Oh my Helmet!

1981 Nintendo Helmet Game & Watch CN-07 (AKA Headache).
Can I fix it?
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[@mikamo]

This repair featured significantly less cardboard and duct tape than I’ve come to expect from Aussie Tech Wizard!

[@poeticsilence047]

Can't forget the hot glue

[@SweetTodd]

you know it's a rare console when he actually repairs it the right way

[@Need1738]

The Greatest Aussie Technician, That, Ever, Lived

[@948320z]

@@SweetTodd It's like Wade, he punishes nuggets with Famous Toledos, El Diablo and 1 Grit all the time; but when it comes to collectibles (and CRAIG) he gave them the proper respect. Most of the time lol

[@sednoid]

@@poeticsilence047 and the angle grinder

[@clementpruvost8670]

Australian Tech Wizard saving an antique Game & Watch brings me smile to my face.

[@koolaid33]

Antique? It's 40 years old! I think antique is a stretch.

[@TheUnreadableUser]

Never go to an antique ​store. @@koolaid33

[@supershadic530]

He saves birds, games, watches, spiders, cars, what doesn’t he save?

[@mruczyslaw50]

​You think antique means stuff from ancient Egipt? For electronics 40 years is definitely antique. @@koolaid33

[@trulyinfamous]

And tears to my own helmet.

[@Zerbey]

We used to flip over the polarizer on our calculators for old school dark mode.

[@dheitz5830]

You can do this with certain digital watches as well

[@blakksheep736]

Pfffft.

[@huntjaeggert1128]

A quick tip for fiberglass stuck in skin. Vinegar can dissolve it when you wash your hands with it. I have saved myself much suffering from fiberglass insulation that way.

[@tergish1]

That’s actually a super useful tip even outside of rebuilding electronics, I have to work with fiberglass insulation at my job, and my hands and arms itch like a son of a gun

[@NineDog]

if you wash your hands with an electric pressure washer (like one for washing cars not one for washing concrete) it gets the fiberglass out really well

[@KT-Kaboom]

@@NineDog Hey, don't do this, even the ones at the car wash can give you a special type of injury called water jet injury that will end you so fast, it's not even funny.

[@Dreamsarefragile]

No way 😮

[@CanadasElite]

thank you

[@TheWeakLink101]

“It looks good, except I have forgotten ALL of the buttons!” I dunno why but that had me cackling. Thanks James!

[@wasperine]

So glad someone else suffers the universal experience of forgetting to put the buttons back in before reassembly.

[@Flatlinero]

Been there, done that. Saw myself.

[@shadowblade2149]

Its comical how everytime i seach up 'james channel', both you and james may are at the top of the search

[@Games_for_James]

I keep good company 😂

[@bluespartan076]

cheese

[@alexparker4244]

quality james results

[@RadeonVega64]

​@@bluespartan076cheese

[@enterflux]

3:09 "I just realized that I'm under qualified to explain this..." 😂

[@TheSektorz]

I randomly found a bunch of Game & Watches, including a mint Donkey Kong one, at my uncle's. Quite the gold mine. Lots of charm to them. Simpler times... 40+ freakin' years ago.

[@SolidIncMedia]

One of mum's friends had a pretty big collection of them (probably close to a dozen), including the "cabinet" style ones, like Snoopy. If she's still got them, she's sitting on a goldmine.

[@GoneAsGoneCanBe]

I read the title to this video in Wade's voice as he is chasing his PKCell's around.

[@DUKE_of_RAMBLE]

*_Ditto!_* 😁 🍻 😄

[@NcWcN1]

Or his duck

[@BassicallyKiyash]

SAME

[@deadboy9955]

I had a soviet version with a wolf that was collecting eggs rolling off of a roof

[@Gugernoot]

Egg?

[@Code7Unltd]

@@Gugernoot Nope. Mickey Mouse. Seriously though, OP likely had a Egg knockoff, as Nintendo had licensed *from* the Russian government (Elorg), but not *to.*

[@carlosemilio5180]

​@@Gugernoot Yes, although that's the official version; the russian version was an unliscenced version named after Nu?, Pogodi! that was an exact replica. Also notable is the fact that the official version of egg is also an unliscenced copy of a Mickey Mouse G&W that nintendo made (simply titled "Mickey Mouse").

[@LyricNear]

@@carlosemilio5180 I love the Nu Pogodi! knockoffs! It's so fun that they exist

[@GuntanksInSpace]

Now I just remembered that Hrot, a recent old-school FPS. actually has this game on the second episode as a bit of an easter egg.

