Piano needs a cigarette after being played like that. www.youtube.com/shorts/6d8Am...

Mario 64 PC port with raytracing and high res textures looks amazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAoE...

Well my iPhone X finally kicked the bucket. I repaired it a few too many times and it finally died. Poop. It’s okay tho, I went and got a new phone today. iPhone 16 - can live with, for sure. Eager to test the camera on this thing!

Roguecraft DX is a dangerous place. Strap on your sword, chug a potion, and try not to retch... Old Thang, Oogles, and Bluethulhu await in the deeper dungeons of Mordecoom! Coming to #Amiga, February 2nd. #screenshotsaturday #roguelike #gamedev #indiedev #indiegamedev #retrogames

As you may know or not, I actually really love my strategy games and my RPGs. I dunno why, I just find it very addicting. I've lately haven't done a D**N THING because I've been playing various games out there. No idea why. I get into moods. So I haven't been doing anything lately unfortunately.

Again, I try to avoid political stuff on my thing here, but this one in particular really caught my eye. Super worth the watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpLR...

HDMI repairs are not easy. They are an advanced level replacement and require, often times, low-melt solder additive as well as significant delicacy in removing the connector. This is the result of someone not properly trained in these repairs. STOP ATTEMPTING THESE. www.reddit.com/r/consolerep...

HEY GO BLOW OUT THE DUST IN YOUR DAILY RUNNING COMPUTER MACHINE.

I worked on the SuperFX overclock mod for Kandowantu last night pretty heavily. In the end, even after several desolder, reprograms, and resolders, I've come to the conclusion that 40MHz and 50MHz simply does not work for GSU-2 boards running StarFox EX. While some things do work, it's not enough.

I wanted to build one DOS PC. I ended up with a pile of 486-era parts, a lesson in 5V vs 3.3V CPUs, and a reminder of how fast everything changed in the 90s. This one’s less about specs… and more about the feeling. youtu.be/MWojqpaeGgU

My iPhone has been out of commission for a few days now because the screen went broke. I know I'm missing out on text messages from friends probably wondering why I'm not responding, alas. I have parts coming in to fix it, just sucks I have to wait until THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK before they get here.

Funniest thing I've read in a while: "Firing anti-tank rockets at tanks is considered a dick move among tank crews."

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles probably don't need any introduction and neither do their #NES outings And would you know it "ZeichiGames" has been putting together a neat little NES to #GBC #homebrew tech-demo Download here zeichigames.itch.io/tmnt-the-arc... #retro #retrogaming #gaming #gamedev

Ya’ll. I had the absolute time of my LIFE today touring the one and only Hoskinson Industries. They make all sorts of retro shell replacements, stickers, and even homebrew games. I got to take a tour of their operation and had an absolute blast. Couldn’t of been a nicer time, even got free stuffs!

So I was able to get the OG XBox’s hard drive fully set up. All I have to do now is get the memory chips & install them, and fix up a non-working laser on the DVD drive (hopefully just a pot adjustment). The hard drive actually has quite a bit of extra space still. :S

Custom order I finished today.

www.reddit.com/r/snes/comme... This is known as rainbow'ing and it's caused by capacitors going bad. The console needs a recap to work without those lines. Additionally, a larger voltage regulator may also need additional filtering if it's still doing this (even after a recap).

I figured out why the RAM wasn't working! IT'S A FAAAAAKKKKEEEEEE!!!!!!! Apparently fakes have a double dot in the bottom left corner, and sure enough, these chips have the DOUBLE DOT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER! They're FAKES! That's why they weren't working! My soldering was perfect all along!

Alright, well, I have good news and bad news on the OG Xbox. Good news: it does turn on! Bad news: we got a bad memory chip causing the 128MB upgrade to fail. I’ve spent the last few hours doing some pin testing with the multimeter and nothing is bridged. Even reflowed. Points check out far as…

Awwwwwwwwww F**K. Well that answers that question. No it does not work. Not anymore at least. And that’s a wrap. Gotta get a new unit, these lasers aren’t even sold anymore.

And now this piece of s**t. Taking bets as to whenever it will read discs or not!

The secret is to use the longer shimmy tool to get around from the back to the front on the side to pop the housing off the rail keeping it in place. That way you don’t have to bend them all to shit and back. Then it’s just a standard LED circuit with current limiting resistor. Easy peasy.

So, another OG XBox recap: Power board: Done. Main board: Needs tested. DVD drive: Needs recapped, testing/possible laser adjustment. Controller ports: Pulled back and LEDs installed. Software: Finish XISO install, artwork, DLC, finalization for resale. Two to three more days of work.

This guy has so many rocking soundtracks. Here's one of his latest. Absolute beast! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJjv...

