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Extreme Plays! Spelunker (NES, 1985)

Nix McRetro // 16th July 2014 // Gaming, Nintendo, YouTube

Spelunker began as Tim Martin and Micro Graphic Image’s 1983 computer game. Irem later ported it to the Famicom / NES, releasing the Japanese version in 1985. Brøderbund published the North American NES release in 1987. This video is a look at that NES version. Sources Brøderbund - Spelunker NES... Continue reading

Sony DTL-H2000 PlayStation Development Board BIOS Dump

Nix McRetro // 4th July 2014 // Devkit, Sony, YouTube

One of the admins over at PSXDEV sent me a BIOS chip from some old (~1994) Sony PlayStation development hardware to dump: a DTL-H2000, an ISA-bus board designed to live inside a PC. PlayStation Specifications lists a pre-retail DTL-H2000 kernel dated 28th July 1994. The resulting BIOS was shared through... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Sophia Development Kit - Another No Video Repair

Nix McRetro // 28th June 2014 // Devkit, Repairs, Sega

My third and final Sophia in need of repair. Those blasted caps are replaced and she has video signal and life again! I sped this one up a bit since it’s pretty much the same as the previous Sophia video. Model: SG4101 Serial: H417010020 Before… …and after, again! Related posts... Continue reading

Sega Saturn Sophia Development Kit - No Video Repair

Nix McRetro // 24th June 2014 // Devkit, Repairs, Sega

In this video, we’ll be walking through the repair of this Sega Saturn Sophia devkit, which was showing no video or a blank screen on boot. On this machine, replacing the electrolytic capacitors restored the video output. If you were muttering to yourself “I bet it’s capacitors”… you were spot... Continue reading

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Nix McRetro // 21st June 2014 // News, YouTube

Welcome to the RetroJunkie YouTube Channel with your host Nix McRetro! Feel free to browse the selection of videos previously uploaded, there’s plenty! Drop by our sister channel McRetro Gaming where McRetro battles it out with special guests! See you in the latest video! Channel trailers Subscribe Today! (Version 1.0)... Continue reading