What do yo do if your SNES is yellow? (56k you're gay)

Turbo D · 04/03/2008, 07:00 AM

Answer: Paint it Black!!?!?!?! Yes, you read that right. While you're at it, you might as well throw in a blue power led. Yep, Mario himself would be proud. Oh ya, don't for get to rip open your cartridge slot with some wire cutters so that you can play SuperFamicom games. When you're all finished, your super nintendo will look like a real 16-bit gaming console!

Keranu · 04/03/2008, 07:16 AM

Did you do that mod? The purple buttons on black looks very slick!

Turbo D · 04/03/2008, 07:25 AM

Yes I did Keranu. I dug up my SnEs last week to play that Chohmakaimura I scored for $5 at that hole in the wall game store. When the SnEs surfaced from the depts of my mess, it looked a bit different than I had remembered it. To my surprise, it.. it.. was.. YELLOW!?!?!? I was like; dude, wtf happened to you SnEs?!? I also could not play my SuperFamicom game. It would not fit!!! So I set out on a mission; a mission to save my SnEs. I took it completely apart. I then cut and ground away the SuperFamicom game blocking plastic barriers of hell. After that I cleaned everything with an electric toothbrush and a mild detergent( water and a few drops of dish soap.) After that, I went into my Pop's garage and found some semi-flat black paint. After a few coats, I was ready to play. But then I thought; Why not install a cool blue LED for the power on? So I went to Fry's and grabbed one for $2.50. The rest is history. I hope everyone enjoys my 2-day project

Nazi NecroPhile · 04/03/2008, 09:48 AM

That don't look half bad, but it'd look even better if you'd also paint the controller ports, cartridge slot, and eject button.

guyjin · 04/03/2008, 10:26 AM

that actually looks pretty awesome. I may just try that with my own yellow SNES.

TurboXray · 04/03/2008, 11:34 AM

What paint was used? The plastic/vinyl paint dye works great and it's pretty tough. You need to etch the plastic (break the surface) and remove move any oils.

Personally, I like eggshell or satin finishes better. I painted my original Duo in an eggshell soft white years ago (in '93).

nat · 04/03/2008, 11:40 AM

Quote from: guest on 04/03/2008, 09:48 AMThat don't look half bad, but it'd look even better if you'd also paint the controller ports, cartridge slot, and eject button.

I disagree, I think it looks incredibly slick just the way he did it. I'm going to do mine exactly the same.

Quote from: turbo D on 04/03/2008, 07:25 AMWhen the SnEs surfaced from the depts of my mess, it looked a bit different than I had remembered it. To my surprise, it.. it.. was.. YELLOW!?!?!?

That happened to me, kinda. Except it happened overnight and mine wasn't hidden away anywhere. I just got up one day, went to play my SNES, and the bottom half of the shell was piss-yellow. It just happened overnight. WTF? Yours looks so good I'm going to do the exact same thing. Exactly what brand paint did you use? That looks so nice, I want to emulate the look exactly.

MurderDate · 04/03/2008, 12:50 PM

turbo, that looks fantastic! I am all for black video game systems (but I admit I also love that early Nintedo gray). Nicely done!

SignOfZeta · 04/03/2008, 01:48 PM

Pure lemonade.

Ceti Alpha · 04/03/2008, 01:55 PM

Nicely done Turbo! Looks absolutely fantastic!!

Joe Redifer · 04/03/2008, 03:23 PM

I'll never understand the rabid fascination people who mod their systems have with blue LEDs.

Nazi NecroPhile · 04/03/2008, 03:34 PM

Quote from: nat on 04/03/2008, 11:40 AMI disagree, I think it looks incredibly slick just the way he did it. I'm going to do mine exactly the same.

To each their own, but I prefer simple color schemes, which is why I think the Turbo Duo looks so much better than the PCE Duo. Of course, turbo D's SNES looks fine the way it is now, and surely much better than it did in yellow. I don't suppose there's any 'before' pics, is there?

P.S. - I just noticed the end of the subject line; my dialup is indeed gay.

guyjin · 04/03/2008, 04:41 PM

Quote from: guest on 04/03/2008, 03:34 PMP.S. - I just noticed the end of the subject line; my dialup is indeed gay.

Ouch. Sucks to be you.

