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Super Nintendo / SNES Cartridge Battery Holder Installation

Nix McRetro // 6th August 2013 // Hacks, Nintendo, Repairs

Zip, zap and away! Just solder in a holder and… well mine didn’t have enough clearance, but maybe yours does! Good to bring the save game section of your cartridge back to life. Let’s face it, your old saves weren’t that good anyway. Do better this time, you’ve got 10... Continue reading

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-02 Mainboard Test - Includes Both Game Units

Nix McRetro // 6th August 2013 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Since the rev 2 mainboard (02-01 board) is the only mainboard that has flow on power to the Game Unit section at the moment (possibly a faulty switch - still investigating!) - we turn to it to test both the game units - that’s right, including the one I borrowed... Continue reading

Aiwa Mega-CD CSD-GM1 02-01 Rev 2 Mainboard Recap

Nix McRetro // 6th August 2013 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Came across a few problems on this one, never fear there are always more parts on order. One day these units will shine with perfection. Well maybe not exactly perfection, but they’ll function alright! Continue reading

Aiwa Sega Mega-CD CSD-GM1 Unit-01 Mainboard - More Caps

Nix McRetro // 6th August 2013 // Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Discovered I was shipped a wrong value capacitor by Element 14. Same physical size, but not same electrical properties! Lucky I decided to bump it to 16V or I may have never noticed. Would it have made a difference in the long term, who knows! This is the revision 1... Continue reading

x0xb0x 1.0 Adafruit Edition - Progress Report

Nix McRetro // 23rd July 2013 // YouTube

Some more testing, please note this is just a bunch of offcuts from the previous video, with some BONUS film at the end. Hopefully, we will be mixing some synth tunes up in the very near future! Continue reading