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@yolad6 ай бұрын
So many channels about retro mods are so careful and delicate but James is just as jank as the original truly gives retro vibes
@endeav0r_496 ай бұрын
James' family motto is "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing janky"
@AuroraAce.6 ай бұрын
jankpods
@Dlndn_6 ай бұрын
James here is an inspiration to all enthusiasts, we must be jank builders
@rainbowrambo70936 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.
@doctorrobert13396 ай бұрын
He's just as insane as Wade lol
@choppercove6 ай бұрын
It's shocking the amount of angle grinding a console can take and still work.
@illustriouschin6 ай бұрын
Have you seen the portable Wii (U?) hack?
@choppercove6 ай бұрын
@@illustriouschin Yeah, the portable Wii where they chop off around 70% of the PCB. It's insane.
@southernflatland6 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.
@defenestratorr6 ай бұрын
@@choppercove The portable Wii U is even more insane lol
@pul53gh6 ай бұрын
@@defenestratorr wait those actually exist??
@Nebbed3 ай бұрын
*Rest in pieces Parallel Port* *(1995 - 2024)*
@afan642 ай бұрын
It had a good time here on Earth. It's in a better bin now.
@inigonathantheodorevaldez348610 күн бұрын
Bro Just Enjoy Nintendo playstation
@seabit2536 ай бұрын
What always sells me with James' creations is just how violently he throws them together, I love it.
@ErwinHolland.4 ай бұрын
What are you talking about? These are the most delicately built, high quality conversions I have ever seen! 🤣
@Arcade_Cat_6 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
@Furko086 ай бұрын
That's how you know he knows what he's doing
@berkeokur996 ай бұрын
I’m a bit surprised that these stuff actually work usually on first try
@gir489returns26 ай бұрын
I feel like a lot of James’ quotes would look great on a T-shirt. “Kinda jams in here.”
@RAFMnBgaming6 ай бұрын
to be fair it worked.
@deniskhafizov68276 ай бұрын
"You really shouldn't leave this unfused, but I'm just gonna leave it unfused"
@GolemAvalanche6 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.
@ZaHandle6 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
@RAFMnBgaming6 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.
@CH-su5vj6 ай бұрын
@@RAFMnBgaming you could just tape cables to the underside of your desk
@RAFMnBgaming6 ай бұрын
@@CH-su5vj that still technically requires the management of cables.
@snizzol4 ай бұрын
Exactly ! 😂
@yuzukimiyazono63276 ай бұрын
1:41 PS: Oh you fixed me. James: HAHA it's time to rip it's guts out
@blackfacegaming1916 ай 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
@SomeInterestingName6 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
@Gwenithzo5 ай бұрын
@Repent-and-believe-in-JesusNot even God can stop James from making Gaming Monstrosities
@ExpandDong4205 ай бұрын
@Repent-and-believe-in-JesusNintendo Playstation
@devkit06 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
@tezcanaslan28776 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.
@ImprovSpeech6 ай бұрын
@@tezcanaslan2877I think it's less he lacks the technique and more he refuses the technique
@foorocker916 ай бұрын
This comment is everything I thought as well. Great work on this James!
@forgot7en6 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
@moji38126 ай бұрын
Yeah
@GooseWaffe6 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
@bricksandpieces16 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🤣
@Ericson7Official6 ай бұрын
This is an absolute cursed patchwork of a console but I can’t help but be amazed by it.
@floppydiscruler6 ай бұрын
It’s really is “that’s stupid. I LOVE IT”
@dualitysDownfall6 ай бұрын
James is like a mad scientist for electronics instead of chemistry
@HarrysDogmalaysia6 ай бұрын
So a mad engineer?
@dualitysDownfall6 ай бұрын
@@HarrysDogmalaysia ...yeah!
@GoredonTheDestroyer6 ай бұрын
Like a drunken Tech-Priest who is also Australian.
@breadnaught37116 ай бұрын
Explosions & Fire/Extractions & Ire. Backyard chemist in Australia.
