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Asmikace

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Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« on: April 01, 2018, 02:10:03 PM »
Hello everyone, I am still busy trying to get this clean and running but I wanted to show my pickup from last week. I was doing project on a abandon farm property and saved this nasty TG 16 from a barn full of garbage along with a NES MAX controller. While most people would ignore it, I couldn't pass up rescuing a TG16 especially how rare and pricey they are. Too bad no other games were there but I did the controller underneath cardboard the day after.

I want to show off the finish product but its still a work in progress. It turns on and plays with intact music and gameplay but 60% of the graphics are garbled.  I need to get a hotter solder iron to open the metal shielding to clean the circuit board and the card slot as this is a extremely dirty TG16. At least I got the controller all good especially with dealing with the rusted stripped screws.

Wish me luck with this project!

Asmikace

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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2018, 02:12:45 PM »

TheClash603

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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2018, 02:33:11 PM »
I found a commodore 64 in a barn that looked like this.  I tried to clean it and no matter what I did it was disgusting.  There was also a NES ROB in the same barn and it is disgusting but I held on to it cause I liked it.

I wish you luck.

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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2018, 03:01:51 PM »
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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2018, 04:02:09 PM »
Gamers condition, near mint, rar3!!

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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #5 on: April 01, 2018, 04:51:25 PM »


Member when Halo 4 was leaked in a barn?

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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2018, 03:37:01 AM »
Good luck with 'er!  I hope you can save this poor forgotten Turbob.  :pray:
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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2018, 08:54:54 AM »
good luck! the turbo is a powerhouse, I'm sure it'll clean up nice!

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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2018, 01:44:32 PM »
I needed a trigger warning.

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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2018, 06:32:05 PM »
I just discovered a pile of gold bars in a barn. They were so disgusting and dusty, I rather decided to leave them there for good.

They tried to make me do a recap
I said no, no, no

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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2018, 11:26:32 PM »
Clean it and bring it back to life. It is a great system and we have good peeps here that might be able to help on the tech side of things aren't working right when / if you get it clean. Might not have said this before but welcome to the forums.
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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2018, 07:50:07 AM »
I'm hoping to eventually see a before and after thread for this li'l guy.  God speed!
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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #12 on: April 04, 2018, 01:45:42 PM »
What would cause garbled graphics. That seems to be the trouble with this one.
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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2018, 01:55:58 PM »
I just discovered a pile of gold bars in a barn. They were so disgusting and dusty, I rather decided to leave them there for good.

TG16 with keith courage = gold?

I just discovered a rectangular tin can going through a huge wet cardboard box, which had an expired japanese war bond certificate inside. They were so disgusting and dusty, I rather decided to leave them there for good.

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Re: Found dirty TG 16 in an abandon barn
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2018, 09:08:53 PM »
Thanks Punch.

They tried to make me do a recap
I said no, no, no