Let's Repair - Ebay Junk - Super Nintendo Jr - Crusty Clone?

[@IICrossII]

The shell looks like a real snes jr one, thats crazy. I never seen a clone system look so much like the real thing.

[@snekkans]

Videos like these are what caused me to start buying and repairing older game systems, so thank you for introducing me to a new hobby :)

[@voightg]

The screws on an official console would not be tri-wing, they would be the 4.5mm security bit type.

[@euphoria_7477]

+Gary Voight Right, that and they would be brass. That would be a very convincing clone if it weren't for the screws and weird 'passed' sticker on the bottom. The case is spot on visually. If it never needed to be opened, most people wouldn't even realize it was fake.

[@woohookittys]

Also: Megaman X series, Kirby Superstar, and the Donkey Kong Country trilogy are amazing.

[@Triksta6]

Hey dude, I just wanted to say that I really admire your videos! Buying "junk" from eBay and making restoration videos is a really awesome and inspiring idea! Even if it turns out that all it needed was a quick cleaning to get it working again, it's still always fun to watch because I learn so much from your videos. You actually inspired me to buy my own faulty DS Lite for $12 on eBay a few months back. It turned out that it was dropped and a tiny little chip (about the size of a pencil tip) next to the power jack was broken off the circuit board, so I soldered it back on and cleaned it all up, and now I have a great little beater system that can play DS and GBA games for only $12! I love it! So basically, thanks for putting these videos up, man. You helped me gain interest in pursuing a new hobby that I never thought I was capable of. My friends and family actually bring me their consoles when they stop working now, and I haven't found one that I couldn't fix yet! Keep doing what you're doing man, and I'll watch every video you post!

[@RetroGameTech]

+Jesse Chilcote Cheers, Jesse! Thanks a lot for watching and supporting the channel! :) Much appreciated!

[@TheJimminiShow]

Great Videos. I repaired my first Original gameboy with the faulty screen using your video as a reference. Now I cannot stop buying junk to fix. I think I may be addicted!

[@RetroGameTech]

+JimminiVids Careful! It's only a matter of time before your house is full of unfinished projects and broken electronics! :P Thanks for watching btw!

[@TheJimminiShow]

+RetroGameTech hah! i just went through my extra parts, have 17 ds lite carcases

[@tomservo5347]

I'm glad to hear Nintendo is 'rumored' to be going back to cartridges with their NX. Cartridge systems are nearly indestructible and basically never wear out. I never liked it when gaming went all discs, as any system that uses moving parts WILL wear out.

[@ChlorideCull]

I can assure you, cartridge system can wear out. The original front-loading NES comes to mind. Anything with spring contacts wears out as they lose tension.

[@420_Logan]

so? have an N64 type cartridge system so there are no moving parts.

[@tomservo5347]

Sebastian Johansson Oh I know anything will eventually wear out-but nothing like CD systems. The top loading SNES and N64 are like tanks.

[@ThePeacePlant]

The Nintendo Switch does use cartridges , but its sort of like a Nintendo DS cartridge but it looks a little bigger

[@Lilbroda]

sd cards

[@realevostevo]

Crazy, never knew clones came so close to appearing like the real thing.

[@SurrValla]

It is a surprisingly well made clone. Great video. Also, you sound disapointed not having more repairs to be done. Keep up the good work.

[@bio0link]

SNES games you MUST OWN. 1. SMW2: Yoshis Island - The best platformer ever made and one of my favorite games of all time. 2. Super Mario World - This is a no brainer just a great platformer. 3. Legend of Zelda: A link to the past- The best 2D zelda game ever made arguably the best Zelda game ever made. 4. Donkey Kong Country Series- All 3 there all great 5. Secret Of Mana- one of the best Action RPGs on the SNES insanely fun also has awesome Co-Op 6. Mega Man X- One of the best mega man games 7. Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts- Fan fantastic action platformer. 8. Zombies Ate my Neighbors - The best Co-OP game ever created. 9.Super Mario All-Stars - This is just a pack of the 3 original mario games plus the original mario 2 that was only released in Japan (its hard as nails) 10. Super Punch out- Just loads of fun. 11. Earthworm Jim- the funniest platformer ever 12. Contra 3- its contra its good GET IT. 13.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time- Best beatem up on SNES. 14 Super Castlevania 4 - Not the best Castlevania ever but its still damn good. 15.Super Mario RPG: Legend Of The Seven Stars - THE OG mario RPG is great. 16.Earthbound- If you ok with spending 100-300 dollars on 1 game its the most surreal experience you will ever have. 17.Star Fox- Started one of my favorite series on the planet. YEA IM A FURRY SO WHAT BITE ME! 18. Super Metroid- One of the best metroids there is really big game and realy fun. 19. Chrono Trigger- A JRPG with some really interesting combat mechanics and a great story. 20.Final Fantasy VI- one of the last great 2D Final Fantasy's.

