Hey Stez. I like the synth music choice. Reminds me of OMF 2097:) BTW, could the blob around the up button caused a short in the transistor? (in the video around 13:15)
@@kdt85 Dave is a bug found in a old console, Steve called him Dave as a joke, then encased him in resin for prosperity and because the comment session really liked him.
Nice to see repairs on electronics from my day with through hole components and VFDs. I went to a two year votech electronics engineering program in high-school then to a Jr College for electrical engineering in the late 90s. We litterally had a 20 minute lecture on SMDs where the instructor pretty much said "If it has SMDs, though it away when it breaks,, but you CAN fix them if absolutely necessary, it's just too fiddly and not worth the effort. ".
Although it wasn't the loose component "CSB400" that was the cause I just wanted to point out that when looking for components based off labeling, you should include all letters/numbers as shown. In this case a CSB400P. Which will then bring up the correct component CSB400P Resonator 400kHz 0,5 % instead of a CSB400 Pressure Reducing Regulator :).
Used to get those ceramic resonators failing in the clock/ timer circuit in old VCR's, back in the day. It was usually the salmon-pink coloured ones rather than the later blue type.
Great Job Steve, Nicely done. Good idea with the silver pen on the writing. It really makes it stand out! I've fixed a few similar VFD games so I'll have to remember that one👍👍👍
Yeah, it really works well. If I did it again, I'd get a slighter thinner nib to avoid any overspill, but with a steadier hand than mine, the results should be perfect! 👍
good ol' dave.. having found the channel relatively recently and watching all of the old videos way out of order, it was amusing to stumble upon and piece together the story of dave
Keep the videos coming! I enjoy each and every video, no matter what you repair. Your personality makes the videos fun, and the repairs are interesting and informative. I learn more with each video. Thank you for being you.
For the CSB400, the Japanese seem to be ceralock (Though my Japanese is terrible, so could be wrong) which is a brand of ceramic resonator, so you were probably looking at the right part there.
The part with the edding metal pen is awesome, I also have such pens in 3 different colors but I could not remember when I should use them for repairs/restoring to get a great result like yours
I've just subscribed to your channel, I love your vids, the more you do on these things the more knowledge you will gain on different opponents throughout time. Keep em coming
Great video! I could not help but notice, though, that after your fingers did the up-and-down motion to activate the pen, you completely filled up the A-hole.
From the Gordon the gopher surprise to the amusing innuendo's, I love it :) You are one of my favorite channels and you deserve more subs. Keep it up. Thank You.
This is awesome - I have this game, but in Australia this had an orange, white and blue case, but was called Scrambler. I played this thing almost to death when I was young and it still works... It also had a socket for a 12v feed so I was able to play it from mains power.
Beautiful 😍 console and I watched the first video of this one in past as well.. I guess with time old components wear out, yet it's still functional is because of the build quality. One thing.. on that silver paint pen.. after applying the same, put a layer of clear nail polish.. it will last even more
Man!!!!! I was sending an email and heard the theme music through my headphones. I had this game back in 82 or so but it was called Astro Blaster. I absolutely loved this game. Nice.
Definitely a common failure point. In the aircraft systems I work on, transistors are CONSTANTLY needing replaced as they get older (many are 40+ year old systems) so seeing something this old with failed transistors doesn't surprise me at all.
My Tomy Alien Attack also does not power up. I need to dig around inside and figure out what's wrong. Thanks for giving me some confidence to try it out. I know about as much as you, I think. :)
The blue thingies are resistor packs 14x 154MOhm from the label, I would say. pretty high value- maybe for the VFD? The coil thingy is basically a transformer to generate the high voltage for the VFD. You can't drive that thing from 6V I guess... be careful not to get a zing. ;) The blue box is definitely an oscillator of some kind. 400kHz was common frequency for the NEC 553 MCU from what I can gather.
Awesome work Steve, I love your videos and your sense of humour, you always make me laugh! 😁 Also due to you and me watching your fixing of the Sky Master 4 tape player, I now have Doctor Jones stuck in my head 😂🤣
@@StezStixFix Bend the two outer legs out to hold the Trn in place, then solder the middle pin, then bend the 2 outer legs straight then solder them in place. I mean who has blue tak these days, lol?
