I Restored This Yellowed & Broken SNES - Retro Console Restoration
I will restore this broken and yellowed Super Nintedndo Entertainment System (SNES). This moden is the NTSC model for North America. The console is dirty, yellowed and won't play games.
I started with disassembly. The console has special Gamebit screws. Typical screw driver kits won't have a fitting tip and it needs to be bought separately. The console is easy to disassemble and it has only 2 types of screws inside. but it's important to keep track where each type is used.
After disassembly I cleaned the parts with watery soap. Next I put them in my retrobrighting box to remove the yellowing with hydrogen peroxide and UV-lights. Tutorial to building the box: • Making the Ultimate Re...
Tutorial to retrobrighting: • How to remove yellowin...
After the yellowing was removed, I continued to inspect the board. Usually problems with SNES are due to the cartridge reader. There was some corrosion near one of the chips on the board, which led me to notice there were cold solder joints. I reflowed the solder on the joints and cleaned the contacts for the game cartridge reader and the console started working. If you have issues and cleaning the cartridge contacts won't fix it, you can also use schematics to try to figure out what the issue is. You can find the schematics from here: wiki.superfamicom.org/schemat...
Additionally I recreated the missing Nintendo service sticker based on original stickers I have on my other consoles, not that I needed to call the service number ever ;)
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Just so you know, the reason only the top half yellowed is that some plastics used in these machines were more susceptible to yellowing than others. They were molded in one place, then sent off to another for assembly, so machines frequently had a top from factory A (using a yellowing plastic) and a bottom from factory B (using a non-yellowing plastic). I've seen it the most with SNES/SFC units but it's true of a lot of electronics from the period.
I thought it had to do with the top part being the one that is exposed to light
I still don't understand why the top piece yellowed so evenly even inside.
@@MrSubjetivo Sunlight can do that to plastics if it's directly exposed to them for a long time if you're home has older windows, but many electronics from this period yellowed like this SNES because of the type of plastic they used in some batches. You can tell it's the plastic's fault because everywhere on that top shell is yellowed perfectly on all sides, including the inside where the sun can't get at. It's also ironic that the UV rays reacting with hydrogen peroxide and reverse the yellowing
@@finkamain1621 yeah, the top shell was definitely made from a completely different type of plastic than the rest. considering how little the rest of the shell parts were yellowed i assume this unit didnt even sit in sunlight and the topshelf might have yellowed on its own without even ambient UV.
No I’ve seen many of these types of the yellow all the whole bottom and top shelves were both the ones that are white and then yellow have been modified and have been changed with other parts from other units this is not an original unit this is been put together from different parts. This is not an original top and bottom shelf.
Exactly what I wanted to watch at 4am before going to sleep, thank you
*kisses forehead* Goodnight bb
4am? Jesus, night shift?
same
tmj
Same Lol
No annoying intro, no commentary, just pure restoration. Love this channel. Keep it up.
you forgot one thing.....ducks
my bad :(@@JayProductions-kn2ks
Man this brings back memories. Back in the mid 90's i remember coming home everyday from school and playing this game.
Crazy how after 25 years without playing Mario, he boots it up, and I can immediately hum along to the tune. The brain is fascinating. Excellent restoration ❤️ RIP Mr. Uemura.
To be fair, it could be that he has not spent 25 years without listening to Mario music. Rom hacks, speedruns etc. have gained quite some popularity. But yes, the Mario soundtrack is quite memorable and it's astonishing how much the brain can hold onto certain patterns.
ooh eeh ooh ah aah ting tang walla walla bing bang
@@erichdamer1312 They were referring to themselves not playing mario, not the person in the vid :P
After many years of not listening to Chronic 2001, I can still hearing Dre saying "...And when your console repair aint doin too good, who's the Ducktor they told ya to go see?" Or something like that
Crazy how after 25 years he still doesn't know Mario can run lol
This would’ve been a 1 minute video if you just blew into the cartridge. Works every time. Love the videos!
Nah, he'll still have to call the Ducktor.
a duck walked up to a lemonade stand and he said to the man running the stand quack quack quack got any grapes
@@Tetopettenson1 and he said, " No, but I have some Lemonade." And he waddled away...
