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It looks like I've broken another NES. One died of static electricity shock when I tried to reset it, my latest console is showing wavy lines of interference consistent with what people say is a bad capacitor. Are there any trustworthy repair places? Are they even worth repairing, or should I just buy another doomed console? The repair videos looked beyond my abilities and equipment. That box with all the caps looks impossible to remove from the board without a pro desoldering gun and soldering iron. I also have a Colecovision in dire need of refurbishing, if they also handle those.
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falz posted:Clearly I need to expand my Coleco library. I don't suppose there are any flash carts for it are there? There's an Atarimax Colecovision Ultimate SD Cart for $135.
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Aug 3, 2016 13:43
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:And that Super Mario Bros 1 prototype TheRedEye almost got recently. Wait, what? Source?
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Aug 19, 2016 15:54
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:http://www.wired.com/2016/08/joust-prototype-nes/ Thanks! I can't help but think these are elaborate hoaxes. Misspellings in Joust is pretty low effort. I've seen that Super Mario scrolling bug in bootlegs and emulators. If that's the only difference, I'd be suspicious. The holy grail would be one like in the Super Mario History booklet that came with All Stars for Wii. That game went through a lot of interesting and dramatic changes.
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Aug 19, 2016 17:16
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TheRedEye posted:If these are hoaxes they're masterful. Of the five we got (a friend got F-1 Race, which has different colors on the title screen among other changes), four were different. It's not just the text, there are hex differences all over the place, which I'm sure are just bug fixes and minor tweaks. So, if it's a hoax, they kept Soccer identical to add some legitimacy to it I guess? Also, if it's a hoax, they were very careful to only use EPROMs with manufacturing dates that preceded the release dates of the games (pretty difficult to source these days), EXCEPT for that one Mario Bros. cart. Thanks for the added details. I don't mean to doubt you or your abilities, as you've brought to light a ton of amazing stuff. It's just whenever the differences are mostly cosmetic, I'm paranoid that there are others out there with your knowledge using it for evil. 
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Aug 19, 2016 19:35
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I finally bit the bullet and got me a modded Neo Geo CD.   You're probably thinking I'm crazy picking the CD unit over a consolized MVS, but I'm quite happy with my purchase! I've been playing the Neo Geo in arcades and emulated form for years, and it's actually quite refreshing to play the CD versions. I especially enjoy the remixed music and exclusive features in games like Neo Turf Masters.  You can't play the extra challenging Scotland course in the cartridge version! But, my biggest deciding factor was actually Windjammers. That game alone would have cost almost as much as I paid for this entire CD setup. It even has CD exclusive options, plus none of the multicarts seemed to feature it. There's also CD exclusive games like Crossed Swords II and Ironclad that are fun to play, too! There are games I regret not being able to play on real hardware like Blazing Star, Sengoku 3, Magical Drop III and Super Dodge Ball, but most of the other games in the series (outside of Dodge Ball) are playable. The other missing favorites are playable on other systems I have, like Stakes Winner 2 and Mark of the Wolves.  Regarding Stakes Winner (a game I seem to be alone in enjoying), the CD version is an anomaly. It's nothing like the other versions, almost like a Stakes Winner 1.5 (but JP only).  I've played all the Metal Slug games to death in the arcades, except the first game. It was extremely rare locally, so I never got burned out of playing it. The loading screens are actually kinda neat! They took full "advantage" of them, and I also have the (modded) advantage of being able to see red blood.  There are also tons of subtle differences in the CD versions like Neo Drift Out. The artwork is different in many places, but the gameplay seems the same. There's also fun homebrew conversions to the CD format for the smaller games. They mostly work (Neo Mr. Do does not work for me!), but they serve as a novelty for those that don't have MVS/AES.  If anyone wants a Neo Geo Cd, I would highly recommend getting the modded version over stock. The unlimited continue cheats come in handy to make it feel like the arcade (especially since I suck at the first Metal Slug). You also also don't have to worry about copy protection or region lockout, as everything just works.  Finally, the load times... Are they really mind numbingly impossible to deal with? No way! This has been highly exaggerated by the community! If you're used to the cartridge versions, of course you're going to be annoyed by ANY load times, especially for the fighting games. But, nowadays you can just look at your phones during loading. It's really not a big deal, and it's not much worse than the Dreamcast ports. I honestly was expecting so much worse, from what everyone was warning me. I've got mine hooked up to S-Video on an old CRT, and it's absolutely gorgeous. Don't believe the hype, and don't bother with a CDZ. If you're the type that loves Neo Geo games, but not necessarily exclusive to playing the fighting games, I'd say Neo Geo CD is worth it. 
