You might know us from TikTok repairs 🧑🔧... perhaps our Game Boy mods. No?
Then you must just ❤️ retro gaming or repairs.
Stay a while, look around, enjoy, and reach out if you need anything 😃
Not all sockets are the same. In years of doing repairs I have never come across a turned pin header socket I preferred over the dual leaf style.
Although popular opinion is turned pins are the best, I had nothing but problems using them. Mainly from IC's lifting out or creeping out over time. See here https://www.tiktok.com/@retrosix/video/73658180029...
However, I always try new brands, new products and re-visit how I work and what I use regularly. Since then I have discovered an amazing brand of turned pin sockets that work amazingly well. They have no creep, super-tight grip and high temperature plastic that doesn't melt.
See the new sockets in action here https://www.tiktok.com/@retrosix/video/74060156319...
The benefits this now gives over dual leaf sockets are:
Now granted these are much more expensive sockets than dual leaf, but they are the best and the only thing I will use going forward!
I have put together a kit that contains almost all of the sockets used in retro consoles, and using our supplier contacts got the unit price down from what is usually £2 to £3 or more per single socket right down to £0.30 per item in this kit.
The kit contains all 2.54mm pitch gold-plated sockets:
Luke
Retro Enthusiast
RetroSix is a family run business led by Luke, who has been in the gaming industry and retail business since 2013, and sold consoles, controllers and even designed our own controllers and consoles.
We repair and upgrade consoles while showing them off on our social channels such as TikTok.
We sell products for restoring your own consoles should you wish to do it yourself, including many of our own hardware we design and manufacture in-house.
Finally, we print directly onto products to create unique one-off designs of things like Game Boys, Game Gears and anything that has a relatively flat surface we can print on. Checkout our Printed Products sections to buy some or design your very own.
We started RetroSix not as a mass market business, instead with the aim of perfection. Recreating moulds of original shells, casting them from quality ABS, redesigning hardware such as power supplies, USB-C, audio and more, to upgrade your consoles to the highest quality available. No cheap junk sold for profit.
Partners
We believe partnering with other likeminded companies is a great way to help each other out and ultimately make products that are better for the end consumer.
Of course, we sell and ship worldwide direct from source if you would like to purchase direct from anywhere in the world.
USA: https://www.retrosix.us (* coming soon)
Canada: Magitek Repairs and Restoration (magitekrr.com)
Japan: ヒミツノバ®|ゲームボーイのバックライトカスタム|HIMITSUNOVA
Austria: SilentModding.com - Retro Console Modding
Germany: RetroReiZ - REVIVE TO RELIVE - Die Seite für Retro-Fans & Sammler