Bluesfire

Gotta love chip failure. This SNES had a bad CPU.

Nothing worse than a “it’s just a job” type person IMO. I’m either giving 110% or I’m not doing it at all. I don’t believe in anything in between.

Seeing as software calibration for XB1 controllers still isn’t a thing, I still have to use the HE sticks with physical calibration on them.

It’s a pain in the ass to try and do with the boards together, so I created some basic patch cables to make the job a lot more efficient.

I think I’m in love 😍

Currently working on some wild custom guitar hero controllers, been experimenting with nitrocellulose lacquer meant for real guitars, and I’m in love with this result 👀

I take a lot of pride in the fact that I’m one of very few people in this world who will take the time to rebuild analog stick boxes that aren’t available anymore.

These are the 4 pin stick boxes for DS3 controllers.

They won’t be made again anytime soon, so this is the best you can get!

Sometimes, the universe blesses you with a Pikachu N64 and matching controller with a stick that is quite literally almost unused.

Applied some lubricant and good lord it’s the best stick I’ve ever felt. And it tests as a nearly perfect stick!

A properly refurbished SEGA CD is much like fine wine 🍷

Board was ultrasonic cleaned, recapped, FRAM modded, thoroughly inspected for broken/cold solder joints.

Alongside some drive maintenance this unit will work great for years to come!

Some glamor shots as well. It cleaned up so much better than expected 🥹

This poor n64 was clearly in some form of flood, but thankfully I’m more than equipped to deal with this sort of thing 🤙

Happy to have given this console a second chance!

I can’t believe this needs to be said, but don’t try to repair your N64 analog stick with tape 😂

Not surprised in the slightest, there’s a reason a lot of us avoid Epic Games like the plague.

I love being able to make these cart port shieldings look brand new again. It’s a small detail, but it goes a long way for a refurbished console.

Gotta love dealing with roaches 😷🧤

Gotta love a freshly serviced Nomad!

Huh, today I learned

Gotta love a freshly recapped and cleaned SNES board ☺️

What the hell is a “green triangle quality street”

Finished up a lil Christmas gift for myself today. Fully refurbished, deep cleaned, and region modded orange spice GC with 4 matching controllers (also refurbished and deep cleaned by yours truly) 🥵

Now to track down an orange GB Player and buy a FlippyDrive to complete it 🤭

I may have an addiction to building sick gameboys 😂

And I here I thought that a shell being transparent was the coolest possible option.

Glow in the dark transparent gameboys are the new wave 👀

Refinished this table my fiance found that was put out for brush and bulky, really happy with the result! First time ever doing this!

Sanded it, filled the holes, stained with dark walnut and ebony, then triple sealed with satin finish ☺️

Found a before pic too for anyone curious

Delidded this i5 6600k today, max temp in black ops 6 at ultra settings is 50c with the normal boost settings at around 3.8 GHZ

I’ve seen people push this chip pretty hard, so I’m gonna have to see how far I can push it since it’s replacing my i7 7700k which died in the line of duty 🫡

They really did cook with Shadow Gens. It’s genuinely impressive how good it is, and it gives me high hopes for Frontiers 2.

It got to 83%, crashed, reset to 13%, and is now at 64%

BRO I JUST WANNA PLAY CALL OF DUTY WHAT IS THIS

This is pain, why won’t it fucking load

I also was blown away by kingdom valley specifically! Genuinely brought a tear to my eye. I’ve always loved that stage and this is now the best interpretation of it

Safe travels Pèpito!

a man in a suit and tie holds his hands to his head while watching a wrestling match .. ALT: a man in a suit and tie holds his hands to his head while watching a wrestling match ..

Sonic Team cooked HARD with Sonic X Shadow Generations. Holy fucking shit