[@RetroGameTech]

+BioLink Wow! thanks for the list. I'll just go re-mortgage the house :P

[@bio0link]

RetroGameTech Nintendo crap holds its value well..yep holds its value...

[@JuanHerrero]

Or just get the everdrive and load her up.

[@JarodMoonchild1975]

BioLink What, no love for F-Zero? 😢

[@handymichael]

The Legend of Zelda A Link to the Past is one of the best games on SNES

[@nanot.1984]

Im so glad youre back mate, i found your channel after your hiatus but before you returned, youre my favourite youtuber

[@RetroGameTech]

+Nano T. Cheers! :)

[@TheoHiggins]

What luck that the only SNES game you have is the greatest game ever made.

[@metmanik]

+Theo “Theodoooore” higgins A true masterpiece.

[@dodoubledragon]

+metmanik 11:22 ;P

[@ferreday1]

Your videos are so entertaining I also love weird and wacky video consoles and audio systems ,after watching your videos on repairing eBay junk I haven't your expertise I now know that cleaning these consoles is a large part of the repair please do not ever stop posting these videos thank you

[@EAPvideoz]

Nice Coleco Chameleon prototype!

[@matthewzepess5721]

Glad to see this series is being made again!

[@HockeySavants]

I suggest modding the cart bay so you can insert JP games as well.

[@JMGO1999EternalMajorKakoEscoby]

It's a clone system, so it probably doesn't have it already.

[@RobertJohnson-pb9vr]

You seem to have the best luck when it comes to buying "broken" items! Thank you for uploading!

[@Waifu4Life]

Not even a clone system deserves Wayne's World.

[@lawlabamaytp1737]

I've never played it, but it does look pretty bad.

[@tomaskusnir2374]

+theimporter I'm surprised it wasn't made by the laughing joking numbnuts. What were they thinking?

[@cutemimi25]

+LAWLabama YTP Take it from AVGN, he did a review, he said both versions were bad.

[@sparticus214]

thats why it broke it was most haness

[@DaGameNerd]

+cutemimi25 YOU! :P

[@raysimmons926]

Dude I did the same I purchased a quadcopter for £2 I was hoping it was broken for a project to repair got it and all is working fine

[@angryvintagegamernoob9284]

Super metroid is a definite must play game

[@beardxcorex]

i'm glad your back man, and not dead.

[@TBustah]

The lack of tabs in the cartridge slot were a dead giveaway that this was a clone. You probably already knew this, but the North American SNES had a physical lock out (in the form of tabs in the cartridge slot that would fit inside of slots on the cartridges) that prevented one from inserting a Super Famicom or PAL SNES cartridge. It's easy to break the tabs off (not to mention a popular mod, so much so that I kind of wonder why they even bothered including the tabs on the Junior, it was pretty common knowledge by 1997), but this console showed no signs of modification.

[@fatmansbellybutton]

Got one of these in a faulty job lot a few months back. I’d assumed it was a clone because I’d never seen i before. Then I got my hopes up when I checked eBay, then my heart sank when you opened up your console and said it was a clone. I’ve just gotten round to opening my console up and it’s genuine. A genuine faulty SNES Jr 🎉

[@dschult3]

I love the SNES. You've got to get yourself Super Metroid, Super Mario World, SMW2: Yoshi's Island, Star Fox, Final Fantasy II and III, and Chrono Trigger. I think that would be a great place to start. Great videos, by the way. Your channel has encouraged me to repair video game systems as an amateur. For some reason, it is therapeutic for me.

