Stupid Retro Games Ltd. The C64 Mini 😁

@stevenbenson9976

Жыл бұрын

Stez - a jester is when you kick from one of the legs across the other and hit the hacky sack over your knee. You preformed it in this video (it says jester)

@riparaggi

Жыл бұрын

finally a stupid game I played! :-D

@seedmoreuser

Жыл бұрын

That zener transistor diode looks cracked. But might just be the camera angle. Wouldn't surprise me if it blew though judging by those ports.

@bufordmaddogtannen

Жыл бұрын

If you look for USB-C breakout boards on an auction site I cannot mention because foooook KZread, you should find a few with resistors. These could be used to convert devices like this c64 to USB-C charging.

@Nobe_Oddy

Жыл бұрын

I just don't know how you can make a new rap with pretty much the same names EVERY VIDEO!!! You are BRILLIANT!!!! (Oh and Smart too lol :D ) - I look forward to your videos SO MUCH!!!! You are a one of a kind channel and you DESERVE ONLY THE BEST!!!!! Luv ya, Bruv YEA! - LOL - I suck at rhyming... can you tell??? lol That's why YOU have the channel and I don't :)

What I learned today: if one USB port is mangled beyond belief, check the others. 😁

@Druid_Plow

Жыл бұрын

Physical inspection across the entire device before making any changes.

@Druid_Plow

Жыл бұрын

@Ralph Reilly did you really have years of experience before making and posting your comment? Once upon a time I was also an inexperienced tech, and I repaired issues before finding the cause. One thing I learned above all repair techniques, don't bash on the tech who actually tried, even if they failed.

@NotAHandle22

Жыл бұрын

@Ralph Reilly Working on the physical side of electronics is not my specialty. One reason I enjoy these videos. I would have checked the power socket before any work due to my own experiences but I'm not sure I would have checked the other USB ports.

@BommeI

Жыл бұрын

To be fair: The Item was sold with the correct description all along 😂 Thanks for sharing your little misfortunes, though

@jnharton

Жыл бұрын

Also, if there's a short you should start with the simplest possible explanation...

Not going to lie, I'm slightly envious of your smiley face drawing skills!

@StezStixFix

Жыл бұрын

🤣 took me ages to master!

@iaincowell9747

Жыл бұрын

@@StezStixFix i'll give you £13.50 for smiley face drawings

When removing a port, take the tip off the hot air gun and hold it straight down, don't move it around. Let the port fall off, don't pull it with tweezers.

You make it look like you're eyeballing your way through all your projects but in honesty you complete almost 99% of them. Hats off to you sir.

@TheBelrick

Жыл бұрын

If a moron damages one port through abuse then yeah, all ports that come into the cretins contact is likely toast.

@AAHAHHHHH

Жыл бұрын

are you serious? this guy only takes on easy challenges like changing usb ports or soldering cracks what an immature

@Rukyr99

Жыл бұрын

@@AAHAHHHHH looking forward to your video's than including the rap and other pleasantries. If you don't like it, don't watch it. Simple as 1+1.

@AAHAHHHHH

Жыл бұрын

@@Rukyr99 i stopped watching in case you're wandering i have seen enough on this loser

@jnharton

Жыл бұрын

@@AAHAHHHHH You don't actually watch his videos, clearly. He's also changed out surface mounted IC, replaced passive components, done trace repair, etc. -- That said, some problems are just plain unfixable. If the active logic on a board is shot sometimes you're just SOL.

I used to have a mini megadrive, I swear they were all made as cheap cash grabs, my megadrive circuit board barely anything was soldered on at a sensible angle, so the diode in this being like that doesn't surprise me at all. Great video as always Steve!

@StezStixFix

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam, yeah there were a few other wonky ones on there. You're right, I guess that's what you get with mass produced cheap things like this! 👍

@yousefslimani99

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you haved it I love SEGA Megadrive one of my fav console of all time!