@NONAME_0986 ай бұрын
Nile red but tech
@OldVHSTapefrom-wo7qh3 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.
@jcruz50506 ай бұрын
This man tears apart electronics with such confidence! I'm afraid to even look at an open PCB board the wrong way 😂
@toyotacorollaaltis86136 ай бұрын
James is the type of guy to have a disc drive scratch his game and not hammer the drive to nothing.
@janson29116 ай бұрын
You mean 1 grit the drive to nothing?
@DrBagPhD6 ай бұрын
@@janson2911no that's Wade's domain.
@21baron6 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
@21baron6 ай бұрын
@Forthakine well, yes, but I'm sure every electronic in a three mile radius was getting the message lmao
@nwojdak6 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
@zacharyhansen82506 ай бұрын
Devil does care. He wants to make sure everything stays working but his methodology is chaotic and evil.
@Chezzygaming1233 ай бұрын
The SNES thinks its all fun and games until he whips out the ol' Angle Grinder
@chancegoodling6 ай бұрын
0:03 thats cursed
@ellyaalias21266 ай бұрын
0:03 Bruh 😂
@MacDonnellFTAA6 ай 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.
@Games_for_James6 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@MacDonnellFTAA6 ай бұрын
@@Games_for_James I've enjoyed every video both you and Wade have posted thus far, keep up the amazing work!
@powercage3 ай бұрын
I couldn’t look away.
@TRIVIA52096 ай бұрын
I absolutely love “put a game in the cartridge slot”
@user-ys3xl9sx9e6 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.🤘
@IneptOrange3 ай бұрын
I am 99% sure a PS5 would instantly set ablaze on contact with a screwdriver
@Furko086 ай бұрын
The angle grinder is a very welcome addition to the videos. I hope to see more of it in the future
@Frank_Pods6 ай бұрын
I call it the 1 Grind
@mathewdeering6 ай бұрын
AND A YOITUBE STAR SIDE CHARACTER WAS BORN @@Frank_Pods
@gamerin123d66 ай бұрын
The angle grinder is James' version of the 1 grit
@Augnos6 ай бұрын
Angle grinder definitely needs a name!
@G-Cole-016 ай бұрын
@@Augnos one name i thought of was Disk Utility.
@Portentous__6 ай бұрын
I feel like I'm watching a man perform open heart surgery with a wood axe I love this, please do more :)
@kimbryhagen6 ай бұрын
don't forget the hot glue :)
@photondebuger456 ай бұрын
And it working too because he's that good
@Kovaelin6 ай бұрын
And succeeding!
@Swxfty_Ай бұрын
This guy is bringus studios and dankpods combined into one crazy tech interested Aussie, truly incredible.
@johnreskusich23244 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.
@Games_for_James4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@Worrok6 ай бұрын
The only man to truly treat vintage electronics with the respect they deserve.
@KiraSlith6 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.
@lonnymoore26223 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 .
@hargel38703 ай бұрын
Your channel brings me so much joy. I was laughing like a maniac the entire video
@realmz6 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 😂
@Cyman756 ай бұрын
Not always. Sometimes he also cracks parts into two pieces with his bare hands. 😂
@adez134 ай бұрын
The final product even looks like an angle grinder
@David_Phantom6 ай бұрын
I'm impressed with how violent the modding can be and still, you know, work.
@BadContentCreator1936 ай бұрын
1:47 “Don’t need that” *Metal clanging* 1:51 “Don’t need that” *Metal clanging*
@skyr3x6 ай бұрын
Im in love with your approach of just ripping and tearing until it somehow works
@rickyboiiiii6 ай бұрын
As an engineer, I am absolutely horrified at how you did this. But I still couldn't stop watching it.
@CrimenesDiarios6 ай бұрын
@@juser-abuseras a puerto rican Im not American enough to understand both of you.
