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| Main - Gaming - Who paints their friggin' games? (A bit of maintenance) | New thread | New reply |
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 Cheep-cheep Level: 32 Posts: 91/181 EXP: 193079 Next: 13363 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6109 days Last view: 2896 days |
Just snagged a couple of SNES games from a thrift store. But I guess the previous owners weren't big on gray, so they painted them white. Idiotas. Is paint thinner going to destroy the carts or the labels?
Also, does Nintendo sell replacement battery covers for, say, Game Boys (of the Pocket and Color persuasions)? I'd ask them, but it's kind of 10PM on a Friday.  |
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 Dry Bones Level: 55 Posts: 409/627 EXP: 1244912 Next: 69277 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5531 days Last view: 5277 days |
Posted by drjayphd simply... nope... I need a nice old GB cover but I need to get to a thrift store. ____________________ |
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 Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 180/216 EXP: 251678 Next: 1973 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6132 days Last view: 6109 days |
They may have done so because the plastic the SNES carts use (and the SNES itself uses) tends to turn an ugly yellow-brown shade after a certain number of years pass.. Nintendo eventually corrected this issue in later batches of the plastic production, but pretty much all of the early shell casings for the SNES and its games have turned to to an ugly yellow by now. 
At least, that's the only sensible reason I can see for them painting something like that.. |
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Cheep-cheep Level: 32 Posts: 92/181 EXP: 193079 Next: 13363 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6109 days Last view: 2896 days |
Posted by TanksPosted by drjayphd Good luck... just about every Game Boy I've found in thrift stores is missing the battery door. |
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Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 184/216 EXP: 251678 Next: 1973 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6132 days Last view: 6109 days |
I should have realized that, actually, since I recall now that my old GB turned too.. |
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 Spike Dragon Level: 57 Posts: 448/705 EXP: 1484342 Next: 1586 Since: 02-19-07 From: 
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Lots of plastics have that problem, actually...
My C128 is a little strange... the keyboard part has yellowed, but the back part hasn't. I also have a power strip that's yellowed, but it's right next to a sunny window. ____________________  |
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Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 186/216 EXP: 251678 Next: 1973 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6132 days Last view: 6109 days |
The half yellow issue is usually due to two different batches of plastic being used on the object in question. Some SNES' had the same thing, where an old batch was used for one side, and a newer batch for the other, leaving only half the console yellow.  |
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