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Sep 3, 2016 03:15
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d0s posted:enjoy that, the NGCD is a great way to get into Neo-Geo on the cheap. very jealous of your modded CD-Z, all I have is an unmodded toploader. I do keep an MVS to use with my supergun for stuff like blazing star but being able to just burn the majority of the library and toss it in kicks rear end It's not a CD-Z, it's just a modded toploader, but it is totally the right balance for satisfying Neo Geo fun on the cheap. I just think a modded CD-Z would be overkill. And yeah, burning the majority of games onto CD is a huuuuge plus. flyboi posted:Universe bios lets you change models I don't fully understand it, but it seems like if you change to CD-Z, things don't work right. If you pop the CD open on mine and it's set to CD-Z, the CD keeps spinning (badly). I think it's meant to say, "Which model do you actually have?" UnhandledException fucked around with this message at 04:10 on Sep 3, 2016 |
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Sep 3, 2016 04:07
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flyboi posted:Ah can't say for cd but on my mvs I can flip both region and mvs or aes mode Also, I think if I bought one of these back in the day for the NA release, I would have been disappointed. The Saturn or PSX would have been a better bargain. Nowadays, the nostalgia for Neo Geo is stronger for me, so I think I'm forgiving its 1995 shortcomings like it's the even older Neo Geo from 1990. It's still a blast for me, and I'm glad I have it now.
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Sep 3, 2016 05:22
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d0s posted:it has fighting games and shooting games, what else do you need d0s posted:edit: whoa didn't notice you don't have a CDZ, I guess the mod changes the loading screens? flyboi posted:Ah can't say for cd but on my mvs I can flip both region and mvs or aes mode El Estrago Bonito posted:The appeal back in the day was 100% exact perfect arcade games at home. If you were willing to spend the amount of money it cost then you knew what you were getting and why.
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Sep 4, 2016 03:27
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d0s posted:not counting what you listed: Thanks, these look great. I've only played Metal Slug 2 and Neo Turf Masters on that list. I forgot to mention Neo Turf Masters, the CD exclusive Scotland course was one of the big reasons I chose the system over a consolized MVS (plus the remixed soundtrack is soooo refreshing).
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Sep 4, 2016 04:06
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El Estrago Bonito posted:All the people I know who owned a NG of any stripe were adults with real jobs who also like fighting games. I would have never put it in the same category as another system if you were a kid or teen because it was insanely expensive (although compared to owning a TGCD or Genesis with a 32x or Sega CD not really that much more in the grand scheme of things). You have to think of it as being aimed at the kind of people we are now, the sort of people who these days pay big money for modded systems and scanline generators were the people back then who cared enough about the difference between arcade fatal fury and SNES fatal fury to warrant buying a several hundred dollar system to play one of those over the other. Smoking Crow posted:You forgot Baseball Stars 2, the greatest baseball game ever
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Sep 4, 2016 17:13
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flyboi posted:And I found out that the Wonderswan cart was finally finished so might as well make things special I have a monochrome Wonderswan and would love to get that flash cart. Do any of the games for the color unit work on the old b&w unit? While we're at it, how about NGPC games compatibility on NGP? Can I play Card Fighter's Clash in monochrome? I know the color units are backwards compatible with monochrome games, but I can't find any photo/video evidence of the reverse for either system.
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Sep 9, 2016 02:27
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Elliotw2 posted:The Vita died because portable gaming is dead except children and Monster Hunter and they missed both boats. Speaking of both Monster Hunter and 8bitdo, is there an unofficial firmware that lets those controllers pretend to be MFi controllers? I'd like to play MHFU on my iPhone without buying $100 controller for a game that may not work with new iOS versions for months at a time.
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Nov 1, 2016 23:15
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d0s posted:Just in case anybody was looking for a supergun, I just stumbled across this on ebay when looking for something else and it looks like the best deal out there, absolutely destroys the vogatek things which used to be the leaders in cheap superguns: How much of a problem would it be to convert to S-Video or composite with this?
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Nov 17, 2016 22:57
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d0s posted:You would need some kind of video encoder that takes RGB/SCART and converts to those formats. Do you not have anything that takes component video? I use this for everything SCART and it works great http://www.ebay.com/itm/291814589688 Thanks. I might have to wait for a board that has it built in. I do like their Neo Geo to Genesis controller adapters, though.
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Nov 17, 2016 23:49
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falz posted:I'm doing the math on that + controller + multicart vs cdz or aes. Do any burnable multi game CDs exist? When I did the math, I ended up with a Universe BIOS modded NGCD. It's harder to decide now with the new flash carts becoming available, but I do like the exclusive features, ports, etc on NGCD. But really, a cheap copy of Windjammers seemed like a no brainer.
