Gremill wrote:In the order I got them/bought them:
Atari 2600: broken and binned, replaced with a c64.
C64: Broken and binned. Replaced with a Master System
Master System: No idea where it went. Replaced with an Amiga.
Amiga: Still in my mum's loft. STILL WORKS.
PS1: Left it in a wardrobe in my student flat at the time, having washed my hands of gaming at that point.
N64: Still got it, in my loft with 4 controllers and a shit load of games. STILL WORKS. Replaced by PS2.
PS2: Still got it, boxed in my loft and it still works although it sounds like a diesel engine when it gets going.
Xbox: It's in my loft. Replaced with a 360.
SNES: Bought off of eBay in a naive attempt to make it my at sons first console. Never used and it remains in the loft with a shed load of games.
360: Still under the telly.
b0r1s wrote:What’s most amazing is that the step down transformer must be 20+ years old and still going strong.
davyK wrote:b0r1s wrote:What’s most amazing is that the step down transformer must be 20+ years old and still going strong.
Transformers are robust - they are basically a metal core with wire wrapped around it so there is little to go wrong.
All my power supplies are still original.
My refurbed Asteroids Deluxe cabinet (1980) still has the original transformer - though its power supply that sits between it and the circuitry is all new - That's basically a set of capacitors that deliver different voltages to the different parts of the cabinet so they usually don't do their job so well after 40 years!
regmcfly wrote:These are wonderful stories, but I'm really more after when a console disappeared and you didn't know where? Aka a mad seller or not a trade in
davyK wrote:regmcfly wrote:These are wonderful stories, but I'm really more after when a console disappeared and you didn't know where? Aka a mad seller or not a trade in
Not a console tale - but my copy of Melee went missing.
Just couldn't find it - until I bought a replacement copy. Found it down behind a radiator. My young daughters were playing "shop" and had the copy of Melee on display cellotaped to the wall...when it came off the wall and fell behind the radiator they forgot about it - or so they say
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