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ITT: What are the most DURABLE Video Game Consoles

SNES, Genesis, N64 all seem like they could withstand nuclea...
Saffron heady gas station coldplay fan
  01/26/26
The cartridge sticking out of the n64 seems like a vulnerabi...
insecure cheese-eating national security agency
  01/26/26
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Awkward metal nibblets
  01/26/26
The laser dies out iirc
Judgmental histrionic mother
  01/26/26
Nothing with a disc drive and moving parts is indestructible
Aphrodisiac dull abode macaca
  01/26/26
not a console but still have a Commodore PET and a Xerox 820...
chrome voyeur
  01/26/26
180
Awkward metal nibblets
  01/27/26
Not the NES, that design was such a POS.
Bright Boyish Filthpig Field
  01/26/26
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Judgmental histrionic mother
  01/26/26
I have like 5 NES systems and the cartridge slot is a piece ...
Judgmental histrionic mother
  01/26/26
I think my PS1 still works. PS2 probably too, but it seemed ...
Saffron heady gas station coldplay fan
  01/26/26
My ps2 got wonky within a year or so of buying it it would n...
Judgmental histrionic mother
  01/26/26
My ZOZO ‘04 Limited Edition is showing no signs of slo...
Awkward metal nibblets
  01/26/26
Didn't they pull up a gameboy color from a shipwreck at the ...
hyperactive stimulating parlor
  01/26/26
idk about that but I've bought a ton of them and like half t...
Judgmental histrionic mother
  01/26/26
...
ivory doctorate
  01/26/26
Those things were like a brick. Me and my brother used to th...
Ebony zippy station athletic conference
  01/26/26
PS2
razzle-dazzle circlehead
  01/26/26
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ivory doctorate
  01/26/26
OG game boy
Exciting Pocket Flask
  01/26/26
Cr.
180 house karate
  01/26/26
Not IMO, you have to reflow almost all of them https://www.y...
Judgmental histrionic mother
  01/26/26
has anyone here ever done that "Recalibration" to ...
Saffron heady gas station coldplay fan
  01/27/26


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Date: January 26th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: Saffron heady gas station coldplay fan

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621035)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: insecure cheese-eating national security agency

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621047)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:04 PM
Author: Awkward metal nibblets



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621054)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:16 PM
Author: Judgmental histrionic mother

The laser dies out iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621097)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:33 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac dull abode macaca

Nothing with a disc drive and moving parts is indestructible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621731)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:07 PM
Author: chrome voyeur

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



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621061)



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Date: January 27th, 2026 2:06 PM
Author: Awkward metal nibblets

180

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:11 PM
Author: Bright Boyish Filthpig Field

Not the NES, that design was such a POS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621087)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:16 PM
Author: Judgmental histrionic mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621098)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:20 PM
Author: Judgmental histrionic mother

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621107)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:22 PM
Author: Saffron heady gas station coldplay fan

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621118)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:24 PM
Author: Judgmental histrionic mother

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

Ps1 was a tank

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621123)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 6:55 PM
Author: Awkward metal nibblets

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621626)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: hyperactive stimulating parlor

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621638)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:08 PM
Author: Judgmental histrionic mother

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621660)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:09 PM
Author: ivory doctorate



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:14 PM
Author: Ebony zippy station athletic conference

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621672)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:11 PM
Author: razzle-dazzle circlehead

PS2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621666)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:12 PM
Author: ivory doctorate



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: Exciting Pocket Flask

OG game boy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621675)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:27 PM
Author: 180 house karate

Cr.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621706)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:52 PM
Author: Judgmental histrionic mother

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5301927#49621778)



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Date: January 27th, 2026 3:41 PM
Author: Saffron heady gas station coldplay fan

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\u0026mark_id=5301927#49624332)