Why does a SNES turn yellow?

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 3:39 am

Why do they turn yellow?

lunaris · Post by **lunaris** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:31 am

Since ... different batches of plastics had ... different aging results ... then there must have been a difference of additives between them. Perhaps in one of the production runs of plastic, they didn't get the catalyst or flame retardant mixture quite right and more residues were left over in the top half's plastic batch, thus causing it to degrade more rapidly over time. And by the time Nintendo produced the later runs of Super Nintendos, they had perfected the manufacturing process of their plastic, meaning that those later models aren't as susceptible to oxidation as the earlier models are."

-http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs. ... /1/13/6609

-- Took me 3 seconds to google that up.

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Fri May 02, 2008 1:39 pm

Not just SNES. My friends white DS light turned yellow.

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Fri May 02, 2008 3:15 pm

GoldenfrankO wrote:Not just SNES. My friends white DS light turned yellow.

well that was from your friends hands, consoles usually are only touched when inderting a game, Handhelds are well, held all the time.

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Fri May 02, 2008 4:37 pm

I feel bad for yellow sneses. I found one a year or so ago at goodwill all yellowed, dirty and lonely so I had to rescue it.

[img[http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/7690 ... rtyvt9.png[/img]

Suprisingly, it worked better than the minty one I currently had at the time. What I'd like to do is fit it in a super famicom/pal snes shell.

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Sat May 03, 2008 10:50 am

I got my SNES for $20 bucks at a flea market a year ago. All the hook ups, and Super Mario allstars came with it. Suprising it wasn't yellow, and still isn't.

sipsorz3 · Post by **sipsorz3** » Sat May 03, 2008 5:15 pm

my dad bought a snes 2 days ago on a flea market for â‚¬5 with a bunch of games (only 1 snes game and 6 nes games) and it isn't yellow at all.

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Sat May 03, 2008 7:25 pm

sipsorz3 wrote:my dad bought a snes 2 days ago on a flea market for â‚¬5 with a bunch of games (only 1 snes game and 6 nes games) and it isn't yellow at all.

How much would that be in $ money?

Post by **bicostp** » Sat May 03, 2008 8:19 pm

I think they turn yellow for the same reason old Macs yellowed: the plastic reacted with UV light.

@ GoldenfrankO: About 10 bucks.

sipsorz3 · Post by **sipsorz3** » Sun May 04, 2008 7:40 am

GoldenfrankO wrote:
sipsorz3 wrote:my dad bought a snes 2 days ago on a flea market for â‚¬5 with a bunch of games (only 1 snes game and 6 nes games) and it isn't yellow at all.
How much would that be in $ money?

its about $7.50 its pretty cheap.

GoldenfrankO · Post by **GoldenfrankO** » Sun May 04, 2008 12:19 pm

Great find.

Zeguna · Post by **Zeguna** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:08 pm

Presto!

http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/189