Big N64 Lot with Mystery Games - Cleaning and Testing the Lot - Fixing Ebay Junk 

What i'm guessing is they've all had Blockbuster stickers on the back and someone's tried their best to get rid of them with terrible success

Haha someone had a vendetta against those back labels.

Great video, I'll have to try the eraser and dry eraser marker tricks! I recommend when working with isopropyl alcohol to wear nitrile gloves so your fingers don't get horribly dried out. I also sugguest using a small container to dip your qtips into, instead of dipping them directly into the bottle, so the contaminants on the qtip don't mix in with the rest of the bottle if you happen to double-dip.

DUNDAS/KEELE in Toronto!! (Marker on Bomberman!) That's just northwest of me in the Junction, and home of Seescape, a great videogame bar!

Retro Repairs: Inserts Q-tip into cartridge for cleaning Me: Inserts headphones for ASMR

loving the videos dude! you should do a "skills" video, like desoldering, soldering, resoldering, tracing circuit breaks, tools to use, repairing traces, chip replacing, etc...keep up the great content!

Man, as soon as that copyright rare 2000 came up I knew it was perfect dark, loved that game.

When it comes to replacing labels, if you have a really good printer, use glossy paper and a spray adhesive like E6000. You have to hold the label down as it dries because it can lift up. But once in place, it'll stay.

Lots of fond memories with Fiddy Kong Racing, Golden eye, and Perfect Dark. Lots of nostalgia points in that bundle right there lol

Great use of the Super Mariokart title music for the cleaning montage!

watching this videos is so relaxing and comfortable

Loved the speed up music choices

best unintentional asmr for people interested in video games

Nail Varnish remover will take off perminent marker, preferably nail varnish remover with Acetone in it. Lighter fluid will take of stickers or the glue left over, I make models for a living and that is what we use 😊

What a remarkable trip down memory lane seeing all these games.

Great tip about removing the permanent marker. I'll need to try it on some marked up gbc games I have.

I just really want to know the logic behind the person who devastated the back label on all those games.

Sweet, you got a new Wrestlemania 2000 to replace the one you had to take parts from. Actually it looks like that is the one you took parts from. I am imagining these lived a rough life in some little mining town out in the middle of nowhere.

Im glad to see soneone giving these classic games a new lease on life. Good job sir.

god i love this channel As a fellow Canadian and Techy myself this is the place for me the only reason i found this channel was looking for ways to repair a visibly broken trace with new methods. and i found Adam and he helped me fix donkey kong 64 (which still works to this day ) i use your 2 strand twist method now when bridging if it wasn't for you and these videos id have nothing but a pile of broken plastic and PCB's thanks again buddy! and cheers from Halifax!

mr clean magic sponges work well for removing sharpee

Sure thing I stayed until very end ! The SNES controller is not that bad, it has a Genesis style d-pad, dont know about you, but I absolutely prefer this over the Nitnendo cross one. Great haul you got there, and no problems from what I can see. Less entertainment for the viewers, but more fun with all the games being fully working condition. Speaking of N64, right now Silverwings21 is doing a challenge consisting of beating all of the NA games for the system. Its still in an early stage, as he only did 5 of the 296 titles, but still Im going to follow him through this challenge. I remember when TMR was starting his NES challenge, that actually led him into Guinnes WR. What may interest you is the fact Silver follows the same rules, no emulation, only real hardware and carts

Love that someone handed an airline this random backpack with your name/number on it... and it arrived. I couldn’t imagine this happening in the US! Federal authorities would certainly show up at the door 😂

@5:00 Good job kid, you snuck Perfect Dark past mum. Being denied M rated games during this era was horrible. I hadn't thought of that as an option.

I enjoy your repair videos. I have a bunch of old games and consoles so I will be cleaning them up soon.

Stick em in the dishwasher. Will clean them up in no time. I always do that to my old boards etc. Works a treat.

Magic sponge great for getting rid of marker pen marks

for permanent marker, use Off bug spray. sounds weird but it works

Removing marker? Get you some of the Ben Bizzle Special - Rain X is all you need. Doesn't do much for SFC carts but does on most others.

AWWWW - I was hoping the green one was Rayman! rats.

I'd like to see a cheap DIY way to print off the labels at home. I think it would be cool to use mailing labels or some other inexpensive sticker stuff...

Baby wipes are great for dirt stuck in places like ingraved logos.

Nice Green Carts you got there, you also got a Mario Party 1 Cart, witch is one of the best N64 games imo.

The Super DeGooper works wonders on marker and sticky residue. Available at home hardware. It can be abrasive so use with caution.