@@Thelurpy1 waddle waddle, untill the very next day
@@officialdoggodoge PAM PAM PAM PAM PARARAM
LET THE MEMORIES COME BACK!!! My favorite game as a kid!!! Played that for hours while my youngest brother sat in my lap with me!
love 💕 from @AMR Phone
I never really understood ASMR until now. The soothing imagery of the restoration process and how gently it's carried out, combined with the lack of commentary leaving only room for the quiet sounds of bits and pieces being moved around have made this, and this channel, some of the most calming content I've observed thus far. Absolutely love it. Keep up the great work!
This is a great ASMR channel and they don't even advertise it as one.
SNES, my favorite console. Great restoration job, it's ready for another 30 years.
no restoration can make the americn model look good
Or to Donate from every Thrift Stores.
@@girlsdrinkfeck so true lol
Or 40! Or 50 years!
@@reefchiefer Since from the 1980’s.
Can we just appreciate that lil rubber ducky helping the SNES?? So nice.
Not just any rubber ducky but 'The Ducktor'
You're welcome
Super Mario World on the SNES was the first video game I ever played. This hit me in the feels 😭 I got so nostalgic as soon as you started messing with the buttons and stuff, listening to those sounds was like having recovered a memory. Love your whole channel!
Bro, your work is impeccable. The only serious flaw is playing Super Mario World without holding the run button! hahaha
Just when it looks like you've done all the gaming consoles you surprise us with another one, can't wait to see what you do next!
The old duck hunting gun??
@@elevated3934 or the super scope
Not even close to all-
I teared up seeing the title screen come on at the end and the music start playing, love your videos so much
The moment that he starts the snes and you hear the coin, took me 25 years back when i was just a kid in christmas, what an awesome video man, congrats!
No matter how old things are, with you they will never die and will always remind us of those beautiful days 🧡
I love watching these restoration videos from you. They're always so relaxing and it just amazes me how talented you are. You can make something work that hasn't worked in forever! And you're also able to restore an item's original color.
i’m so so glad to know if that
yeah i
Restoring the colour is the easier thingy in the restoration process compared with making it work... Which depends on what it gets subjected to through its lifetime, yeah some will be easier to fix than the colour... But it's very rare
@@sydneyhimber6770 what?
You should watch Louis Rossmann fix macbooks if this is impressive to you.
I record sound for a living and I’m genuinely impressed by how lovely yours is. Like a lovely plasticky symphony.
16:25 oh my god. That music brings back so much memories from childhood 🥲🥲🥲 I used to play hours and hours w my cousins.
I never saw this channel before, but I was moved by this video. There was something very loving about this. Restoring something that would otherwise just go on a trash heap... into something that could provide a lot of joy to someone. I remember getting my SNES when I was 9 years old, late in 1992. I got years of fun out of that thing. Anyway, great job.
My favorite console of all time. SUPER SATISFYING to see someone actually repairing this old beast, especially a yellowed one!
Snes was and still is my favorite system 👍👍
Retro brightning always gives the console that brand new look
I played that game for thousands of hours in the 90s , you will never get that tune out of your head.
I love the "battle damaged" aesthetic that all the consoles have. Whoever details these for the videos deserves credit.
I always love seeing these things get a second lease on life
My cousin had an SNES when he was a kid. I would beg my parents to go over to his parents house so we could play the games he had. I never had the opportunity to own one, but I did get an N64 as my first game console back in Christmas 1997.
Beautiful work. So heartwarming to see an old console given another life.
I just love that you take care to either keep or replace the stickers, something about it is just so sweet
I need to buy one of these. Miss that era of gaming.
Watching made me feel the same way lol. And an n64
you can play it on PC
@@abdelrahmanbarakat2878 for sure, I have a few emulator devices. Just not the same.
I started watching your videos last year then started refurbishing all of my controllers and accessories, and then my SNES console itself and then couldn't put it back together. Thank you for finally making this so I can use it as a guide
The Super Nintendo is one of my favorite things, not just videogames but everything. I love the Super Nintendo, eternal love ♥️
I remember stumbling upon this channel back in 2020 during my remote senior year and it being oddly satisfying to watch on breaks in between classes and when I had no work to do. Glad I found it again!
