They sure don't make 'em like they used to, right? Well, that's certainly the case when it comes to this poor, unloved NES that was rescued from the side of a freeway in Texas.
Spotted by Rob Ivy (AKA: The Obsolete Geek), the NES had seemingly been abandoned, and despite Ivy's helpful pinpointing of the location of the console on social media, it remained there until he decided to collect it himself and drop it off with his pal The 8-Bit Guy, who decided he might be able to salvage it.
Amazingly, he was right! While the console refused to boot at the first time of asking and the RF shield inside was bent out of shape, it was – with a bit of TLC – returned to working condition. In fact, The 8-Bit Guy even goes as far as to clean up the battered and cracked casing and fix the 'feet' on the underside, with the end result being a NES which is capable of giving many years of joy.
Just remember, kids – a NES is for life, not just for Christmas (1986).
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The way I read the title at first made me believe that someone had found a game for NES called ‘Roadkill’ at the side of the road. Thought that was a mad coincidence, until I clicked the article and realised what it really meant haha
@Markiemania95 Yeah, I thought the same lmao
Cool, a new channel for me to follow on YouTube. Great video and I love how he shows everything so clearly. It really makes me want to tamper with an NES myself xD
I am convinced that if you hit an immovable object with an unstoppable force, and stick a NES between them, afterwards the NES will still function, after a bit of cleaning.
Old Nintendo hardware is nigh-indestructible, this article reminds me of the Gameboy that was in an explosion, but still plays Tetris just fine.
Wait....why does this guy's car have the steering wheel on the right-hand side...........in TEXAS?!
And why does Texas have 1980's video game hardware laying by the freeway in decent shape, in 2021? Random garbage by the side of the road is one thing, but that's an oddly specific easter egg to find there by itself like that.
@Pillowpants I love 8-bit guy. I been watching his channel for about 3 years. His channel primarily focuses on old computers/ general old electronic hardware which is cool because I find old computers fascinating because of how they were able to achieve stuff with very little hardware resources.
@Nookingtons Look on the bright side: His NES survived the ordeal.
A wise man once said, "you could slam a GameCube with a sleigh hammer and it'll still turn on, but drop a PS2, Xbox on the floor and it dies..."
Personally I think the GameCube wins, Xbox 2nd, PS2 3rd.
Oh hey! 8-Bit Guy! Interesting to see you here! No mention of PETSCII Robots? It's in the video itself!
@PokemonDMG
Nothing beats the OG Game Boys.
You could basically use a collection of Game Boys as body armor.
@PokemonDMG I remember the old show X-Play on TechTV did a durability test on the Gamecube, Xbox, and PS2. It's not scientific since they only had one of each, but the Gamecube was the most durable in the test, with the XBox second, and PS2 third, just as you guessed.
@TheRedComet expect when you get lines in the screen then you can use them as armor, Ironman armor Gameboy edition.
@sdelfin well The GameCube and Xbox are the most heavier I believe, but Xbox has two flaws the CD drive fails often and the cap for the time leaks.
@sdelfin
The PS2 was a very fragile system.
The Xbox was a tank. And if you threw it at someone you’d probably be charged with attempted murder.
@NEStalgia Rob collects interesting stuff from Japan, including that car. It is possible to import right-side steering wheel cars; it just requires a lot of permits from state and federal government and can be a bit expensive.
I met Rob at an event here in Dallas a few years ago. He brought his Sharp X68000, a rare Japanese PC from the 1990s that could be described as the desktop equivalent of a Neo Geo. Extremely powerful for its time and, for several years, the only way to play arcade-perfect ports of Street Fighter II and a few other games.
Anyway Rob is a cool guy, check out his YouTube channel to learn more. Search "The Obsolete Geek"
8-bit guy is one of those YouTubers I can just turn on and loose myself in his presentation and skills...learned alot from his videos as well as other retro tech channels
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