Okay, so I've been doing some comparisons between the two consoles, to see what I can do to fix them. I'll just list what I've found here.
I have two units, one I will call stiff (because the switches are stiff) and the other loose (since the switches are.. you know)
So Stiff has the following anomalies:
Anything bright and blue hues will bleed. a lot. a little on the right and a lot on the left. This makes the copyright text on Yar's revenge almost unreadable.
On Centipede's title
WARNING: This will probably make you cringe.
Remember that stuff I said about me not taking care of stuff? Well, this one wasn't me. I saved this from the trashcan somewhere.
This hurts to look at. It plays great, but... It's painful.
Oh, this is the WORST part about it! Cleaning Paddle controllers!
The first challenge was getting them free from the tangled wire monster in my closet. I got one out. Cleaned those out. Now the console flickers when the paddles are plugged in. Luckily, I have a spare set of paddles and they work perfectly.
Still a bit weird, though. I've never seen that behavior before. how much power is being sent to these controllers?
I'm just going to admit it now: I was a teenager once that had no idea of value or that treating stuff badly would soon make them look bad or lost. So this holiday season I cleaned up the house, found all my 2600 carts strewn about. seriously, I was 5 minutes away from being on an episode of Hoarders, but I turned around!
Now I'm in the process of cleaning up. with the help of a psychologist, I can now determine what is trash and what isn't. All souveniers I never looked at? Gone. Game syste
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