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Post by TrekMD on Jan 11, 2020 18:28:27 GMT -5
Watched this video of this impressive restoration of an Atari 2600, which has spurred mixed comments on the video calling it a fake or just saying that painting the console was not the way to go. What do you think? The console looked quite dirty when things started. |
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Post by Magoo on Jan 11, 2020 23:45:42 GMT -5
I have cleaned dozens of consoles and have seen some that bad. The worst I every had to clean was pop. It made everything a sticky mess. I followed most of those steps, except for the paint. I found I never had to actual paint anything and would be worried about it not adhering properly. There is a statisfaction of bring back a neglected console.
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Post by TrekMD on Jan 13, 2020 8:18:44 GMT -5
Cool to know that a 2600 can be restored even when looking as bad as that one does. I'm not sure why he chose to paint the system. I guess he wanted the black plastic to look like new.
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Post by Magoo on Jan 14, 2020 19:03:57 GMT -5
That would be the only reason to paint I can think of why too. Realistically it is no different then using retro brite to unyellow a Nintendo console just something I would not do with one of those consoles but each to their own. At least it won't make the list for the grumpy retro gamers worst looking custom consoles. That video had some really interesting choices.
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Post by TrekMD on Mar 9, 2020 22:12:16 GMT -5
Here's another 2600 restoration! This one isn't as bad-looking! |
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