But I find it kinda funny that, if you weren't dealing with 'gay dialup', you'd have to deal with Cox. (ba dum pish)

Mobius · 04/03/2008, 07:38 PM

Quote from: turbo D on 04/03/2008, 07:25 AMSnEs SnEs SnEs SnEs

What the hell

SignOfZeta · 04/03/2008, 07:43 PM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 04/03/2008, 03:23 PMI'll never understand the rabid fascination people who mod their systems have with blue LEDs.

Blue LEDs in general have been all the rage for several years now. Anything from PC case fans to NO2 purge valves. I find it to be extremely passe and tacky and pretty ghetto fabulous in the worst way.

However I did put a blue LED in my Duo because it really does just look like it belongs there. Blue LEDs were much less common back then, and I think that if they had a choice they would have made it blue in the first place.

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It also looks cool in a Euro DC because of the blue swirl. I wouldn't change the one in a US DC.

CrackTiger · 04/03/2008, 07:56 PM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 04/03/2008, 03:23 PMI'll never understand the rabid fascination people who mod their systems have with blue LEDs.

Maybe its because most console's didn't use that color?

Its a system by system basis for me. I picked blue for my Duo RX because I figured it would look best with it while keeping the old red led visible.

Now that I know how much they light up, I'll probably replace console leds with ones of the same color, since the extra light is enough of a difference on its own.

Turbo D · 04/03/2008, 08:28 PM

I'm glad that everyone likes my mod project

Quote from: TurboXray on 04/03/2008, 11:34 AMWhat paint was used?

Quote from: nat on 04/03/2008, 11:40 AMExactly what brand paint did you use? That looks so nice, I want to emulate the look exactly.

I used Krylon Semi-Flat black paint. The LED is a Coast brand. Below is a pic:

nat · 04/03/2008, 09:21 PM

Perfect. Thanks.

guyjin · 04/03/2008, 09:31 PM

Hmm. I'm thinking, maybe, a paint job with the yellow parts painted white, and then 4 circles of color, in a + formation, on top of that: blue, green, red, and yellow, of course

sinfreealex · 04/03/2008, 10:52 PM

Great idea, man. Looks great. I actually like that you left some of it unpainted.

SignOfZeta · 04/03/2008, 11:11 PM

Quote from: nat on 04/03/2008, 09:21 PMPerfect. Thanks.

It looks great here, but unless you store it on a shelf and never touch it this SNES is going to look like a Max Headroom prop in a year. No primer means it will flake like a mofo, and semi flat means it will probably never cure correctly. From the pictures it looks even less flat than semi-flat, meaning that it may have had multiple coats applied when still wet meaning that it may even smudge to the touch months from now. That part is just a guess though since its hard to tell from the pic and flash tends to add shine to things that aren't there in real life.

To do this right you'll want to prime it (preferably with something hardcore like Kilz since a SNES is all slick and shiny and textured) and then spray with an acrylic base. Clear coat (matte, gloss, or whatever, just use acrylic clear coat if you are using acrylic paint) is optional. Then that shit would never come off. Do this all of course after cleaning the system extremely well. I'm sure there is some way to chemically treat it first, maybe just soak it in whatever the nastiest chemical is that won't melt the plastic. Non-chlorinated brake parts cleaner? Kerosene?

That thing looks great though, and infinitely better that that putrid yellow that so many SNES systems are now.

OceanBlueKirby · 04/04/2008, 03:18 PM

"Yo?" Yo? What are yo? I doubt the word "yo" that's in the title has the same meaning as the greeting

.

I gotta say, the black paint for the Super Nintendo makes it look pretty sleek. I also love the blue LED light given for it, too. Nice job you've done there, Turbo D.

Personally, though, if I had a Super Nintendo that had turned yellow, I would just leave it as-is. After all, it is a fasinating "aging process" and it only affects the bottom part og the console, for the most part.

Turbo D · 04/04/2008, 05:58 PM

Yo Kirby. I'm glad you enjoyed it

. My SnEs had massive yellowing on both the top and the bottom! I couldn't take it anymore so I had to paint it. I'll play a Kirby game in your honor today

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Joe Redifer · 04/04/2008, 07:29 PM

Blue LEDs are also extraordinarily bright. Much more distracting than a red LED. Turn out the lights in the room and the ceiling lights up with a blue LED (or the wall if the LED is in the SNES). damn d00d! Oh well, whatever toots your horn.

