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What is the cheapest console to get and collect for that still holds up? (lemmy.zip)
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Im looking for a cheap console to get and collect for that dosent cost a arm/leg but also isint boring with the game section. I have a few consoles and handhelds from when i was a kid but i want something that i can stick with and not let collect dust?

What would you suggest or advise and why so?

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

My friends and I still have a huge stack of original xboxes we fixed up and modded to sell back in the day in storage, since fixing RROD issues was pretty simple but people just threw them out making it an easy way to turn a quick buck.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What was involved to fix the rrod out of curiosity ? I had it happen 2 times. After the second time it was out of warrenty so i just bailed and got a ps3 instead, as it had free online at the time too.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Most of the time, it was just a thermal shutdown and needed to be reset in the BIOS. Other common fixes were just replacing capacitors or resoldering some bits that got a little too hot and came loose.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Interesting , wish I could have saved mine back in the day. I have great memories of that console and the games.