The RAREST Sega Game Gear | Repair and Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Today we repair the rarest Sega Game Gear which has ever been seen in real life. It needs to have its capacitors replaced before they leak everywhere and ruin the motherboard beyond repair.
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The Relaxing Future
The Retro Future 2 hey
That shot under the water! *thumbs up for that*
ASMR edition🤣
Wasent a fan of this style video but thats just me
I feel more stressed watching this without talking or music
Why this is my favorite channel:
• Relaxing
• Inspiring (Don't lie to me, I know you've been on E-bay looking for parts of your own.)
•Entertaining
•Weird
i don't use ebay but ok then
Yeah, it made me do a case swap and ips mod on my gba sp 😁
i love this, giving me “odd tinkering” vibes. looks lovely!
Glad you like it!
nobody does it better than odd tinkering, sorry.
he even makes it funny with his gestures
KallaMigCP well, this boi is funny when he is talking so, everyone has their individual strengths
@@oftankoftan I agree but for a try he made it pretty well with the relaxing and efficiency effect
Awesome stuff!! It's awesome that you're working hard to keep people entertained while we're on lockdown!! I hope you find some time to relax in this stressful time too, though!! 😄
Thanks buddy!
This reminded me of the channel “Odd Tinkering” in fact, so much I forgot I was even watching a “The Retro Future” video
Not enough liquid ice.
Omg same
I'm pretty sure he took the inspiration from Odd Tinkering but he did a very good video once again.
Men of culture right here.
Screen broken... I make new one.
Be careful ripping up surface mount caps like that, you’ll end up pulling a pad. heat one leg and lift that side, then you can just do the bendy trick like with the others.
Family: there goes Eliot cleaning his game cases in the shower again.
Man I am loving the style of this vid and I hope you will be making more of this
TO ANYONE WANTING TO REPLACE THE CAPACITORS ON THEIR GAME GEAR: Check what board revision you have before you order new capacitors
I love it. The realization that you forgot the Screen foam speaks to my very soul lol.
Hahahah not everyone will notice what that meant
i like watching your videos in the background when i am doing something like playing video games and i keep glancing over and thinking why isn't he talking but then i remember you said you weren't going to be talking
Hahah!
to anybody reading this: when installing new through hole capacitors, pre- bend and pre-cut the capacitor legs BEFORE soldering them to the board. DO NOT install the caps then bend the legs over. it stresses the pads and can detach them from the pcb, particularly if electrolyte leakage has been a problem. don't copy bad practices from this video.
Yeah I enjoyed the video but there's a LOT of things I woulda done differently. Um, probably best that I say no more ;)
Yes, I also cringed at that and how he removes old caps. If you had a leakage due to a bad capacitor, your pad and/or trace have a good chance to go off if you do that. Please unsolder your old caps properly. To be fair, he is working on electronics older than he is, so I give him credit.
what about pulling the old caps out like rotten teeth? that seemed needlessly violent/destructive
Yay I love when you do different things
TheDuckTapeKing thanks buddy!
Nice video Elliot, it was soooooo soothing to see the case being brushed cleaned in the soapy water.
Is this the start to your "the asmr future" channel? LMAO
Hahaha yes!
I got tingles!
Like others have said, this does remind me of ‘Odd Tinkering’, but I enjoy that channel, too, so, win-win. 👍🏻
Man the way you remove the surface mounted capacitors make me tense cause I tried that once on one of GG's and I tore a few solder pads off had to scratch up the trace leading to it to get a good solder point. I desolder each and every cap individually. Awesome you got the smoked clear GG. I wish the GG had a aftermarket shell so I could put my fully modded GG in.
There’s a back to it to avoid damage!
@@TheRetroFuture yes but after the first one I messed up I like to be overly cautious
If you desolder you can get more easy the caps and dont have chance of broke anything and dontneed do the next step desolder pins of thecap you broke
Because of corrosion, the more the caps were leaking, the easier this way to remove caps is, thus safer for the PCB. The way the new caps were soldered is much riskier for old hardware : even a slight force applied to the legs can rip off the pads. I think this way came from an old tutorial for beginners in soldering. Always bend legs of a component before solder them, never after.
9:46 If this capacitor is a 85°C one as I suppose, instead of 105°C for the original ones, it's a clear loss of reliability in this DC-DC power section.
10:11 using cotton swab on glass is also questionable as you can scratch the glass with this thing.