[@RetroGameTech]

+dschult3 Thanks for the suggestions and thanks for watching, too! :)

[@DannyCD]

Get Super Metroid! My favorite game of all-time. Super Mario All-Stars+Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart and Zelda A Link to the Past are other great games to seek out too. You may have to replace the batteries in all of them though, since they're over 20 years old now.

[@cl10k]

It's so nice to have you back!

[@RetroGameTech]

+cl10k Cheers! :)

[@0menchild]

I watched you for a couple of days now and I must say I love it! Very informative, inspiring and generally pleasant to watch :). I also would love to see hardware mod tutorials for us newbies. Once again awesome content keep it up!

[@TheDrunkardHu]

Man! You gotta get a REAL fixer upper!! I want an in depth, technical look at every aspect of a repair. Love your videos, can't wait for the next one!

[@Mikeywil0003]

I didn't even know there were SNES Jr clones in existence. Another thing, the official Nintendo console doesn't have a sticker over the screw holes.

[@dodoubledragon]

+Michael Williams As soon as I saw that label I knew it was a bootleg, them QC stickers give me the creeps.

[@Ondaedj]

Well I don't know about anyone else, but after watching that game-play, I'm off to the game store to buy me a copy of Wayne's World for the SNES!

[@chadstrats]

+Ondaedj literally the only snes game ive ever owned

[@zebular]

Martin, I repair these all of the time here in the states. Ours (so I would assume all of them) use a 4.5mm game bit head screw. I pick them up all of the time "broken" and 9/10 times they don't work due to people not cleaning the cartridge port correctly, only maybe 1 or 2 out of the 20-30 I've had I actually needed to do real repair work such as replacing caps or a voltage regulator. Also interesting is where the chip you would draw RGB from is nearer to the power source.

[@cipherrevenant3239]

Yay! A new video!

[@ExStaticBass]

While that is almost certainly a clone, the screws aren't a good way to tell. Those of us crusty old farts who grew up with things like that Often liked to fix our own gear. In the process we often replaced the annoying proprietary screws with phillips heads like the one's you found. Mostly because we didn't want to deal with having to remove the Tri-wing or Gamebit screws more than once. Because of that, the screws aren't a good indicator.

[@GiuseppeGaetanoSabatelli]

While true, SNES sold 49 million units and clone systems were produced in at least the few hundred thousand, so it's statistically unlikely you'd find a console someone repaired and also replaced the screws.

[@ThePeacePlant]

That isnt a clone , its called a Snes Mini (Model SNS-101)

[@OnlyEpicEmber]

Please come back :'( I know you're busy but you were one of my favorite youtubers

[@atomicskull6405]

Soaking in vinegar for a few hours will take the rust off those screws easily. Note that it will also take *any* oxide off metals including black oxide coatings.

[@TheGameBench]

I've never opened up an SNES, mini or otherwise, that was held together with tri-wing screws. They've always been 4.5mm gamebit screws. But, yeah, right off I could tell that was a clone when you opened it up. Even before, the power switch and reset buttons are too smooth. They did go to a lot of trouble to make it pretty close to the real thing.

[@ryanwing7480]

+BlastMode7 It's really hard to tell, but it also looks as though it doesn't have the tabs for region lockout. It's entirely possible that someone else already cut those out (everyone should do this anyhow), but it looks like it lacks the plastic cartridge guide all together, which I would say is a major red flag for something being a counterfeit. I will say that other than the chips being practically without labels it looks pretty close to what a real SNES mini looks like.

[@TheGameBench]

+Ryan Wing Ah yeah. Good point.

[@stopthrm]

Its honestly the better form fact between the other versions IMHO. Plus they're 01-CHIP v3 and can be modded very easily for RGB out.

[@twistedsymphony]

One of all time favorite SNES games is Uniracers, it's one of the few games that I actually dust off my SNES to go back and play. It's worth checking out.

[@Polaventris]

That was a crusty one for sure! Just shows how robust these old consoles (and their clones) can be. Fantastic choice of wrist watch btw. I am using the same model myself :D

[@RetroGameTech]

+Polaventris Haha, yeah these hardware clones seem to be pretty bullet proof! You'd expect some of the caps to have at least leaked by now, but nope :) And this one looked like it had been sitting in a shed for a few years! F-91W, cheap, indestructible and stylish! No point wasting your time and money on anything else! haha

[@stumbling]

Another perfectly good item spared from landfill!

