Gamecube Keyboard Restoration - Yellowed Plastic Retrobright

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ABOUT THE RESTORATION
This was my first plastic restoration. Overall I'm really proud of the way this restoration turned out considering its initial state. I hope that you and all of the people who watched were entertained. If you're reading this right now I want to thank you and let you know that I appreciate you watching my content.
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Timestamps-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0:00 Intro
0:06 unboxing
0:33 please help me translate this note into English
0:42 controller reveal and inspection
01:45 testing
03:12 disassembly
06:01 cleaning
07:11 Retrobright bleaching to remove yellowed color
07:47 re-assembly
09:48 and it's done
10:08 Testing Round 2
11:13 Typing with the keyboard
11:50 Subscribe
12:00 if you're reading this, say "i loved this video" in the comments
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[@SatisfyingRestoration]

if any one can translate the note at 0:33 please post a comment down below ⤵⤵⤵ I want to know what he wrote

[@MrDomBoileau]

Thank you very much! This is a great KZbin channel that I recommend to everyone.

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

@@MrDomBoileau thank you for the wonderful comment

[@alikebadge6]

@@MrDomBoileau Thanks for the translation!

[@ataraxis890]

That's the correct translation! I checked it using OCR and online translation

[@ataraxis890]

どうも ありがとう ござい ました これ は KZbin が皆 さん に お勧め する 素晴 らい チャンネル です 。

[@Zevil]

The note says: "Thank you so much for accepting this, this channel is a great channel that KZbin should recommend to everyone!"

[@MorrosSinIdeas]

@@FranciscoMartinez-yv4om ñ

[@ezekiellikolo7060]

@@FranciscoMartinez-yv4om 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pepperman_real23]

KZbin gods have giv

[@enzostories]

@@MorrosSinIdeas ç

[@MorrosSinIdeas]

@@enzostories ä

[@dreamer72]

Creating a custom stage and skin on a homebrewed switch is so over the top I love it.

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Haha thank you 🙏

[@glizock_intern1877]

Is there a link to dl this stage?

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

No, I made it myself and haven’t uploaded it

[@glizock_intern1877]

Ok, stage looks clean as hell tho 🔥

[@user-cs5op9qk7h]

This letter is not a Japanese text written by a Japanese person. The letter has prominent features of hiragana and kanji writing styles commonly used by foreigners who are not Japanese speakers. The sentence structure also shows features that are not often used in colloquial Japanese, so perhaps a non-Japanese transcribed the machine-translated Japanese. Just as I am now doing machine translation lol. Or perhaps the letter was written by someone studying Japanese.

[@YahaBalyaEgeyBalya]

Google translated your english text to russian very good. -) I'll understand you throught 2 languages.

[@chemicalwarfaremann7607]

I love when KZbin actually recommends stuff that I like.

[@user-wh4th7zr8o]

Thank you for restoring the controller

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

thank you for watching

[@FreeThinker0]

Are you the sender of the controller? You give it away?

[@Tazerboy_10]

Yup

[@RedFly.]

🤢🤮

[@jouflow]

You are welcome.

[@jordenmessel]

this channel feels like “the relaxing end” but for restoring rather than unboxing i love it

[@Nachobrick]

Theres another account that restores consoles and controllers

[@chillnspace777]

@@Nachobrick what is the channel?

[@Nachobrick]

@@chillnspace777 I think it's called odd tinkering

[@RochRich.]

I haven’t heard that name since his CoD zombies content, holy shit

[@user-sm2fj2ij6r]

どうもありがとうございました。これはKZbinが皆さんにお勧めする素晴らしいチャンネルです。

[@user-sm2fj2ij6r]

"thank you very much. This is a great channel that I recommend to everyone on KZbin. ] is written

[@fafabear6494]

Hi there

[@user-se2oq4yv4v]

愛してるよ🤟

[@SmileFan.]

​@@user-se2oq4yv4vなんと-

[@oogiegoogie2826]

Just a little suggestion: when you put screws back into plastic, you should always turn them counter clockwise slowly until they click into the threading that’s already there, then screw them in. It makes it way less likely that you’ll strip the plastic.