If you're still looking for a replacement shell, Retrosix makes very nice ones including a translucent black one similar to this smoke variant.
@The Retro Future the Beginning was very ASMR, on another note i just fixed a Pristine looking DMG-01 ( has a nice bright screen in original condition if you can believe that) just needed new battery terminals now its working for the first time in 20 years, all thanks to you for your Gameboy fixing inspiration. top lad
Never figured you for the ASMR type. We are forever in the process of becoming. This was an interesting new side to your presentation. I enjoyed it, but don't feel like you have to do it all the time. Many thanks.
The underwater shots are very innovative. I'm not seeing anyone else do that.
Have my orginal game gear from my childhood. Needs the caps replacing but i am far from good with a soldering iron. You make it look so easy.
I prefer with commentary.
Part of what makes your videos so great is your awesome personality. So removing that, while the alone console repair is still great, leaves something lacking. :/
I didn't know I needed this video until I watched it! Loved it interesting and relaxing. Could watch one of these once a month at least for sure. Easy to forget about everything going on for just a few minutes. Thank you for the break sir!
This style was interesting. Wouldnt mine more in the future but I do like hearing you talk while you fix or mod stuff
That was a cool video. I had a Game Gear once, lent it to someone and I never saw it or them again... grrrrr. Learnt my lesson and haven’t lent anything like that to anyone since.
Nice to see so many more people giving the GG more love....
Nice! You right is relaxing, pretty console and good video!
You just need a rubber duck for your soap and water container and you'll be Odd Tinkering. (I actually love his videos as well).
Little late to the party, but I loved the video. I have three game gears I bought in a lot that need the capacitors replaced, and this was a cool inside look without audio or other distraction some videos have.
to anybody reading this: don't wiggle the capacitors until they break off! you put extra stress on the pads when you do that and on old tech that's not good news, particularly if there has been electrolyte leakage. just use a soldering iron to desolder them. it's just as quick and much, much safer.
need to do more of these, ngl it helped me go to bed several times
I know the exact feeling when you forget the screen gasket I did it after fixing mine and just now put it back in after it sitting out for roughly 5 months lol
Man do more of these, they will help me sleep
I Like it much,when you're talking. I find it much more relaxing listening to your talking. I also liked this Video too, but please don't change your "normal" Videos. I Love them,Like they are.
Repair ASMR? hell yeah! Great video!
I prefer the quiet videos. It's why I love Odd Tinkering so much.
I like how you always experiment with video styles and such. Great (relaxing) content as always!
Thank you!
How do you find things like these?
Friends! And constantly looking.
Watching you jank the connectors out by the cables and then watching you pull off the caps wasn't relaxing at all! You nearly had the rarest BROKEN Game Gear :D
This is better than any Gameboy video you have done.
Why is that no one seems to use SMD caps for recapping the GG? I used SMD caps on mine and it makes the job easier and cleaner! Plus, you won't need to replace them in 30 years or so haha. Good video!
Thanks for the very relaxing video!
You should seriously consider a soldering station. Those USB units have very poor thermal capacity.
this video officially bc i don't get to here Retro Future soothing voice over the repair 😤
Very nice, only interruptions were noisy ads for goods and services I don’t want or need (as usual) one day they will make an interesting ad 😀👍 but the video so calming and the Game Gear is beautiful!
The camera is the luckiest out of us all. They’re getting to view this, front and centre!
Don't want to be rude, but does Europeans spell “center” like that? (I want to avoid correcting people who are technically right.)
I really thought the rarest gg was the coca cola edition
Anyway, greetings from argentina!
There’s tens of thousands of those! This one is rarer by miles.
what about the Sport Blue Game Gear? how many of each version were produced?
@@TheRetroFuture according to console variations the Coca Cola edition is equal or rarer than this one, as well as the White variation. Coca Cola was commercially available.
@@TheRetroFuture And why don't you buy one online and make a video restoring it? :D
IPS IPS IPS!! Game Gear needs a bright high res IPS screen!! Not fair all the Gameboys getting all the love..
I like the new format! Thank you!
Fitting video as we all are at home self isolating
I love that you're truing things differently! I personally prefer narrated videos, mostly because I multitask a lot when watching TH-cam (otherwise I wouldn't have time to watch anything). But I understand why people might prefer these ones.
I really like your talking though Elliot.
I enjoy the ambient music as well as your commentary, if you could combine the two .. like talk while the music is playing in the background, you should try a couple of videos like that.
