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ITT: What are the most DURABLE Video Game Consoles

SNES, Genesis, N64 all seem like they could withstand nuclea...
french exciting juggernaut
  01/26/26
The cartridge sticking out of the n64 seems like a vulnerabi...
Comical den
  01/26/26
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Apoplectic stain useless brakes
  01/26/26
The laser dies out iirc
Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead
  01/26/26
Nothing with a disc drive and moving parts is indestructible
Laughsome olive bawdyhouse place of business
  01/26/26
not a console but still have a Commodore PET and a Xerox 820...
ruby domesticated piazza idiot
  01/26/26
180
Apoplectic stain useless brakes
  01/27/26
Not the NES, that design was such a POS.
mahogany messiness hell
  01/26/26
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Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead
  01/26/26
I have like 5 NES systems and the cartridge slot is a piece ...
Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead
  01/26/26
I think my PS1 still works. PS2 probably too, but it seemed ...
french exciting juggernaut
  01/26/26
My ps2 got wonky within a year or so of buying it it would n...
Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead
  01/26/26
My ZOZO ‘04 Limited Edition is showing no signs of slo...
Apoplectic stain useless brakes
  01/26/26
Didn't they pull up a gameboy color from a shipwreck at the ...
Smoky Senate
  01/26/26
idk about that but I've bought a ton of them and like half t...
Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead
  01/26/26
gameboy https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a27183316/ninte...
Flirting Tanning Salon Psychic
  01/26/26
Those things were like a brick. Me and my brother used to th...
magenta toilet seat therapy
  01/26/26
PS2
aggressive aromatic plaza
  01/26/26
i owned 3 ps2s was my favorite and last console, eventual...
Flirting Tanning Salon Psychic
  01/26/26
OG game boy
hairless pea-brained university bbw
  01/26/26
Cr.
razzle round eye famous landscape painting
  01/26/26
Not IMO, you have to reflow almost all of them https://www.y...
Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead
  01/26/26
has anyone here ever done that "Recalibration" to ...
french exciting juggernaut
  01/27/26


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Date: January 26th, 2026 3:54 PM
Author: french exciting juggernaut

SNES, Genesis, N64 all seem like they could withstand nuclear bombs and still work. My SNES and N64 still work great IMO

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:01 PM
Author: Comical den

The cartridge sticking out of the n64 seems like a vulnerability. The GameCube, however, is fucking indestructible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621047)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:04 PM
Author: Apoplectic stain useless brakes



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:16 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead

The laser dies out iirc

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:33 PM
Author: Laughsome olive bawdyhouse place of business

Nothing with a disc drive and moving parts is indestructible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621731)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:07 PM
Author: ruby domesticated piazza idiot

not a console but still have a Commodore PET and a Xerox 820 in storage that power up fine



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Date: January 27th, 2026 2:06 PM
Author: Apoplectic stain useless brakes

180

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:11 PM
Author: mahogany messiness hell

Not the NES, that design was such a POS.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621087)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:16 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead



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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:20 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead

I have like 5 NES systems and the cartridge slot is a piece of shit. You have to take it apart and clip a pin on the lockout chip

The snes and genesis and n64 still work fine

I haven't hooked up my old psx or dreamcast in probably 20+ years

The first xbox has capacitors that will leak acid on the motherboard and destroy it, the xbox 360 had the red ring of death and idk about the rest, ljl at micro$oft

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:22 PM
Author: french exciting juggernaut

I think my PS1 still works. PS2 probably too, but it seemed flismier than the PS1

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Date: January 26th, 2026 4:24 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead

My ps2 got wonky within a year or so of buying it it would not work sometimes randomly

Ps1 was a tank

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621123)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 6:55 PM
Author: Apoplectic stain useless brakes

My ZOZO ‘04 Limited Edition is showing no signs of slowly down, crazy but true, longevity helped I suspect by Rach’s commitment to server hamster/gerbil et al. continuity to make the generational transitions smooth and uneventful, periodic (cyber)performance art to the contrary notwithstanding

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621626)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 6:59 PM
Author: Smoky Senate

Didn't they pull up a gameboy color from a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean and it still worked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621638)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:08 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead

idk about that but I've bought a ton of them and like half the speakers don't work anymore

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621660)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:09 PM
Author: Flirting Tanning Salon Psychic

gameboy

https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a27183316/nintendo-game-boy-survived-gulf-war/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621662)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:14 PM
Author: magenta toilet seat therapy

Those things were like a brick. Me and my brother used to throw our gameboy all over the place and at each other.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621672)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:11 PM
Author: aggressive aromatic plaza

PS2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621666)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:12 PM
Author: Flirting Tanning Salon Psychic

i owned 3 ps2s

was my favorite and last console, eventually the console would stop being able to read the discs with the purple cds

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621669)



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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:16 PM
Author: hairless pea-brained university bbw

OG game boy

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:27 PM
Author: razzle round eye famous landscape painting

Cr.

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Date: January 26th, 2026 7:52 PM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy clear forum circlehead

Not IMO, you have to reflow almost all of them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OEXhxoTIvY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49621778)



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Date: January 27th, 2026 3:41 PM
Author: french exciting juggernaut

has anyone here ever done that "Recalibration" to their OG Gameboy and Gameboy Color? Apparently it helps a lot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5826991&forum_id=2)#49624332)