[@Nachobrick]

You gave me flashbacks to your profile picture 😢

[@zacharytanner4598]

I thought i was the only one that did this

[@Borrelaas]

You should allways do this with screws, metal into metal ones aswell

[@frenchishard]

Yes, it's true, that's what i do !

[@heartsDmise]

Thank you for the tip!

[@Molten_Pig]

The fact that you had Grand Dad modded into SSBU shows just how cultured you truly are. Great restoration video.

[@Chrisboy265]

FLEENSTONES?!

[@GrnArrow092]

I've never seen this GameCube keyboard controller before as I'm not from Japan, but it's satisfying to see this controller restored back to its original condition.

[@VulpisFoxfire]

@@potatochobit Ah, I was wondering. I've seen similar split-controller keyboards for Playstation, wasn't sure why they had one for the Cube.

[@shingoaonuma9483]

わたしは日本人ですが知りませんでした

[@No-onesgayformoleman]

@@potatochobit I was 14 when Phantasy star online came out on the Gamecube. I remember I had that game, Zelda Wind Waker with the Promo CD that came with Ocarina of Time and Majora's mask and Luigi's Mansion as my initial games. Never knew there was a GC Keyboard until today.

[@stoneygamer0420]

lol

[@TheRealSinjinsmyth]

Had 2 of these monsters. Threw em out years ago. Of course they are worth hundreds now!

[@ariel92barillas]

The note says: Thank you for restoring the controler, this is a great KZbin channel, recommended to everyone.

[@omegaphoneofjesus]

Not gonna lie, of all the restoration videos I’ve seen, this controller was among the nastiest looking prior to disassembly. You did a phenomenal job restoring it.

[@oniplus4545]

whoever sent that probably played games while having hamburger pieces in both hands, judging from the places of sauce stains

[@vincentt2309]

@@oniplus4545 It’s hambāgā actually

[@oniplus4545]

@@vincentt2309 the heck is hambāgā

[@SorarikoMotone]

@@oniplus4545 japanese pronunciation of hamburger

[@andresguerrero3347]

@@SorarikoMotone and why is this relevant to the conversation?

[@bowtosquirrels]

The typing sounds as you readded the keys to the board was peak audio design, thank u thank u

[@SharkNinjaBlueStar]

If I remember correctly, this controller was made to be used with Phantasy Star Online for the Gamecube, which had a text chat function, ergo the full keyboard. Also good god, what hell had this controller endured to be that filthy? The only thing I can think of is being previously owned by a Japanese shut-in.

[@Tazerboy_10]

What about Animal Crossing? (At least, other games that required some form of typing every now and then...)

[@VegitoBlackityBlack]

What's a Japanese shut - in?

[@SharkNinjaBlueStar]

@@Tazerboy_10 I'm not sure, I don't think AC is set up to work with an actual keyboard...

[@SharkNinjaBlueStar]

@@VegitoBlackityBlack Stays inside for the majority of their life, usually poor, etc.

[@Dx20xygen7]

Man this thing doesn't look super comfortable but I think with some time you can easily become accustomed to it. Great job on giving it another lifetime!

[@reactking7093]

Its probably a little bit bigger than the steam deck.

[@evanstore21]

Shitty friend controller. The controller that your shitty friend would make you use as you play video games with him.

[@combeferret]

I think it was mostly made for Animal Crossing, where this was the only easy way to type in game.

[@gugaPapidze]

​@@combeferret why is controller broken

[@Thaltas]

I lost it when I saw the Grand Dad mod. Love to see another Silvagunner enjoyer in their free time! Wonderful video

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Haha I was gonna use his music for the level but I didn’t know if he’d copyright strike me

[@Thaltas]

@@SatisfyingRestoration they don't. It's a collaborative effort channel where lots of musicians post mashup OSTs for completely free! They love the jokes being spread everywhere

[@fwildt]

GRAND DAD! A fellow Joel fan?