Turbo D · 04/04/2008, 08:39 PM

Its pretty bright but the sNeS has a translucent piece of white plastic in front of it to soften the light, so its not too bad. I probably will go with a less bright blue LED for future projects. The LED I installed has an intensity level of a whopping 10,000 mcd!!! I saw one at Fry's that was only like 3,500 mcd but I thought I was too cool for it, lol.

Keranu · 04/04/2008, 10:37 PM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 04/04/2008, 07:29 PMBlue LEDs are also extraordinarily bright. Much more distracting than a red LED. Turn out the lights in the room and the ceiling lights up with a blue LED (or the wall if the LED is in the SNES). damn d00d! Oh well, whatever toots your horn.

Yeah I don't think I would be fond of this. I've had little toys and stuff with bright blue LED lights and they are really sore on the eyes.

OceanBlueKirby · 04/04/2008, 11:24 PM

Quote from: turbo D on 04/04/2008, 05:58 PMYo Kirby. I'm glad you enjoyed it . My SnEs had massive yellowing on both the top and the bottom! I couldn't take it anymore so I had to paint it. I'll play a Kirby game in your honor today .

Ha, ha. I'm pretty sure the "yo" in the title's supposed to be a mispelling for "you." I've never really seen any Super Nintendos (or "Nintendoes", for the plural form

) that turned yellow for both the top and bottom portions, online or otherwise. Have fun playing either Kirby Super Star, Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kirby's Avalanche, Kirby no KiraKira Kazu, or Kirby's Dream Course

.

Turbo D · 04/05/2008, 12:08 AM

Ya, it was supposed to be you in the title. I posted it @ 4:00 am. I was really tired and excited at the same time, lol.

SignOfZeta · 04/05/2008, 12:18 AM

Quote from: Keranu on 04/04/2008, 10:37 PM
Quote from: Joe Redifer on 04/04/2008, 07:29 PMBlue LEDs are also extraordinarily bright. Much more distracting than a red LED. Turn out the lights in the room and the ceiling lights up with a blue LED (or the wall if the LED is in the SNES). damn d00d! Oh well, whatever toots your horn.
Yeah I don't think I would be fond of this. I've had little toys and stuff with bright blue LED lights and they are really sore on the eyes.

Blue LEDs and extra bright LEDs are sort of a new thing, as far as I know. When I put the blue one in my Duo R I specifically avoided the extra bright one because I didn't feel it would fit the vibe. Also, I have this Stanton mixer with a blue power LED on it that is so motherfucking bright than it actually makes it hard to see where the knobs/faders are set in very low light conditions, and personally I don't appreciate that sort of thing.

Turbo D · 04/05/2008, 12:32 AM

Ya, those stanton mixers have bright blue leds. Not as bad as my m-audio firewire 410 soundcard though; that bastard blinds me

. Right now I'm using a vestax mixer and technic 1200 mk2s.

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Keranu · 04/05/2008, 01:27 AM

Technics!

esteban · 04/05/2008, 09:03 AM

Quote from: Joe Redifer on 04/03/2008, 03:23 PMI'll never understand the rabid fascination people who mod their systems have with blue LEDs.

Joe, five years from now, the koolest mod will be installing "hardcore" and "old school" red LEDs.

Can you imagine how kool it will be to have red LEDs in your console?

Well, can you? Awesome.

Yes, I consider myself a trendsetter.

TurboXray · 04/05/2008, 08:33 PM

Quote(preferably with something hardcore like Kilz since a SNES is all slick and shiny and textured)

No! Kilz is sheetrock and drywall primer. It's weak in comparison to correct primers on any other surfaces. I've seen Kilz scratch off plastic just as easily as other paints (I've cap sprayed (HVLP) many a light rings, vents, canisters, etc for custom homes). Also, Kilz almost always leaves a rough finish and often spits.

Denatured Alcohol is best to clean the system down with, then do a *quick* wipe with lacquer thinner to break the surface - not too much/too long or you'll dissolve the plastic. The plastic/dye automotive interior paint I referred to early is really tough and has a nice fine spray fan, but it's limited in colors and needs to be put on in multiple coats (3 light coats and a solid top coat). I have some "aircraft" paint that would really take a beating, but that stuff is really nasty to work with (and requires $1200 minimum setup/rig to spray).