@johnboydojo6 ай бұрын
@@CrimenesDiarios HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Bloody Classic!! We have a winner!! 🏆
@NiwaFlan6 ай бұрын
Omg hi koishi pfp
@ducks5146 ай бұрын
OK larper
@xrtgaming20006 ай бұрын
@@juser-abuserò
@just_dizzy_emmensely6 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 KZbinr, this is that guy. Congratulations sir, you successfully made me uncomfortable for 11 minutes straight. ... Subbed. 👍🏻
@YesOkayButWhy6 ай бұрын
That'd be the bag.
@networkrage6 ай бұрын
Everyone tip toes around these things so delicately and james just out here snapping boards and grinding off bits 😂😂 love it
@theexcellerantonehypertone796 ай 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
@seanmckelvey66186 ай 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.
@Games_for_James6 ай бұрын
I nearly used that meme as the thumbnail 😂
@theyakkomanguy75226 ай бұрын
"That's one fine-looking Nintendo PlayStation. WHY DOESN'T MINE LOOK LIKE THAT?!"
@Games_for_James6 ай бұрын
@@theyakkomanguy7522 It actually turned out looking way better than I expected 🤣 so I didn't use that meme
@seanmckelvey66186 ай бұрын
@@Games_for_James Mate, aside from the disc drive just sitting in the cartridge port I thought she was an official unit. 😤
@joshuasims54216 ай бұрын
That disc spinning openly in the SNES cartridge slot is a thing of true beauty, Dr Frankenstein sends his regards.
@RobertNowagarski3 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
@hayden7525Ай бұрын
This whole channel has chaotic energy and I love it. I do this kind of shit but I'm not great at it
@voca-chan79536 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!
@PlutoTheSynth6 ай бұрын
how can you tell that?
@voca-chan79536 ай бұрын
@@PlutoTheSynth The disc will start speeding up as it reads the wobble groove near the spindle hole.
@nickwallette62016 ай бұрын
@@PlutoTheSynth It speeds up. The first check (for the region-coded wobble) is done at a lower speed.
@thegingineer06 ай бұрын
The blend of chaos and ingenuity is like hearing a symphony played entirely by airhorns.
@solidsnakeandgrayfox6 ай бұрын
Or a shit ton of kazoos
@mistaecco5 ай бұрын
Honest to god, this is inspirational to me. I get stuck in "Project deadlock" on a regular basis, and it helps to see how to complete a project. Not everything has to be elegant. Not everything can be parametric and perfect. If it works, it achieves the goal. Youre a chaotic bastard, and you're a genius.
@PlushiePower5 ай бұрын
idk why but like, your voice is just nice to listen to so all your videos are super rewatchable to me😭
@SonicManEXE6 ай бұрын
I love how James is the (relative) voice of reason on Garbage Time, but in reality he just matches Wade’s energy 😂
@matiasaguilar2500Ай бұрын
He's as competent at electronics as wade is at drumming, and just equally chaotic. It's easy to tell why they're friends
@AdamIsUrqed6 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"
@ilamparithi.10 күн бұрын
First video ive come across of your channel, absolutely LOVE the chais, subscribed
@stevefox37635 ай бұрын
The overkill with the angle grinder is hilarious, amused me lots ha ha.
@TheMaristBoy6 ай бұрын
The sudden cuts to power tools just grinding away at sensitive electronics is just *chef's kiss*
@RAFMnBgaming6 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.
@thewiseoldfox5 ай бұрын
The best kind
@possibly_ben5 ай бұрын
and then proceeds to dump a kilo of cocaine into the pot
@RAFMnBgaming5 ай бұрын
@@possibly_ben If it's what the dish needs...
@mathewdwhite6 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!
@TsarempireYT6 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
@ietonewowoi30536 ай бұрын
I love being a technician and seeing him have absolutely zero regard as to if he’s breaking something or not
@gc61856 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.
@vos55796 ай бұрын
This is my new favorite thing on the internet. Please do more! I’ve subscribed! Haha
@pongopea6 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
@SquickWorks6 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
@endeav0r_496 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
@ProfWereW6 ай бұрын
That's just a big dremel
@TheBloodyBarron935 ай бұрын
Awesome video I love the Frankenstein approach
@UnknownZ3bra3 ай бұрын
That turned out looking really cool !
