N64 repair stream — this is where the Bonus Life build starts. A broken Nintendo 64 from eBay with no power and unknown board condition. The goal: rebuild it from bare PCB to better than factory spec and give it away on July 3rd, 2026.
Ten years ago the doctors gave me a 17.5% chance of survival after a cardiac event. This build marks the decade. The N64 is broken. I was broken. Both get rebuilt.
Stream 1 covers the initial teardown and assessment: what we’re working with, what the cap kit plan looks like, and what “better than factory spec” means for this build — N64 RGB mod, USB-C power, every game on an SD card.
Live every Tuesday & Saturday at 7pm Eastern — twitch.tv/thernd2
I’m Rob — maker, builder, retro hardware wrecker and fixer from Flint, Michigan.
Rob streams live repairs and builds every Tuesday and Saturday at 7pm Eastern on Twitch. The Bonus Life N64 build — a complete custom Nintendo 64 being rebuilt from scratch and given away July 3rd, 2026 — is the current main series. All links | Support on Patreon