Somewhere between Huber Heights and Vandalia, Ohio, I used to drive by an electronics repair shop with that repairman Mario logo on their sign outside. They were licensed for Nintendo repair (maybe still are,) and it always felt surreal to see such a thing in the real world.
I live pretty close to Huber and Vandalia..do you happen to know what the repair place was called?
That's so cool
always love when seeing you enjoy your hardwork, playing with the console.. 😄
I wish every retro store refurbished old consoles like this. Some barely even try. Looking at you DKoldies.
Me and my wife watch your stuff, and I've been hoping for an American SNES, thank you!
Missed these types of videos keep it up man
Thank you for these videos they really help distract me from my tough life. I really appreciate you and your work!
First console we ever had! This is so awesome to watch, thank you 😊
Wow I have not seen a super Nintendo in YEARS, this was an amazing video. I can't imagine how hard it is to restore and repair a very old gaming console that's collected dust and from what you found, corrosion, to make everything look like when it was first created, AND with a classic good game such as super Mario world, just brings joy to my heart!
As much as I love this channel this is like seeing one of my childhood friends being eviscerated 😨😨 RIP Masayuki Uemura, he who created joy to millions of children globally o7
I remember when you restored one of these that had dried up yogurt in the cartridge slot, preventing games from reading.
This channel gives me such a joy boost when i watch this because he puts time into this to make it worthwhile again
I love how your gentle actions with your restoration is also matched when you play test :’) LOVE YOUR VIDS
Love watching these and FINALLY I get to see my most favorite childhood game of all time 😍
@@rmejc what he lacks in being good at the he makes up for in being good at repairing them
Have you ever tried to restore consoles that ended up being unable to be fixed? I think that could make for a really interesting video, just to see the process you go through of finding the broken part, trying to replace it, etc.
He kinda did, with an Wii-U, but the viewer sent some extra wii's with the fixed one
Brilliant work! It is good to see these things restored to what they used to be...
I could watch these all day! Always love the cameos with isopropyl alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, Ducktor, UV Lights, etc.
My favorite console, Santa gave it to me at age 6
Santas are real?
I've seen you make replacement labels for consoles before and was wondering what method you've found to make them the most realistic/original looking. Not sure if you've mentioned this before.
In one of his videos he briefly talked about making some kinds of stickers I can’t remember which one though
@@PAPAEMU probably the gopro one?
@@user-nh3zk5qd2y pretty sure that was the gameboy one
I was curious of this too
In a video, although I can't remember which one, he made an exact replica of the label in photoshop, and I assume just printed it to a sticker afterwards
Great job on this. Loved seeing how you troubleshot and solved the cold soldering issue. Thanks for the video!
Came out wonderful. So nice to see an old beauty like that given anotehr few decades of life.
And yet another game console roars back to life! I don't think there's anything you and Ducktor can't revive. I never had the SuperNES, looks like it was fun too. Thanks for sharing another awesome video with us brother. God bless, and Happy Holidays! Rev. D.
Love your videos! Very relaxing: released at the perfect time
My Very First And Favorite SNES Game. R.I.P Masayuki Uemura. You Created A Classic Console For My Childhood. 🙏🏾
Love your work. Always worthwhile to watch in complete silence.
Omg finally I’ve been waiting for so long on this Some other consoles I would like to see restored is original Famicom and Atari 2600 Keep up the amazing work man
OMG YES! He needs to do this!
Ohhh the original famicom that would be awesome to see
Send him one, I bet he'll restore it
I love watching restoration of anything but these seem especially satisfying and relaxing.
Man! no music, no narration ..... now this is art! 😘 hearing music in absolutely everything, now gives me a headache. - a former music junkie who just kinda grew up.
F for Masayuki Uemura. He was a creator of my favorite consoles: Nes and Snes.
Excellent restoration as always. Was really cool to see this version of the SNES. In the UK, they look totally different.
This is the North American version and this is the only version who looked like this. The rest of the world had the original Famicom design you had in the UK. The reason the US got a different design was because Nintendo of America thought the original design looked to much like a toy.