@pentiummmx2294

Жыл бұрын

i have a broken atari flashback 5, i plan on like putting a raspberry pi inside it or something, i found that atari flashback 5 in the garbage.

@tautology_zero

Жыл бұрын

A couple of years back I did a talk on trying on reverse engineering a couple of these (Including the C64 mini). TBH, buy a pi and put an emulator on it instead, it'll be cheaper, better, and if you get a pi-400, have a working keyboard.

@bigbabatunde1218

Жыл бұрын

​@@tautology_zero Then you'll need to rely on 100% illegal ROM's.

That's pretty cool. I also think you can fix it because you usually can. And yesterday I found a clone SNES mini in the trash. I fixed it by taking off the broken reset button. I'm basically you now 😂

@samholdsworth420

Жыл бұрын

Also, SOLID 🪙 on the music

Watching your videos has become one of the highlights of my week. Keep up the awesome work!

I had a gameboy/ gameboy color link cable that kept shorting, out of the box one of the ends had pins touching inside! I slid a piece of cardboard into the connector, voila, it worked!

Nice! The more electronic items you fix, the more you'll realise that 90% of all failures are something mechanical unless someone has applied power incorrectly somehow. Broken wires and broken ports/connectors account for an awful lot of failed equipment. Not what you want to hear, but more time doing the initial eyeballing saves a lot of chasing red herrings later. Love your videos. You have come on a ton from the start. Hope the house move went smoothly.

Compliments ! This is the best repair channel...you are my inspiration! I live in Italy and I recently started posting some of my repairs ;). Thank you!!

I'm sorry Stez but watching you struggle is my favourite.... The clarity when you find the problem and then the ease of solution, you can't script better entertainment =) Thank you

Great repair in the end, Ste. Well done bud and enjoy some great C64 games all over again :)

Glad you're back, my Saturdays have felt unfulfilled, stupid Saturdays!!

Was worried where you’d gone, hope the move went well Steve.

@xxxhypoxxx

Жыл бұрын

what move?

@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co

Жыл бұрын

@@xxxhypoxxx He says in the video that he's recently moved house.

Best video I've seen on KZread in a while, glad you were able to fix this C64 Mini. Carry on, sir.

Good job fixing this. I actually have one and I have taken good care it, so I have had no reason to open it up. Thanks for sharing this experience!!!

I was worried about you! Glad you're back, alive and kicking!

You just taught a ton of people what to look for. We all have these experiences and the more we share the more we learn and become more efficient. Thank you sir!!!

Maybe before parents buy their kids electronics they should start with those toys where you have to put the shapes into the correct shaped holes first 🙄

@MRJWC2332

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

the production / music is steadily getting better. nice job steve -- welcome back.

Fowl 😂 I missed that pun as a 10 yr old Dutch kid. Over the years I've gained English proficiency and the fatherhood to appreciate it.

Welcome back, Ive REALLY missed your vids. Was just telling my niece yesterday that I was worried about you. Glad youre ok. Enjoy the new spot xxx

The eletronics skills, the musical talent...! Is there anything this guy can't do?

@bigbabatunde1218

Жыл бұрын

Make a RPG that doesn't revolve around tired old tropes of magic and mysticism. No one can seem to develop a RPG that doesn't revolve around these things.

@Poppinwheeeeellllllieeeeez

Жыл бұрын

​@@bigbabatunde1218 Leisure Suit Larry

@hunam3876

Жыл бұрын

He can't inspect his electronics for shit.

Thxxx for the great vid and much luck with the move. Curious to see the new space!

Welcome back! Another great vid. Keep em coming.

This is very helpful because next time I have something like this I'm going to check all the ports :D

Great fix! Loving the music on this one too 🤙

I love my C64 Mini, happy to see you working on one.

Your contents is good as always! Keep up the good work!

