#0041: ReStory Repair Challenge

Otto

#0041: ReStory Repair Challenge

Preamble

With my leisure time I recently completed my first play-through of a video-game that came out this earlier this month (August 2026) named ReStory. In it you play as a repair technician in 2000’s Akihabara Tokyo Japan. Whose job it is to repair consumer electronics for the public. Including devices such as mobile phones, games consoles, electronic toys, and personal computers.

This inspired me to see if I can do this in real life. Can I – a crappy hobbyist repair tech actually manage to fix every item that is represented in this game?

The structure of the challenge I find appealing; a distinct and discrete list of consumer electronics to get through. No more, no less. I will even follow the game’s protagonist methodology of buying broken devices from the internet to then repair for resale (or shop decoration 😉 ).

official screenshot from Steam store showing player browsing online electronics store
official image taken from Steam store page

Technical notes

  • game name: “ReStory: Chill Electronics Repairs”
  • release date: 2026-08-06
  • game version: 1.0.013r
  • repairable devices: 29

ReStory Repair Challenge rules

Now that the fluff is out of the way. To the rules themselves:

1) To win the challenge one must repair every device featured in ReStory (v1.0).
1.a) There are 29 total devices across various categories, and they are listed below.
    2) Alternative to repairing a faulty device: performing a full disassembly & reassembly of a working device counts as a successful repair.
    3) Device substitutions can be made providing there is a good reason for it.
    3.a) E.g. I have a near-enough device and don’t want to buy the specific device listed.
    3.b) E.g. working on a Nintendo DS Lite, instead of an original Nintendo DS.
    4) To consider a device completed, an article of the work must be published here, and linked below.

    Device list

    Note #1: ReStory is licenced to feature Atari products, so the names presented are official. The rest of the devices have either parody or generic names of their real world equivalent.

    Note #2: These devices are organised according to ReStory’s categories. Even though they are not accurate to the nature of the devices.

    Key: XX) Device Name (real world Device Name)

    Games consoles (x12):

    1. Atari 2600 (Atari 2600)
    2. Atari CX40 (Atari CX40)
    3. Atari Lynx (Atari Lynx)
    4. BreadBox Joystick (Commodore 64 T-1341/C-1342 joystick)
    5. Brick Game (Brick Game)
    6. Eggotchi (Tamagotchi virtual pet)
    7. Game Duck (Nintendo Game Boy)
    8. Nony Playmachine (Sony PlayStation 1)
    9. Nony PMP (Sony PlayStation Portable 1000)
    10. Patento BS (Nintendo DS)
    11. Xi-box (2001 Xbox console)
    12. Xi-box controller (Xbox “Duke” controller)
    device images taken from ReStory wiki

    Cell phones (x6):

    1. Autorolla Razor (Motorola Razr V3 Pink flip phone)
    2. Blueberry Curl (Blackberry Curve 8520) phone
    3. Pokia 3310 (Nokia 3310)
    4. Pokia Njoy (Nokia N-Gage phone)
    5. Simsons M65 (Siemens M65 phone)
    6. Wertu Signature (2002 Vertu Signature)

    Music players (x2):

    1. Mapple Mypod (Apple iPod classic MP3 player)
    2. Nony Goman (Sony Walkman TPS-L2 tape player)

    Cameras (x1):

    1. Palaloid (Polaroid Sun 635 SE)

    Appliances (miscellaneous) (x7):

    1. Autorolla WT2000 (Motorola GP328 two-way radio)
    2. Guitar Legend (Guitar Hero controller)
    3. Nerdio W-91F (Casio F-91W wristwatch)
    4. Robby (Tekno/Teksta Robotic Puppy)
    5. Unicorp 99L (no-real world analog)
    6. Unicorp Kettle (no-real world analog)
    7. Unicorp Vision (no-real world analog)

    Laptops (x1):

    1. IDM ThinkerDad (IBM ThinkPad 365XD laptop)

    Progress tracker

    Games consoles (x12):

    1. nil
    2. nil
    3. nil
    4. nil
    5. nil
    6. nil
    7. nil
    8. nil
    9. nil
    10. nil
    11. nil
    12. nil

    Cell phones (x6):

    1. nil
    2. nil
    3. nil
    4. nil
    5. nil
    6. nil

    Music players (x2):

    1. nil
    2. nil

    Cameras (x1):

    1. nil

    Appliances (miscellaneous) (x7):

    1. nil
    2. nil
    3. nil
    4. nil
    5. nil
    6. nil
    7. nil

    Laptops (x1):

    1. nil

    Commentary

    This article is going to be updated slowly as the constituent articles are published and linked here. Additionally I do not intend to add more devices to this challenge, as ReStory updates – adding more content to their game. There is no explicit time limit to complete this challenge, however I would like it done by the end of 2028. Challenge start 21st August 2026. I will pin this article, as it is an ongoing project.

    Thank you for reading.

    Links, references, and further reading.

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/3812600/ReStory_Chill_Electronics_Repairs

    https://restory.wiki

    Screenshot 2026-08-21 at 17-55-36 Category Devices – ReStory Chill Electronics Repairs Wiki