The Ultimate Famicom Refurb and Mod RGB, Mulit-Out, Clear Shell and More

In The Ultimate Famicom Refurb and Mod RGB, Multi-Out, Clear Shell, and More we will take this original scruffy lookin red and white Famicom (Family Computer) and we are going to mod and refurb this scruffy “piece of junk” to make it shine and turn it into a classic piece of retro gaming hardware that functions so well that it will out perform its former self.

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00:00 Intro
01:54 Disassembly
02:39 Decal Removal
02:47 Washing Shell
03:00 Ejector Lever Removal
04:10 Cleaning Shell and Main Board
04:40 Removing Old RF Power Board
04:53 Removing Power Switch
05:00 Removing the PPU
05:44 RGB Kit Intro & Installing
08:19 Backtendo Multi-Out Intro
08:36 Populating the Power Board
10:57 Installing the Power Board
11:39 Wiring and Routing Cables
12:35 Wiring Player 1 Controllable Color Pallet
13:20 Wiring up the RGB, Composite, and S-Video
14:20 Closing the Jumpers on the RGB Board
14:57 Initial Test
15:20 Connecting C-Sync Cable
15:31 Second Test
15:50 Clear Famicom Top Shell Intro
16:03 Prepping the Shell
16:47 Pre Tapping the Shell
17:06 Scruffy's Mods
17:38 Swapping Controller Face Plates
18:00 Installing Controllers
18:40 Installing Rubber Feet
18:52 Reapplying Decals
20:00 Testing Controller Functions
20:26 Game Reset Function
20:46 A Closer look at palettes
21:51 Testing Different Cables
24:07 The Pros and Cons
26:15 My Final Thoughts

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Today's Mods:
-Tim Worthington NES RGB kit
-Bakutendo's Multi-Out and Micro USB power mod kit
-RGR's Clear Famicom Top Shell
-Scruffy's Button and Power Switch Light mods

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[markg]

Great video Scruffy! And great to see how the end product turned out to be. We are back in our home country again. Thanks for meeting us, showing us around and the great chat we had. We all appreciate you as a person and the time you took for us.

[Elrinth]

That clear shell makes it easy to see which color palette your using! :) but would have been awesome with on screen display of which palette it just switched to for like 1-2 seconds... but surely that would probably involve alot of wizardry to get working so this is the next best thing I guess.

[samfrito]

Goodness, no less than four incredible mods in one video. Too much for my shakey hands to attempt, but you made it all work Scruffy, you brilliant mad man. And FCEuX color pallette was my favorite. Can't believe how awesome the clear shell looks. It's almost a visionary touch, retooling the classic into a glossy evolution. Great work. And the stuff that happened at 3:50, well no one's perfect. Brittle plastics were never intended for that kind of modification or tampering with the dark side. You warned us.

[RetroMoments]

Love that intro! :D Awesome results! Really gives the console the 2023 upgrade it deserves!
Those clear shells are really something else. Looks so classy! I will probably get one too in the future. Just gotta find a scruffy console first :D
And I also refuse to play anything that's not RGB heh.

[Evercade_Effect]

Fantastic job! That Famicom looks epic! You've got mad skills my friend!

[returnofthepokemaster]

Some awesome mods with this famicom! A lot going on but well worth it. I do like the clear top shell in your custom buttons

[Iktofed]

I wish they did the shells in white too. I bet they would sell really well with all of the yellow Famicoms out there

[cestusfr]

9:01 hmmm... I see... i a bright RGB future in those lines. ^___^

[irridesu]

Nice restoration! I really enjoyed this video

[Xelios]

Wow, ultimate famicom mod! Great work!!!

[nickontube]

Wow scruffy wow- that is awesome! Subbed- Just found your channel- 2.5k views??!! Can’t believe that considering the high value content- I’m trying to do the same to a famicon just down the tracks in chiba. All the best!

[johneygd]

Rgb is definitely the way to go.
For years i was used with composite video, but since i have discovered that so many details getting lost with it, and the fact that composite video could, ve been done sooo much better as seen with hdmi to composite video adaptors.
I definitely want my nes systems been rgb modded along with improved composite video signal straightly derived from rgb, because that would be great.

[NotPaws]

Thank you for making all these awesome videos, so chill looking at all the cool games and game systems! 5/5! ✨️ :)

[tvstellar]

lol the star wars lines were enough to get me to sub.

[neoradjoao]

I really find it a shame that we can no longer put the eject button

[joseywales]

The what a piece of junk quote was perfectly timed

[nesfrk]

Don't know if someone already mentioned a fix for the feedback audio from the mic, but clean the contact surface of the volume slider, should fix it.

[cestusfr]

I would love to see cable mods for those clear shells. Exchange those horrible electric cable with custom color ones, braid them in a cool way (intertwine). Custom length controller cable with nice braided sleeves. Nobody does it on famicom as far as i know. I am sure it would look amazing.

[lilbigkidsmedia]

Firebrandx for kirby, Mods looks amazing.

[DarkKnightMare]

Great video! I recently required a RGB modded new Famicom. Live in japan and my Japanese TV does not have a scart input (seems rare). So my question is what is my best and cheapest option to optimally use this. Current TV has composite, s-video, and a D2 terminal input.
Should i....
-Search for a TV with AVmulti input?
-Get a Famicom to composite cable and then composite to d-terminal adapter plug? (but If the TV is internally deinterlacing/upscaling to 480p (the fact that it has a port that takes 480p strongly suggests this) then the quality and responsiveness would suffer?)
-Get some sort of scaler that takes scart to D terminal out?

I'm a little lost and would love to go from s-video to RGB. Any ideas and recommendation for parts if needed (the cheapest best 😅)
of course i'd love a PVM but there getting up there in price and the famicom alone cost quite a penny.
These japanese tv's confuse me.