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PlayStation DualShock Refurb.

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I have a box, under my stairs, that's full of old controllers that I've collected over the years.  I've found these at car boots, been given them, or literally found them in my own loft in shoeboxes. It's a bounty that's paid dividends over the years. Recently I've been spending a lot of time with the original PlayStation again and needed a DualShock controller, so  I went to the box and pulled out these wondrous things. I only needed one, so I picked one. They all looked and felt the same, so it didn't take long. I won't grab any old controller that I see out and about, I can generally tell after a quick look at the face button sides, or how it feels, if its going to be worth picking up. The chosen one. First things first, I disassemble with a PH00 screwdriver bit and give all the plastics a good long soaking in some very hot water with plenty of washing up liquid. I use quite a simple method for cleaning everything really, it works well for me a
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Back-lighting A Game Boy Color

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So, I eventually manged to get my hands on one of the second generation backlit McWill LCD’s for the Game Boy Color. The Game Boy modding scene is currently alive and doing rather well at the moment with hobbyists producing wonderful backlit screens and other devices for use in retro consoles, like Game Boys, Game Gears, Neo Geo Pockets and pretty much anything with a mother board and ribbon. Generally speaking, when it comes to the Game Boy Color there are two types of LCD’s that are available, the Freckle Shack screen which is made by a modder that goes by the name of BennVenn, who resides in Australia and the McWill screen that is produced by a modder in Europe. Sadly, as you can probably imagine these are very popular and are often always out of stock. The latest version of the McWill screen has just been released and promises a total drop in replacement screen for the Game Boy Color, solder free, just a bit of trimming to the shell. These suddenly b
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Building A GameBoy Pocket

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A friend of mine was asking if I had a Gameboy spare, that I could send him, so that he could show is children what life was like before the millennium. I said, "Yes, I literally have almost 30. I’ll send you one." I took this opportunity to have some fun and build him one instead of just sending one out. This is the process I go through, looking through parts, testing and spares. I went through a stage a while ago of importing damaged GameBoy Pockets and Color’s (Colour) from Japan and messing about with them, listed as “no-power, junk” I’d get them for about £12 each delivered. I’ve never not got one of them working again, these things are so durable it’s pretty surprising really. Only serious physical damage or corrosion will end their lives. Even in death they are super helpful too, as you can never have enough spare buttons, rubbers, mother boards, screws, shells, etc…. I’m a big fan of keeping everything as original as possible. However, replace
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