I remember getting this when Nintendo Magazine System issue 3 came out. Though my original tape got chewed up in the VCR, my Mother took it back to the newsagent that she got the magazine from, and they were awesome enough to replace the tape for me! It's in my parent's attic, waiting for me for when I get my own place and get my childhood TV/VCR combo back.
I wish the Tetris movie would get a theatrical release rather than just Apple TV Plus exclusivity. don't want to get another subscription service just to watch one film that I want to see.
This is probably going to be the best they'll get seeing that originally it was going to be hour long one-off show with celebrities, treating it more like a games shows rather than a show about video games. This looks promising, though not being in the nineties is going to be a little weird, lol!
@WoomyNNYes Here's a Youtube video showing you how to do it. Though he does go into more detail when it comes to the battery contacts that are on the board, the likelihood of you needing to do that is pretty slim unless there's corrosion on the upper two corners. But yeah, spares are obtainable on the internet, and the most you'd need in tools would be needle nose tweezers and a tri-head screw driver.
@WoomyNNYes As mentioned, Deadpanrobot.co.uk have official and third party game Boy parts. As for the battery contacts themselves, the ones that get corroded are the ones at the bottom, which are not soldered to the board, those are the contacts at the two upper corners. There are 3 battery contacts that you can remove with a pair of tweezers by opening up the case and exposing the back. It's one of the more easier repairs you can do on a DMG-01.
@WoomyNNYes Yeah, I used isopropyl and a brillo pad to remove the dried alkaline off the plastic. Cleaning the metal contacts is a pain though, and you might as well just get them replaced.
@WoomyNNYes Even then, that's an easy fix as all you need to do is replace the battery contacts and scrub off any dried up alkaline with an old toothbrush and rubbing alcohol.
Places like Deadpan robot is really good for getting new battery contacts.
Technically, there is one show left, but it's Japanese. But Game Center CX is the only gaming TV show worth seeing these days. It's just a shame that Kotaku lost the licence to it.
This was my thing in the nineties! Us Brits had much better gaming TV shows than what the US got, we were spoiled!
It's just a shame that shows like that would never return, Twitch and Mixer has made "Viewing games" a part of the mainstream with the internet; not to mention GamesMaster magazine ending in 2018. It won't be the same ever again!
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Re: Game Center CX Writer Launches New Video Game-Themed TV Show
Oh man! Kibe, the man who got scared on TV by a crayfish is making a show himself! That's awesome! I hope this show is as good as GCCX!
Re: How Namco Tried To Stave Off Coin-Op's "Impending Doom"
Oh man! I remember Prop Cycle and Alpine Racer!
I loved Prop Cycle, and I would play each time I saw one in the late nineties. I could never get all the rings though.
Re: The Making Of: Nintendo Magazine System's Street Fighter II VHS - The Ultimate Cover Gift?
OMG! THIS TAPE!
I remember getting this when Nintendo Magazine System issue 3 came out. Though my original tape got chewed up in the VCR, my Mother took it back to the newsagent that she got the magazine from, and they were awesome enough to replace the tape for me! It's in my parent's attic, waiting for me for when I get my own place and get my childhood TV/VCR combo back.
Re: Soapbox: There's No Excuse For Street Fighter Having Bad Box Art, Capcom
Hey, look! Popeye is in Street Fighter VI! ;D
Re: Evercade EXP - Superior In Every Way That Matters
@JayJ Yeah, my one was stolen too!
Re: Here's Your First (Brief) Look At Taron Egerton As Henk Rogers In Apple's 'Tetris' Movie
I wish the Tetris movie would get a theatrical release rather than just Apple TV Plus exclusivity. don't want to get another subscription service just to watch one film that I want to see.
Re: Here's The First Trailer For E4's GamesMaster Reboot
@ian_beale Kinda...
I don't see any 90s games there though! lol! Still, I'll be watching this when it comes out on the 21st.
