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EarthBound on the SNES SHVC-8PV5B-01 Developer Cartridge

Nix McRetro // 1st February 2016 // Categories: Hacks, Nintendo, YouTube

I’ve received a whole bunch of 27C040 EPROMs for my Super Nintendo development cartridge, and that means it’s time for another attempt at getting EarthBound running. Each chip holds 512 KB, so six of them should be enough for the game’s 3 MB ROM. The development board is an SHVC-8PV5B-01,... Continue reading

Nintendo Game Boy Color Capacitor and Speaker Repair

Nix McRetro // 30th January 2016 // Categories: Nintendo, Repairs, YouTube

I’ve been giving a Nintendo Game Boy Color a bit of a cleanup for Mum, although there are a couple of problems to sort out before it’s much use for anything. Switch it on, the power light flickers briefly and then everything goes dead. Bit of a showstopper! After having... Continue reading

Sony PlayStation Modchip Overview

Nix McRetro // 29th January 2016 // Categories: Guides, Sony

First up, a little information on the PlayStation modchips and programmers I was experimenting with around 2016. A lot of this came from educated guesses, forum posts, things I read on the internet of all places, and my own trial and error. Probably shouldn’t be taken as gospel! ;) Programmers... Continue reading

Minecraft Villagers in Moshpit Madness

Nix McRetro // 29th January 2016 // Categories: Gaming, YouTube

Those Minecraft villagers were always after emeralds. Emeralds, emeralds, emeralds! Unfortunately, I didn’t have any, so I decided to flood their town instead. And just for good measure, I unleashed a bit of lava on them too. Entirely reasonable behaviour, wouldn’t you agree? All this nonsense was played on the... Continue reading

Angry Birds on iPad: Top 220 Ranking

Nix McRetro // 29th January 2016 // Categories: Gaming, YouTube

Ahhh, Angry Birds! I managed to get myself into the top 220 players on the iPad rankings. Quite an exciting achievement back in the day, especially with so many people playing the game! There’s no actual gameplay footage in this one, just a look at the rankings. But don’t disappear... Continue reading