Your older video game consoles

[dv8r001]

I made this post so we could just show off our collections. Here's mine -

[sessiz]

This is the "oldest" console I have in my collection.

[matt]

I made this post so we could just show off our collections. Here's mine -

Your making me feel old! I remember when all of those came out ha.

[scott]

First of all, welcome to the forum! Secondly I'd like to point you toward the Game Room pics thread, a lot of the folks here have posted some sweet pics of their collections on there.

http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,271.msg2711.html#msg2711

[pceslayer]

This is the "oldest" console I have in my collection.

APF MP1000?

[sessiz]

This is the "oldest" console I have in my collection.

APF MP1000?

Yes sir, that it is. A friend of mine found it in his inlaws basement while cleaning up and handed it off to me with a few carts. The controllers don't register but the system fires up and all the games boot. It's the rarest item I own. 

[pceslayer]

This is the "oldest" console I have in my collection.

APF MP1000?

Yes sir, that it is. A friend of mine found it in his inlaws basement while cleaning up and handed it off to me with a few carts. The controllers don't register but the system fires up and all the games boot. It's the rarest item I own. 

That system is pretty rare... You going to attempt a repair on the joysticks?

This one is not rare at all but still old... poor box

[htimreimer]

This is the "oldest" console I have in my collection.

APF MP1000?

Yes sir, that it is. A friend of mine found it in his inlaws basement while cleaning up and handed it off to me with a few carts. The controllers don't register but the system fires up and all the games boot. It's the rarest item I own. 

try cleaning it out and check out the solder connections for the controllers you may need to replace the old solder and if have a lot of experience soldering you maybe able to add a 9 pin controller port

[sessiz]

I took the console apart and cleaned it out but that's all I did. I like to take apart all of my consoles and give the cases a bath and the boards a good cleaning. One of these days I am going to take apart the controllers. I'm okay with a soldering iron but really have no idea what I'm doing unless I'm following instructions. 

[htimreimer]

I took the console apart and cleaned it out but that's all I did. I like to take apart all of my consoles and give the cases a bath and the boards a good cleaning. One of these days I am going to take apart the controllers. I'm okay with a soldering iron but really have no idea what I'm doing unless I'm following instructions. 

that a problem its so rare there is no instructions and the only thing i can find is apf manual ( http://www.videogameconsolelibrary.com/images/Manuals/78_APF_M1000-Manual.pdf ) its vary likely you will have to hire an expert to get this thing repaired  but there is an up side to repairing it  it would be worth about 300 to 500 dollars  but as it stands worth about 50 to 100 dollars

[pceslayer]

older consoles are so basic inside... it shouldnt be too bad to fix up

When you do go pulling it apart, take hi res pics of all the internals and post em up!

[sessiz]

older consoles are so basic inside... it shouldnt be too bad to fix up

When you do go pulling it apart, take hi res pics of all the internals and post em up!

Will do. 

[htimreimer]

older consoles are so basic inside.

not all the time have you ever open up a odyssey 2 its zip cable hell

[sessiz]

older consoles are so basic inside.

not all the time have you ever open up a odyssey 2 its zip cable hell

Yeah when I opened this system up it was "basic" inside but hell a mess.

I've started a new thread for the apf so that we don't hijack this one anymore.

http://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,1419.0.html

[gecko101]

Since we seem to be posting about our oldest consoles I would say that my oldest is the gce vectrex.