to agree. Angle grinding not just the case but the motherboard, ripping off unused components, and using a 9V switch to break main. I literally had to lie that you were joking to my dad he was actually horrified. Never in my life have I ever scene every ribbon being a slice of a bigger ribbon or soldering to different ribbons together they brake if I look at them the wrong way. I don't think theirs's an inch of this console not held together with hot glue which is impressive and horrifying. I can't wait for the next video. I've never quite seen anything like this. The crafty way you get away with using all the wrong things is insane.
That’s hilarious just in concept / writing lol. Really awesome build and hot glue respect!
He's just so chill for how chaotic his work is. "Oh well I kind of messed up doing this crazy thing, let's do another crazy thing to fix it!"
I wish I had the same amount of confidence in myself that James has in hot glue
Awesome video I love the Frankenstein approach
This embodies everything that I love about tinkering and modding. Glorious. Simply glorious.
It's so mesmerizing watching this guy gut those components with such confidence 😂 Looks like a modding Speedrun, with how he just power saws everything
Your calm voice betrays the absolute carnage I'm seeing on my screen.
I love the chaos of this! Need more of this!
You should be working with all those video game companies because you’re pretty smart especially with those parts etc! Nice work 😮
In a sea of highly produced "clean" restoring/retro videos seeing this chaotic "careless" mess is very refreshing. At first I was baffled and then it hit me: "This is real life, this is what I would do (minus the glue gun, we don't like each other)." I got so used to the silent, ultra minimalistic productions that it made me think that that's how it should be, BUT NO! And for that I thank you and you got a new subscriber
This video was such a joy to watch. The way you just slap, throw and cut through the hardware and electronics without a care in the world because you know what you're doing anyways is super enjoyable to see
just wanna say I love this channel so much :)
The way you're just smashing in to it is pretty inspiring if I'm honest.. i wanna see a applepenpineapplepen next!
love this channel. James is making the whole process to look like absolutely carnage while same time skillfully building something amazing.
I love how you can tell the more videos come out, the more comfortable James is being on camera and interacting with an audience. It’s kind of sweet to see.
wild proto man :D
its scary to see someone cut up parts of consoles and casually wire it back, as if it's 100% safe guaranteed
i dont know how you can get such results with the hackery. but i love it