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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 28/09/2026
The main station with all the modern hardware. Yeah, cables are still visible in some places. And please just don't look *behind* the TV where I can't easily cable manage. But from the chair, it's acceptable IMO. The stray cable running down is for the capture card connected to my laptop, fwiw.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 28/09/2026
So other than the HDMI nightmare, everything WAS working this morning. Well, I still need to finish the console mods for the NES TL and SNES Jr. Those are sitting on my workbench waiting to be done. Hopefully tonight. But in the meantime, I have well tuned Retrotink profiles configured now!
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 28/09/2026
And here I thought the HDMI part of this setup would be the easy one....nope, the PS3 had something to do about that. First, HDCP is a no-go through the Retrotink. Fair enough. So I routed it through a separate HDMI switcher instead to bypass the retrotink. That's where all the problems started...
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 27/09/2026
Okay, it took an entire day (and technically this is only the retro half of the room), but you know what? That does look better than I feared it would Just need a few more cables, & the 7800. Oh and I should probably do that NES TL composite mod so I can actually use the cables I routed. Yeah...
My finished retro side of the gaming den, consisting of a white Kallax 4x2 in horizontal orientation. The top of the kallax holds a row of consoles and AV switchers, and the top row of cubes uses shelf inserts to provide a total of 3 distinct rows of console and av capacity. 

Top surface, from left to right: 1 Pelican system selector pro with two Pelican universal system selectors stacked on top, a red Nintendo Wii (component) and black PlayStation 2 slim (component), both positioned on vertical stands, the Sega Genesis model 2 with 32x and sega CD attachments (component), and an Atari 2600 Heavy Sixer (composite modded).

Upper shelf, left to right: Sega Dreamcast (Composite, soon to be component), N64 (S Video), a blank space for an in-transit Atari 7800 I plan to composite mod, and an NES Top Loader (soon to be composite modded).

Lower shelf, left to right: PS3 slim (HDMI), a Japanese and north American GameCube (both DOL-001, sharing a GCVideo HDMI adapter and an S Video out), a PS1 (S video), and a SNES Jr (RGB Component modded).

The bottom set of kallax cubes is dedicated to controller, AV, memory, and adapter storage in 2 large door inserts and 2 sets of double drawer inserts.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 26/09/2026
Current status: regretting my life's decisions immensely. This isn't even half of the wires that need to go back here...
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 26/09/2026
It feels like it was only a few months ago I was setting this kallax shelf up thinking it'll hold every retro game console I'll ever want Yeah that didn't happen. The last slot is going to an Atari 7800, and I officially have no room for an og Xbox or 360, or a 3DO if I ever get so lucky. Oops.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 21/09/2026
On a related note, I really wish retro stores would stop carrying these awful "Old Skool" power supplies. This is the 5th one I had for various consoles & every single one fails after a few years. When they start to act up like this they can take out the voltage regulators on your consoles too!
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 21/09/2026
Well, that was interesting. I had an Atari 2600 that wasn't outputting color even when the color switch was on. Opened it up, connected it to the TV to try and figure out what was wrong, and it shows in full color. I literally did nothing but take it apart and it started working!
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 20/09/2026
I was out doing some furniture shopping and just dropped in to a game store on my way home, and what did I find? A nearly complete set of NES E Reader cards for the GBA! Custom cases and artwork and everything. This kind of stuff rarely comes up at all, let alone so well cared for. I had to grab it!
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 05/09/2026
Ok, so game case art reprints...on the one hand, it's nice to get an actual case for your more expensive games. On the other hand, when reputable retro game store print labels like this...yikes The cut is awful, the blacks are crushed, and the resolution stinks. And they wanted cib pricing for it.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 28/08/2026
So I've been busy... Well, not today. Today I got nothing done for the project 😭 But the past 2 weeks I've been quite busy indeed. Started a fresh run of crystal and made it to the lighthouse. Also got a Japanese copy of sapphire to go with box and colosseum, so I can do stuff like this:
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 24/08/2026
Amazon: "Shipped: 3 lawn and garden items" Me: "Aw yeah, can't wait to dial in the correct dc voltage for my lawn, and protect the flower bed with my solder mask while I shop vac up all the weeds!"
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 16/08/2026
The clock is ticking...can I complete the Master Pokedex Challenge I started in 2023 (and procrastinated on for 3 years) in time? I'll post regular updates here on bksy only, and to save time I won't be making any videos on it for now (that would just cut my time down even more!)
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 16/08/2026
So...checking my project I have already recorded 51 hours of footage for all tasks in the 3DS and older era. Sounds like a lot, but it's not even one full game yet!