I have the full sized version of this unit and I really like it a lot. The USB power socket on mine broke too, it developed a loose connection so if you bumped the socket it would stop working. My sister's boyfriend tried to resolder the connections but because it's surface mount soldered he couldn't fix it. He said the only way to fix it was by drilling a hole in the case and hard soldering a USB cable to the board. I wasn't too keen on that, so in the end I just bought a replacement unit which is working just fine. I'm sorry to say the joysticks aren't made the best either, they don't use good strain relief and so the cables are susceptible to breakage. The build quality could be better, but overall I think Retro Games did a pretty good job with these units.

Welcome back Steve, you were missed.

Congrats on the new place Steve! Thanks for the upload, yet another diamond 💎

Nice fix Steve 👍 Interesting twist!

@StezStixFix

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Chris! 👍

Great video as always ! And the music, damn yeah !

Good to have you back, didn’t take long to start missin ya

I would love to see you assemble some of those diy electronics projects off eBay and Amazon Steve!

Glad to see you back. That kempston style joystick is a great design choice.

@Gilmore74

Жыл бұрын

Yep looks like a Kempston Pro. Been a few decades since I’ve seen one of those!

That is rad as hell, I didn't even know there was a C64 mini out there! I'd like one just as a cute shelf thing. From a personal opinion standpoint, this isn't my favorite of your Patreon songs, but I STILL didn't skip it!!

I was like where the duck is Steve ??? Glad to see you back, hope the moving went smooth 😛

@StezStixFix

Жыл бұрын

😁 thanks Bruno! Yeah, went well in the end!

Jester is basically a royal house clown. The original Harley Quinn dressed as one.

Great stuff Steve, as always.

Singling Louie Louie to California game chip tune is gold, best song you have ever done!

I have found memories of playing California Games at my school's computer lab in 7th and 8th grade. The computer teacher was really cool and let us play games in there during lunch.

Man, I remember California Games. I tried so hard to get good at the hacky sack game and never really did. Anyway, great video!

Have one. Love it got it from goodwill auction complete for like $30. It is, however, not playable. It works but I’ve tried and it’s just on display now. I play my other mini systems almost every day.

Brilliantly done thanks Steve

Great music choices mate! Love the content!

Top skills yet again!! You must go through a fair bit of flux paste!!

Good to have you back one of my favorites on KZread

Nice video as always mate.

The most bizarre fault, I had a micro USB socket that was short on a Raspberry Pi 3, took the port off, cleaned the solder off it, examined it under a microscope, no bent pins, solder whiskers, nothing visible, but there was a definite, hard short between 5V and the metal case. Replaced the port, it's still working perfectly to this day.

fantastic diagnosis and repair

These vids are cool mate. Love em

Glad you’re back. Hope the move went without a hitch. But you’re a tease putting adverts at your reveals 😂

Great work. 👏🏻 You should look into getting a PCB bottom heater. It can really help with those USB ports 😊👍🏻

I love it when you say 'stupid game'.

The same happened with an xbox 360 I fixed years ago with the red ring, turns out one of the front USB ports were completely destroyed and the contacts were touching I bent them away from each other and no more red ring

I've seen people complain before that weights are a sign of cheapness. But nobody actually wants a product so light that the weight of an HDMI cable will drag it off the table on to the floor. It shows some thought was actually put into the user experience.

That looks like a Raspberry PI.

@chris7868

Жыл бұрын

As someone who bought one of these at the thrift shop without the joystick, you'd wish it was a Pi. Tough to find a gamepad that works with it

@delavanty

Жыл бұрын

They basically are since the programming of a c64 is simple enough for pie if it can run windows

@CallousCoder

Жыл бұрын

It’s probably also an ARM professor but that’s where the similarities seem to end.

@bigbabatunde1218

Жыл бұрын

​@@chris7868 The Super Retrocade is like that as well regarding the seeking of replacement controllers despite having a USB connector. The U in USB is supposed to stand for universal. Not anymore it doesn't as every company has spoiled it with custom firmware running things to the point that having a universal connector is all it is now, doesn't mean anything is automatically usable anymore just because of the USB standard.