I'm sorry, you put your fingers where to do the up and down motion? That recoloring of the labels looks SO much better! If you're as exacting as I am, you could probably get in there with a toothpick and some paint thinner or something to scrape away where it touched around the letters. But that also might be a bit extra. XD
Yeah, it looks way better. I did notice the little overspray bits when editing, it's hard to see them with the naked eye, but now I know they're there it's gonna bug me. Toothpick it is! 😁
Stez great video pal also you're re-soldering work was actually excellent you're really great at it now all joints you did came out perfect 👌 and that silver pen omg that was the perfect finnishing touch made it look so great again good to see a game i loved as a kid repaired and working aswell as looking like new thankyou awesome video keep it up dude 👍
You had a similar problem with your receipt printer after being in storage. Given the wet climate in the UK, might I recommend adding some dessicant sachets to your electronics which you plan to leave in storage?
Awww man. I had this when I was… much younger. Mine was red and was called Astro Blaster , also from Tomy. Always wanted a Tomy tronic 3d tank attack again, but prices seem to have rocketed up again
@@StezStixFix yeah, it’s same with gameboys, even faulty ones can be 40-50 quid. I took up repairing them over lockdown as a mental health thing, but might bite the bullet on something like this next.
Those long blue things are resistor arrays - a bunch of same value resistors with one side of each connected together. Useful when you need to pull up or down a lot of chip legs at once.
Stupid Game
Just bought one these had change battery connections but that was it 😅
when are you releasing your music hits cd?
Hey Stez. I like the synth music choice. Reminds me of OMF 2097:) BTW, could the blob around the up button caused a short in the transistor? (in the video around 13:15)
XD There it is. Love hearing that!
yah and also makes kids cry!
"I wish i knew more stuff :'("
That why it's the only repair channel i enjoy, he's just so relatable. Dave is also a big plus/
What's the deal with Dave, I'm out of the loop
@@kdt85 Dave is a bug found in a old console, Steve called him Dave as a joke, then encased him in resin for prosperity and because the comment session really liked him.
Makes me want to fix stuff !!!😊
same, wanted to say that
Managing to fix stuff when you don't know stuff. That's just the best feeling.
Brilliant! And who’d have thought that a transistor could just spontaneously stop working while in storage!
Nice to see repairs on electronics from my day with through hole components and VFDs. I went to a two year votech electronics engineering program in high-school then to a Jr College for electrical engineering in the late 90s. We litterally had a 20 minute lecture on SMDs where the instructor pretty much said "If it has SMDs, though it away when it breaks,, but you CAN fix them if absolutely necessary, it's just too fiddly and not worth the effort. ".
Although it wasn't the loose component "CSB400" that was the cause I just wanted to point out that when looking for components based off labeling, you should include all letters/numbers as shown. In this case a CSB400P. Which will then bring up the correct component CSB400P Resonator 400kHz 0,5 % instead of a CSB400 Pressure Reducing Regulator :).
He did find the crystal. Isn't that what you found?
セラロック - Ceralock
Used to get those ceramic resonators failing in the clock/ timer circuit in old VCR's, back in the day. It was usually the salmon-pink coloured ones rather than the later blue type.
@Oldgamingfart I thought Steve would apply something to hold it steady. If it's allowed to wobble about, it's not so good.
I like how you seem to stumble blindly through the troubleshooting, and then boom, you find the fault. You're clearly more skilled than you let on ;)
Great Job Steve, Nicely done. Good idea with the silver pen on the writing. It really makes it stand out! I've fixed a few similar VFD games so I'll have to remember that one👍👍👍
Yeah, it really works well. If I did it again, I'd get a slighter thinner nib to avoid any overspill, but with a steadier hand than mine, the results should be perfect! 👍
@@StezStixFix Thanks for the 'Tip' 😂😂😂😂
Silver touch ups were great.
Great work Steve, as always! Really enjoy your videos! This weeks "Out of space" was an extra special treat for a Prodigy fan! Loved it!
Thanks Rob! Glad you enjoyed this one! 👍
Got to love The Prodigy 🐜
I low key would love a full Steve-version.
Why is watching someone painting words on an old game with a silver pen so satisfying?
Hey Stez I didn't know you were the main character in a video game 🤣
🤣🤣i'm in loads!
I have one of these from new and it works perfectly. It's a fab little game that takes me back to playing this game as a kid on Christmas Day.
And the best bit of the electronics fix? The silver pen touch up. Lovely.
good ol' dave.. having found the channel relatively recently and watching all of the old videos way out of order, it was amusing to stumble upon and piece together the story of dave
The confidence shown in your work when you started the repaint prior to testing, commendable sir!
Great fix, Steve ! A transistor costing pennies saved the day ! Love watching you !
Seriously mate, your skills have improved by leaps and bounds over even the brief time I've been following you. Well done.
Excellent analasis Steve.
Overshadowing Vince the Rolls Royce Mechanic 😎
Keep the videos coming! I enjoy each and every video, no matter what you repair. Your personality makes the videos fun, and the repairs are interesting and informative. I learn more with each video. Thank you for being you.