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Dec 7, 2016 01:55
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I would love an NGPC, but that garbage screen has to be frontlit. Has anyone made a replacement backlit screen for it more like the AGS-101?
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Dec 11, 2016 07:11
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Turbinosamente posted:As far as I know the only lighted screen mod is to take the frontlight (and film) from an AGS-001 and cut it down and cram it in there. Which is why I am thankful for my desk lamp with a strong compact cfl bulb in it because drat it looks like a fiddly mod to say the least. Thanks, but sadly I did the same thing to a GBC and it was still too hard to see. Back in they day I imported a GB Light right when GBC came out. I preferred seeing the monochrome games well over barely seeing the exclusives in color.  Are there at least good portable emulator systems that handle NGPC nicely? PSP didn't do it for me as it scaled poorly and had bad frameskipping.
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Dec 12, 2016 04:09
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Now seems to be a good time to bring up all these Dreamcast games coming back online. http://www.dreamcastlive.net/blogs/tag/private%20server/ If there's one DC game I want to play online again, it's Chu Chu Rocket. That game was modem only, so for those that don't have a FreeiNet account anymore or even a land line, it looks like there's a Raspberry Pi setup to connect to the dialup modem. Check it out: https://youtu.be/aEKCzNSuNEc
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Jan 6, 2017 20:49
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I've been looking for a good MSX deal for a while. What would be the cheapest way to play the MSX version of Maze of Galious on real hardware?
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Jan 16, 2017 02:43
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Charles Get-Out posted:Just search for ガリウスの迷宮 for Maze of Galious and try and find a Toshiba HX-10D/DP or Sony HB-101 on the Japanese webstore or auction site of your choice. Galious CIB can be pricy, but a cart pops up for cheap in auctions a lot, and do not pay more than $20-$25 for the MSX itself. Should be no more than $60-ish total, but expect to pay a LOT for shipping if you don't want to slow boat it. Where in the world are you seeing these prices? Ebay has priced me out on all of these models.
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Jan 16, 2017 05:56
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quote:on the Japanese webstore or auction site of your choice. Caitlin posted:Bolded for you. Try Y! Auctions JP. A bunch of the sites that let you proxy order from Japan have gone under because of the stricter laws, so I don't have a site of choice anymore. I was under the impression Americans couldn't even order directly from Yahoo auctions in Japan. Can anyone recommend specific sites or is there a current list of good sites you can order retro gaming from Japan (shipped to USA)? I'd rather just order an MSX directly from a webstore if possible.
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Jan 16, 2017 17:00
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Charles Get-Out posted:MSX buying tips cause I wanted to and it’s pretty confusing and I've word saladed a bunch of MSX crap recently. Thanks! This is exactly what I needed!
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Jan 16, 2017 21:03
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:drat, do the make those for the 9001 models? That's what I have and there is no wide serial port on it, just the small one There was an "import" boot CD out there called Breaker Pro that works on the original PS2 (for PS1 games), 9xxx, and PS One models. It even came with all the tools needed for each of those consoles to trick the CD drives.
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Jan 30, 2017 01:40
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Jim Silly-Balls posted:I'll check that out. You can have mine for half. al-azad posted:I use swap magic on PS2 or whatever the equivalent disc swap thing is. Play burned discs and for PS2 games you can load them from the HDD. That's if you want to play PS2 games. AFAIK, you still can't play PS1 games from the HDD. (There's a PS1 emulator, but I wouldn't recommend it.)
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Jan 30, 2017 04:01
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falz posted:So I'd like to play burned ps1 discs on ps1 (original model) without disc swap, what's the mod chip to get? I don't want a ps2. d0s posted:I think real mod chips are pretty hard to come by these days. Check out PsNee, it's an open source mod chip for ps1 that runs on Arduino.
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Feb 1, 2017 17:33
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RetroCollect just posted a story about new backlit GBCs being listed on TaoBao (that aren't the "GB Boy Colour"). It looks like the original hardware with a really sharp screen, and it seems to have the correct aspect ratio too. I really want one as my frontlit GBC looks like crap. Does anyone have experience buying from them? Should I just wait for them to eventually show up on Aliexpress?
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Feb 4, 2017 16:48
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beaver_cheese posted:Got a link?
