Rotten Retro Gaming - Finding Treasure in the Trash | Retro Road Trip
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We're retro hunters today on a road trip to check a storage unit that hasn't been opened for 10 years. Can we find treasure in the trash!?
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Thanks everyone,
Neil
I wish I'd known you was in Bedfordshire! I have a Bang & Olufsen BeoCenter 1 in full working order that you could have picked up in the van too. Free obviously for the cave! I believe it matches the one you already have.
did you release a part 2 for this and is there a playlist sorry if I am blind
There's a moral to this story... If you're going to jam a container full of stuff for long-term storage, always stick some arcade cabinets in the back to ensure that when you clear it out 10 years later a team of people will turn up and help you with a van 😂
JAMA container? 😎
Seeing that Operation Wolf Cabinet in that shape is hurting my soul. Man... so many of those old cabinets should have been preserved.
This video was both fascinating and exceedingly painful at the same time. Those poor cabinets.
The Cave really could do with an appliance dolly. Longer rails on the back which can have protective padding attached, locations for straps to tie down the loads, and many models feature an additional set of wheels to either tilt the load back at 45° or 90° without the operator bearing the weight.
Also, a stair-climbing trolley. Every time I see them wrestling something up or down stairs I cringe.
Bigger wheels too - make stairs a breeze
"it's even trying to be helpful and flat-pack itself" 🤣
“Some People Call This Junk. Me? I Call It Treasure.”
I really feel for Mike! I went through a similar time of enormous upheaval in my life in the 2000s with having to move 3 times in 4 years time being only part of it. Through all of that I managed to in one way or another lose many, many possessions from my teen and early adult years including most of my offline digital life that went back to the early 90s. I'm sure going through that storage container had to be hard to do emotionally!
I have rarely identified with a human posture as much as I did with Richard riding in the middle seat.
Saaaaame
Lol I was just thinking that
There's a lesson to be learned here. If you're going to stash your arcades away in a dank storage unit, then just sell the games to someone that will enjoy and care for them instead.
At least make sure it's dry? All the problems here is because it was practically raining in causing everything to rot and rust.
Or go with an indoor climate controlled storage facility.
I'd argue the same thing with attics. My mate damaged a Sega Saturn by storing it in a damp, variable temperature place, assuming that it would fine in there because it's inside a house.
@@Nukle0n This is the real lesson here. Outdoor storage particularly in shipping containers is not safe from the elements, especially water. You can see clearly that everything got hit by water damage down to the floorboards. If this had been stored indoors let alone a climate controlled facility, would've been dusty but largely intact.
My view is if you're not going to store it properly and you have no plans to get it out of there within a few years, it's best to sell. But proper storage is important in either case.
I think this guy intended to get back to this stuff sooner than he did, and life got in the way. Then it just got away from him.
Owner had no plan to sell them in mint new condition. People do not have know-how and skills to restore or retromod their storage space electronics. It was left and forgotten. It was kept because of memories. Time goes on and things get broken until someone cleans place or sells it as is. Normal life.
we need a road trip series , where the gang go around the world searching through rubbish tips, old abandoned warehouses and closed down malls for those elusive PCB's and weird controllers
Recover, Restore, Revive, Retro. Holly, and the boys are off to save yet another bulky and musty machine, then restore it to a state worthy of sticky fingers and freshly laid UV-reactive space and confetti themed black carpet. Get it done without the annoying usual TV production sidebar interviews and forced drama, and the like and we'll be watching for years
Your channel is a treasure for every retro hobbyist :)
Hey thanks Terry
Wouldn’t it be fun if that famous British car show would do an episode with people trying out retro racing games at the cave?
Id be happy to accommodate that, or have someone like Jimmy Broadbent come and drive them all!
Only if you can get Clarkson, Captain Slow and The Hamster. Forget whatever bunch of fakers they have now.
@@RMCRetro If you can drag him away from the Nurburgring 😂
Wood hardner is your friend!
You can bring chipboard back from surprisingly far gone
This channel has quickly become one of my favorites
Thank you
Mine too
Saving that Gauntlet is more important than saving Operation Wolf..... but great work salvaging what ever you could.
I collect lots of stuff, consoles.. games, figures and video game memorabilia... I am just very thankful my container is weather proofed!
All this reminds of an 80's adventure game. A secret room full of treasure. Finding keys which unlock a cabinet. Was there a wizard in the back?
with less moon logic
Ne, just more mold behind that other forest of mold and rat droppings.
@@CantankerousDave You mean signs of a mysterious beast. 😂
Solomans key
Well, with some of the things we've seen you (and Mark, where's he been?) turn from trash to treasure, these cabinets probably have their best chance
Mark is still around, just a very busy chap on his own channel. He came for cake and Heber's 40th birthday party last week
@@RMCRetro Good to hear!
Holly Fixes Neil’s Stuff.
I worked in industrial sandblasting for 7 years and that rust doesn't worry me, because I know you can blast it to white metal, ie, class 3. I myself built a blasting cabinet, and coupled with a decent compressor, it comes in quite handy.
