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Esppiral wrote:I never had a console yellowing, but it seems it is pretty common, any conditions under were it gets yellow?

Consoles yellow when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, chemical in the old plastics are the reason. Basically, keep your old consoles away from direct sunlight

My understanding of the matter (may very well be totally/partially wrong) is that there is a chemical in the plastic that gasses off over time, leading to or allowing the yellowing.

Said chemical supposedly is a flame retardant (bromium? something like that?) and apparently there are a _few_ other plastic compositions that don't have or don't have that specific chemical in it - basically an other recipe for the plastic components - i've a VA0 model that is as "day 1 grey" as it gets and it doesn't seem to turn yellow at all...

I saw a seller on ebay years ago trying to pass off a clearly sun yellowed sega saturn as a special gold version.

I think yellowing can also be caused by nicotine/smoking near your consoles and over time the residue from that gets deposited and builds up on the console (and your walls and everything else in the room).

Sega Dreamcast Sunlight Limited Edition.

This is the very limited edition known for the unreleased sequel of Soleil (Crusader of Centy in the USA and Ragnacenty in Japan). Soleil means "sun" in French ^^

I went in and read it, seller notes 'yellowish due to sunburn'

yeah, 'yellowish'...

like a super monkey balls edition lol

Anymore radiation and it would have turned gold, and then you could put it on ebay, claim its a rare gold plated dreamcast, and sell it for a million dollars on ebay.