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Sega Saturn Phantom Universal Modchip Overview & Disassembly

Nix McRetro // 13th January 2020 // Guides, Sega, YouTube

A deeper dive into the installation of the Phantom Universal. Bad_Ad84 sells these over at his new home - http://retrogamerstuff.com since Assembler Games burnt down. Highly recommended and are well paired with a Pseudo Saturn at this point! I’m still holding onto my This is COOL Saturn which has one... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Phantom Universal Modchip Installation Tips

Nix McRetro // 12th January 2020 // Guides, Sega, YouTube

This one went into a Victor Saturn that had recently been unmodded. We’ve modded it with a much newer modchip created by Bad_Ad84 of the now defunct assemblergames.com. If he’s still out there, here’s to you Bad_Ad84! This modchip allows for the playing of backup CD-R discs. There’s still region... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Phantom Universal Modchip CD Drive Identification

Nix McRetro // 6th January 2020 // Guides, Sega, YouTube

This week we have a bunch of Phantom Universal videos which were recorded way back in 2016. Hopefully they are still relevant to the Saturns of today as they bypass the ability to play burnt CD media. Although with other hardware mods such as Saturn Rhea ODEMU (and clones) and... Continue reading

Dumping the Apple 341-0813 Mac Classic ROM

Nix McRetro // 5th January 2020 // Apple

Dumping the Apple 341-0813 Mac Classic ROM

Ah yes, the old Apple 341-0813 ROM written onto a TC534200P-F749 maskrom. Looks to be a match with the 27C400 EPROM. On the GQ-4X programmer the D27C4000 (aka uPD27C4000) also seems to be compatible. Then I remembered that particular model of chip from way back when I was given some... Continue reading

Super Famicom and the Green Line of Doom (Part 2)

Nix McRetro // 4th January 2020 // Hacks, Nintendo, YouTube

After three and a half years I can finally put this one to rest and purge it from my mind. The Samsung TV I was using it on has also since died. Is that a little too convenient? It might just be. Continue reading