I do wonder if Heber knew what they were getting into when they rented their attic to RMC.
Having been to the Cave and seen all the awesome work you achieve, I have no doubt you'll get these running again in some form.
Could aee that was a Marble Madness straight away, one of my favourites. Heartbreaking to see all the damage 😢
Some nice old stuff at least, shame about the cabinet damage. 15:52 I really wish the word intrepidation existed. Is he fearful or is he fearless, who knows! Also, got to love those one handed pickups of precious old hardware, adds a real sense of fear to the video.
Oh the horror. Gauntlet and operation wolf are two of my favourite arcade games too. 😢 😮
Commodore Plus/4!!!!!!!! That's a real blast down memory lane for me! It was the family computer when I was a wee lad and I have fond memories of loading games on the tape deck with my dad and waiting (and waiting, and waiting) for them to load. I'm stretching my memory back almost 40 years but I can remember playing Frogger on tape, as well as some text based adventure games on cassettes. This was the machine that got me into computers and games.
23:38 - "You have sustained a lethal injury. Sorry, but you are finished... here." 😔
Ooh, a Brother M1109 printer. That takes me back. I had a Centronics GLP printer, which was a rebranded version. Even in the late 1980s, it was slow.
"RMC Pickers" 😂👍🏻
Brilliant video 😊
Love the music and the car scenes in the intro to these series. 👍really sets the mood
“Tod’s Video Games and More” has some fab restorations for Arcades. I have hope.
I know they're probably ten a penny over there, but as an American I'd love a giant TARDIS container lol
So the chassis are honestly trivial - recut from MDF and sorted. The plastics are cleanable, being in the storage container they have been out of the UV. The majority of steel I've seen is rusty, sure, but it's all surface rust. A sandblaster should do a lovely job cleaning up steels. God that Op. Wolf is sad. What a tragic trip.
Seeing those arcade cabs with all that rust and water damage really breaks my heart. Hope you can salvage some of it, looking forward to a follow up video!
"Guys... wait for me!!!" - classic ending.
wonderful bit of Saturday afternoon viewing, looks like a mess but also a bit of an adventure
Yes i did enjoy digging through the trash there!
the mouldy tubes if they are capable of working they will flicker at first and then they'll slowly become brighter and regain focus, sometimes after many many hours they'll end up as good as new but other times they won't.
A retro rebuild of that OpWolf cab would be awesome 😁
Great video, Thanks! Love these treasure hunts!
There are certainly some candidates for astonishing restorations in this collection. I hope there are plenty of items you can do something useful with.
Just waiting for the small Tardis to faze away. :) Perhaps you can call Unit to come and pick it up. :p
Gauntlet WOW! Was such a cool game back in the day. "Wizard needs to be restored, badly!"...
"Wizard needs food, badly!" 😎
Haha.. this is what I often hear on the weekend, as my wife wakes up, looks wearily at me, and says, "Red sorceress needs coffee badly." :-D
You guys have inspired me to build my own arcade machine. I’m starting tomorrow. Thank you
I hope you get a chance to rebuild the cabinets and restore the machines that were badly damaged. They are all great games and deserve a new chance at life
Nothing Mark and the crew cant fix ;)
Serious salvage, clean and rebuilt even then most stuff will have a second life.
I'm not sure 'intrepidation' is a word, but I kind of like its connotations! (15:50)
Ah, such a shame to see Crystal Maze fall apart. I'd say it'd be a bit of a mental, physical, mystery & skill challenge all rolled into one. If it were working, i'd be thinking of my time acting as games tester for the reboot of the show a few years back, whilst playing it. I must get on with my own arcade controller projects....
Re the Op Wolf gun sandblasting might be a bit harsh as it's probably only tinplate. There's an Italian restorer of historic firearms with a TH-cam channel called Backyard Ballistics. He has quite a few tips for the non-destructive removal of rust and also re-finishing.
Something like Evaporust might do the job.
I would love to be able to visit the cave if I ever get over to the UK. I've been a long-time subscriber of the channel, back when it was still the Retro Man Cave and I remember the video where you announced the name change.
A win win. You got free parts, and the owner didn't have to pay anyone to haul it away, nor pay for permits, nor an ongoing monthly storage fee.
A heart breaking watch. Hope you guys are able to salvage as much as you can.
great vid, thanks for sharing, fascinating but feel really sorry for Mike with the storage, that must be heartbreaking
Both painful and amazing to watch. And what an absolutely flying start it got off to with an OutRun replacement for the arcade, can’t wait to give it a go. Such a shame that Operation Wolf was in a state, at least you already have one and I really hope Gauntlet and Marble Madness can be saved
Gauntlet and Operation Wolf.😢At least you got all those lovely PCB game boards, and outrun only played that once may years ago on a cabinet, I hope you save a lot here. Good Luck, you will sadly need it.
"Guess I'll just put these decades old electronics in an unisolated, metal box for years."
- Someone who's bad at gambling
This was heart wrenching to watch. At the same time, the prospect of about 35 trash-to-treasure videos fills me with joy. What a ton of work this must have been (and still will be...!)