A screenshot of the video management software Kyno displaying a summary report window over a library of Pokémon recording files for the "Master Dex Challenge" project. The "Report" dialog box indicates a total of 177 video items spanning a cumulative duration of 51 hours, 9 minutes, and 26 seconds (51:09:26), with a total file size of 9.81 GB. In the background, the workspace highlights the "Gen 7 and Below" category, showing recorded gameplay files and thumbnails from the first Pokémon Crystal playthrough.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 15/08/2026
Who says you can't get fit playing video games? Whoever they are, they're wrong. After 6 weeks of regular beat saber practice I've elevated my gameplay to expert level and it's quite a workout! I couldn't even make it through one expert song 6 weeks ago. Tonight I did 6 in 25 min, 3 back to back.
A Polar Flow fitness app screenshot showing a heart rate graph over 25 minutes. The graph repeatedly spikes into the red maximum intensity zone, showing 12.5 minutes spent at maximum heart rate and a peak of 183 bpm during a Beat Saber session.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 13/08/2026
Guess I should finally resume that master Pokedex challenge thing, huh? Nothing like a deadline to stop the procrastinating 🤣
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 11/08/2026
The cool thing about this LXI TV is that it has a digital rgb connector, which I had hoped to use with some of my Apple II systems. Sadly my only rgb video expansion card is broken, I don't have the right connector anyway, and it's hard to find another card at a reasonable price. Maybe some day...
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 11/08/2026
After dealing with a finicky K1C for over a year that just would not lay down proper first layers at the edges no matter how much I tried to dial it in, I finally gave up and got a prusa. Yep, first try. Didn't have to calibrate anything, 20 minutes to first print. Why didn't I buy this one first?!
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 07/08/2026
Some of y'all have no idea how difficult this was to pull off. I had 4 (FOUR!!!) cameras that simply couldn't do it properly! The one that did? An iPhone 13 mini with a third party camera app 🤣
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 05/08/2026
Ok this "record a bunch of repair & mod work on my old computers and retro consoles and throw it on YouTube" thing is more complicated than I bargained for. After I spent an entire weekend reworking my repair bench to be camera ready, my set looked so nice, until I had to light the overhead view! 😭
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 24/07/2026
Recently got a sega genesis, with the 32x and sega CD! Never had one when I was a kid but I wanted one! Even on a modern tv w/ a retrotink it looks incredible! My first pick is Earthworm Jim SE. I've only ever played the GB games so this should be a treat. Guess I'm not getting any sleep tonight 🤣
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Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Follow @wario64.bsky.social and repost for a chance to win 1 of 5 pairs of codes for Citizen Sleeper + Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector for Nintendo Switch 2 (NA eShop) courtesy of @fellowtraveller.games. Giveaway ends July 20, 6 PM PT Currently on sale for 70%/50% off on eShop buff.ly/KwstvGP
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 10/07/2026
Make it stop! 😭😭😭
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 10/07/2026
I just find it oddly amusing to have an n64 plugged into a tiny 13" crt from the 80s I picked up for like $50, while a $400 Wiim Amp Pro connected to a $700 set of Elac speakers blasts cheap 90s synth versions of pokemon music.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 10/07/2026
Can you believe I've had this commodore 1802 sitting around for like 2 years now and never once thought to plug in any retro consoles? Once it's dialed in it looks nice! Only problem is there's no sound, so I still have to fire up the retrotink just to get audio #retrogaming #commodore #nintendo
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 25/06/2026
I picked up that new star fox game everyone's been talking about.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 25/06/2026
Fired up my ps5 for the first time in like 5 months because I've been unfit to play much recently (chronic migraines suck, y'all) and really just felt like playing Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. I hate modern consoles so much! By the time it was done updating and installing it was time for bed!!!
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 17/06/2026
I'll be taking an indefinite break from posting Splatoon videos due to some health issues that cropped up recently. Needless to say playing the game on chronic migraines with high light and sound sensitivity is not exactly conducive to good health nor does it produce particularly great videos...
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 10/06/2026
Finally have a bit of time to sit down and enjoy a new game for once. I suppose today's as good a day as any given the direct this morning?
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 09/06/2026
Sooo close to defeating Brock on attempt 105, and had an incredible Sceptile that felt like the one. Unfortunately, ran into STAB flame wheel from a faster Camerupt and that was that... Have had a rotten run of luck to start this off! #pokemon #ironmon
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 07/06/2026
@thejwittz.bsky.social I'll have you know this is entirely your fault. Wonder how many tries it'll take to beat Brock?
