With over 30 years of hands-on experience, we provide a full range of services for your retro systems, from routine checkups and maintenance to advanced modifications, making sure your console always performs at its very best.
Diagnostics & Repairs
From identifying faults to assessing damage and restoring your console to full working order.
Capacitors & Common Maintenance
Replacing common elements such as failing capacitors and heatpads to keep your system stable and reliable.
Unlocking Your Console
Such as modchip installations that open your console to custom dashboards, unsigned code, and backup functionality.
Modern Hardware Upgrades
Installing the latest open- and closed-source hardware upgrades, bringing new functionality to classic consoles.
Case Mods & Visuals
Customizing the look and feel of your console with modern enhancements combining style with new functionality.
Precision Soldering & Complex Mods
All the precision work and delicate modifications best handled by experienced hands.
Diagnostics & Repairs
From identifying faults to assessing damage and restoring your beloved 8- or 16-bit microcomputer, gaming console, or PCB boards to full working order.
This includes everything from replacing blown components to repairing PCB traces, and resolving other common hardware issues that prevent your system from running reliably.
Common examples include
• Fault diagnosis for non-starting consoles
• Replacement of damaged or blown components, such as RAM chips
• PCB and case corrosion cleanup and rework
• PCB board trace repairs and bypasses
• Connector or cabling replacements
Capacitors & Common Maintenance
Replacing common failing capacitors, performing a full system recap, and completing other routine maintenance tasks – such as replacing dried-up heatpads with modern equivalents.
Each machine has its common weaknesses, and this work can either bring a system back to life or serve as preventative measures to help avoid future issues.
Common examples include
• Replacement of known problematic capacitors
• Full board recap for long-term reliability
• Heatpad and thermal compound replacement
• ESD-safe dust removal to help prevent overheating
• Cleaning and re-lubricating moving parts like switches and media trays
Unlocking Your Console
Opening up your console to new possibilities – including custom dashboards, unsigned code, backup games, and bypassing region limitations – can be achieved through services like modchip installations or TSOP flashing.
These hardware modifications are more reliable and compatible than softmod solutions, expanding your console’s capabilities without depending on the original media source.
Common examples include
• Modchip installation
• TSOP, BIOS or drive firmware flashing
• Multi-BIOS mods
• Region switches
Modern Hardware Upgrades
Over the last few years, the retro community has exploded with creativity, bringing a wave of new hardware upgrades that improve the performance of classic systems, with developers pushing these machines to offer features that were never possible when they first launched.
Sharper video output, faster loading, and modern storage options – today’s upgrades can transform the way your system functions while keeping its original charm intact.
Common examples include
• HDMI and digital video output upgrades
• Modern storage solutions
• Firmware-upgradable enhancement boards
• Replacement power supplies
Precision Soldering & Complex Mods
Some repairs and upgrades require extremely delicate work – the kind most people prefer to leave to experienced hands. Fine-pitch components, tiny pads, and sensitive flex cables all demand precision, a steady technique, and the right tools, such as a microscope.
Whether it’s replacing fragile chips, repairing lifted pads, or working on dense or tightly packed circuitry, your hardware is handled with care and accuracy from start to finish.
Common examples include
• Replacing thin-pitch or fragile ICs
• Installing piggybacked chips
• Repairing lifted pads or damaged vias
• Micro-soldering delicate ribbon cables