The 3.0 version was cool. But yes, the recent 4.0 version is very it fully becomes in competition with up to an including 1989 Gameboy Tetris.
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5+ hours deep in torneko no Daibouken, having an epic run (got abbucus on floor 6), when the game froze and overwrote with a blank save. So pissed. Any way to access sd2snes SRAM to recover previous save?
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~SIGH
I thought vimm was small enough to go unnoticed…
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might also be interested in Pandora’s Blocks, which is very heavily inspired by TGM. Feels great to play too.
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What is everyone’s favourite or recommended flux?
I’ve been using a #835-P rosin flux pen by MG Chemical and for a while I liked it until I moved and it must of gotten jostled in whatever box I put it in because now it’s just very leaky and it’s hard to use without it getting it all over my fingers and everywhere flux doesn’t belong. The pen tip is now very crusted over and it’s hard to apply the right amount of pressure, and it’s very sticky flux and I don’t know if that’s the case for all fluxes. Whenever Tito does one of his retro renew videos I see him use some kind of syringe to apply a runnier clear flux to his boards and it looks easy to work with—but is it?
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I also use a standard flux pen; hasn’t been an issue… I’ve been wanting to try flux paste, however? It’s also applied with a syringe, and stays in place wherever you pipe it. Seems potentially more helpful for, for example, hot-air reflow soldering. (Or drag soldering, perhaps, even.)
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Ok, y’all know I’m not usually into this kind of stuff, but I think this is an ideal way to make a consolized DS lite AV Out mod.
the demo / tester game for th is is also something I hadn’t thought of before that makes so much sense. Crystal chronicles was originally a combo CRT / GBA game, so it just makes sense to play the DS version this way too. Crazy that this is even possible. I really aught to get around to installing the DS Lite AV out modchip I have.
for playing dual screen games on a CRT, a gameboy just makes sense for the secondary screen!
I think an original GBA / AGB-001 would be even more ideal. also would feel great with the touch screen. So cool, surprised I hadn’t thought of this before, though, basically what I plan on doing is just using the bottom half of the DS Lite, which is basically AGB-001 form factor anyhow, so I guess not that far off.
the DMG / Super Famicom buttons and dpad are probably comfy though.
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pleasantly surprised by this channel.
very straightforward, very knowledgeable, very relaxing.
I’m not usually into non-oem stuff, but I watched this asnyway, and she has good taste.
here’s a more pragmatic video for OEM stuff:
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This channel is really good! Somehow I’m deep in retro/GameCube leaning YouTube but this person has never come up.
Thanks for the rec!
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I’ve tried fiddling around with this, but no matter what settings I use, I keep getting Error 301: Cannot log into SMB server. It’s making some kind of connection, but it either can’t see OPL Server (I’m assuming) or the software has trouble forming whatever bridge it needs to form.
I did the FRAM mod on my N64 controller pak as per this guide.
I bought this DOA years ago off ebay—an in-person ebay buy!—and very soon after replaced the battery on it, but that never brought full functionality back. It would act very sketchy, allowing it to be formatted in some games but then popping up as corrupt after a reset. Well I finally put an end to that. I never had a controller pak back in the day so I’m getting to know how that functionality worked on the console, but anyway it looks like it works in the three games I’ve tried it with (PD, MK64 and Mystical Ninja). This was after first getting a CONTROLLER PAK DAMAGED warning in those games and their being completely unable to repair it. Always test with clean contacts!!
I’m very happy I was able to salvage this not just because that’s cool, resurrecting dead parts and saving the world from more garbage, but also because it came with a very special sticker.
That’s one more mod in the bag!
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This was the quickest repair ever (since past me was kind enough to remove the old shoulder pot and clean the vias of any solder).
Another one for the pile
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I need to do this. despite having fresh batteries, I somehow still lose data on my controller paks. and I must use OEM shells for the OEM feel, for maximum childhood wish fulfillment. I got so far in Goemon’s Great Adventure, I almost had it beat, when my pak corrupted again. I gotta do this. unles… you w anna do mine for me? like you, I also have a collection of memory paks with OEM stickers from games that used them-- like doubutsu no mori.
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If I’m ever in LA I could!! Otherwise I think shipping would kill us both??
I’d never done a surface-mount IC replacement before and I’ll come clean: my heaterizer wasn’t melting the '96 vintage solder and everything around it was getting way too hot in the attempt even under all that kapton, and I don’t have any low temp solder handy like chip quik, so I snipped the chips free with flush cutters and wiped the severed pins away with my iron. If you’re having trouble doing this mod or you think you don’t have the necessary tools, you might try my method. You’ll destroy the SRAM chip in the process but I don’t know what you’d need it intact for.
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Pretty cool little mod for adding cute little screen
Pretty intense mod where you gotta chop the board in half lol
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I’ve just got on of those mc2sio memory cards for my PS2. Still need to test it more to see if it’s better than just burning the odd DVD.
This guide and set of files was really helpful in getting set up.
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