[@tastutoriais]

Que ótimo trabalho, ficou muito bom, queria ter um teclado desse, parabéns 👍

[@marilynboyer2359]

The note say « thank you very much. This is great channel that youtube recommends to everybody. «

[@user-rq6cu7gi3t]

この形のコントローラは日本の中古店で見たことありましたが、日本限定でここまで高価で取引されているとは思いませんでした

[@daimienplays]

Exactly what i needed to start a Sunday. Amazing resto cant wait for the next!

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Thank you so much 😊

[@MrPEELY-xc3nf]

Thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to all of you.

[@skelemon5975]

Translation: Thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin would recommend to everyone.

[@MarkMeadows90]

Not a bad restoration. I would recommend using a 12% hydrogen peroxide instead of the typical stuff you get at Walmart that only has 3%. You can get big jugs of them on Amazon for reasonable prices. The UV retrobrighting box looks good. I wonder if leaving the parts in there for at least 2-3 days would make the plastic more original looking. The plastic still looked a little yellowed when you were assembling it, but that's just me. Here's to 30K more! Take care.

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

thank for the tips man I appreciate it! i will keep that in mind if i do another retro bright restoration! (:

[@MarkMeadows90]

@@iamalwayswrite I know Chip Channel Restorations uses it occasionally.

[@kaneda010]

The colour restoration doesn't look quite right to me either, these controllers should be closer to white. Still, this is much better than how it started out.

[@nicklarricks]

Once I saw everything coming out of the UV light, I said to myself “Oh yeah, that looks so much better!”

[@devionnetyler]

Thank you very much. This is a wonderful channel that KZbin recommends to everyone.

[@BeCarefulAndCautions]

凄い。こんなに綺麗になるのか…。✨

[@KamiwazaYello]

それな

[@necotas]

日本語のメモがおかしいのは、これを発送したトラヴィスさんが日本人ではなく、自動翻訳後に写して書いたためと思われる。文面はおかしいが手書きで真心があって良いですね。

[@anatolpieruszka3388]

0:52 ja też tak robię jak mam bąbelkową folie, cudowna rzecz 🤣

[@maimaibiri9045]

That is actually awesome for an old keyboard.

[@ThePiggzy]

The note says Thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to everyone.

[@derelictshouse]

alright, you sold me with the custom Switch/Smash. Seeing a niche piece of hardware like this get new life is so wonderful! Cheers!

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Thank you

[@Emma1854]

This is just... BEAUTIFUL!

[@lilsquidgaming39]

Best retrobright process I have ever seen

[@SixFourZero]

The note says: Thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to all of you.

[@zitmiya]

すげぇｗｗｗメッチャきれいというか新品ｗ beautiful hands....... this is magic........

[@ecocodex4431]

The note says: "'Help me... Please help me... I am a prisoner in the dungeon of castle. My name is Zelda. The wizard, Agahnim, has done... something to the other missing girls. Now only I remain... Agahnim has seized control of the castle and is now trying to open the seven wise men's seal. ... ... I am in the dungeon of the castle. Please help me..." Wow, you better get going

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

haha

[@DrunkMoblin]

My favorite game ever! Such a strong opening.

[@maxhemenway]

Thank you very much! This is a great KZbin channel that I recommend to everyone.

[@VulpisFoxfire]

Good to see that *all* it needed was some TLC...cleaning up the gunk solved the drifting stick issue, rather than the pots having to be replaced with all the soldering involved.

[@andresguerrero3347]

I tried this keyboard controller once and it was a bit uncomfortable bc of the size and weight but for todays standards it's actually normal, you are used to holding things like switch, tablets, steam deck, etc but back then it was kind of weird 😅

[@pavelkoudele5526]

V klávesnici je pěkná zásoba DNA.😀

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

I had the same thought when i saw all the hair lol

[@ccoeurjoli]

😄 … comme dans la série « les experts » 😄

[@timothymergenthaler]

7:47 this believe it or not is my favorite part of the vid

[@kimodonnell7405]

Wow! Just wow. What a transformation.

