The grocery stores have had their Easter candy on display for a few weeks now. Every year I check the candy section for the Sweetarts shaped like little chickens, ducks, and bunnies. Most places won’t carry them, but when found I grab a bag. At some point in the last…
We’ve gone to a dozen kids parties that featured an arcade section or seen a few cabinets in the corner of a theater, most either have a cash slot or run on the new card reader systems. Don’t get me wrong, the new card system is great for keeping track…
I haven’t had a chance to solder anything since before the baby arrived and have been itching to build something fun. It’s been a while since I played with the old Game Boy’s in the house and after stumbling upon the Game Boy Zero posts on reddit I decided to build…
I disassembled both systems and cleaned the casing, removing over a decade of crap and dust. The GBC had stickers covering it that had to be removed. I first painted it black but the paint didn’t take (was a new kind I was trying out) and had to strip it…
While cleaning out some of the garage I stumbled upon two dusty old NES systems and thought “I should fix these suckers up!” and thus a tedious journey began. I started with the usual 72 pin connector replacement and thought I should paint the systems while I was waiting…