10:42 I was so expecting a Yoshi flashing up on screen as you do with your usual speeded up noises!
The sound of that games once you started playing, brought back good childhood memory's. Thanks for this Steve. 👍
I laughed so loud and hard at the first battery throw I woke up my neighbor's dog. FANTASTIC job on the marker touch ups!
For the CSB400, the Japanese seem to be ceralock (Though my Japanese is terrible, so could be wrong) which is a brand of ceramic resonator, so you were probably looking at the right part there.
Google translate agrees :)
Superb work again the paint pen really made it look a lot nicer .
Brilliant Steve, great fix and just goes to show how components can just fail for no reason and no power applied
+1 for the Prodigy Outrro!!! Keep it up!
The part with the edding metal pen is awesome, I also have such pens in 3 different colors but I could not remember when I should use them for repairs/restoring to get a great result like yours
Thanks!
Good work looking after the transistors, Dave
GET IN!
perfect fix, looks like your soldering skills improved since last time, great work!
I've just subscribed to your channel, I love your vids, the more you do on these things the more knowledge you will gain on different opponents throughout time. Keep em coming
Great video!
I could not help but notice, though, that after your fingers did the up-and-down motion to activate the pen, you completely filled up the A-hole.
Nice Steve 👍, your new solder joints looking perfect.
Thanks Silabar! 👍
Nice finishing touch with the silver paint marker!
Nicely done!
Thanks Vince! 👍
It's always nice to revisit something from a while back, you can see just how far you have come. Your vids are brilliant. Great work sir. 👍
From the Gordon the gopher surprise to the amusing innuendo's, I love it :) You are one of my favorite channels and you deserve more subs. Keep it up. Thank You.
Iove how honest you are taking about your knowledge level. I too think this way alot when when working on electronics every day.
CSB 400.Im sure that was a Honda motorcycle I had in 1978. Nice fix Stez.
This is awesome - I have this game, but in Australia this had an orange, white and blue case, but was called Scrambler. I played this thing almost to death when I was young and it still works... It also had a socket for a 12v feed so I was able to play it from mains power.
nice touch up with the silver pen at the end👍
Brilliant video with all the usual suspense, shame you didn't have to paint in "SOLID" with that paint pen
Beautiful 😍 console and I watched the first video of this one in past as well.. I guess with time old components wear out, yet it's still functional is because of the build quality. One thing.. on that silver paint pen.. after applying the same, put a layer of clear nail polish.. it will last even more
Thanks N Baua! Great tip 👍
@@StezStixFix lots of love from India
Man!!!!!
I was sending an email and heard the theme music through my headphones. I had this game back in 82 or so but it was called Astro Blaster. I absolutely loved this game. Nice.
Dang… almost skipped the vos for the first time ever; so glad I didn’t… what a masterpiece
I'm learning a lot on this channel, thanks.
How is StezStix still not reached 100k he should be 1 million subscribers because his work is amazing and tbh very enjoyable 😄
Great fix. Also I love the music you put during the fix, and the rap too 😂
Love Volbeat!! Awesome in concert!! Love your videos!!
That silver pen really finished it off Awesome job.
Those paint pens work great for stuff like that 👍it looked so much better for it
Great work Dave 👍
Fine penmanship, I always make a mess trying to do letters and stuff like that
Wicked outro! And great diagnostics, as usual, sir
I bloody well love these videos. Excellently produced, very interesting and funny. I would like to take this man out for a pint! Bravo!
I just came across your channel. im in major stress rn, and your videos help alot. thanks al lot.
I had this game as a kid! Here in the USA, it was branded as "Scramble" - loved that game!
Great job! I had this game when I was a kid! 🥰
red goes to base on checking transistors with a multimeter then look for the voltage drop with black lead on collector then emitter
Great video, Steve! What's the retro track @11:04 called?
Found it. ^^ Ben Elson - Arcaders
Thank you for taking my brain to another dimension as i paid close attention. 👍👍
Hey, TH-cam told me to check you out. I just wanna say your quite entertaining. Keep it up 😉🙂
You earned a subscriber
And please keep showing your fuck ups. It helps preventing others doing the same.
Another fine fix there Steve and entering as always 👍
Thanks Chris! 👍
I had this under the "Scramble" name. One of the most playable tabletop games made in the 80's. Good game play.
Definitely a common failure point. In the aircraft systems I work on, transistors are CONSTANTLY needing replaced as they get older (many are 40+ year old systems) so seeing something this old with failed transistors doesn't surprise me at all.
