replacing pin connectors in Retron systems

[hitbyambulance]

i recently acquired a Retron 3, but after about a month of use some of the pins in the NES connector are all bent. it doesn't seem like a straight-up NES pin connector from eBay would work - are there any real replacement options here?

[Tanooki]

Good luck, the company themselves sell a lot of parts and don't even carry them other than shoddy knockoffs for the real NES.

[Jeremy Popp]

i recently acquired a Retron 3, but after about a month of use some of the pins in the NES connector are all bent. it doesn't seem like a straight-up NES pin connector from eBay would work - are there any real replacement options here?

 

You're probably out of luck finding a real direct replacement option other than harvesting a broken system. That being said, I have a Retron1 that I just acquired with a good connector. Since they don't appear to hold any value, and assuming it's the same connector, I would let it go really cheap. I can take some pictures of the connector if you want for comparison. It would be a pretty time consuming, more advanced de-solder job to tackle (I'm assuming it's directly soldered to the board).