A restored console half-flipped to reveal its freshly recapped board

SYSTEM_STATUS: HAMBURG_UNIT_01_ONLINE

Every console here was opened, graded, and photographed inside.

You see the inside of the console before you read a single price.

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WHY_THESE_ARENT_EBAY_CONSOLES

"Tested, works" tells you nothing.

We show you the board, the new caps, and what we found. Then we write down anything we couldn't perfect.

We open it on camera

Every unit is photographed inside so you can count the new capacitors yourself before you pay.

We recap the boards

Aging electrolytic caps get desoldered and replaced with parts rated for another few decades.

We grade it honestly

A to D describes condition, never function. Everything on the shelf passed an hour on the bench.

ON_THE_SHELF_NOW

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GRADE_AID: NES_TOP_073

Nintendo NES (Top-Loader, PAL)

PLATFORM: NES

72_PIN:CLEANED

POWER_REG:REPLACED

SHELL:CLEAR

No blinking, every cart tested boots first insert, stable picture and power.

€199.00

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GRADE_CID: SAT_PAL_207

Sega Saturn (PAL, Round Button)

PLATFORM: Saturn

CLOCK_BATTERY:REPLACED

POWER_BOARD:RECAPPED

DRIVE_RAILS:SERVICED

Boots and reads reliably, keeps time again; casing shows age and a replaced battery door, graded to C.

€229.00

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GRADE_BID: PSX_7502_56

PlayStation 1 (SCPH-7502)

PLATFORM: PlayStation

LASER:REPLACED

PSU:RECAPPED

LID_SENSOR:CLEANED

Reads originals and pressed discs without skipping, spindle quiet; minor yellowing on the shell keeps it at B.

€189.00

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GRADE_BID: MD1_PAL_118

Sega Mega Drive (Model 1, PAL)

PLATFORM: Mega Drive

AUDIO_SECTION:RECAPPED

POWER_SWITCH:REPLACED

EXP_PORT:CLEANED

Clean stereo audio through the headphone jack, solid power, light wear on the shell.

€159.00

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HOW_THE_GRADING_WORKS

A means it looks and runs like new. D means it works but wears its history. No grade is a guess.

A MINT_CONDITION

Looks and runs like new with no notable wear.

B NEAR_MINT

Light cosmetic wear but mechanically perfect.

C OPERATIONAL

Works fully but shows its age.

D PROJECT_UNIT

Works reliably but wears scratches, yellowing, or scuffs.

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WHAT_HAPPENS_ON_THE_BENCH

STEP_01

Recap

Old electrolytic capacitors dry out and leak; that's why a 30-year-old console hums, dims, or dies. We desolder every aging cap on the power and audio boards and fit new ones rated for another few decades, then photograph the board so you can count them yourself.

STEP_02

Clean

Every contact, connector, and port gets cleaned and reseated — cartridge slots, controller ports, ribbon cables. Corrosion and old residue are what turn a working console into an intermittent one, so we remove them before anything gets a grade.

STEP_03

Test

Before a console gets a grade it runs for a full hour on the bench: cold boot, warm boot, every port, every button, audio at full and low volume. We note anything we could not perfect, and that note goes straight into the listing. A grade is earned, not assigned.

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SERVICE_GUARANTEE

The 2-year warranty.

If a recapped board fails within two years, you ship it back and we fix it. That's the deal, in writing. It covers the work we did — accidental drops and liquid damage aren't covered, but a recap that didn't hold is on us.

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WHAT_BUYERS_SAY

They listed a cosmetic scuff and graded it down for it. No surprises when the box arrived — exactly what the photos showed.

Jonas Vetter — Bought a Grade C Saturn, shipped within the EU.

My DMG-01 had the exact bun-rot they described, fixed. Two years on, still boots first try.

Sofia Neumann — Bought a Grade A Game Boy as a birthday gift, came back for a second.

The internal photos sold me. I could see the new caps before I paid, and the Dreamcast has read every disc I own.

Lukas Brandt — Bought a Grade B Dreamcast, drove from Bremen to collect it.

See one you want?

Reserve it before someone else does. Inquiries hold a unit for 48 hours while we talk — no account, no deposit.

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