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Dumping the Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 Dev Kit SCSI Hard Drive via GUI and dd

Nix McRetro // 9th April 2016 // Sega, YouTube

Everyone loves World Series Baseball 2K2 (WSB2K2) and in this video we try dumping via dd and the GUI, the results aren’t all that bad either. It does look like there is a small amount of unreadable data, but that shouldn’t stop us from getting the contents of this Dreamcast... Continue reading

Preparing to Dump the Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 Dev Kit SCSI Hard Drive

Nix McRetro // 8th April 2016 // Devkit, Sega, YouTube

This video is some preliminary work on getting the rig set up to be able to interface the SCSI hard drive off the Sega Dreamcast HKT-0120 Dev Kit I picked up relatively recently. The next two videos will feature it being dumped using two different methods using GUI (Graphical User... Continue reading

The Dimplex DC15RCBW Reverse Cycle Air Conditioner

Nix McRetro // 6th April 2016 // YouTube

You might all remember this review that was done way back in early March - not the most glowing review because the Dimplex DC10RC was likely faulty or just a complete hunk of junk. Let me show you the MEGA edition - The Dimplex DC15RCBW Reverse Cycle Air Conditioner. Now... Continue reading

Status Update - April 2016

Nix McRetro // 3rd April 2016 // Hacks, Sega, YouTube

We’ve got a few videos to crank out this month and I think I may be working on too many projects at once. I guess we’ll find out if I burn out and set fire to all my way past cool hardware! Continue reading

Circuit Bending VRAM on a Sega Mega Drive / Genesis 2

Nix McRetro // 27th March 2016 // Guides, Hacks, Sega

Circuit Bending VRAM on a Sega Mega Drive / Genesis 2

Turns out, after looking at the datasheet on console5.com for the Mega Drive / Genesis, there’s two sets of VCC and VSS… that explains the random resets… I’ve updated my past posts so no one fries their VRAM - no one wants that. In the future I’ll be doing a... Continue reading