[@rerolledDK]

I once bought a "broken" SNES Jr. on Ebay. The seller said it wouldn't turn on. I figured I could fix it, but when it arrived, it worked just fine. My guess is that the seller just turned it on without hookiing it up to a TV and didn't see a power LED. There is no power LED. :D

[@bazahaza]

Thanks for your videos, good to see you back after your year off. You put a lot of time and effort into your videos, Thank you..

[@knifechen]

I really enjoy watching you fixed up junks from ebay. Let's say, video card is considered as part of game, my request here is if you could pick a fancy faulty video card and have it fixed. Thanks.

[@Pholiage]

I bought an original Gameboy (1989) with a mint box complete with manuals. The Gameboy was listed as having a non working screen. And I suspected it was the contact glue that had come loose on the screen ribbon. Bought it and sure the screen didn't work. Sound worked fine. And then I turned on the contrast wheel. Screen was just fine :D Nice vid man. Game tip Super Metroid, Mario World, Actraiser to name a few. Tons of greats on that system.

[@RetroGameTech]

+Pholiage Haha, awesome!

[@liamvg]

I'm from the US and very surprised to see at least two videos where you received an item in a liquor / alcohol box. This is prohibited here and the carriers won't even accept them with the logos visible.

[@Penniwhistle]

I used to work at a post office in the UK. By law we have to ask every single customer what's inside the box. Doesn't matter what the box has printed on it, what the person answers is the important bit. You can actually post strong alcohol here too, so long as there's less than a litre, and it's not above 70% ABV

[@xxxBURSTANGELxxx]

liamvg wow.... so damn different 2 europe °°

[@mhfsilver_]

One reason why it might have popped up in your area is the SNES Mini didn't have those tabs they original SNES' had to prevent you from playing out of region games so a lot of people buy these systems to play NSTC in PAL regions and so on and so forth.

[@steveg5122]

Just add a jaguar shell and you got a Coleco Chameleon

[@jonahmordhaim2705]

I was waiting for this it's awesome that you are back in the business;)

[@RetroGameTech]

+Legit1Up Cheers! :)

[@timpedra]

I would sugest the classics, like Super Metroid, Super Mario World, Super Mario Kart, A Link to the Past, Donkey Kong and Mega Man X series, but it's a bad time to collect for the SNES, the prices are way too high. But if you don't mind picking up games without the box or with little scratches, you can have fun, tho.

[@james64468]

+timpedra I was wanting to get harvest moon. But that over priced. I should fix my other Snes. It only needs a power jack.

[@p8ddy]

Excellent vid! Glad to see you back!!

[@dpcquak]

A great game to get is "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time". My fav when I was a kid.

[@EmperorEva0001]

Wow, you have the greatest SNES collection!

[@RetroGameTech]

+EmperorEva0001 Jelly?

[@MythicalMonk3y]

I'd like to see you do an RGB mod for sure. I have a SNES Jr and would like to do it myself. Your tutorials on these things are great (like your front lit Gameboy mod video).

[@TakuyaKousaka]

rgb mod might not work or work differently, this is a clone afterall

[@RetroGameTech]

+Takuya Kousaka It should work, but yes, it'll be different on the clone.

[@noway4040]

Glad to see you're back, man! :)

[@Deathbylemonade]

Yessss, you're back. Been wanting more :]

[@CMM1215]

Always good to see you! Glad to see you didn't get a clunker, haha. Pretty impressive fake sans the screws! SNES game recommendations...there are tons of great games (many of which are unfortunately quite expensive), but HyperZone, F-Zero, and the original Star Fox are some that shouldn't hurt your wallet. I particularly love Star Fox because, although it doesn't run exactly great, the game is challenging, has a great atmosphere, and has an incredible soundtrack. The version of Lylat in the SNES version is so bizarre and sinister compared to what came afterward. Definitely worth playing!

[@RetroGameTech]

+CMM1215 Thanks for the suggestions! And yeah some of the prices for SNES games are getting crazy!