@@nameofthegame9664 It's the version we had in Brazil too, through Playtronic (Nintendo's Brazilian representative at the time). I particularly find it pretty nice-looking, even though it's basically a fancy box, lol.
@@nameofthegame9664 It's interesting to me that for the SNES, Europe got the Japanese design, whereas for the NES, you basically have the Famicom design for Japan and the NES design both for Europe and America. (Not sure what the case was for the rest of Asia.) Personally, I very much prefer the EU/JP design. It's just... *charming.* Plus, I mean, Nintendo has always focused mostly on child/family-friendly games, so "looking too much like a toy" does not really seem like much of a problem to me. It seems like an entirely fair design for a console from a studio whose biggest property is Super Mario.
@@thelordstarfish I also like the original design better. The blocky design of the North American SNES with its kinda funky purple color doesn’t exactly make it any less toy-ish. I also like the original controller with a different color for all four buttons instead of the NA who has two shades of purple.
I much prefer the curved lines of the Japanese / Euro PAL design of the SNES. I think the controller looks better too with the coloured buttons as opposed to the purple buttons on the NTSC model.
I like the Rubber Duck he puts in with the console while he's giving it a bath lol. Relaxing, nostalgic and wonderful Thanks!
It blows my mind how simple these systems were. So much enjoyment out of such a basic board.
keep up your amazing work man!
Once again excellent restoratoin video, OT! :D I believe you actually have done a Super Nintendo Entertainment System teardown before, so it's great to see a newer video of it! ^^ It is a shame to hear that the Famicom, and Super Famicom creator, Masayuki Uemura, recently passed away, so it's very nice of you to make this repair video as a tribute for all of his hard work! :') Maybe we'll also get to see you repair a SNES controller in the next video too! :) Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year!
It always amazes me how these console restorations are done.
I'm a Sega Genesis kid but Nintendo is my favourite now. I wish Sega was still in the console,or handheld market. I'm really enjoying watching these videos 🤟
Rest In Peace, Masayuki Uemura. 🙏🏾
Hi, as always, awesome restoration. I wanted to let you know that this was the first restoration channel that I followed. I immediately became an admirer of your work and wanted to learn. I am currently studying electronics, getting my equipment and practicing my skills. So, thanks for the inspiration c:
The sounds in this could be an ASMR video. So relaxing. Nice video!
The old consoles are so nice to work with.! So easy compared to the new stuff, good place to start for anyone new to this.
Watching these videos makes me sad that when I was super little my family threw away an N64 because the reset button was stuck down with dirt and nasty....
I find the contrast that the purple of the buttons makes with the yellowish color of a discolored console very attractive, personally I like how the snes looks like this and I would like to have one that is completely of that color but it always happens that only half changes color .
Why? It's ugly yellowed
Amazing cleaning. That ending tho. I haven’t heard that song in 30 years. I was crying
One thing that the most i like from all your videos is NEAT, and that makes your videos is always satisfying to watch
My SNES is yellowed in exactly the same way! From what I understand Nintendo changed the sauce in the plastic of their console shells at some point. Pretty sure they were using up existing stock and there were more old formula top shells on hand that day.
I am a huge fan of your restoration videos! You probably were asked about it plenty, but what do you do with the Hydrogen Peroxide after the "anti-yellowing" process? Can you reutilize it? Or it just breaks down and becomes "normal" water?
Man the gameplay at the end brought back so many memories from my childhood.😊
Another excellent repair and restoration. The game brought back memories of watching my young son develop his motor and logic skills. Merry Christmas, OT! 👍👍👍
love ❤️ from morrocco 🇲🇦
R.I.P Masayuki. Great and amazing video. One quick question, do you recycle/reuse the hydrogen peroxide? Or you use a new clean bath every time?
Fun fact: The SNES was the first console Nintendo used Gamebit screws on. The last time they used them was on the GameCube. 😊
Is it explained why they stopped it? I assume it was introduced to stop kids opening it with whatever tools they had laying around at home. My pessimistic brain says it's cause kids of today aren't used to using tools anymore.
Yeah, that didn't went long.
