WRECKED! Bin it or Fix it? Atari 2600

[@slopesgameroom]

This was great to watch mate. keep it up

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thanks Slopes! Love your work ;)

[@8-bitsteve500]

Fantastic. I'm binging on these videos right now, I find them entertaining, educational and I love your comments throughout.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Haha! My style has evolved quite quickly, so you might notice a difference as you go further back. But there's an 11 part virtual pinball build earlier that I'm still very proud of 😁 But I can't watch the early stuff any more, makes me cringe 🤣

[@jackleg693]

Brilliant episode!! And shows how wonderful the retro community are too.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thank you J 😁 The retro community is the absolute best!

[@satirevi]

Just wonderful stuff, well done you and the community for reviving what would otherwise be a lost cause of a plastic box!

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

It's been suggested I might have turned it into a plant pot 🤣

[@JonathanAdamsGB]

Fabulous, simply fabulous. Great to see you back!

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thank you Jonathan! 😁

[@mogwaay]

Tiptop video Lee, really enjoy your work, thanks for sharing. I was really interested to see how you terminated the wires to the trashed traces, good job. Like the banter better past Lee and narrator Lee!

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Haha! One of those Lee's has no idea what's coming! 😁

[@hyzenthlay7151]

I had an issue with a 4 switch woody I rescued from a skip, where I got it to a stage where it would only sometimes work. The pins on the ICs were dull so I cleaned and buffed them, as well as cleaned out the sockets, but it was still giving issues. I found that if I turned it on and it didn't work, just removing and reinserting the 6507 would make it work. I ended up swapping out all 3 sockets for new ones, cleaning all the soldering pads before fitting the sockets, and it hasn't given a problem since. Sometimes those damn intermitent faults can be really annoying, but when you solve them it's very satisfying.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

That's a very satisfying fix. Nice work!

[@RetroSegaDev]

Another superbly produced and entertaining video 😁

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thank you Matteus 😁

[@omegaman1409]

What amazing is how much plastic was used in these consoles. You can downsize the console to half the size to just accommodate the main board.

[@RetrogradeScene]

Great work Lee! Nicely rescued. I think the series should continue you need to put the call out for one in a even worse state.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

THIS IS AN URGENT APPEAL. DOES ANYONE HAVE A MINCED ATARI 2600?

[@MikeDX2]

Informative and entertaining as always Lee. Nice one :)

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thanks Mike 😁

[@gearsofgames]

Good work! That soldering was a bit of nightmare. Hopefully the awesome power of hotsnott will keep the cables safe! :)

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

I used about a metric tonne so fingers crossed! 🤣

[@gearsofgames]

@@MoreFunMakingIt The secret of any good apple sauce... I mean soldering job! 😁

[@CheshireNoir]

Awesome video. I like that you leave your errors in. Makes me feel happier about my errors :-)

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thank you 😁 I couldn't take the mistakes out, they're everyone's favourite bits! 🤣

[@Yesterzine]

"This relationship ended like all my relationships. In a plastic box in the loft."

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Who said romance is dead?

[@Hounddoggy33]

CRG sent me to your channel. Love your retro vids!

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Glen is a legend and a lovely guy. Welcome aboard! 😁

[@marcusglassford5318]

Awesome (and very persistent) work! I feel we have a synergy as your work with the hot glue gun looks a lot like my work with a soldering iron ;-)

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Haha! Eventually your golf cart will only consist of solder and hot glue 😂

[@Retrocatone]

Awesome video, and what a rescue ! Well done

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thank you Thierry 😁

[@vanhetgoor]

You could have given that poor Atari some extra RAM while it was open, add stereo sound, just to make the Atari feel wanted and loved again.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Trashbag has been through enough!

[@EC5ABG]

Muy bueno!!, un saludo. Antonio.👍👏👏

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thank you Antonio! 😁

[@Labyrnthdom]

Couldnt you test the legs of the suspect chip with multimeter and see what was going on with it? Compairing to the working one. It could be possible that the leg that may be shorted isnt really used and can be disconnected and it will work. Or it carries voltage or even ohms through to the leg. You could possibly supply it with that and it would possibly work again? Just a theory honesty. And a bonus for you if it worked. Awesome videos on you list.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thanks! That's something I could try one day. Worth a shot!