Probably unironically the best rap production so far :)
My Tomy Alien Attack also does not power up. I need to dig around inside and figure out what's wrong. Thanks for giving me some confidence to try it out. I know about as much as you, I think. :)
The outro made me think of 'Paul' the film. Good fix Steve
I always enjoy starting my week out with ya Steve, even if I'm just a paperweight to you 8P
LOL!!! 😄👍
The blue thingies are resistor packs 14x 154MOhm from the label, I would say. pretty high value- maybe for the VFD? The coil thingy is basically a transformer to generate the high voltage for the VFD. You can't drive that thing from 6V I guess... be careful not to get a zing. ;)
The blue box is definitely an oscillator of some kind. 400kHz was common frequency for the NEC 553 MCU from what I can gather.
Awesome work Steve, I love your videos and your sense of humour, you always make me laugh! 😁 Also due to you and me watching your fixing of the Sky Master 4 tape player, I now have Doctor Jones stuck in my head 😂🤣
Changing both transistors... Smart move, grasshopper
What's the music at 11:04?
Another great vid sir! And hello from Florida! 😁
Great job. Sometimes, you just need to take a second look! Cheers!
You can use some blu tack to hold components in, so you don't need to do the bendy leg.
Ah, good shout. I need to get some blu-tack for holding components down so they don't ping away too! 👍
@@StezStixFix Bend the two outer legs out to hold the Trn in place, then solder the middle pin, then bend the 2 outer legs straight then solder them in place. I mean who has blue tak these days, lol?
Dave"s always a great support.
Subbed. 👍
I'm sorry, you put your fingers where to do the up and down motion?
That recoloring of the labels looks SO much better! If you're as exacting as I am, you could probably get in there with a toothpick and some paint thinner or something to scrape away where it touched around the letters. But that also might be a bit extra. XD
Yeah, it looks way better. I did notice the little overspray bits when editing, it's hard to see them with the naked eye, but now I know they're there it's gonna bug me. Toothpick it is! 😁
Get in there! Well done!
Nice touch with the silver pen.
Great work Steve like always. =)
Thanks Frederick! 👍
I have a really hard time not grabbing anything Tomy I find at the thrift shops. They always have such a nice look and feel, even when they're busted.
There are dual diodes that come in the same package as those transistors so it can be good to check the numbers carefully.
That pen was a stonkingly good idea…always enjoy your videos, apart from the singing,lol thank TH-cam for the FF slider, button, thingy. 😅
Looks like the transistor was zapped by an alien linear photon gun :) Nice fix mate!!!
Those pens were originally marketed as Tyre art pens , i used to use them on my motorcycle tyres
I missed seeing Dave!
The fix was cool too... 🤣
🤣 Thanks Pacalon! Dave does come in useful occasionally! 😁
capacitors block DC, so aren't found in series with DC rails
I used to have a Honda CSB400. It was a great motorbike but it didn't come in blue so, it's not one of those Steve! :D
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good video, you fix the coolest things. Thank you
Good to see Dave roll up his sleeves and get in there.
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Loved these games…..I had alien attack, frogger, Astro wars, and another space one but I can’t remember what it’s called…..brings back memories!
Stez great video pal also you're re-soldering work was actually excellent you're really great at it now all joints you did came out perfect 👌 and that silver pen omg that was the perfect finnishing touch made it look so great again good to see a game i loved as a kid repaired and working aswell as looking like new thankyou awesome video keep it up dude 👍
I enjoy watching your videos and and want you to continue makin new videos to grow the channel
You had a similar problem with your receipt printer after being in storage. Given the wet climate in the UK, might I recommend adding some dessicant sachets to your electronics which you plan to leave in storage?
Awww man. I had this when I was… much younger. Mine was red and was called Astro Blaster , also from Tomy. Always wanted a Tomy tronic 3d tank attack again, but prices seem to have rocketed up again
Yeah, the prices on these things at the moment is crazy! I'm keeping my eye out for different ones though... I love these things... 👍
@@StezStixFix yeah, it’s same with gameboys, even faulty ones can be 40-50 quid. I took up repairing them over lockdown as a mental health thing, but might bite the bullet on something like this next.
Those long blue things are resistor arrays - a bunch of same value resistors with one side of each connected together. Useful when you need to pull up or down a lot of chip legs at once.
Buen trabajo!! Sigue así!! Saludos desde Granada 🇪🇦
You do alright , nice use of permanent marker first thing i thought of when you started to shake it.
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Maaaaaaan I had a TRON game shaped like that back in the day. Wow did I have fun with it… I should look for another one & buy some childhood back.
Interesting and hilarious at the same time. Thanks.
Letttttttssssss gooooooo! Good to see Dave getting back in the game.