Linux to 3D Printing and Back Again
McDonalds and Sega teamed up in 2004 to produce a series of handheld LCD video game. Since they were weirdly past their prime we’re taking a trip down memory lane and tearing one apart. And repairing it! Back in the 80’s portable gaming started innovating with LCD screens. Previously LEDs had ruled the handhelds with…
NES Clone systems have been around for some time now. But the Retro Entertainment System I’ve got on the bench today is of a newer vintage. 37 years after the NES first hit US shores how are these new clones systems being made? In the early 2000s VR Technology started releasing their VTxx line (datasheets)…
My first step to any electronics mod is to do a teardown and see what I’m working with. New Bright’s RC F150 truck looks like an ideal candidate from the outside. But is it going to make the cut for replacement electronics? And that’s what I was aiming to find out by digging into the…
Data East released Karate Champ, a twin stick fighter, nearly 40 years ago in 1984. Fast forward to 2017 and “My Arcade” releases one of their mini arcades based on it. And I’m tearing it apart. These mini arcade boxes are fairly similar to the Genesis clone I recently took apart. Although they lack a…
Sega Genesis entered onto the market at the very tail end of the 80’s. This was during the fourth generation of video game console alongside the Super Nintendo/Super Famicon and Neo-Geo. This particular unit, unfortunately for me, didn’t come out then and is a horrible pile of failure. Unfortunate because what I was actually trying…
Have you ever wondered what’s inside a tablet computer? It might be a bit more general purpose than you think. And with parts more useful than the pong console. The Cube U30GT has reached the end of it’s life and I’m scrapping it for parts in this tablet teardown.
During the late 1970’s arcade games were just coming into vogue. Capitalizing on the trend General Instruments released their “Pong on a chip”, the AY-3-8500 and it was picked up for the Sears Tele-Games console.