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Thank you

[@SirFancyPantss]

Great job! Can’t wait to see your next project. Keep it up!! 😊

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Thank you!! 😊

[@99Vood99]

You could use Isopropyl Alcohol or electric contact cleaner on the circuit board and analog controller sticks. It would work just as fine on the keyboard membrane too. The sonic cleaner is fine, but some soapy warm water and a soft brush would've been slightly more effective. Overall the controller was 100x better than the state it came in.

[@younghumphrey06]

is this a joke?

[@noobbam1730]

Incredible transformation

[@kingtyphoon]

Awesome restoration. It's such a versatile and awesome gadget to have and it's satisfying to see it back working in it's full glory again!

[@kampaniia4blue]

懐かしいコントローラー！というか今も所持しています！ GCのPSOを遊ぶ為に購入しましたが、チャットするのはとにかく楽でした:) 興味深い動画をありがとう

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

見てくれてありがとう

[@jiggylookback]

Amazing work! Just saved some gaming history right there!

[@Datekuzuri17]

Note says thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to everyone

[@QuickyBabyTV]

Anyone else think of Phantasy Star Online when they see one of these beauties?

[@DKBizzlePro]

Repping the custom level ayyyy

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

I’ve been waiting two hours for this comment haha 😂

[@Dogomatic]

Where did you go satisfying restorations

[@yuantheblue]

I had never even heard of that, but it looks really cool too!

[@mikan574]

The content of the letter is "Thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to everyone."

[@illhousemedia]

Awh yeah! Takes me back!🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@zackboneham3158]

Great work my man!

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Thanks brother

[@Werewolfmage]

i never seen that keyboard before. thats awesome.

[@Qud_c]

まさかの日本で驚き！凄い… ゲームは世界をつなぐ。

[@ogenmiller]

Здорово, что вы так хорошо умеете реставрировать вещи прошлых эпох и вполне современные 👍😊 за этим интересно наблюдать. Спасибо за субтитры! Спасибо за видео. Желаю успехов

[@watros4214]

О русский😮

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Thank you for watching

[@ogenmiller]

@@watros4214 о, да.

[@pinkgoomba3457]

@@SatisfyingRestoration hi

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Hello

[@JohnSmith-fe3di]

I bought this controller with the box and everything for a bit over $200 a couple years ago to play PSO on a private server on my cube. It’s a great controller, the keys are just meant for small teenager Japanese hands so it’s a bit hard sometimes to type. Ty for restoring this one.

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Glad to see the pso community is still alive haha Thank you for watching and commenting

[@TheGamingInvestor]

This was indeed thoroughly satisfying

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Thank you

[@TT-rider]

　：どうもありがとうございました。これはKZbinが皆さんにおすすめする素晴らしいチャンネルです。 Thank you very much. This is KZbin's recommendation to you all. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to everyone.

[@bootyyyslayer9000]

this is not a place I expected to see Grand Dad but I am pleasantly surprised

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Throwback Thursday lmao

[@M1d32]

So satisfying to watch at the end, great job!!

[@jongsongphane5380]

I have a few of these keyboards, glad to see they've been getting love lately lol

[@waynepedley5395]

You could probably clone the previous user from the stuff on that controller... 🤢 But an awesome job with the restoration. 😃👍

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

That was my thought lmao

[@Tazerboy_10]

🤔 - Would you really want to do that?

[@faarmer]

Whoa you are actually good at SSB. Also, epic that you made Custom stage and characters

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

thank you so much, I'm actually pretty rusty at smash rn and that was filmed at 4 am with no sleep haha i appreciate this comment man I hope you'll be a subscriber :)

[@emperorchungus]

@@SatisfyingRestoration Hey, how did you get that customized background and character sprites? Or is it even custom? I spose i could just look it up but i'm here now so.. lol

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

I had to mod it, I made the new textures and my brother did the rest

[@EllieCollie]

GRAND DAD?

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Fleenstones?

[@Ibiky_Stern]

This one beautiful piece of tech !!

