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ITT: What are the most DURABLE Video Game Consoles

SNES, Genesis, N64 all seem like they could withstand nuclea...
Fragrant institution
  01/26/26
The cartridge sticking out of the n64 seems like a vulnerabi...
hideous dashing whorehouse
  01/26/26
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motley center
  01/26/26
The laser dies out iirc
silver fighting location circlehead
  01/26/26
Nothing with a disc drive and moving parts is indestructible
Federal alpha
  01/26/26
not a console but still have a Commodore PET and a Xerox 820...
At-the-ready Bat Shit Crazy Sex Offender
  01/26/26
180
motley center
  01/27/26
Not the NES, that design was such a POS.
Blue Piazza Degenerate
  01/26/26
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silver fighting location circlehead
  01/26/26
I have like 5 NES systems and the cartridge slot is a piece ...
silver fighting location circlehead
  01/26/26
I think my PS1 still works. PS2 probably too, but it seemed ...
Fragrant institution
  01/26/26
My ps2 got wonky within a year or so of buying it it would n...
silver fighting location circlehead
  01/26/26
My ZOZO ‘04 Limited Edition is showing no signs of slo...
motley center
  01/26/26
Didn't they pull up a gameboy color from a shipwreck at the ...
Galvanic twinkling uncleanness legal warrant
  01/26/26
idk about that but I've bought a ton of them and like half t...
silver fighting location circlehead
  01/26/26
gameboy https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a27183316/ninte...
heady jewess depressive
  01/26/26
Those things were like a brick. Me and my brother used to th...
ivory dog poop
  01/26/26
PS2
startled liquid oxygen church building
  01/26/26
i owned 3 ps2s was my favorite and last console, eventual...
heady jewess depressive
  01/26/26
OG game boy
mewling range
  01/26/26
Cr.
aphrodisiac light deer antler voyeur
  01/26/26
Not IMO, you have to reflow almost all of them https://www.y...
silver fighting location circlehead
  01/26/26
has anyone here ever done that "Recalibration" to ...
Fragrant institution
  01/27/26


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Date: January 26th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: Fragrant institution

SNES, Genesis, N64 all seem like they could withstand nuclear bombs and still work. My SNES and N64 still work great IMO

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: hideous dashing whorehouse

The cartridge sticking out of the n64 seems like a vulnerability. The GameCube, however, is fucking indestructible.

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:04 PM
Author: motley center



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:16 PM
Author: silver fighting location circlehead

The laser dies out iirc

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:33 PM
Author: Federal alpha

Nothing with a disc drive and moving parts is indestructible

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:07 PM
Author: At-the-ready Bat Shit Crazy Sex Offender

not a console but still have a Commodore PET and a Xerox 820 in storage that power up fine



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Date: January 27th, 2026 2:06 PM
Author: motley center

180

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:11 PM
Author: Blue Piazza Degenerate

Not the NES, that design was such a POS.

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:16 PM
Author: silver fighting location circlehead



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:20 PM
Author: silver fighting location circlehead

I have like 5 NES systems and the cartridge slot is a piece of shit. You have to take it apart and clip a pin on the lockout chip

The snes and genesis and n64 still work fine

I haven't hooked up my old psx or dreamcast in probably 20+ years

The first xbox has capacitors that will leak acid on the motherboard and destroy it, the xbox 360 had the red ring of death and idk about the rest, ljl at micro$oft

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:22 PM
Author: Fragrant institution

I think my PS1 still works. PS2 probably too, but it seemed flismier than the PS1

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:24 PM
Author: silver fighting location circlehead

My ps2 got wonky within a year or so of buying it it would not work sometimes randomly

Ps1 was a tank

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Date: January 26th, 2026 6:55 PM
Author: motley center

My ZOZO ‘04 Limited Edition is showing no signs of slowly down, crazy but true, longevity helped I suspect by Rach’s commitment to server hamster/gerbil et al. continuity to make the generational transitions smooth and uneventful, periodic (cyber)performance art to the contrary notwithstanding

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Date: January 26th, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: Galvanic twinkling uncleanness legal warrant

Didn't they pull up a gameboy color from a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean and it still worked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2...id.#49621638)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:08 PM
Author: silver fighting location circlehead

idk about that but I've bought a ton of them and like half the speakers don't work anymore

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:09 PM
Author: heady jewess depressive

gameboy

https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a27183316/nintendo-game-boy-survived-gulf-war/

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:14 PM
Author: ivory dog poop

Those things were like a brick. Me and my brother used to throw our gameboy all over the place and at each other.

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:11 PM
Author: startled liquid oxygen church building

PS2

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:12 PM
Author: heady jewess depressive

i owned 3 ps2s

was my favorite and last console, eventually the console would stop being able to read the discs with the purple cds

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: mewling range

OG game boy

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:27 PM
Author: aphrodisiac light deer antler voyeur

Cr.

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:52 PM
Author: silver fighting location circlehead

Not IMO, you have to reflow almost all of them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OEXhxoTIvY

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Date: January 27th, 2026 3:41 PM
Author: Fragrant institution

has anyone here ever done that "Recalibration" to their OG Gameboy and Gameboy Color? Apparently it helps a lot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2...id.#49624332)