Cool video and that was a great haul for the price! I've never had the dry erase method work well but denatured alcohol usually takes it right off (obviously being careful not to get it on the cartridge board). Even just a bit of Rain-X with a cotton swab works well for me.

One method I've seen to remove the old marker is to use rainx. Seemed to work great the few times I've seen it.

Use Everclear or any 95% ethanol for permanent marker. Permanent markers are suspended in SDA-40 which typicall is 99.86% ethanol and a .14% tertbutyl poisoning agent. Everclear will destroy permanent marker and its totally fine for plastics, and labels, provided none of the marker is suspended when it hits the label. Generally as long as the label already has ink printed on it, the marker will not absorb in, so usually you can even it get it off the labels too.

Dude I really enjoyed this video! You're videos have evolved so much since your early ones and I really like the direction you're going with them. Keep it up 😁

I know your always busy working you do your best to bring us uploads when you have the time seriously if you did a ASMR live stream of repairing stuff I would watch it your voice is so calming and it’s very relaxing to listen too

It looked like the color marker you used left a little bit of a rosy tint on the front of that bomberman cart. If it were me, I would try using a black marker instead.

Do you think Blockbuster had one of their own labels on the back which caused the ripped stickers on the rear of the carts, a barcode label to scan and when they sold them as ex rentals they ripped them off. Similarly the marker pen numbers would have matched the boxes on the shelves so they knew cart 12 was rented and the barcode scanned it into their computer to id who'd rented it. Lighter fluid is very good for removing labels, you may be able to peel the top layer label off that one cart you did and potentially save the original label.

Permanent marker (sharpie) is not permanent but uses a different solvent - oil based. Hence water and alcohol does not work, or your normal cleaning method. You can use a thin oil to remove with elbow grease or if you are impatient mix a solution of 50-50 acetone and rubber alcohol. More the volume of acetone, the more aggressive the solvent. Warning acetone is a paint remover, will melt laminate counter tops, styrene plastic (pill bottles), crack lexan (polycarbonate CD/DVDs). Most polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon are impervious. The rubbing alcohol is to cut the solvent strength and allow usage on vulnerable plastics. Remember, paint is a plastic. HOW TO USE>>> get a cloth or paper towel you do not want to keep, spritzer on cloth, wet to touch, then wipe; allow solvent to evaporate quickly. The permanent marker will run like maskcara when wet. Note: you may want to wear gloves; any porous label or, cloth will be stained with the pigment from the marker. GOOD LUCK. I used this solution, cleaning markers from RC car/truck lexan bodies and paint over-spray for years.

Hi, question, do you do preventative maintenance as well? What would you recommend to someone who has consoles in original condition and would like to keep them in working order for as long as possible? Regardless if stored or not. Also, what kind of ICs or chips do you usually need? I live in Asia and am able to source quite a few different ICs.

Mr. Clean Magic eraser cut into 1"×1" cubes with Rubbing alcohol works great against marker😁

Next time you can try Mr. Clean magic eraser to remove the permanent marker for the additional sticker use goo gone.

I use magic eraser for the marker signs or deep stains. It kinda sands it a bit, but the plastic looks clean after it.

All of the carts with permanent marker and back labels ripped are from the Dundas and Keele Blockbuster in Toronto. When that location closed, the games must have been sold. Whomever had the carts tried to rip off the barcodes which ripped the labels on the back. Not uncommon for games purchased from a location that rents games.

Oh man battletanx global assault, spent wayy to many hour as a kid playing that gem

I find magic erasers remove marker really well and easily.

Cool fact: "Dundas/Keele" was the blockbuster store in Toronto

I 3D printed N64 case with embedded pictures looks awesome .

I always use the white-spirit aka the refined petrol to clean marker and sticker residue of cartridges.

thx for eraser idea and the video. im also from canada

Battle Tanx was just on Game Sack today.

Lacquer thinner is amazing for removing sharpie.

Just a PSA for everyone saying to use Magic Eraser/Melamine sponges. These will change the texture of the plastic and should be used as a last resort.

when i was a kid we would go to the park and teens would write on the equipment with permanent marker and we tried one day using sunscreen to get the writing off and it worked really well. not sure if it works on game cartridges or not

Wow..the mystery games were pretty darn good!

I usually use Magic Erasers to take marker off carts. But the dry erase markers seem to be nice alternative and good if it's written on the label.

Bug spray removes permanent marker like butter 👌

Off topic but love the Smith jersey in the frame.