[@deafomega]

A Kmart clearance priced these at like 5 dollars a piece when I was younger. They had Killer Instinct and tons of other games for a buck or less. I bought every single one. Gave a ton of friends SNES units with a small collection of games. Should have left them in the closet unopened for all these decades...

[@SVL0RM00N]

Reccomendations for SNES games? Are you kidding? Super Mario World Zelda: A Link To The Past Chrono Trigger Mega Man X Earthbound Star Fox Super Mario RPG Kirby Super Star ^These are all the 5-star absolute must-plays. Never mind the plain-old awesome games.

[@Vanessinha91Pucca]

Don't fix it, give it to Mike Kenedy instead ;)

[@fys4287]

+Vanessa Pucca Ouch. Hah.

[@sos.gamers]

Saddly in southamerica, there are more SNES JR Clones than Originals SNES JR, but the clones are much better, RGB, S-Video and if you mod the console can have Component video, and the console is region free, so some clones that has sharp and sony video chips are the same quality of the nintendo snes jr, others with generic chips are ok, i had one SNES Jr Clone with gamebits screws, and a great RGB signal :)

[@ExtraRice0016]

hi i do have a snes jr clone do you know where is the encoder chip in the board and the pinouts? thank you

[@sos.gamers]

ExtraRice0016 i Don't know depends on the console, for example i had one Snes jr made by Nikita (uruguayan company) that had a generic encoder but the brazilian snes jr had Sony encoders, chinese snes jr maybe had genéric ones :/

[@MiguelRamirezVA]

Yeah, that's very true. I grew up playing the SNES Jr but it was a clone I got it when I was little :')

[@HarvssLadd]

Yes! New video!

[@02337755]

+Harvs I thought the same thing :)

[@Foolishoverlord]

YAY! Glad to see you popping up regularly again on here. Hope life is treating you well. you should do a proper gaming setup tour onces its properl;y set up again :-)

[@RetroGameTech]

+F0olishoverlord Thanks! Still need to get everything hooked up and setup but will do a vid when it is :)

[@TheRunefox]

Old hardware clones like these interest me a lot... I wonder in what ways they differ from the original hardware, and how that affects the games and the output in comparison.

[@RetroGameTech]

+Runefox Same here. I think it's amazing a group of people were able to reverse engineer a current gen system then manufacture their own and sell it for less!

[@oo0speed0oo]

I'm glad to see that your back. keep up the great work, very interesting.

[@daddymarkram]

I played Street Fighter 2, Rock N Roll Racing, F-Zero and Zelda a lot on the SNES as a teenager. Quite good games if you're looking for some.

[@RetroGameTech]

+Daddymarkram Thanks for the suggestions! :)

[@justsomeguy8385]

The real SNES Jr. doesn't have triwing screws, it has 4.5mm security screws. They are the same one used on the N64 and N64 game cartridges.

[@akuunreach]

Correction to what was said about tri-wing security screws, all home systems prior to the Wii, used a security screw with a bulb head with spokes. Larger but similar to the screws in the SNES cartridge of Wayne's World.

[@SkuldChan42]

I know this is an old video, but my favorite SNES game is the launch title - Super Mario World - one of the best 2d platformers ever made, and then also Megaman X - both of which you can get super cheap (pun intended). I had one of these as a child and its a great console :). Also I couldn't help feel sorry for some customer who actually called the help line on the back of the unit - and the tech at Nintendo who had to deal with these knockoffs.

[@eyesofnova]

I bet this was in someones shed in a box.

[@dr14ertley]

I love these repair videos!!

[@samm3019]

I got one of these. It was not a clone but it was a pain to replace the rusted cart slot. Next time I will use a heated solder sucker to remove it in one piece instead of several..

[@andrewstephens4492]

nice to see you doing Vlog's again

[@ibanezgera]

Love the Lets Repair series.

[@Arkilowog]

The Tick is a fun Beat Em Up that can be had for fairly cheap

[@craggercragger8989]

I didn't know this was commonly cloned! Cool video.

[@cybermafia2369]

love your videos mate. enjoyed them all. keep them coming.

