Uploaded October 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
What's up everyone!
A few weeks ago I posted a Tweet about a huge score I just happened to find at my local transfer station. But that's not even my first and with a couple finds like this under the belt, it really just made me want to make a video about them.
Truth be told, I've never been above the idea of "dumpster diving" because having worked in retail and growing up in a college town, the amount of quality shit that just gets thrown out just boggles my mind.
These two finds were no exception. And it just makes me wonder...because we as a "Console Modding" community are always getting so much flack over using original (finite) retro tech in our projects, how does condemning hardware & software like this to the dump fly under the radar?
I guess because no one knows it happened. (I mean who really is going to post their most recent dump run)?
That said though, Console Modding is on the uptick and the more eyes on it, the more eyes with no knowledge of the subject but a big virtual mouth get involved. And while I understand the concern, I'm willing to bet that more gaming consoles have met their fate in landfills or recycling centers than have ever been made into modded console creations.
At least with what we're doing, these console that were bound to the scrap heap get another shot.
Just a thought
downingsbasement.com
#Nintendo #Atari #dumpster
What's up everyone!
A few weeks ago I posted a Tweet about a huge score I just happened to find at my local transfer station. But that's not even my first and with a couple finds like this under the belt, it really just made me want to make a video about them.
Truth be told, I've never been above the idea of "dumpster diving" because having worked in retail and growing up in a college town, the amount of quality shit that just gets thrown out just boggles my mind.
These two finds were no exception. And it just makes me wonder...because we as a "Console Modding" community are always getting so much flack over using original (finite) retro tech in our projects, how does condemning hardware & software like this to the dump fly under the radar?
I guess because no one knows it happened. (I mean who really is going to post their most recent dump run)?
That said though, Console Modding is on the uptick and the more eyes on it, the more eyes with no knowledge of the subject but a big virtual mouth get involved. And while I understand the concern, I'm willing to bet that more gaming consoles have met their fate in landfills or recycling centers than have ever been made into modded console creations.
At least with what we're doing, these console that were bound to the scrap heap get another shot.
Just a thought
downingsbasement.com
#Nintendo #Atari #dumpster
