Anyone got a pic of a yellow UK SNES? [Archive]

RetroRevival

02-10-2005, 12:34 PM

A strange request I know, but i have hunted all day and night to find a picture of a UK PAL SNES which has some very prominent yellowing, but all to no avail.

So I have come here, to ask the good people of the DP forums to help me in my quest.

So does anyone have a pic, or could take a pic of thier own SNES for me?

It has to be YELLOWED and UK PAL.

Regards
Simon

poloplayr

02-10-2005, 12:44 PM

why not try www.ebay.co.uk ?

RetroRevival

02-10-2005, 12:45 PM

Already have, and google, and pretty much all the PAL based SNES sites I could find, but nothing.....

Hence the reason i am asking on here.

Cauterize

02-10-2005, 01:06 PM

i could have helped u a few eeeks ago before i offloaded my yellow-snes-collection to gamestation for some good cash! Sowwy!

jonjandran

02-10-2005, 02:42 PM

Here's a couple yellow ones :

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3594&item=8167813007&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3594&item=8167362592&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3594&item=8166346137&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3594&item=8166199467&rd=1

jajaja

02-10-2005, 02:43 PM

Do you mean yellowing like through time or a spesial release of a yellow SNES?
Why do you need this pic btw? :)

Cauterize

02-10-2005, 06:47 PM

Do you mean yellowing like through time

yellowing through time, he will need it for his RetroRevival magazine, im guessin an article on SNES, its wicked games and the evil yellow curse!

RetroRevival

02-10-2005, 06:59 PM

Im actually writing an article on cleaning, and part of it is talking about general yellowing of comptuers and consoles.

I wanted the picture to illustrate this.

Cauterize

02-10-2005, 07:00 PM

oooh nice one, i cant wait to read that, is there any known cure for yellowing then apart from sanding off a layer or something?

Iron Draggon

02-10-2005, 09:49 PM

Yeah there's a cure for it, just make all videogame consoles black like they should be in the first place, and you'll never have to worry about yellowing!

I honestly don't know what possesses manufacturers to make white or gray videogame consoles. No matter what, they all eventually look like yellow shit.

Cauterize

02-11-2005, 06:50 AM

they all eventually look like yellow shit.

LMFAO! Too true... Just keep good care of your consoles kids!

jajaja

02-11-2005, 11:06 AM

Why do they turn yellow acctualy? Is is chemical reaction in the plastic?

Cauterize

02-11-2005, 11:14 AM

lurpak

02-11-2005, 11:18 AM

I have a snes in my attick, that I havnt took out of the box to see if its yellow, if it is Ill take some good picks tonight for ya!

RetroRevival

02-11-2005, 11:45 AM

you sir are a star :-)

PM me if you have any luck and I will forward on my email addy to you.

jonjandran

02-11-2005, 11:57 AM

Why do they turn yellow acctualy? Is is chemical reaction in the plastic?

a few reasons i guess, but Smokers are the main cause of them i think, in a smoking house hold most consoles turn yellow and stink!

Wrong , it is the plastic and has nothing to do with Smoke.

Nintendo started using 2 different plastics on the Snes . And one of them turns yellow after a while no matter WHAT you do.

It is a breakdown of the plastic and not from Smoke, or Sunlight or Aliens.

RetroRevival

02-11-2005, 12:01 PM

It turns out (after a lot of research) that it is the reaction caused by the effects of Ultra violet light on a part of teh material that the plastic was made from, that make the plastic turn yellow, and as a result is irreversable.

Gapporin

02-11-2005, 05:48 PM

That's funny. I didn't even think UK SNES's yellowed.

RetroRevival

02-11-2005, 06:13 PM

That's funny. I didn't even think UK SNES's yellowed.

It sure does, some of them I have seen in my time have looked awful.

Iron Draggon

02-11-2005, 09:35 PM

Does anybody know how long it takes? I have a few SNES carts that are falling victim to this phenomenon, but fortunately my SNES still looks new. I hope that never changes. It sucks that some of my carts are turning, but they're just carts, so it's not really that big a deal. But I want my console to stay looking nice and new, since it draws alot more attention than my carts. My carts are kept in boxes, so they're only seen whenever I'm playing them.

RetroRevival

02-11-2005, 09:42 PM

It does not matter how long it takes, after all there is nothing you can do about it.

SoulBlazer

02-11-2005, 09:44 PM

So it's UV rays that cause the yellowing, huh? Where does that come from? I know sunlight has it, but do normal light bulbs in rooms of houses generate UV rays?

jonjandran

02-11-2005, 09:46 PM

So it's UV rays that cause the yellowing, huh? Where does that come from? I know sunlight has it, but do normal light bulbs in rooms of houses generate UV rays?

UV rays are everywhere..... you can't hide from them.... I even wear an aluminum foil hat and they still get into my head......

They're EVERYWHERE I say !!!!!!!!!!!

RetroRevival

02-11-2005, 09:48 PM

but do normal light bulbs in rooms of houses generate UV rays?

No, but it only takes one little ray to start the process off :-(

SoulBlazer

02-11-2005, 09:48 PM

I asked about what generates UV rays because it seems the plastic assorbs the rays and yellow at different rates. Mine was in active use daily for over 10 years and when I finally packed it up in 2002 it was only a little yellow in some spots. Others I have seen have gone TOTALLY yellow in half that time.

And when did Nintendo switch over to the 'non yellowing' plastic? Did the 'yellow' problem only affect the first run? Mine dates from December of 1991, probaly made a few months before that.

RetroRevival

02-11-2005, 09:50 PM

when did Nintendo switch over to the 'non yellowing' plastic?

Now that I have not been able to find out. Althought it would be interesting to know. I have spent around 5 days on this and have still to find out certain things.

Maybe only Nintendo know?

Push Upstairs

02-12-2005, 12:06 AM

Does anyone have an SNES (or Super Fami) made in 1991 that shows signs of yellowing?

My girlfriends SNES and the SNES shell i have sitting around both say "1991" on them and neither one of them shows any signs of yellowing.

Gapporin

02-12-2005, 01:01 PM

Push Upstairs

02-12-2005, 01:29 PM

So based on what we have so far 1991 is a year on little or no yellowing of systems.

So it seems that some point after 1991 Nintendo switched to the nasty plastic that yellows over time.

poloplayr

02-12-2005, 01:35 PM

I pre-ordered my PAL SNES before launch and it's still MINT. No yellowing. Anyone mistreating a snes/sfc should be thrown in jail! :)

SoulBlazer

02-12-2005, 08:07 PM

As I said, I got mine in December of 1991 and it has yellowed slightly in some parts.

Gapporin

02-13-2005, 03:43 PM

So based on what we have so far 1991 is a year on little or no yellowing of systems.

So it seems that some point after 1991 Nintendo switched to the nasty plastic that yellows over time.

Well, I just checked my other one, and it had a copyright of 1991, and it was severly yellowed.

Push Upstairs

02-14-2005, 04:10 PM

So much for that theory.

rbudrick

02-14-2005, 05:52 PM

Oh, God, ot this shit again....

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35294

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2333

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29425

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=28304

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22288

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16803

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8096

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8090

And that's just SOME of the threads on this.

-Rob