[@MandlyL]

Donkey Kong Country! Probably my favorite SNES game. Chrono Trigger and A Link to the Past are great too.

[@baistosh]

The best Repair Man Console!!! is back baby~

[@oi23origin]

They're kind of expensive recommendations, but Super Metroid, the Megaman X series, and the Donkey Kong Country games are all awesome games, in addition to any of the Mario titles on the system.

[@Keanine]

That's the same model as my old TV, memories haha. Great video as always

[@woohookittys]

"You take it apart, you clean it, and it works fine." Well it's solid state, so it's either catastrophically damaged or just dirty 90% of the time. Not a lot of middle ground.

[@TheHilo623]

All of you're videos are amazing! keep up the awesome work.

[@TiberiusWallace]

Highly likely they didn't know you couldn't play PAL games.

[@jesterface0521]

I love how the guy goes ," I think it may have some rust on it." Yup a little...

[@RetroGameTech]

+JesterFace05 I've seen worse ;)

[@jesterface0521]

As have I on my original Playstation bottom motherboard shield.

[@Gigidag77]

"Hi Wayne!" "NOT!"

[@AOClaus]

Plenty of good games to try. Super Metroid, Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario RPG just to name a few.

[@DaveSimonH]

Nice, another system to add to the collection. Will be interesting to see if it was an issue with the power connector, that prevented the system from booting for the seller, or the 25 years of dust and rust XD I haven't bought much on eBay over the last couple of years game wise, just the odd cheap DVD or blu-ray, as I've mostly been playing via PC. But actually just yesterday I ordered Demon's Souls, had tried it years ago when it was in PS+ but was a bit dismissive at the time. But more recently I've gotten into the Souls series, so it will be interesting to revisit it. Was actually surprised to see a couple of Japanese copies going cheap too, which would probably be a terrible idea for me (for what will essentially be my first playthrough) but hopefully they will end up in collections of big fans of the game.

[@RetroGameTech]

+DaveSimonH I think it was just the dust and rust causing the problem :) . Will stop in at Maplin next week and pick up the correct power plug, just to make sure. Demon Souls was just too much for me, haha. Frustrations to the max!

[@073731002]

finally you post a video man im always looking on youtube to see if you post something!

[@JarodMoonchild1975]

You should definately try to get F-Zero for it. And Super Mario World, plus Street Fighter II. Which were my favourites on the system. I think I had Lemmings for it too.

[@Salmonaxe223]

Super Metroid and Zelda a Link to the Past are my game suggestions. Most cartridges battery backups will be dead, so you can do videos of replacing those, lol.

[@RetroGameTech]

+Salmonaxe223 Thanks for the suggestions, haha

[@green929392]

It's disappointing that it's a clone, but at least you got it working.

[@cutemimi25]

You're wrong about the screws, on the official ones they're Game bit screws, it wasn't until the Wii that they used Tri-wing screws "Gameboys don't count those are hand held." Aside from that, great repair RetroGameTech.

[@cutemimi25]

Dami Nooki Sure you were, keep in mind I was talking about Home consoles, handhelds are a different story.

[@cutemimi25]

Dami Nooki I'm sure everyone else was as well.

[@GeoffGordonStuart]

Yay! Another vid. Thanks. Always look forward to The "lets repair"

[@AceyMari]

im glad you're back man i like to know if you can do one of those ebay junk of a original ps3 phat 20gb that plays ps2 games someday :)

[@pastedtomato]

Since it's a clone system, it should be able to play PAL games on it (And also Super Famicom ones, but even official ones can do that)

[@bensimwise]

Fantastic video! I love this kind of stuff!. You've got yourself a new subscriber.

[@Ettornio]

SNES game recommendation: Looney Tunes B-Ball. Even if you don't like basketball or sports games, turn up the Whacky Meter to 10 and you'll love it! Great game to play with 3 friends via multi-tap!

[@RetroGameTech]

+Ettornio Sounds like fun! Cheers

[@Duke_Togo_G13]

These had the best video output quality and can be converted for even better quality.

[@RetroGameTech]

+Adem Iscariot Good to know! :)

[@DCPorter71]

Love your ebay repair vids. It never goes as well for me when I try to do the same though, I've still got lots to learn. ;)