@matmatician76 ай 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.
@GaminylGames6 ай бұрын
James GameSpot posted an article about this on the front page! Congrats man!!!
@Games_for_James6 ай бұрын
Oh wow!!
@MortallyBane5 ай бұрын
This is the most chaotic DIY console restoration video I've ever seen and I love it.
@captainslow52996 ай 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!
@NemesisTWarlock6 ай бұрын
This is the most terrifying piece of electrical engineering I have ever witnessed in my entire life. AMAZING.
@tbx10246 ай бұрын
That AC-voltage power switch is terrifying. Cursed, amazing piece of work!
@deniskhafizov68276 ай бұрын
Actually, now this switch is commuting a lot less current than usual.
@H3wastooshort6 ай бұрын
@@deniskhafizov6827the current is fine, but the 230V arcing might fuck it up
@nticompass6 ай бұрын
Old computers used to use "AT power supplies." Those also had the mains A/C voltage going through the power switch!
@H3wastooshort6 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)
@keiranmacdonald49806 ай бұрын
I love the chaos of this! Need more of this!
@jdbarker323 ай бұрын
The way you break some of the pieces off is like a train wreck, in that I can't stop watching it. 😂
@user-qb3pt9im9j6 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.
@hayder06876 ай бұрын
very epic, the cd drive sticking out the cartridge port tho is too funny man 🤣
@hybo91596 ай бұрын
Well, thats a realy nice combination of ideas! The outside spinning Disk is most impressive.
@carlsandburg48606 ай бұрын
That’s hilarious just in concept / writing lol. Really awesome build and hot glue respect!
@dujeduje17806 ай бұрын
Ah yes, we all have a sony playstation in a toolbox
@seanmckelvey66186 ай бұрын
there's a power supply board from an og XBOX in my toolbox 🤣
@RestoreTechnique6 ай бұрын
This guy makes custom builds like he has a 2hr time limit 😅 Love the disk drive in the snes slot 😚🤌
@elektriktoad26 ай бұрын
Great British Bakeoff but for console modding? I would watch that
@alexandermason-sx2og16 күн бұрын
ITS OLD MATE JAMES! He's like an upside down version of me, jankifying the ever loving hell out of things for shits n giggles
@X73936 ай бұрын
You should be working with all those video game companies because you’re pretty smart especially with those parts etc! Nice work 😮
@exidy-yt6 ай бұрын
Holy crap this is the jankiest, most fearless retro DIY i've ever seen, and I am hooked!! Cant wait for moar!
@JoyRender6 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
@zacforrest5 ай 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.
@moarjank3 ай бұрын
This was my first time seeing someone anglegrind a PCB. that it works inspires me to continue my franken-vr project.
@michaelmcbride25106 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!
@woofy19886 ай бұрын
I wish I had the same amount of confidence in myself that James has in hot glue
@e2011ugdia5 ай бұрын
0:41 that shell is so yellowed it looks like its gold
@HcCh-sm8kk4 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.
@jorgerincon68746 ай 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
@Deadgirl976 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!"
@ChazYocomАй бұрын
I would actually like owning something like this, something about a custom one of none console is just fascinating on its own. Great job on this, even though it was hobbled together, it works great!
@Shenron6666 ай бұрын
"Don't need that, don't need that"... worth it, you made my day 😁
@tjeerdtrekkie10306 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
@alexsudati6 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
@fuzzynine5 ай бұрын
a few gentle touches and swoooosh.... perfection!
@localfloridaman40386 ай бұрын
What an unholy creation you scrambled James. I love it.
@damnson6666 ай бұрын
love this channel. James is making the whole process to look like absolutely carnage while same time skillfully building something amazing.
@caskye19506 ай бұрын
Your calm voice betrays the absolute carnage I'm seeing on my screen.
@Heyworld215 ай бұрын
This is really cool. I would suggest putting a protective cover on the disk so they don’t get damaged by outer things
@jamesmckissick25323 ай бұрын
Your mods simultaneously bring me so much joy and so much sadness. You're a mad scientist.