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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Cart Dumping via Parallel (Part 2)

Nix McRetro // 2nd December 2013 // Hacks, Programming, Sega

Dumping carts via the second controller port of a Mega-CD - incredible right? Success is had on this attempt and Fatal Fury PAL is dumped… but what’s this? Watch on to see! Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Cart Dumping via Parallel (Part 1)

Nix McRetro // 2nd December 2013 // Hacks, Sega, YouTube

Dumping carts via the second controller port of a Mega-CD, incredible right? Watch me go through the ummms and ahhhs of how to get it working right. This is where I gathered the information and tools to do it! Thanks Mask of Destiny from RetroDev! Continue reading

Water Damaged Sony PSone Repair Attempt

Nix McRetro // 1st December 2013 // Repairs, Sony, YouTube

Water damaged consoles are the worst of the bunch. Unpredictable and filthy… and then there’s the rust! Continue reading

Sony PlayStation Junk CD Decks - Partial Solution

Nix McRetro // 1st December 2013 // Repairs, Sony, YouTube

Part two of this epic journey through the lands! Where is that PSIO project anyway? Continue reading

Sony PSone Laser Replacement with Extra Issues

Nix McRetro // 1st December 2013 // Repairs, Sony, YouTube

Swapping a laser over is pretty easy on these little fellas, the same method applies to all PlayStation 1 models (even the chubby ones). The only difference seems to be the cable length. I’m sure there’s more going on under the hood, but chances are your laser is a clone... Continue reading