I could smell the mustiness through my screen. What a gold mine though.
So many wonderful machines! I love them all!
I loved the crystal maze when it was in pubs.
Just wonder how many more cabs are sitting in damp containers. Quite a lot I expect!
Tail lift power packs, used to have adjustable lowering valves. For varying load conditions, it being a goods lorry..
This episode was both fascinating and distressing
I love this type video and would have loved to have been there to lend a hand. Sorting through and cleaning that lot up, strangely would give me a huge sense of satisfaction. Plus enjoying a Synth and drive session with the team would be excellent.
Wow, a 20ft container like this near me (Exeter) is about £150/month. Spending £18K to "store" that lot for 10 years is insane.
That CRT without a rim-guard looked worrying. I spotted several CRT TVs amongst the "junk". Those are becoming valuable themselves. I sold a 21" one to a student, younger than the TV, who wanted to build a MAME cabinet.
Some great finds and I look forward to the restoration of these items. It's a shame the OW cabinet was in such bad shape but it it will live on with being the template for a new cabinet. Plus side, you might be able to save the gun.
I have Marble Madness boards, power supply and track balls, in my shed going spare 😮
Hi, if you might be interested in helping out please contact me using the form at www.retrocollective.co.uk/contact.php thanks so much
23:35 I would go with evaporust or look for mechanic shop who does have special ultrasonic cleaning and rust removing baths for the metalparts. Sandblasting can be hard for such filigree stuff.
Good idea thank you
I'll second the evaporust recommendation. That is a way to convert rust back to iron and then you can properly evaluate and prepare the metal for restoration.
A retro road trip, finally! Awesome intro and a favourite of mine
Wow ! what a truly wonderful find..AND ! you dodged the rain!
Some great restoration projects coming up!
I would love to come along and play destroy all humans on the xbox. Memories of college
I have a single X-Arcade Stick I bought back in the day, had to replace the PCB inside and update it from PS/2 to USB last year :)
Get those beers over to @Ashens!
We had a flood a few years back in our outside shed, the ceiling seal went and I lost a lot to the water damage and didn't know about it for a long time, till the better weather appeared and I opened the shed looking for some old games to find all the horrible things that had gone on (R.I.P. original big box SotB) this vid gave me PTSD (lol) good luck with the reclamation looking forward to the Trash to Treasure series.
9:48 _Project Gotham Racing 4_ is one of my favorite 360 games. :D
Nice find! Maybe what remains of that Operation Wolf cabinet can be used as a model for a repro one still using some of the original parts.
Fun to watch but sad at times too! I must say I'd have been happy just to have the machine gun from the Op Wolf Cabinet mounted on a block of wood just as a display piece, how cool would that be?! but i do hope you can get it back to its former glory, along with the other machines too! 👍
Wow what a container of stuff. Amazing.
Real shame about the damp, at least the Gauntlet and OutRun cabs look reasonable - looking forward to seeing them brought back to nice condition.
do hope that maybe youd do some vids on restoring the arcade cabs, love those type of vids!
thank you for sharing this with us!
We will be testing the boards and restoring the arcades on www.youtube.com/@thearcadearchive
The gun on operation 🐺 😮
Ooooft... Those poor Operation Wolf/Gauntlet cabs... I was hoping for a bit of a TV miracle but as you worked towards them I realised it was getting less and less likely...
Good effort recovering what you could. I think using the cabs as a template to make some modern repro's would be cool though!
Gauntlet wow love that game spent many hours playing it
One can only imagine what else is rotting away in all those containers.
That was a painful watch in many places.
Send the beers to Ashens.
That's got to be why they were in the keep pile, surely!
I came to post this too 😂
i feel like i need a wash and im not even there lol......nice goodies though......should keep you (and us) in vids for a while😷😷
I see many local chipboard suppliers clapping their hands lol
That operation wolf cabinet would be a 5 hour restoration video lol
that gauntlet is totally salvageable
Nature wants everything back. Good luck fighting the tide. That Gauntlet is a miracle compared to the Operation Wolf. Much better game too in my book. Good luck with the Marble Madness.
Make sure to replace the clock capacitor on those Xboxes. They tend to leak and cause damage.
The first pickup was fantastic, greatest game of all time
Such a shame about the container, damp really does destroy things, sad to see glorious items left to rot like that. Hopefully you can fix a lot of it up👍
Outrun? good but not even in the top 200 tbh
Possibly too late to mention but 'way of the tiger' might also be capcom's 'tiger road'?
It probably is, given that the Japanese title is 虎への道
These look more like they were in a flood than simple water intrusion.
We call those Conex containers here in the US - and a lot of people think they are getting a deal when they buy a 72 foot model for $1,500 - $3,000 but they are HORRIBLE for storing stuff long term. No insulation whatsoever and no water / humidity protection to boot. Everything gets moldy. Avoid at all costs!
🤘 retro road trip music!!!! 🤘
Favorite channel. Pls next video :))
Outrun. Hell yea! Now I gotta check best console to play on.
Some of the cabinets were a bust but that was a decent haul on everything else.
Cor blimey, that's a lot of gunk.