[@supernoobypro594]

It's nice to know that a Game & Watch from 40 years ago has a better kickstand than the Nintendo Switch.

[@redcoat6698]

I love James’ cat like it’s my own child

[@OutbackCatgirl]

james' cat is a national treasure

[@spudwilkins9440]

OH MY DANKPODS REFERENCE!

[@JoBot__]

Where?

[@gliczide]

​@@JoBot__ title of the video

[@dantecontreras887]

when dankpods says "Oh my pkcell!"

[@sammycooly1709]

I have one of em, Donkey Kong Jr 1982. It's one of my prized possesions. It's in great shape and works! The game is fun too, I love it! We need to save these things!

[@elektriktoad2]

I’ve got Donkey Kong Jr too! I found mine in an antique store 15 years ago. It’s a fun game and a cool display piece

[@sammycooly1709]

@@elektriktoad2 Wow, I've had mine for about 2 years. Was ~80$ (converted to usd), and it's awesome!

[@bacon.cheesecake]

It's impressive how decent game&watch games are, we recently got a dual screen donkey kong one for my dad for his birthday, and even as a spoiled zoomer, it's genuinely a fun game. Well, except when he absolutely fucking crushes me at it, it's ridiculous how good he still is even after not having touched it for 40 years.

[@msremmert88]

Awesome, is that the bright orange one? I've got one too!

[@bacon.cheesecake]

@@msremmert88 Yeah

[@hakjobtm7472]

Fellow fiberglass pen hater! There's dozens of us!

[@cheekygamer7074]

dang that gaming watch is doing something 10:29

[@mickleman52]

Kind of surprised your go to with that corrosion was sand paper. Whenever I have an older piece of battery powered tech that won't turn on/has intermittent power issues, the first thing I do is take a Q tip, dip it in some vinegar (less is more when it comes to conductive liquids) and dab it on the terminals. You'll know pretty quickly if your issue is corroded terminals, as the corrosion will react with the vinegar and start to bubble. Clean it off until you stop seeing bubbles, wipe off as much vinegar as you can with a clean q tip, give it a final wipe down some IPA, and let it dry. Just had to do this with a "working" camera I got off ebay, that was DOA.

[@silpheedTandy]

1:47 James has the coolest ways of saying "Oh, no!" and "That's very disappointing". It's so *Australian*! (I wish I could clip the sound and use it someplace, but I don't know where. Using it as a ringtone might not be so good, for example)

[@der_kluger_gunther8391]

and here we see our favorite crazy lad fix a game and watch so easily just like drinking a glass of water. this was funny and really chill to watch, 10/10 my boi.

[@JTTofficial]

0:11 So it's Game, watch & alarm?

[@thatonescienceguy8200]

Doesn’t a watch have an alarm?

[@shaunclarke04]

@@thatonescienceguy8200not always

[@Likenow1245]

​​@@shaunclarke04 right (oh, and what does acl mean?)

[@JB2X-Z]

OH MY GODS YES. Thank you for rescuing this unit. I'm so happy that it works wonderfully after your restoration. Thank you James.

[@NeverJhonsen]

Fiber glass pens are hell, I’m with you on this one 🤝

[@ktktktktktktkt]

5:22 ACL is short for anterior cruciate ligament. Probably shouldn't press that button...

[@theskullemoji]

😂😂

[@gir489returns2]

I think James likes fiberglass pens, can't tell though, need confirmation.

[@helm2505]

James Channel

[@samuelllakaj5439]

James Channel

[@nixaviation]

James Channel

[@cpyt]

James Channel

[@mruczyslaw50]

Janes Chammel

[@mruczyslaw50]

Chames Jannel

[@silpheedTandy]

it somehow feels wholesome to see James attempt (and succeed often!) to give little pieces of gaming history a new life. i can imagine this Game and Watch saying to itself, after James's spruce-up, "I feel as young as if it was 1980 again!".

[@johnnygrind77]

You jogged my memory with something you said: When the tools were falling, you called it a "spanner." Over here in Yankeeland, aka USA, we call it a "Wrench." I always enjoy hearing differences with words between the British English and American English.

[@aarsca6834]

James, your are so gifted, from cars to electronics your skills know no bounds, fine it may not be neat but you have so much knowledge and you have so much fun with, an example to many

[@poeticsilence047]

Think what makes it great is a true and honest passion for tinkering.

[@peterclarke7240]

As a fan of Alt-metal from the late 80s and early 90s, my first thought on seeing the name of this game was to think "IN THE MEANTIME!!!!!" And for those who know what on EARTH I'm talking about... I salute you.

