I thought this $4 8-bit game console was going to be total junk

While looking around AliExpress I found this little 8-bit handheld game console for a mere $4 shipped, so I ordered it just to see how something like this could be made so cheaply.

To buy one of these, for $4 (as of Jan 2024) pick the 1 for $1.99 banner and look through those items, and you’ll see one for $3.99.

— Video Links

The actual unit I have came from this listing:

Adrian’s Digital Basement Merch store:

Support the channel on Patreon:

Adrian’s Digital Basement (Main Channel)

— Tools

Deoxit D5:

O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)

Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)

TS100 Soldering Iron:

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:

Magnetic Screw Holder:

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)

Heat Sinks:

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)

— Links

My GitHub repository:

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group

— Instructional videos

My video on damage-free chip removal:

— Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

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