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SNES SuperCIC Switchless Modchip - More Testing (Part 3)

Nix McRetro // 28th November 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Nintendo, YouTube

They always say you can never have enough testing, so I’ve been playing around with the SuperCIC modification and one of my homemade SNES cartridges. A few weeks ago, or perhaps months by now, I started building these things. Time certainly disappears when you’ve got too many projects on the... Continue reading

SNES SuperCIC Switchless Modchip - The Test (Part 2)

Nix McRetro // 27th November 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Nintendo, YouTube

Part two moves onto testing the SuperCIC switchless modchip, and what better to test with than John Madden Football and some Urban Strike! I’ve also got Micro Machines and Lemmings ready to go. Look at those pixels fly! With everything hooked up upstairs, I powered on the Super Nintendo and... Continue reading

SNES SuperCIC Switchless Modchip - Installation (Part 1)

Nix McRetro // 27th November 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Nintendo, YouTube

Another evening spent attacking perfectly good retro hardware with a soldering iron! This time I’ve been installing a SuperCIC switchless modchip into one of my Super Nintendo consoles. The idea is to give me control over the console’s region and 50 Hz / 60 Hz operation without drilling a collection... Continue reading

Sony PS one ONECHIP Modchip Introduction

Nix McRetro // 27th November 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Sony, YouTube

MultiMode3, stand aside! It works nicely on many of the older PlayStation revisions, but Sony (creator of all things PlayStation) added another complication to the little PAL PS one SCPH-102: an additional territory check in the boot ROM. Enter ONEchip, the modchip firmware that combines normal disc-authentication behaviour with a... Continue reading

Sony PlayStation 1 Modchip Installation on SCPH-9002 Update

Nix McRetro // 26th November 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Sony, YouTube

Make sure Verify burn is switched on, or you’ll end up with a pile of coasters! Here’s a little follow-up to the PlayStation modchip installation. After spending quite a while wondering why things weren’t behaving themselves, I’ve discovered that a good part of the trouble came from the discs I... Continue reading