I love your channel I want a GBA so badly from watching these videos
Very relaxing, please make this a normal thing on the channel
I thought I was the only one who could clear that level on sonic that quickly doing that when I had my master system!
I always find these videos relaxing, but I definitely prefer when you talk us through the process!!!!
Really love this kind of video. Relaxing and inspiring, I want to do the same things you do, and this makes me feel like I'm able to
I wasn't a fan of clear consoles but they've been growing on me.
Awesome loved it you can do more i like seeing old yech come back to life
I feel very relaxed, gonna watch this vid again to help me chill out x
More please I found it relaxing in the lockdown situation
Positive criticism, too much audio noise, and the correct title would have been something like "Game Gear preventative maintenance" as you're fixing it before it breaks. I do like the odd tinkering or Tysy tube style of video though, good job. Id like to see where you try to repair parts rather than replace with new.
Atb mate
Top tips. Ditch the gas iron, the never get hot enough for most prolonged tasks and can be dangerous if damaged. They also eat gas. A cheapo £30 temperature controlled one will do you proud for years and often they come with hot air station too (very helpful for SMD stuff). Don't use a wet sponge, this cools the tip use a copper solder cleaner (looks like a brillo pad) as this will clean the tip and not cool the iron.
This was an incredible restoration of your game gear. I never had a chance to buy one, but it’s nice to see it come to life!! Cheers 😉👍🏽
Honestly loved it bro very relaxing just what I needed because today was stressful. (I don’t know why but I found the screws being unscrewed satisfying to hear 👀
You missed an important safety step, which is to make sure you bridge the capacitors with a wire or screwdriver, they could still hold a charge.
Please do more Gamegear vids! It was very good.
I loved this one. I started studying electronics engineering in college because of your channel. Keep up the good work! 💗
As a kid, I fell asleep while watching something with the TV tuner on. Woke up to a white screen.
This mad lad mixed his NiMH AA cells! Quick, someone call the bobbies!
Make sure to get the retro-bobbies, since he used different replacement capacitors and screen!!
I have some facts on the golden game gear, my mum in 1991 worked at sega of Europe and the golden was never released, it came close and now sits in the owner of segas office
Hi i have a little question. Do you know a good website in europe where i can find modding stuff for the Gameboy color?
Those soldering shots were awesome!
I really liked this style of video. By the way, Krikzz just came out with a new game gear everdrive. This video came out just in time.
I like your new way of presenting the video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Hi from Italy your channel is amazing
Hi! Thanks
Almost ASMR! I get goose bumps. 😀
Definitely loved this one! I just love watching your videos in general 😊
Bit too similar to 'Odd tinkering'. I didn't feel like I was watching your video apart from the beginning and end. You did a great job a usual, I just missed the funky music and your comments over it.
I personally prefer your normal format as it's more personal and friendly 😊
Just wanted to say thank you because with your help I was able to reshell my og Nintendo DS I have never done anything like that only took me about 45 minutes
I really like that soldering iron.
Hi I'm not really a fan of videos with no talking and that's my opinion, not trying to hate btw just putting my input on the subject, I love the retro future
No homo
He just gave a game gear a bath, legend
Wasn’t a big fan of the silence but always of fan of yours!👍🏼
I liked the more relaxing feel
a bit more in depth and yes interesting. maybe mild commentary for complicated areas or just subtitles.
the agro hands were funny. :)
i love this new deep dive style
All I can think is that shell would look so awesome with a set of Orange RetroModding buttons, shame its so rare.
I nearly fell asleep it was so relaxing! Please do more! Love your channel man!
The golden one probably doesn't exist, because it was sold by a jeweller. So probably custom made for each order... and nobody wanted a 50k console for their kids.
You are the Nigella Lawson of console repairs.
I’ll take it
If you think you get more viewing time because people fall asleep during your video..... well, it worked :D
Very relaxing, except the point where you were twisting the solid state caps off xD That always makes me cringe seeing people do that, I get scared for the pads lol. Obviously hot air or heating one side and lifting it is preferred, but I know you can do that, it's just a bit risky lol
Great video dude :)
Great work Elliot !
Honestly these are the videos I live for
49 downvotes...you monsters...Great Video Eliot 👌, Good to see a classic restoration 🤓
This is the only ASMR video I have ever watched
Slightly ASMR, very nice!
11:30-11:33 LOL! We've all been there!
Wow, that cleaned up nice.
Not gonna lie that was oddly satisfying.