[@MrPGT]

From what I remember of the instructions, the ACL button was usually listed in English as "All CLear" and is the reset button for the system. High scores, time and any crashes would be gone after this was pressed.

[@ACAAllertor125]

Whenever I see something Old get restored, I always know it’s gonna be a Good day.

[@maldivirdragonwitch]

That bubble popping moment was exactly why I subscribed sometime ago. Never change.

[@s6edge7]

My neighbour a house down passed , and before he did , he leg us rummage through his old tech draw , and there were one of these in it . The right button is broken tho. The thingo was called parachute

[@Games_for_James]

It likely just needs the contacts cleaned if the button doesn’t work. I have Parachute too, it was a gift many years ago but my LCD is starting to bleed which is not repairable :(

[@mizunotakarai7209]

Your content is wonderful, please keep it up! It's helping me through a rough time, just wanted to express my gratitude.

[@cbweno33]

When james isn't cleaning the dirt from his repairs, he is cleaning the dirt from Wades car(s), end result is always great. 😂

[@randomname4726]

This is so nostalgic. I loved collecting those little games when I was a young kid. I think around 1989.

[@daimienplays]

I kina like this type of format. Funny witty Australian mixed with some one who knows how to fix things. Keep it up

[@0mnigeek]

Such nostalgia with these old game machines. Awesome to see this one being cared for.

[@Zreniec]

Man your whole channel is just wholeheartedly amazing

[@thereal757_ap]

I'm convinced James is a wizard.

[@Ermagerdddrohernnnn]

It makes me so happy to see your channel growing, and to be in the few of the firsts to sub to your channel. Keep going mate.

[@caferockgarito3310]

Just leaving a comment to say how much I appreciate your work and how undersubscribed this channel is.

[@Games_for_James]

I appreciate that!

[@TisboreArt]

KZbin recommended your video, so I checked it out. Something like this back in the day would’ve been really cool in school. I mean, I guess we had gameboys, but this one would’ve been easier to hide. Ha ha.

[@Dustin_VG]

You have done a valuable service on this day

[@Aaaxl]

I love these types of videos!

[@YoureUsingWordsIncorrectly]

James ! we got no milk for this international roast "Don't worry, I use Spray an Wipe for everything" what "Everything"

[@Efri3nd]

I remember seeing this in an anime. I so badly wanted this little device since then. someday ill add it to the collection

[@fujiyamathesamoyed7751]

8:10 the way you moved the camera along the track made it almost look like VR XD

[@plankera]

Having the floatplane “cam” showing through the screen was a nice editing touch

[@RAFMnBgaming]

This is probably the best explaination of an LCD I've ever heard. I think I get it now. Really cool.

[@zeliardforty-two4692]

Always fun seeing one of these opened up! Also good to know these Game & Watch things don’t need special bits for the screws. Recently had to replace an old NES cartridge casing and had to get one of those special bits. Easy and cheap thing to get these days for sure, just annoying when you don’t have one

[@OUXpert]

“Babe! Australian man who instead of yelling at tech fixes them dropped!”

[@WilburJaywright]

Little info about the quartz crystal: Inside the metal tube, the quartz is literally shaped like a tiny tuning fork, pretty much what it is, and I think that’s adorably cute. The tuning is done with gold plating on the tips that is eroded away as needed, but they always tune it to 4096 Hz, because that’s the lowest power of 2 that can’t be heard. Powers of 2 because dividing by 2 is easy for base 2 (I.e. all modern digital) computers.

[@Codecuts1]

helmet is one of my favorite game and watch games lmao

[@craigsmith2805]

Super cool! Love it! Great vid mate

[@SailorLoonie]

I personally lioe the fiberglass pen, but whats really important is finding a method that works for you c: You're the man that built the Nintendo PlayStation, I wouldnt dream of telling you how to do things haha

[@silpheedTandy]

5:34 maybe i should stop my habit of eating dinner while watching repair videos of old gunky items...

[@Jac-Man]

Wade: Oh, my pkcell! James: Oh, my Helmet!

[@colourman2126]

James becoming James The Australian Tech Wizard

[@sammyb9683]

These sorts of things have fascinated me for literal years I have no clue why I think there is just something cool about experiencing what top-quality mobile gaming they had back in the day no matter how bad they are they are still just really cool to me

[@obscuremix8198]

"It is at least as ugly as the others." That's how you know you did a good job.

[@iwillalwasecomelast]

i grew up with a pop eye one of these. hours of fun!