Step one: Place game cartridges in (top rack only) dishwasher! Step two: Fill dispenser with 99% isopropyl alcohol. Step three: Set to light wash/high-temp. (Working method as a 1998)

Since the one had a Blockbuster sticker I wonder if those were former rental games and whoever bought them tried removing labels the store had stuck on them.

The mystery games are BattleTanx: Global Assault, Perfect Dark and Duke Nukem 64

I love cleaning old Nintendo games

WOW! $255 in carts w/ labels. Great pick-up.

To remove the maker use tooth pasta works like a charm :)

Thanks for your channel You have given me hope to replay my N64

if you try Ronsonol lighter fluid you should be able to lift stickers easier without harming the original labels or ink. basically naphtha or heptane

You can try using Nail Polish Remover (Acetone) to remove markers, ball point pen ink and such.

More mystery game cleaning vids plz.

That's actually not too terrible a price for a lot like this. Some good titles in here. A bit of a shame that Perfect Dark is missing the back label, as it would have been easier to tell which revision it was. (The "8.7 final" doesn't mean much here)

Wd40 for the marker. Goof off works for the stickers and marker,👍

This guy probably has the biggest game collection he buys all of the broken games and fixes them, they are probably cheaper than the working ones

Nice permanent marker trick. I have had permanent marker on the labels and I have removed that by rubbing my finger over it. Works on gloss labels.

the sound of your fingernail scraping the contact is haunting me :(

Mr. Clean Magic Erasers also help to remove permanent marker you just get it a little bit wet and rub over it vigorously and it'll do the trick

Some flux remover is good at removing perm marker 🙂

learn something new everyday. i did not know about the Dry erase marker trick. thanks :)

Axe body spray removes permanent marker very well👍

*BODY HARVEST!* I friggin' love that game.

I think baking soda does a really good job removing markers from these plastics aswell

I used nail polish remover to clean a bunch of games that i got. All of them had names and symbols with permanent marker. The way i did it was put some Nail Polish remover on a piece of cloth and then rub and rub in circles and alternating with another side of soaked cloth with alcohol. If you apply nail polish remover directly to the plastic it will bleach and permanently damage it. None of the games that i cleaned have any evidence of permanent marker. Another safer way is to just keep rubbing and rubbing with alcohol, it might take 30 minutes or more this way, but it will get removed eventually. The harder part was the person who marked the cartridges also put marker along the plastic lines... that was Hard AF to remove.

An update heck yea!!!!

I wouldn't be surprised if the cover project website has the labels you're looking for

Hello. What's the song playing @ 27:00. I checked the description and didn't see that particular song. I think I hear some Zelda in there. Thanks.

SKOL VIKINGS, assuming the jersey i saw in the background was what I thought I saw.

nice refurbishing work 👍

That Zelda music Perfect. You made me crack a smile right here :D

What a haul!

18 cartridges at the start, 16 at the end... Hmmm... Wrestlemania 2000 and something else randomly vanished.

Have a pretty cheap junky multimeter and am going to be investing in a better one soon 3mins in as I'm watching and trying to teach myself to fix my copy of SW Ep1 Pod Racer which isn't loading at all, no visual board damage, I believe that I've tracked the break in continuity down to the c2 capacitor; it doesn't seem like a common issue on forums for these caps to blow; proceeding to comb through your entire channel! (

Enjoy all your videos I have watched every single one. keep up the good work. I have a n64 game I was cleaning up and one of the pads that connects the cartridge to the Console lifted up and come off. any way to fix it or just swap the chips over to another similar board.

For missing Nintendo cartridge label, I always rely on www.nintandbox.net and I suggest you all to check this site. For Battletanks North American label, check here: www.nintandbox.net/index.php/en/nintendo-boxes-project/Nintendo64/Battle-Tanx---Global-Assault/BattleTanx-GlobalAssault_N64-Sticker_AME(NUS-NBQE-USA).zip/file-4610/ For Perfect Dark, right now you only have the European label available, but the NA one might be uploaded in a near future.

The title alone 100% sucked me in -- great story too! Must have been from the Northern Canadian territories to be inaccessible in the way you describe.

Great haul, thanks for the video.

Music is on 🔥🔥 Fits with theme

nice cleaning carts on video as always

Are you kidding? Im so excited when you post a new video.

The previous owner had good taste! Some of those are classics. My favorite of the bunch is, of course, Mario Kart 64; which as we know is the best game EVER on any platform or system anywhere in the known universe. But the FPS games are all very highly regarded as well. Selling only five or six of those games should get you a tidy profit.