Where to get old game consoles repaired?

Watch some YouTube videos and try yourself. Often they're pretty easy fixes.

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Is it that you just want the old consoles there for looks? You can get a Rasberry pi, stall in on one of the consoles and emulate games for all 3 without taking up the space/power/cables etc...

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Interesting. I'm not much of a tech person so am not familiar with Resberry pi but I will check it out.

And I suppose there is a bit of nostalgia involved with the "looks" aspect of it. One of my favorite parts of childhood was all the time spent on the SNES/64 so I do think that it woudl be fun to have them in their original working condition now as an adult.

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And I suppose there is a bit of nostalgia involved with the "looks" aspect of it. One of my favorite parts of childhood was all the time spent on the SNES/64 so I do think that it woudl be fun to have them in their original working condition now as an adult.

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It is but old consoles look (and work if you're playing a shooting game) better on tube TVs.

There are a bunch of people who do console repair and modifications/upgrades by mail over the internet. I used to be in this business but I didn't find the margins were good enough to justify the hassle of the whole thing plus there's internet personalities and drama I don't care for. I still do some mod installs for a few customers I know well though as I have all the equipment and a lot of spare stock parts as a hobby thing. Looking to repair a bunch of my shite and sell it so I can get my office space back though...

Anyway, I wouldn't take them to a local shop, they won't have the specialized knowledge people in the internet communities have. Lots of guys in this business have youtube videos and channels showing repairs as most of these businesses started out as hobbyists/enthusiasts.

But you should ask yourself if you're willing to pay, because fixing these old consoles is going to be a lot more expensive than using emulators or virtual console setups. If you don't have any specific love for or desire to use the real original hardware, you're probably going to want to just sell those older consoles off to someone who does want that.

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not much of a tech person so am not familiar with Resberry pi but I will check it out.
Here is one with all the stuff ready to build out in Retro Case

Amazon

And here is one ready to go

Amazon

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imma be honest. I have a pi running retropie and it handles like 30 different consoles as well as arcade games. It's a colossal pain in the butt. I even have a Bluetooth Nintendo controller but I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I spend a ridiculous amount of time getting the emulation correct only to forget what I did a month later.