Alright, 128MB upgrade completed. Everything looks good under microscopes and all pins are solid. No bridges or other problems I can see, so I’m thinking I’m ready to test. Let’s all pray to the electronics gods that I did everything correctly. Otherwise this will be a very short trip.

So to recap. Power board: done. Main board: need to test, install 128MB upgrade. DVD drive: need to recap. Hard drive: finalize setup of some XISOs, get everything ready for selling. Between the TSOP troubles, injuring my fingers, and trying not to screw anything up, ugh. Success? I guess!

OKAY, I finally got the Winbond W49F020T chip programmed. You know how I did it? I wrote it as a W49F002U chip instead. And it worked. HOW DOES THAT EVEN WORK!? Anyways, it's done. Good lord what a time.

So 99.9% chance it isn’t a 1.5 Xbox. But why is this Winbond chip so ridiculous!?!? Anyways, I ordered a MBM29F040 to replace it, which is pin compatible, available for a decent price, and can do the A18 high biasing to store Cerbios v3.1.0. Never have had this many problems with a TSOP before!

Wait just a minute! This is interesting... When I read this 49F020 as a 49F040, data starts to appear at 0x4000, which is directly where A18 being high would make it start from... I think I just discovered a v1.5 lockout method... Cause data beyond 0x4000 is v5541 standard OG XBox bios data!

Well, I’ve got good news and bad news about the OG XBox. Good news: recap went well, all connections look good and nothing stands out as problematic. Bad news: I took off the Winbond W49F020 TSOP-32 EEPROM to reprogram it… and it’s completely DEAD. Not just a little bit dead, dead dead. DOA dead.

A Decompilation Project Is Currently In The Works For Jet Set Radio Future. (Repost)

And we have a recapped power board. Went back together pretty easily. No real issues, and all solder joints look pretty/solid. My finger/thumb hurt. Worth it I guess?

Burned one finger, jammed the tweezers into my thumb, but I got the caps off the OG XBox power board. Now if you don’t mind, I gotta run my finger under cold water for a while.

Alright, next step on the OG XBox is to remove the caps on the power board, and then I can start reassembling it and the main board with new caps. I also need to flash the TSOP with Cerbios v3.1.0, install the extra RAM chips, recap the DVD drive, and then repaste/reassemble.

The OG XBox is by far one of thee hardest motherboards to recap. Between large ground/V+ planes, tiny little components, in addition to meltable plastic nearby key joints, it is definitely an expert level job to recap. So far so good, but this was a b***h to do, even with a desoldering gun.

They’re literally a city over from me!!! :D That’s CRAZY!

I did the rest of the #SNES carts I wanted to do done today. FFIV, more Chrono Trigger, more Harvest Moon, and MM X2 & X3. Now I’m just waiting on labels to arrive for those plus Mario Kart Horizons, Dracula X, and Contra III. Also got all my custom orders done, and can work on the OG Xbox now. :)

This is my baby kitty, Mia. She would like additional snacc. Please gib her additional snacc in comments. Your cooperation is greatly purriciated. :3

Ooo weee!!! I got all sorts of #SNES carts up for sale! Come check up my selection of romhacks, repros, and more! Just restocked and put them up for great justice! www.ebay.com/usr/nachtrave

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My kitty is very silly! She got to play allll morning long and is now very tired. Gotta go rest in her kitty tree/house. She’s so silly, I love her. :3

After one day with a desoldering gun I can safely say that a task that used to take half an hour can be done in under 5 minutes. That's a HUGE time savings for me, and a lot less trouble dealing with a half working desoldering pump (the clicky kind - not that my clicky thingie works anymore).

Am stuck. My silly baby kitty loves to fall asleep on my lap. She very baby. :3

Got my new desoldering gun setup and I’m pretty sure my desk is complete with everything I could have hoped for. It’s rather cramped in there but it’s all mine. :)

The many shades of SNES cartridges.

Grid (project lead for Horizons) specifically picked the atomic purple for the Mario Kart Horizons carts I wanna build. He’s informed me of the blood, sweat, and tears that went into the project and I wanted to make sure to do their work a great justice. May I present you…

Got a custom Mega Man order that I’m working on. Guy wants them all in translucent shells (very chic!!!) and so I got the shells in finally. Also did up this MegaMan X3 cart, modified from the much cheaper Japanese version. Did you know MM7 runs 250-350$? Crazy! That’s how much X3 goes for!

Well I was going to work on SNES carts but it looks like I’m stuck in my chair with this silly baby. :3

I wonder if people would buy just the shells!? I took the PCBs out and using it in some alternate stuff. But I have the SFC shells that I don’t plan on using. Anyone need some SFC game shells?

Ooooooohhhh! 50x adapter PCBs for SNES carts! GONNA MAKE SOME GAMES! “IlLeGaL bOoTlEgS!” Hahahahahahahaaaaaa