Diso Posted January 18, 2007 Posted January 18, 2007 Sure, consoles age and get dirty. Heck, I remember a suspicious incident involving my Super Nintendo (SNES) console and a can of Coca-Cola in the early ’90s that left my SNES looking more like a moldy loaf of bread than a video game system. But around five years ago, I noticed that my SNES console was aging particularly badly. I cleaned off all the remnants of fossilized Coke residue from the chassis with a wet washcloth, but the “moldy bread” look still remained. The top half of the console’s plastic body retained a uniformly nasty yellow-brown hue, while the bottom half flaunted its showroom shine — that native SNES gray that we all know and love. I soon realized that a much deeper mechanism was responsible for the aesthetic disfigurement of my beloved SNES than mere dirt and sugar. Link Credits: Slashdot I thought the article was highly interesting that our own sun causes a reaction in the material that causes the degration. It's weird that I haven't seen much discoloration in the old hardware in my house (Not even the atari 800 has it). Oh yeah, [fanboy] Theres another reason why Genesis is better than Snes[/fanboy]
T3h Pwnographer Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 How could anyone ever let that happen to their SNES? It's practically a crime!
ken_cinder Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 Well that's because the Genesis has to retain more of it's colors, because the SNES has more to begin with! SNES is superior, for more reasons than it's larger color pallette. EVERY port to both systems, was superior on the SNES. Proven fact.
gavin19 Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 SNES is superior, for more reasons than it's larger color pallette. EVERY port to both systems, was superior on the SNES. Proven fact. Well, I for one remember the SF2 'wars' when the game eventually got ported to MD. I took great pleasure in poking fun at my friend having to wait about a year and a half for the MD 'Special' Champ Edition
GodPigeon Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 Ive seen this happen before, Mine is Kinda yellow-ish on the top half too, but nowhere near as close to that one. When i went to Dominican Republic, thats where i saw that alot of them are like that.
BlackKnight Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 Well that's because the Genesis has to retain more of it's colors, because the SNES has more to begin with! SNES is superior, for more reasons than it's larger color pallette. EVERY port to both systems, was superior on the SNES. Proven fact. The SNES was undeniably the more powerful system. Still, I love my Mega Drive more.
Shibathedog Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 are you being sarcastic or something? None of my consoles have had this happen to them, i dont really get it, it didnt happen to any of my computers or anything. I think its more to do with people who smoke in their house (although i do smoke my hookah inside, but that hasnt been for very long)
ken_cinder Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 Well that's because the Genesis has to retain more of it's colors, because the SNES has more to begin with! SNES is superior, for more reasons than it's larger color pallette. EVERY port to both systems, was superior on the SNES. Proven fact. The SNES was undeniably the more powerful system. Still, I love my Mega Drive more. I was just poking fun anyway, I love em both for their unique games. The 16bit era was the best EVAR!
Rag Posted January 19, 2007 Posted January 19, 2007 are you being sarcastic or something? None of my consoles have had this happen to them, i dont really get it, it didnt happen to any of my computers or anything. I think its more to do with people who smoke in their house (although i do smoke my hookah inside, but that hasnt been for very long) Also the people who don't really care for their systems meaning they spill stuff on it and don't even both to clean it until its too late.
Shibathedog Posted January 20, 2007 Posted January 20, 2007 yeah 16-bit era, I wish we where stuck in the period when the Dreamcast first came out, Where alot of people still played 16-bit, some people had N64s and Playstations, and the real lucky kids had Dreamcasts. At least thats how it was in my neighborhood. I had a friend who had all the consoles and i must admit we played the 16-bit and the Dreamcast the most. (although i lost track how many hours we spent playing wrestling games and goldeneye on the N64, cant say too much about playstation though) i dont really get how people spill things on their consoles, i guess its for people who have their consoles on the floor by them?
Lucandrake Posted January 21, 2007 Posted January 21, 2007 That snes looks like it was used in a kiddy starbucks. Whoever spilled coffee on it should die.
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