Looks like that original port was practically incinerated! LOL.

Funny seeing a commodore 64 with an HDMI port and USB. My first computer was a commodore 64 and I think I hooked it up to a 13-inch TV. I had hundreds of floppy disks in the few years I had it.

This helped me as I thought my mini was faulty as it auto turns on when power is turned on. I see yours did the same.

Finally my weekly ASMR is back!

C106 would be my first guess, but also the Diode. And remember to remove the port and measure for shorts w/o Port :)

I was waiting for two weeks for a new video from you that I was missing you like a girl waits for a boy to call. Lol

your so under rated pal deffo need more regular videos there awesome

Awesome fix! And great music.

Glad to see you back, Seven. Cheers

I never skip the rap shoutout as they usually slap, great vid as always 👍

I have a noise machine. Cheap Christmas gift. used to make a range of noises: fart, shotgun, glass shattering, bomb dropping, whapwhapwhap disappointment noise etc. A few of the buttons only play a quarter of the previous recording. Probably an easy fix and possibly something to feature in a Christmas video. Do post PO box details if that's any use. Cheers for the fun videos and music.

Glad you're back!

14:01 eyes lit up like a kid on Xmas day.😀

What have those barbarians done to those pore USB ports. Some people don't deserve nice things...

Best way to watch this is with the volume turned right down, typical example of an older man trying to get down with the youngsters. Just repair the bloody computer

Super cool soldering Sound!

all my urges to disassembly electronic stuff is met by your channel.

Congrats on 100k

Nice work again Steve , 👍

I looked up the lyrics to Louie Louie. You nailed them 😂

Glad your back,,,I was having withdrawal symptoms 😂😢

Well done, mate! When you were checking components I was thinking voltage injection but then when you found the other port shorted I realized that would have been a pretty bad idea 😅

@StezStixFix

Жыл бұрын

Cheers AFU! Yeah, I knew it was something pretty bad as it was kicking the powerbank straight into protection mode. I would probably have injected voltage as a last resort, bit luckily spotted the short before I had to! 😁

Hey! Great video. Was interesting to watch. My C64 mini won't detect the USB joysticks in any of the two ports. Is that a general problem with these minis?

I've been checking multiple times per day for a HHG spot to open up ... how are people getting in on that? Teach me your secrets! Another great video BTW! Thanks!

Great video. Watching your repair while doing the robot from your background music. What are the tracks?

The solder music was excellent! One really has to wonder what people are doing with connector ports to screw them up this much...

Don't be to hard on yourself Steve. I did my trade as an electronic service technician in the 80s but gave up the industry due to the micronisation of components and dealing with absolute morons full of bad manners and entitlement, expecting everything for free. You're doing quite a good job doing these repairs, and considerably better than I've seen some Technicians efforts.. Good work Steve.

@polocatfan

Жыл бұрын

elitism

We missed you!

You have such an under rated channel!!!

Can't wait to order the Mobius Probe!

I'm just here every week for the raps! Awesome jobs! By the way, what are the titles of the other tracks in this video?

Superb camera work!

when it's stupid I know you can fix it! thx for the video 😀

Your back!!!

This seems like one of those, what happens when the kids go quiet. Lol.

15:05 reminds me of the scene in Leisure suit Larry, where you have to give Tawney a credit card before bonking her on the beach, to go further into the game.

I'm surprised you didn't get a content match/strike for the Gooey Louie song lol - GREAT VIDEO!!!! :D

I'm wondering if I can fit an HDMI audio-splitter inside the casing of the mini. I need to feed audio out separately as my monitor doesn't have speakers. It looks like there probably probably is enough room for a splitter thanks to this video. I can't use the mini on my main TV as the input lag is awful - weird because my X-Box with the same TV is fine, and the mini is fine with my PC monitor...

11:16 damn what is that music? im loving it

Legend has it, until the end of his days, he never found out what that Jester was.