Fixing Crystal Castles

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

They do not make it easy.

I have a molex connect coming today, but the new power cord arrived yesterday. Over lunch, I cut the old cord and attached the wires of the new cord to it temporarily, without molex, so I could make sure CC booted up. It did. So I'll unravel that and do it right when the connector shows up.

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

I swear the connector I got is like 5 millimeters too large. Eff this, I am using the original plug. What a mess.

[Tdarcos]

Jonsey: Have you ever read The Video Game Repair Bible, Ringo?
Ringo: A little.
Jonsey: There's a line in it, "Also, these didn't have screw terminals, so the wires had to be soldered." I never gave much thought to what it meant. I just thought it was some cold-blooded shit to say about a Crystal Castles console game before I popped a big blue cap in its ass.
- (Paraphrased from) Pulp Fiction

"And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you, that I'm tired, of Crystal Castles consoles needing repair
I've got a dream, I want the world to share,
And broken Castles, just leads me to despair."
- (Paraphrased from) Don McLean, Castles in the Air

[Ice Cream Jonsey]

I did use the original molex connector, and the game has been flawless since.

[Jizaboz]

I did use the original molex connector, and the game has been flawless since.

Nice. I would rather just re-pin an old one if the wiring falls apart as well.