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Feb 4, 2017 17:16
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flyboi posted:Having been fairly frequent on taobao recently importing some arcade hardware I gave this a shot. They don't offer the consolidated shipping option so you can't really order one outside of China. I just found out that you can use https://www.bhiner.com and http://www.superbuy.com to proxy buy from Taobao. Unfortunately I've blown my retro gaming budget for a long time on the Analogue NT Mini. TheRedEye posted:You guys, the Analogue NT Mini has unofficial firmware, written by the person who wrote the official firmware, and it's SO. GOOD. TheRedEye posted:For sure, if you're patient enough that's an option, though I don't think that's happening anytime soon. I couldn't wait though, I've been salivating over Kevin's FPGA box since he started it like 10+ years ago, and he finally managed to find a manufacturer to make something he could sneak it in to. I'm having fun playing weird Taiwanese and Korean games that don't work on flash carts right now! This needs more attention as the accuracy of his solution and his attention to detail is unparalleled. I've been awaiting his FPGA console since he showed it off on IRC over a decade ago. It was already more accurate and played more NES games than software emulators, and it had VGA output. With HDMI and the added possibility of the other cores, it's actually saving me from having to repair or mod consoles I was planning to spend money on. I can't wait another decade, this is clearly the best solution. (Also, I hope you dumped Sim City for NES)
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Feb 9, 2017 04:19
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You guys forget there's a port on the bottom of the NES that would work. I do remember playing Genesis demo stations with 5 or 10 min timers that switched between different carts at Software Etc. You could also press a button to instantly switch, too.
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Mar 30, 2017 04:25
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What's the current consensus on storage for Xbox hard drive replacements? Laptop SATA drives? SD card? SSD? (with converters of course) Or still seek out old PATA drives?
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Apr 3, 2017 18:59
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Zaphod42 posted:Nah, the 64DD had lots of specific accessories, like a mouse and keyboard and video capture device, which won't work if you have an flashcart version, and the games that need those accessories don't really work without them. That's what fishmech was talkin bout. Zaphod42 posted:Nah, the 64DD had lots of specific accessories, like a mouse and keyboard and video capture device, which won't work if you have an flashcart version, and the games that need those accessories don't really work without them. That's what fishmech was talkin bout. F-Zero X track editor is the only DD accessory I need to work (it does).
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Jun 15, 2017 21:07
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fishmech posted:That still pales in comparison to getting the full setup for Game Boy Faceball 2000. The developers made a proprietary 16 player adapter the game code still looks for, but I've never seen proof that daisy chaining 4 player adapters works as a substitute. I'd love to see otherwise having owned a 4 player setup back in the day. It would be a fun goal to go for 16, but it was hard enough to get a 10 player game of Saturn Bomberman going (once).
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Jul 23, 2017 23:34
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fishmech posted:I mean there's the one developer who says it only works on a special 16 player adapter, but there's other people who claim to have connected multiple 4 player adapters together to have, depending on the person, 5-11 games hooked up, and had it work but start running noticeably slower past 4 players, and especially so past 8 players. Random Stranger posted:This is why we need a weird game con, so we can all finally play all those strange things that developers made but just weren't feasible for anyone to actually get a group together to play. It can be called "Nobody But Goons Show Up Fest 2018".
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Jul 24, 2017 04:35
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univbee posted:SMB1 is literally the same ROM in all territories so I'm guessing they did exactly enough so the game would function on PAL systems and left it at that, I wouldn't be surprised if the same was true for other games where there isn't a distinct European ROM. SMB1 is one of the few games Nintendo fixed the physics/timing for PAL, not just music. They even fixed some obscure bugs not fixed in the NTSC releases. I'm sure they gave up doing it for every game soon after realizing the monumental effort it took, instead of taking the easy path Russia did with the Dendy.
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Aug 6, 2017 00:44
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Zamujasa posted:Tetris Battle Gaiden is a fine game if you're playing with other people. Not good, but not terrible. Single player it's absolutely garbage, as is every "shared queue" game. You think TGM multiplayer modes are better than Battle Gaiden's? Did you hit up GameFAQs on how to play before you came to this conclusion?
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Aug 13, 2017 00:16
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flyboi posted:Oh and I cleaned up the io wiring later. I've wired up the JVS interface into Undamned USB decoders which allow me to use PS3/360/etc fight sticks as controllers for the systems.
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Aug 22, 2017 14:25
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:Holy poo poo this orchestrated snes Sim City song is amazing Beautiful. That is just asking for an MSU-1 audio hack (and mouse support).
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Sep 4, 2017 18:05
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Kid Fenris posted:He's done a few other projects, like this adapter for plugging Famicom peripherals into an NES, but no Kickstarters yet. Dr. Spitesworth posted:This is incredible! I hate to say it but there's already a board for sale called the ENIO EXP. It even has the resistor for Famicom expansion sound if you don't want to solder or permanently mod your NES. UnhandledException fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Sep 27, 2017 |
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Are there any modern NES power supply replacements worth buying or is it best to just find the original?
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