[@VeXGamingLSRP]

The motto for James' Channel should be - "If James can't fix it, then it's FUCKED!"

[@jadn_6801]

clicked on your channel from a garbage time video description and went "wait, is this the portable snes guy", what are the odds, i guess im a fan of the chaos

[@rogergrogan342]

Impressive restoration, great video James

[@Khardankov]

I had this, Donkey Kong and the one where you're catching babies out of a burning building. I can't believe how much time I poured into playing these as a kid...

[@royalred4827]

Love the dark mode game and watch look

[@cthulu9182]

i love how this dude has dank pods energy

[@Artyomann]

Feels weird to see a calm and gentle repair when first video you saw from this channel is "I Made a Portable Super Nintendo". Can't call it a bad thing though

[@orangespy]

Fav retro chanel, keep it up James!

[@ziginox]

That sandpaper is a really good solution, but if you have a hard to reach spot, there are pens with steel and brass wool in the end. They work great for this type of thing, as well.

[@morganpg]

New James upload the day I binge all the other videos whattttt

[@Shalkification]

you're pretty much right with polarized materials (ill be talking about lenses cause I work in an opticians), when talking about polarised lenses you're allowing polarised light to pass through but only in a certain direction so if you stack 2 polarised lenses at 90° to each other, you effectively block out all polarised light, slam another filter in at another angle your effect gets neutralised

[@Helmatfr]

Glad to see a fellow helmet working again!

[@MRGAMES2010]

The game and watch is so cool

[@dvtye3378]

5:02 Dw I’ve made entire traces out of solder for signal filtering in robots. That baby will do just fine 😂

[@-coal]

From the goober to this. We've reached peak youtube.

[@ChuckFinley-b1g]

When I was a kid I lived in an old farmhouse in northwest Georgia. I remember finding an old dual screen Zelda G&W in the shed on the driveway and I wish I had saved it instead of throwing it away for not working. Repairing one of those can be a treasure considering they sell secondhand on eBay for hundreds of dollars… possibilities missed…

[@shintaco7517]

Wade played "The Long Drive" and he had so much trouble because you weren't there James to help with the car stuff!

[@andreitosa4984]

Such a cool fix.

[@sonicunleashedfan124]

Wade and James uploading on the same day? Amazing

[@billygoatguy3960]

i was hoping we'd see a return of our good old friend hot glue to make the glass stationary

[@muse-icality5554]

BRO i played the 'remaster' of this game on Game and Watch Gallery 2 for Game Boy Color when I was a kid, and it was probably my favorite from the bunch. Realizing that THIS was the first "Helmet" game brought waves of nostalgia for me, great video!

[@boredincan]

We used to flip the LCD filters on the calculators we had for school. Then they had a black screen with white numbers. Served no purpose, probably made it harder to read the screen, but was fun to do

[@StellaFoxxie]

it's so weird watching james be respectful to an electronic device

[@freestyla101]

Amazing. I always thought LCDs were way more complicated than they actually are.

[@ChaosPootato]

Damn, I have an old Game and Watch, I think it still works.

[@ConnorTheRed65]

Fun fact about the crystal oscillating under an electric current: it's also how ultrasound probes work!

[@nathanbrute9075]

Title made me wince, video made me smile

[@GigaLem]

I first discovered these because of Super Smash Bros Melee because of the Character, each of the stages are based on the various games from these electronic handhelds. Future Stages change the type of game represented in the series.

[@dingusboi7045]

oh my game!

[@mromutt]

for cleaning contacts/corrosion I just do it the old way with a copper or brass wire brush. They are super cheap especially in bulk and can be had in any size, I am sure james as a bunch of brass and steel ones laying around since hes a mechanic and they are basically a disposables like paper towels or cheap shop towels a the shop. For really bad I will hit it with contact cleaner or in a pinch vinegar.

[@gorfelbt]

Thank you, if I ever find a game and watch game, I will use this.

[@eldafint]

crazy reverb

[@silpheedTandy]

That Isopropyl Alcohol is 99.8% pure, which is as pure as James's heart (based on his videos, anyways). i worry that Dr Tomoe is going to go after James's pure heart crystal one day :(

[@RAFMnBgaming]

instructions unclear, poured India Pale Ale on my dirty gameboy.

[@BartokandBadIdeas]

I have a couple of these, and I remember mentioning it to someone and they said "Gaming Watch? How do you play games on a watch"

[@memedood]

Holy shit, I always wanted one of these

[@GlitchDoesStuff248]

the backwards lcd looks really cool!