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 04/06/2026
Absolutely gutted. This show was going to be everything a revival *should* be - faithful to the original series, bringing back the original producers and writers, a true continuation of the franchise. The Stargate fandom has suffered so much over the last 15 years. Amazon was supposed to fix it...
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John Travolta at the Stargate
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 22/05/2026
....Yeah, y'know what? I'm not cable managing that. That's a trap. Such sacrifices are necessary to have a triple monitor kvm for up to 4 PCs on a 60"x30" desk lol. The fact that it plus all my peripherals, 2 audio interfaces, a mic pre, and 2 stream decks fit on this desk at all is a minor miracle
Don't look: so many wires in a rats nest behind my monitors and vertical dual laptop stand that I am not even TEMPTED to try and cable manage it! Not to mention all my AV gear, a mic pre, 2 ch audio interface, 12 ch multi track mixer, two laptop docking stations, my switch 2 dock, and a dozen USB peripherals mixed in somewhere...even if I try it'll all get ripped out the moment something needs to be swapped out...
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 13/05/2026
People: "I love apple, their stuff JUST WORKS y'know?" Sigh..Do you have *any* idea how convoluted it was for me to achieve THIS because the peer to peer wifi connection kept failing on migration? Did you know that even Apple Support SWEARS migrating over TB is impossible??? (It took 45 minutes 🤬)
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 08/05/2026
Why didn't I pay for stupidly fast internet sooner? I'm actually limited by my local link speeds now...guess I have an excuse to upgrade to 2.5gig routers?
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 03/05/2026
I think my e-liter friend and I may have survived the apocalypse. (For those of you keeping score at home that was one booyah bomb approximately every 13.5 seconds over the 5:11 match, plus constant pressure from the explosher in between w the splashdown threat) #Splatoon #Splatoon3
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 30/04/2026
New Series: The Splatling Gauntlet! 🦑 I’m benching the Hydra to see how I fare in an Anarchy series with every other weapon in the Splatling class. First up? vHeavy. Link in the replies below! #Splatoon #Splatoon3
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 29/04/2026
So, uh...this happened. Ttek division really is dead lol. I really need to move to takoroka division next season. #splatoon #splatoon3
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 28/04/2026
I guess my RM carrier decided it wasn't hard enough for us already 😭😭😭 #Splatoon #Splatoon3 #SplatoonClips
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 28/04/2026
Hey! Hey! Get off my tower! That goes for you teammates, too lol #Splatoon #Splatoon3 #SplatoonClips
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 24/04/2026
Sigh... Google, why do your captions suck so much? Like, this isn't hard, you know the picture size why can't you align the clations properly on Apple TV? (and yes just scan is enabled that's not the problem, more than two words are entirely cut off here...)
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 16/04/2026
...huh. I suppose that checks out.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 13/04/2026
Whew, got my ruler title with just 5 minutes to spare! This was by far my busiest weekend in years so I wasn't sure if I'd even get to play! #Splatoon #Splatoon3 #Splatfest
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 09/04/2026
How much harder do I have to carry to actually win games in X Battle? Asking for a friend.
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 07/04/2026
Folks, I don't think I can do this anymore. It cost me $35 to fill up today. $35! On a little Honda insight! I should've bought the Prius for that extra ~3mpg /s
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 05/04/2026
*Sigh* This is absolutely the most INFURIATING part of youtube. You spend 20 hours perfecting a video, thumbnail, and title, doing all the research, and then youtube slaps you with 1 impression over four hours while the video is performing BETTER than average. ONE IMPRESSION, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 05/04/2026
What happens when you try to play a Clam Blitz X Battle rotation in 2026? You spend 51 minutes running in circles in the lobby just to fight an enemy who is playing 5 seconds in the future. Welcome to the Tentatek Ghost Town... 💀 Full 27 min video below! 👇 #Splatoon3 #Splatoon #SplatoonClips
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 04/04/2026
Team, I've decided that we're winning this game because we've all fought our way through hell just to avoid the knockout. We ride for glory! We ride for death! Now, who's with me? #Splatoon #Splatoon3 #SplatoonClips
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 30/03/2026
When you somehow outplay a Top 500 player but still manage to lose points in the same rotation. This is the duality of the 1200XP Hydra main. #Splatoon #Splatoon3 #SplatoonClips
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Nick Charles @nickcharlesyt.com · 30/03/2026
"No! I've been poisoned by the dreaded splattercolor screen! It's too late for me, I'm done for. Here, take this shield! Use it to avenge me! #Splatoon #Splatoon3 #SplatoonClips
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