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Title: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: guyjin on March 17, 2008, 08:22:31 PM

http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/189

explains the possible causes of the yellowing SNES phenomenon. hint: not necessarily sunlight.

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Turbo D on March 17, 2008, 08:29:40 PM

Can you tell me the reason so I don't have to read all of that? :pray:

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: guyjin on March 17, 2008, 08:42:41 PM

bad mixture of flame retardant + heat + air = yellow.

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Joe Redifer on March 17, 2008, 09:18:41 PM

Mainly air (oxygen), I think.  It's definitely not light as only certain pieces of the SNES are affected, such as the top half but not the plastic around the cartridge slot, or the bottom half.  I don't think I've ever seen around the cart slot turn yellow.  They should have made the SNES out of that.  I like how my NES doesn't turn yellow.  They really got cheap with the SNES.

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Turbo D on March 17, 2008, 10:39:25 PM

I always knew the snes was retarded  :lol:

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Necromancer on March 18, 2008, 03:01:02 AM

I have a strong sense of déjà vu.....

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: guyjin on March 18, 2008, 03:42:18 AM

 :oops:

oh well, it was almost a year ago.

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Necromancer on March 18, 2008, 04:03:58 AM

No biggie, guyjin.  Few people read every thread and could easily have missed it; even fewer will have remembered reading it last May anyway.  Dang interesting read, nonetheless.

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: nat on March 18, 2008, 04:21:04 AM

I read it a year ago and I still remember every word.

BANNED!

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Necromancer on March 18, 2008, 04:49:03 AM

For not sharing the article and making us wait two months for MrFulci's link, I say Moderator, ban thyself!   :D

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Kitsunexus on March 18, 2008, 06:53:05 AM

This is one of Benj's best articles.

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Tatsujin on March 18, 2008, 01:00:15 PM

and welcome back, dude!

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Dark Fact on March 25, 2008, 09:20:24 AM

And all this time I thought someone took a piss on the SNES... :-"

Title: Re: Yellowed SNES - interesting article
Post by: Turbo D on March 25, 2008, 12:57:04 PM

Quote from: Dark Fact on March 25, 2008, 09:20:24 AM

And all this time I thought someone took a piss on the SNES... :-"

Thats just Nintendo's way of thanking their loyal customers; by pissing on them with cheap materials and crazy flame retardant mixtures :x. I suppose they meant well though  :?.