Atari Tetris 1988 Arcade Repair

[@AccFireballs]

Another board up and running, baby! We love to see it! You're working your way through that K&J lot at an insane pace, Luke, great job!😊

[@lukemorse1]

Thanks a lot here Acc! gotta keep them out of the scrap pile as long as I can and not so much time to spend on them! Ill keep em coming though

[@The_Magic_of_Zelda]

Superb job restoring this classic gem. It’s me Wild Weasel Phantom (WWP). I changed my username since I am going through a change in my life and yes I am a Zelda fan. :) We gamers salute you for all the work you do to keep these historic boards and games alive and running.

[@lukemorse1]

Thank you so much WWP! It's great to see you still out there and making the most of life and whatever it throws at you. Hopefully I can keep up with the different name here but always glad to see posts from you. Thanks again and wishing you the best

[@dave4shmups]

Great work Luke! I’ve only played this version of Tetris once, but it’s fun!

[@lukemorse1]

Really appreciate the kind words as always man and it’s a pretty fun game! Hope you are doing well and i might have to check out the other version here someday as well.

[@pcbjunkie1]

When a broken leg ruins your day... Nice easy repair Luke... went for the obvious issue and got it right!

[@lukemorse1]

Yeah, it was a real bummer to see that leg was toast, but it was a fun little repair to get it back up and running!

[@GT-oc2sl]

i wish i could be this lucky when it comes to repair game consoles bruuuh nice fix

[@lukemorse1]

I'm sure you will be able to get your chance some day. Definitely doesn't always work out like this. I've got a stackpile of broken boards that need a lot more work. Thanks for the positivity and sending it right back at you! Next time you come across a console that needs some work, hopefully you can get it running again!!

[@CameronJohnson]

Man, that's super satisfying. Awesome job Luke!

[@lukemorse1]

Thanks for the kind words, always good to get these oldies working again!

[@davy_K]

Great work - whoever owned that before played the hell out of it - insane high scores on it!

[@jacobrichardson1952]

Well that's interesting Luke, as an old soul person for 1988, this is heavy gold.

[@lukemorse1]

Thanks again Jacob for coming along for the ride

[@KennAndJenn]

Good eye man! I looked over this board a bunch and couldnt figure it out. Was scratching my head wondering why such a clean board wasnt working.

[@lukemorse1]

Haha, I totally know what you mean man. Yeah, these can be tricky and I almost missed it myself. Glad I was able to shed some light on this one though! Thanks for popping in to watch the madness unfold bro

[@darthv72]

Excellent repair Luke.

[@lukemorse1]

Appreciate it! These classics deserve to be playable again.

[@TheKayliedGamerChannel-YouTube]

Nice fix there Luke, the black screen was kinda anxiety inducing 😅, another board saved from the e-waste grave again ! 🤘🤠 🎉

[@lukemorse1]

Thanks as always man. Yeah, I was thinking "oh no, did I make it worse!?" Definitely enough to get the anxiety pumping lol. Hope to get through these other boards here soon as well

[@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza]

That ingame music seems to be similar to one of the tunes used in the unlicensed Tengen version of Tetris on the NES/FamiCom. Also I'm still helplessly hoping for Smell o-vision because I'd really quite enjoy having a whiff of flux smoke as you work on these boards. As well as the very rare instances of creepy crawly crud and gunk odors 😁

[@Code7Unltd]

It's almost as if Tengen's NES game was just a home-version of the arcade game. Superior to Nintendo's offering, however.

[@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza]

@Code7Unltd To be honest Tengen's version IS INDEED far superior than the official Nintendo release.

[@lukemorse1]

It was really wild and caught me off guard, I thought to myself, what kind of music is this? Lol. That explains where it might have come from. As for the smello o vision, you might be one of the rare ones who enjoys the flux and toxic fumes 😅 it may happen someday though! Thanks as always for chiming in

[@lukemorse1]

​@@Code7Unltdreally interesting point. I never played the tengen one enough to remember the music but it's definitely a neat game here

[@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza]

Being from Southeast Asia a majority of the cartridges for the FamiCom one could buy here at the time were either unlicensed stuff, illegal Taiwanese Pirated copies or seemingly legit ones, you can tell because legit copies come in their boxes and have a manual with mostly Japanese text. So it was only natural for us to have played the unlicensed Tengen version of Tetris instead of the official Nintendo version. Also it is ABSOLUTELY rare to find anyone with an NES back then as FamiClones were what was commonly sold here. If you had an NES it meant you had U.S. expat relatives.

[@TheHighlander71]

Doctor Luke to the rescue fixing broken legs. Haha...nice

[@lukemorse1]

One leg at a time lol😅

[@lmoore3rd]

I prefer the Atari / Tengen version of Tetris over the Nintendo released version, it's quite common on those 60-in-1 bootleg Famicom carts from early 90's. Music is more up beat and controls better in my opinion.

[@lukemorse1]

Very cool observation there. I may have to revisit the tengen version again as I can't remember it all that much. Thanks for checking the vid out!

[@gumdeo]

Oh yeah, TETЯIS is saved!

[@lukemorse1]

Love how you spelled it the same way! Yes, Tetris lives again to fight another day

[@sithwarrior]

Tetris we put that **** on everything 😂

[@lukemorse1]

Lmao! 😂 Love it

[@JFD62780]

...I think the screen's zoomed in...

[@lukemorse1]

It's probably the monitor self adjusting 😅

[@zidane2k1]

Looks like maybe it still has some high scores from long ago?

[@lukemorse1]

It may very well have. Some of these boards kept high scores without a battery so it's completely possible Thanks for watching!

[@YNGBLD80]

Hey Luke another survivor well done, question with regards to dead shorts, what is your general practice with regards to identifying a short between ground and 5 volts?, is it mostly a busted caps? I'm working through a board atm with a dead short so any assistance is appreciated. Cheers Franky