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Why Super Nintendos Lose Their Color: Plastic Discoloration in Classic Machines (vintagecomputing.com)
35 points by chaosmachine on March 7, 2010 | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments



Also see here: http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ - they've put their method in the public domain.

"The problem was finally cracked in late July 2008 with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide, a small amount of an 'Oxy' laundry booster as a catalyst and a UV lamp; we believed that this could do the job in hours instead of days."


http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Yellowing

The Transformers fan community has been dealing with this for a while.


I love that this got posted because of a comment on 'Japan: It's Not Funny Anymore' article which argued that the Japanese smoke too much and as a result, it discolors their plastic game cases.


With such a distinct yellow-brown look, I'd just tell all my friends I had a special Legend of Zelda edition.




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