[@techfixuk]

It was nice of them to let the local butcher have a crack at fixing it before they sold it

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

🤣

[@renilddavidesisrivero2491]

Greetings, friend here again, this time I dusted off my six lever VCS, light sixer, the atari in question turns on, gives video on the screen, but after three minutes of seeing the game on the screen, it loses the image, they seem as if it were blurred, the pixels of the figures in the game are dropped until the game is completely unviewable. I uncover it, check the voltage regulator and it shows me 5.1 volts on the output pin. I understand that it has to show 5 volts on the output pin, but in my atari it shows 5.1 volts on the output. I ask you, is this regulator good or bad, will this be the cause of the problem with my atari that the video of the game goes off the screen as I explained above. Please, what answer do you give me? Or rather the problem of my atari will be a malfunction of the chips, for example one of these, RIOT, CPU or TIA.

[@newbe5]

LONG LIVE TRASHBAG

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

In its plastic box in the loft 🤣

[@madmax2069]

What in the heck did that person do with the pads on trash bag, because they certainly didn't use a soldering iron (well maybe if they fell asleep while trying to solder and left the iron on each pad).

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Maybe a hot poker right out of the fire? :D

[@madmax2069]

@@MoreFunMakingIt I was thinking a mini cutting torch

[@llamathenerd1672]

Cheapo soldering irons are the worst haha, I still need to get rid of mine. I spent far too long trying to solder a cd power connection back onto my PS1 board.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Highly recommend the Pinecil. I've had one for a while now and it's very good, and really great value.

[@madmax2069]

Cheap soldering irons can be very hit and miss. While it's not a $5 special, I did pick up a SCHNEIDER 5-50 watt soldering station at harbor freight for $50 (not exactly cheap, but not expensive seeing how you can easily spend a few hundred on a soldering station).

[@josephnealescratchcards]

gadget UK sent me and what a great video

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Hi Joseph! Glad you enjoyed it 😁 Gadgetuk is such a nice guy.

[@renilddavidesisrivero2491]

Greetings my friends, I need to know if an atari 4-lever rf modulator is compatible with an atari six-lever light sixer, if I mount this rf signal modulator from my atari 4-lever to my atari six-lever it will work fine, that is they are compatible components for both models of atari, please reply, I need your help, see you later my friends.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

I'm very sorry, but I can't say for sure. I've not worked on a 4 switch before. It's probably likely they would use the same unit.

[@renilddavidesisrivero2491]

@@MoreFunMakingIt OK, I'm asking because I'm still working on my 6-lever atari, I've already managed to get the atari to have an image of the space invaders game on my tv, the problem was the aunt, as you told me, but the image it gives me now on the television it is distorted, and checking the rf modulator I realize that it has a broken nut, the same one that has the modulator inside, so now I put a 4-lever modulator on it and now the image that it gave me of the space invaders game is no longer there, My question is if this modulator that I put on it is not compatible with the one with 6 levers, what do you think?

[@Mrshoujo]

Tee Eye Ayyyyyy

[@TheBasementChannel]

Plenty of comic value on trash bag, if little actual value.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

That one was fun to make. I've calmed down a tiny bit since then 😂 (maybe)

[@leesmithsworkshop]

careful with that intro Hello Ashens will be after you.

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Wait. He's copyrighted "hello"?

[@leesmithsworkshop]

@@MoreFunMakingIt no i was just having a bit of fun, but you do sound like him.

[@renilddavidesisrivero2491]

PLEASE, ¿HOW REPAIR BLACK SCREEN ATARI 2600? , PLEASE...

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Hi. It's very difficult to say. There could be many reasons for a black screen. I'm sorry I can't help more.

[@renilddavidesisrivero2491]

@@MoreFunMakingIt thanks, but which cause would be more likely to be a chip, RIOT, CPU, TIA OR A SHORT-CIRCUIT COMPONENT FOR EXAMPLE X200 CRYSTAL, TRANSISTORS Q200, Q201 or other components?

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

TIA is what caused the black screen in my black screen 2600.

[@renilddavidesisrivero2491]

@@MoreFunMakingIt OK, BUT WILL THE TIA, CPU AND RIOT CHIPS OF A FOUR LEVER ATARI IN A SIX LEVER ATARI WORK OR BE COMPATIBLE, THEY CAN BE SWAPED TO SEE IF I CAN GET MY SIX LEVER ATARI WORK USING OR EXCHANGING THE CHIPS OF A SIX LEVER ATARI .

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

You can swap the chips between 4 and 6 switch atari 2600 with no problem. Start with the TIA. Also check the slot, it could just be dirty.

[@JayDecayAE]

Atari 2600 is always trash

[@RBKing80]

Really enjoying your retro content

[@MoreFunMakingIt]

Thank you! That really helps to keep me motivated :D