Rare WideBoy64 Adapter - A look Inside — by Retro Fixes on Sunday, September 25

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Developed by Intelligent Systems, the Wide-Boy64 is much like the Super Gameboy device for SNES. This adapter will allow Gameboy, Gamebo...

Boil vs Bending - Will Boiling The NES 72Pin Really Work? — by Retro Fixes on Friday, June 24

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Is your NES failing to read games? Blame the 72pin connector. For many years the most common way to clean and adjust the NES 72 pin...

Connect a Famicom to American Televisions — by Retro Fixes on Thursday, May 26

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Wanna play Famicom? Japan Channels 1-2 are not the same as USA channels 1-2. Channel frequency divisions in the USA are a little differe...

How to Remove Old Price Labels From Collectibles — by Retro Fixes on Friday, March 25

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I love finding vintage boxed games but often they have ugly price labels covering the box art. For years I thought it was impossibl...

Dead EarthBound / Adventures in Fixing SNES Games — by Retro Fixes on Saturday, February 13

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This is a simple article documenting my adventures with repairing a dead Earthbound SNES game. The owner reported the game stop boo...

Everdrive SD Card Slot Alternatives / Preserving The Cartridge Shell — by Retro Fixes on Monday, February 1

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What's the Everdrive? The Everdrive is capable of running games, software and even music tracks from a SD card. Basically ...

Donkey Kong Junior Coleco Tabletop — by Retro Fixes on Friday, January 1

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Classic Portable Arcades There's something about these little Coleco hand-held arcade games that Video game enthusiasts love. Unlike...

Restoring Zaxxon TableTop Mini Arcades — by Retro Fixes on Friday, January 1

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Overview: Unlike other Coleco & Nintendo arcades this model was much more advanced.  It relies on a Dual vacuum fluorescent displa...

How To Remove Sharpie Marker from Plastic — by Retro Fixes on Friday, January 1

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Don't let a few permanent marker scribblings stand between you and your next second-hand bargain. Here's how to remove permanent ...

Intellivision Composite A/V Mod Kit Installation Guide — by Retro Fixes on Friday, January 1

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This tutorial will show you how to install the Intellivision Composite A/V Mod Kit  

Rare NES Game MagMax Prototype — by Retro Fixes on Friday, January 1

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                                                                             What is a game Prototype? A prototype is one of the first cop...

Atari 7800 Composite Mod Installation Guide — by Retro Fixes on Friday, January 1

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**UNDER CONSTRUCTION** 99% COMPLETE Atari NTSC  7800 Video Mod Installation Guide Disclaimer: This mod is designed to perman...