It's crazy to think that there have been 25 years since this show ended in 1998!
Re: Here's The First Trailer For E4's GamesMaster Reboot
Oh dang!
This is probably going to be the best they'll get seeing that originally it was going to be hour long one-off show with celebrities, treating it more like a games shows rather than a show about video games. This looks promising, though not being in the nineties is going to be a little weird, lol!
Re: Ready To Ditch Those AA Batteries? Check Out The Amazing 'CleanJuice' Game Boy Mod
@WoomyNNYes Here's a Youtube video showing you how to do it. Though he does go into more detail when it comes to the battery contacts that are on the board, the likelihood of you needing to do that is pretty slim unless there's corrosion on the upper two corners. But yeah, spares are obtainable on the internet, and the most you'd need in tools would be needle nose tweezers and a tri-head screw driver.
https://youtu.be/x7Ot2Xlcs84
Re: Ready To Ditch Those AA Batteries? Check Out The Amazing 'CleanJuice' Game Boy Mod
@WoomyNNYes As mentioned, Deadpanrobot.co.uk have official and third party game Boy parts. As for the battery contacts themselves, the ones that get corroded are the ones at the bottom, which are not soldered to the board, those are the contacts at the two upper corners. There are 3 battery contacts that you can remove with a pair of tweezers by opening up the case and exposing the back. It's one of the more easier repairs you can do on a DMG-01.
Re: Ready To Ditch Those AA Batteries? Check Out The Amazing 'CleanJuice' Game Boy Mod
@WoomyNNYes Yeah, I used isopropyl and a brillo pad to remove the dried alkaline off the plastic. Cleaning the metal contacts is a pain though, and you might as well just get them replaced.
Re: Ready To Ditch Those AA Batteries? Check Out The Amazing 'CleanJuice' Game Boy Mod
I would love to get this mod, thing is I'm not a huge fan of where that USB-C port is, you'd have to have your Gameboy facing down to charge.
I would mod, this mod, to put the USB-C port next to the headphone socket.
Re: Ready To Ditch Those AA Batteries? Check Out The Amazing 'CleanJuice' Game Boy Mod
@SmartNickname Obsolete...
Sure... Because no one plays the GameBoy anymore...
Looks at his near 150 DMG GB game collection, modded systems, different colour variants and accessories that he's had since 1991
Re: Ready To Ditch Those AA Batteries? Check Out The Amazing 'CleanJuice' Game Boy Mod
@WoomyNNYes Even then, that's an easy fix as all you need to do is replace the battery contacts and scrub off any dried up alkaline with an old toothbrush and rubbing alcohol.
Places like Deadpan robot is really good for getting new battery contacts.
Re: Feature: How RoboCop's Epic Game Boy Theme Tune Lives On, 30 Years Later
Oh damn! That Ariston advert! I haven't seen that in YEARS! lol!
Nostalgia hit there!
...and on, and on, and Ariston!
Re: Ninterview: How Two GamesMaster Fans Are Paying Tribute To TV's Best Video Game Show
Well...
Technically, there is one show left, but it's Japanese. But Game Center CX is the only gaming TV show worth seeing these days. It's just a shame that Kotaku lost the licence to it.
Shinra Arino is our last Dominik Diamond!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iEXSmvCN6Y
Re: Ninterview: How Two GamesMaster Fans Are Paying Tribute To TV's Best Video Game Show
Oh man...
This was my thing in the nineties! Us Brits had much better gaming TV shows than what the US got, we were spoiled!
It's just a shame that shows like that would never return, Twitch and Mixer has made "Viewing games" a part of the mainstream with the internet; not to mention GamesMaster magazine ending in 2018. It won't be the same ever again!
Re: Hardware Review: You Don't Need The SNK Neo Geo Samurai Shodown Mini, But You'll Want It Anyway
Urgh... They used an analogue stick AGAIN, for a system that only needs 8 way joystick input. Plus they still haven't corrected the button layout!