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IS Nitro Capture Functional Overview

Nix McRetro // 7th December 2019 // Categories: Devkit, Nintendo, YouTube

We have a look at what the IS Nitro Capture can actually do, why you should buy one and why I originally purchased one. Then again, perhaps I didn’t touch on any of that in the video. Watch on to find out! After pulling the whole thing apart in the... Continue reading

IS Nitro Capture Teardown

Nix McRetro // 7th December 2019 // Categories: Devkit, Nintendo, YouTube

After tearing down the DS Lite unit last weekend we move onto the big blue box. The IS Nitro Capture unit itself, a sandwich of delight. Forbidden, yet still sandwich-like. You must not eat this. Only futuristic robots are up to that task! There really is an extraordinary amount of... Continue reading

IS Nitro Capture DS Lite Internal Overview

Nix McRetro // 2nd December 2019 // Categories: Devkit, Nintendo, YouTube

The IS Nitro Capture is quite a complicated beast. This particular model uses a DS Lite tethered to the blue box, which we’ll be taking apart in a future video. For now, we delve into the internals of the DS Lite and what differences exist compared to retail hardware. One... Continue reading

Super Nintendo DC-in Port Replacement

Nix McRetro // 1st December 2019 // Categories: Nintendo, Repairs, YouTube

This is quite a long video about one of the poorer design choices Nintendo made with the Super Nintendo / Super Famicom. On this shell design, they attached the DC-in socket to the rear plastic panel, making it a pain to replace. Maybe they sold the replacement socket with the... Continue reading

Setting IS Nitro Capture DIP Switches

Nix McRetro // 1st December 2019 // Categories: Devkit, Nintendo, YouTube

A few videos are coming up on the IS Nitro Capture device, including hardware teardowns and some of the capture results in both AVI and BMP. In the meantime, here are the DIP switch settings for the blue box. Of particular interest to me were the AV output options. These... Continue reading