Amiga 500 Retro Restore - I've given it a clean

Опубликовано: 08 Сентябрь 2026
на канале: Retro Gaming Banter
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In this video we will be doing a Retro Restore on the classic Amiga 500 that I picked up on eBay. I chose this one because as you can see it is very yellowed and dirty, and there's some stains which should be fun to remove. If I bought a clean looking one, it would be a boring video innit :)

Gear used in this video (Contains affiliate links)
Contact Cleaner - https://amzn.to/3jIbWoK
Isopropyl Alcohol - https://amzn.to/376iBUB
ESD Brushes Kit - https://amzn.to/3aX3YEc
Compu Cleaner Air Duster - https://amzn.to/3qcu5xg
Jerome Russell Bblonde 40 Vol 12% Peroxide Cream 5ml - https://amzn.to/373P8dS
Onforu UV Strip Light - https://amzn.to/3jEGYxs
Replacement Amiga Rubber Feet - htttps://www.retrobench.com/ (now closed)
Amiga SCART cable - https://coolnovelties.co.uk/coolnovel...

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0:00 Intro
0:40 Opening the Amiga 500
1:02 Removing the keyboard
1:29 Removing the RF shield
1:54 Removing the floppy drive
2:39 Removing the main board
2:56 Removing the keyboard keys
4:00 Cleaning the keyboard keys
4:12 Cleaning keys ASMR
4:31 Drying and comparing the keyboard keys
4:47 Retrobrighting the keyboard keys
5:39 Cleaning the keyboard
6:19 Cleaning the main board
7:49 Cleaning the case top
9:57 Retrobrighting the case top
10:27 Cleaning and Retrobrighting the case bottom
11:40 Refitting the keyboard keys
12:19 Rebuilding the Amiga 500
12:38 Installing a Gotek floppy emulator
13:34 Fitting replacement rubber feet
13:47 Before and after comparison
14:54 Powering Up the Amiga 500
15:13 Running Amiga Test Kit checks
16:12 Playing some Amiga 500 games
17:22 Summary
18:22 Like & Subscribe


Background music - Serious Bitnuss by TeknoAxe from http://teknoaxe.com/. Used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

Intro music - "Intro #32-D (Even More Eight Bit Stabs)" by TeknoAxe from http://teknoaxe.com/. Used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

Ending Music - Space Heroes, by OBLIDIVM, https://oblidivmmusic.blogspot.com.es