A little overview of where my console collection is at as of August 2016. I’m currently on a mission to downsize the collection to one … Continue reading
Category: Nintendo
Capacitor Order Day
Capacitors, there’s nothing more fun than replacing capacitors. As a result I’m on the hunt for the following capacitors from my local friendly Element14 / Farnell. TeraDrive power supply is on the list as are four Super Nintendo / Super … Continue reading
Fuse Replacement on the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom
Here in the land of PAL we typically run on 250V so we want our fuses to suit. If you are in an NTSC-land you’ll probably want 125V pico fuses. Back in March 2012 I replaced a fuse in a … Continue reading
McRetro Gaming Shop Grand Opening!
We’re live and ready to sell, operators are waiting by the phones for your order. Sega Saturn, Sony PlayStation, Nintendo GameCube and even the Sega Mega-CD have chips available for order right now. Shipping starts at $2. After something specific, … Continue reading
ROM Hacking Super Mario World (USA) with MIX4AAE
I had a request for some help on getting this working on a flash cart. So I figured sure, why not! 🙂
First up we take the Super Mario World (US) ROM which weighs in at 512kB, making it a … Continue reading
Extreme Plays! Spelunker [NES] [1985]
This version of Spelunker was developed by Tim Martin and Micro Graphic Image and licensed from Brøderbund for use on the Nintendo … Continue reading
NES Mainboard Capacitor Replacement – Mattel Version
There are only three capacitors… but that doesn’t stop me! There are some more capacitors hidden under the power board / RF area. Those … Continue reading
NES Cartridge Slot Cleaning – Mattel Version
We delve a little deeper into the NES and have a look at the cartridge slot. If you mess it up and it catches … Continue reading
NES Disassembly – Mattel Version
Just some poking around inside a Nintendo Entertainment System! The good old Mattel variety.… Continue reading
Extreme Plays! Snow Bros. [NES] [1991]
This version of Snow Bros. was developed by Toaplan and published by Capcom on the Nintendo Entertainment System back in 1991.… Continue reading
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