In this episode I will restore this Invader console made by Gakken. It's not working and the screen is broken and it needs a full restoration.

I started by finding out why the console wasn't working. I don't have schematics for teh circuit board so it's much harder to try to figure out what's wrong. I first tried to replace the capacitors as they're parts that will break when they get old and it's a common issue with older electronics. Next I looked for any broken older joints. I found one and after fixing it the screeen started to work. There was still some issues so I figured it there's likely other broken joints too, or some dirt causing the circuit to short. I cleaned the borad and reflowed the solder in all of the joints on the board. After this the game started working normally.

The switch for the difficulty level was still stuck. I removed it fro mteh board and cleaned it with my ultrasonic cleaner in isopropyl alcohol.

Ultrasonic cleaner build:    • Making My Own Ultrasonic Cleaner  

Next I took a photo of the broken screen and recreated it in Photoshop. I printed the graphix fro a new screen on a plastic sheet and cut it into shape. Similarly I took photo of the sticker and used that and other pictures I was able to find from the internet to recreate the sticker and printed it on a silver sticker paper.

I cleaned the screws and battery contact in the ultrasonic cleaner and replated them with nickel.

Nickel plating tutorial:    • How to make simple DIY nickel plating...  

Thanks for watching, I hopy you enjoyed the video!

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