[@impachoblue1301]

Im so afraid to do these things myself. I wish i could pay this man to fix a box of my old controllers in need of some love

[@grahambaker7563]

Great video! Such an interesting oddity! Never knew it even existed till now!

[@JackO-bi3ze]

The note says thank you so much for excepting this this channel that KZbin should recommend for everyone!

[@JackO-bi3ze]

I rote it wrong sorry 😂

[@OneTrueEnd2024]

Thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to everyone.

[@user-pp8xi9rz7n]

I have the translation you said for in the starting :- Thank you very much. This is a great leprosy Channel that KZbin recommends to everyone.

[@ronniemakinen]

Awesome restoration. Thank you for giving this controller a life back.

[@strangerblvd]

Soooo many decades of snacks 😅

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

It had more snacks residue than a vending machine haha

[@oscarmiles8447]

I like your videos because they are very satisfying And I love all the retro tech you fix And play with

[@dr.aabidh5343]

Aww awsome broo

[@PAZO2FAN]

GRAND DAD!!!! Were you playing against Joel?

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

it would be an honor haha

[@user-commentcoteisiro]

0:33 memo thank you very much. This is a great channel that youtube recommends to all of you.

[@ongakuwotabeta]

The for parts controller I ordered for $120 is CLEAN! Only problem is the caps lock key is missing (I LOVE Japanese standards for parts)

[@SC.243k]

Great 😊

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Thank you 😊

[@shotgunmario]

phantasy star online!

[@pixelcrunch300]

Everyone gangster until the Steve Mains roll up with this beast.

[@aisin8644]

まさかの日本語でびっくり!! 「どうもありがとうございました。これはKZbinが皆さんにお勧めする素晴らしいチャンネルです。」 "Thank you very much. This is a wonderful channel that KZbin recommends to everyone."

[@ccoeurjoli]

Toujours fascinant le déjaunissant des plastiques !!! À bientôt !

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Merci pour le merveilleux commentaire (:

[@lotsoffreetime8392]

That was a very good restoration you've done great work👍👍👍 also i'm not a japanese or knows how to translate the Japanese words into English but according to what Google said on the note is this " Thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to everyone " with that said if that is the accurate translation then i agree of what it states on the note😊😊

[@sunset6639]

Thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to everyone. どうもありがとうございました。 これはKZbinが皆さんにおすすめする素晴らしいチャンネルです🎉 I'M JAPNESE

[@ma_1273_the_boss]

It said thank you very much. This is a great channel that KZbin recommends to everyone.

[@7351.]

MUAZZAM HARİKA :)

[@taiki7826]

日本語の手紙の日本語不思議ですね

[@worldview3555]

Nice job. I've been watching retrobright videos for years but never tried because i'm afraid it can do damage to plastic and yellowing seems to return.

[@Austeration]

Brilliant job 👍 looks and works like new again. No more work for you for the day it's game time by the looks 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Haha thank you 🙏

[@VaporwaveOnVHS]

1:57 Grandad!?

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Oooh grand dad

[@miscorpii2719]

Man I thought at first there was something wrong with his tv when I saw the Mario, then I looked at his hat

[@cupnoodles6358]

this is the controller i give to my sibling

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Haha 😂

[@impossiblemission4ce]

I love the idea of taking the gamecube keyboard to the office.

[@unaiatxa4778]

The note says something like: [EN] "Thank you very much. This is a great channel and KZbin should recommend It to everyone" [ES] "Te lo agradezco mucho. Éste es un gran canal y KZbin debería recomendárselo a todo el mundo" (Maybe is a rough translation, Neither english or japanese are my mother languages)

[@CFM7]

Someone tried to make a pb&j with that thing

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Haha 😂

[@olivergamer9078]

Tradução em Português. 😁 Muito obrigado este é o um ótimo vídeo que o KZbin recomenda para você.

[@SatisfyingRestoration]

Obrigado

[@olivergamer9078]

@@SatisfyingRestoration sucesso 🚀

[@grey6546]

Grate job! 👍 чудной девайс 🤭 Обожаю Game Cube! 😏