Vintage gaming collection washed away in Aussie floods

[CRTGAMER]

Capacitors should be water tight, unless they're already starting to fail. In which case, they should be replaced anyway. Anyone with a collection of retro gear like that has probably changed a few capacitors in his time. And, like I said this is a last resort method. If you've tried everything else and it doesn't work, running it through the dishwasher won't break anything.

They are not, also any metal is a concern.

Some clarity:

Corrosion=Water + Air + Cathode to Anode

[hashiriya1]

This guy even had a SuperGrafx. You know he must be a hardcore collector if he has a fucking SuperGrafx.

It was very painful for me to look at those images. I hope everyone affected by the flood can somehow manage to rise up and move on from it.

That was the first thing I dropped my jaw at. I cringed when I saw the dead SuperGrafx. I could never imagine my SGX meeting a similar fate.

[Chris Leach]

Sad to see such a collection go, but what about those that are no longer? I wish their families well.....

[brainofjtd]

Sad to see such a collection go, but what about those that are no longer? I wish their families well.....

Wow, what a way to be a bummer, man. (jk) All those lost people and video games will be in our thoughts.

[GigaPepsiMan]

Hmm sad to see that collection go to waste, there were so many things worth haivng there. He had 7 neo geos? What kills me is he had that many and now they are all gone.

[jfrost]

It's a shame that the floods destroyed this collection, but I'm rather amazed that the floods took only twenty lives.

Right now, here in Brazil, floods have killed 600 people in Rio, destroyed three cities. The difference in the handling of these tragedies is flabbergasting.