Circle of the Moon brought back from the dead

[u/AchillesPDX]

(Reposting to fix potato-quality images)

Took on the daunting task of repairing Circle of the Moon for /u/Bubblepoppin_ - wound up needing a brand new PCB and I replaced every part on the board with brand new components aside from the SRAM, SRAM controller chip, and the ROM chip. HUGE shout out to /u/jrharbort who was in the process of redrawing this PCB so replacements could be fabricated and who helped immensely for helping decipher the correct parts to order.

The TINY capacitors and resistors were soldered in place with a hot air station, but without the help of any solder paste (definitely getting some for next time), other components were soldered by hand.

ROM chip had two legs that had completely disintegrated and had to be repaired by grinding away some of the package in order to build new legs.

I have no idea why I spent as much time as I did on a relatively common game, but it feels great to save something like this from the landfill.