He saved a 20 year old console that was rotting in a barn

He saved a 20 year old console that was rotting in a barn

July 12, 2017 An enthusiastic fan managed to repair an old game console that had been lying forgotten in an inhospitable environment for many years. However, it was enough to clean it properly, replace a few parts and it runs almost like new.Photogallery4

Repairing an old NES game console that rotted in a barn for 20 years| photo: Luke Morse

Nowadays, thanks to readily available emulators or the great GOG service, it is possible to run almost any old game without much technical skill.

Dust is one thing, the remains of cobwebs and dried insect corpses are another.

However, software emulation cannot completely convey the charm of the past, so there are many people who are dedicated to collecting and saving old hardware. Popular YouTuber Luke Morse is one of them.

In his latest video, he documents a particularly baked piece. He got his hands on a copy of the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console, which had been lying forgotten in a barn somewhere in Kentucky for 20 years. The unsightly piece of plastic, which I would honestly almost be afraid to touch, was even supplemented with several original copies of the games.

The value of the old NES is not at all staggering, you can get it for around 2000 CZK.

Luke did the work, cleaned the hardware of dust, rust, dried insect corpses, and god knows what else that had accumulated in the guts over the years, and after replacing a few parts, he got the console up and running again. He didn't have much to do with classic Zelda cartridges, unlike flimsy floppy disks or drunk disks, they are really sturdy. You can watch the full video detailing the repair below.

Repairing and collecting old hardware is a nice hobby, just like any other however, it also presents certain dangers. Even Morse himself knows about this, who surprised his fans a few years ago when he announced in an emotional video that his wife and child had left him.

According to many fans, keeping the original Zelda 2 in such conditions should be a crime.

The reason, of course, was that he devoted much more time to tending to obsolete pieces of computer history than to his own family. We don't know how Luke is doing now, but he obviously didn't keep his previous promise to hang up the video shoot. It's good news for us viewers, if I'm not so sure for Luke as well.

Author: Honza Srp

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Topics: barn, Nintendo, Kentucky, game console, GOG, history, culture, repair, work, family
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