@@AccAkut1987I think it's because it's useless nowadays. As soon as a new type of screw would be released, people can order a bit from china. Back then it wasn't so easy. Might as well use cheaper regular screws.
@@MisterCasket agreed, but I was more thinking of preventing 8-year old Timmy from grabbing a random Philips head screwdriver and opening the console in a fit of curiosity
@@AccAkut1987 In most cases? It was almost entirely a means of reducing public accessibility to the internals. Anyone with a half-decent knowledge of hardware could fix most issues in these consoles, and in using the security bits, it made it so that only those who Nintendo was getting a cut of profits from would be able to crack one open and fix it. From a more friendly perspective, you could see it as Nintendo trying to ensure that if you came into any issues with the console, you wouldn't be tempted to try and fix it yourself recklessly and completely void the warranty.
My aunt has one of these along with the Super Mario game. My sisters and I loved playing it whenever we managed to convince her and our parents to let us. That music brought back a lot of nostalgia.
Always love your videos. Most reliable entertainment on the entirety of this website. Thank you for the videos!
This channel is so relaxing. It's a good thing to watch in this troubled times. Great job, mate =)
Insane how such a visually severe problem could literally be solved by cleaning a couple prongs. I know not all electronic problems are like that, but geez!
The fix was to resolder the pins, without that it wouldn’t have worked even after being cleaned with IPA, as shown with the multimeter.
@@weniard I'm pretty sure that's what they meant by "a couple of prongs". They're probably just not familiar with the terminology.
Reflowing cold solder joints doesn't really qualify as "cleaning a couple prongs"
You have no idea of how much tech stuff people just throw away due to even simpler issues. 😔
I was reminded of time I repaired one flat screen TV by simply replacing few capacitors from power supply (so clear faulty too). Sometimes repairing things or asking someone to do it, would be cheaper than buy new one.
I think the the guy that helped bring the snes to us would be happy that u restored one of his greatest masterpieces ❤️
It's good that someone keeps these consoles alive.
It kills me seeing this because I have one of these when I was in high school (2009-ish) and a Sega and they both were thrown away while my family was doing spring cleaning. I played on both of them all the time!
Great job! Just like I thought when I did a video of my SNES, you can Retrobright these too much, and instead of returning to the bluish-grey color they are supposed to be, they become bright white instead. It's unfortunate.
I think it looks good like that. Honestly had a mandela moment and thought that's how they were supposed to look.
@@jeremyphillips3087 I suppose some people don't mind that, I guess. To me it comes off as too much though, and in my mind it seems even more damaged that way. :(
@@retrorestoration9053 thats so sad :(
I've seen other channels that post similar content to yours but this is easily my favorite for this kind of content ❤
The patience and dexterity are very impressive.
hey i wanted to recommend that using electric screwdrivers on old plastics isn't the best idea as it can chew up the threads and break the screw posts, it is better to gently turn left until you feel a gentle click meaning the screw has found it's original thread to keep it in better condition and not worsen the integrity of the plastic. :)
It's weird because he showed exactly that in one of his older videos
🙄
the fact that he never ran while playing is anxiety inducing.
Right? That was KILLING me
16:10 Best intro ever Still remember how happy I use to be when the nintendo logo appears on TV
Hey odd tinkering! watching your videos really made me get into fixing my own electronics. I just recently took apart my PS5 controller to get rid of the stick drifts
Você é um profissional de mão cheia!
This was pretty cool. How did you learn all this stuff, like how to reassemble the SNES? Do you have some sort of career in this? Tell us
Well, between a lot of people who have previously worked in Nintendo repair centers, and just a bunch of careful tinkerers, it's pretty common to see tons of guides on taking apart and repairing older consoles, especially ones like these! Wouldn't surprise me in the least if he just took the time to read up from the internet on these repairs and go for it(after all, buying a non-functional console can be cheap as hell, so worst case is you lose a few bucks but gain some good experience)!
I always dreamed of having this SNES, it is so beautiful 🥰 Wonderful job 👍
R.I.P to the developer of this system. Thank you for all the great childhood memories I have and many of us who grew up in this era.
Legendas em português-BR por favor ,parabéns pelo trabalho