If they do this I'm buying it!

Lesson of the day, do not let the wife buy toys on Temu, they arrive broken. I had never seen this thing light up, since the day it arrived. After a few days it started to make a rattling noise. I opened it up and found a loose LED and a broken wire. Fixed it up, kid is ecstatic.

Dead Sega Mega-CD 2: no signs of life, every CD boot black-screening, but the Mega Drive 2 was fine. The culprit? One blown F301 pico fuse. New fuse and it was back, then a region-free BIOS and recap. hitmanmcc.com/entry/mega-c... #retrogaming #SegaCD #MegaCD

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is a society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but nature more Poem by Lord Byron Juan Brufal art

Order 9912-1 Complete! Customer sent in a Sega 32X for a @zaxour.bsky.social Buzzkill mod that replaces power circuit with a modern solution and removes noise! It also got a Full Recap w/ video noise fix and a Full Service Cleaning including the ribbons Check it out 👇 1/3

Today marks 20 YEARS since Animator vs. Animation by Alan Becker was posted to @newgrounds.com.

BFT Universal PVM stand final form? Thoughts before I publish?

Imported from Japan working, but it wouldn't take European mains. This Ikegami TM10-17RA needed a 200-240V reconfig the manual won't explain clearly: check F101, pull J101 between the two filter caps. Now runs Castlevania Bloodlines and Mario 64. hitmanmcc.com/entry/tm10-1...

Sony CPD-G420 Trinitron: arrived with wonky geometry and artifacts, then clicked ominously on warmup so I bailed. Cause was G2 voltage set too high. No soldering, just a WinDAS white-point calibration over serial. Write-up: hitmanmcc.com/entry/sony-c... #CRT #retrogaming #trinitron #consolerepair

A friend asked me to pick up a Dreamcast VA0 from Japan and make it new again. Full recap, then a GDEMU install. The VA0 catch: it feeds 5V where GDEMU wants 3.3V, so it needs a resistor-array mod first. #Dreamcast hitmanmcc.com/entry/dreamc...

Famicom that initially worked, then went dead. The cause? The mains fuse: good one day, open the next. New fuse plus a full recap revived it, then a no-cut composite mod (RgR) for clean video. hitmanmcc.com/entry/famico... #retrogaming #Famicom #Nintendo

Somebody has retrofitted PC-FXGA (development board with a 3D chip) support into an emulator forked from a Mednafen base. Pretty cool - and there's a web-based version too. gameblabla.github.io/pcfxemuweb/ (web version) github.com/gameblabla/p... (source repository)

This deep sea creature is as sharp & clear as broken class, & can grow as long as your hand. This giant amphipod, (Cystisoma) only has two colored body parts: the dense orange stomach/egg pouch, & two MASSIVE eyes, which are a glittering holographic orange layer completely covering its head. 📽️ MBARI

Volfied documents including working titles and logos x.com/whats_this_V...

Just maybe we want to continue funding scientific research. . . www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

A favour for a friend: a preventative refurb of a Japanese Master System (MK-2000, the FM-sound one). Recap, reflow, 7805, DeoxIT, a bath, 303. Dusty to gleaming, Alex Kidd like new. hitmanmcc.com/entry/master... #SegaMasterSystem #RetroGaming

Dead laser, stripped sled gear, a Sony Discman sacrificed for its pickup. This NEC PC Engine CD-ROM2 fought back for months. Then a magnet from a PC Engine Duo helped fixed it and it read flawlessly: hitmanmcc.com/entry/pc-eng... #retrogaming #PCEngine #consolerepair

Brought this well-kept Super Famicom Jr. (SHVC-101) up to spec: recap, 7805 swap, full cleaning, Borti4938 RGB bypass, plus the brightness and ghosting fix component swaps. Verified on Tink4K and PVM. Full write-up in the reply. #SuperFamicom #SNES #ConsoleMod

Victor RG-M1 Wondermega: JVC's rare CD-and-Mega-Drive combo console. Full board recap, laser sled clean, and yes, I drew blood for it (photo evidence included). Link in the reply ↓ #retrogaming #consolerepair #SegaCD #Wondermega

Every capacitor in this NEC PC Engine GT had leaked, pads gone pitch black. Pulled them all, cleaned the rot, recapped, and added the jailbar fix. Not one pad lifted. It boots, it plays, it lives. #PCEngine #retrogaming #consolerepair

[External USB Port for ODE for Panasonic 3DO FZ-1] An external side USB port solution for ODEs installed inside a Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 console. This is slightly different from the GoldStar one. Please be ware that soldering is required for installation. www.printables.com/model/1735941

The unreleased Sinclair 'Loki' was meant to be a Super Spectrum that could beat the Amiga - for just 200 pounds. It never shipped, but ex-Sinclair engineers took its designs and built the Atari Jaguar instead. rk.nvg.ntnu.no/sinclair/computers/loki/loki.htm

Random: Here's Why SNES Shooter Phalanx Had That Weird Banjo Guy On Its Cover www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/11... (via @nintendolife.com)

“Please have 2+ years of experience with an engine we announced on Friday” really sums up the state of the games industry.

The tiniest CRT of the bunch: a pint-sized Sony PVM-6041Q from Japan. It arrived with no picture (just a bad cable!), but inside hid cracked neck-board solder joints and a tired PSU. Recapped, reflowed, revived. #PVM #retrogaming #RocketKnight #consolerepair

The Typing of the Dead on the SEGA Dreamcast for this week’s #scanlinesunday Got it set up for the wife, it’s one of her favorites. Composite output on a consumer Samsung and it still looks great… #retrogaming #crt

You Can Now Legally Rip Your Wii, GameCube, Wii And Xbox Discs Using A Blu-Ray Drive.

Fans of *Samurai Spirits RPG* know that you can play the Saturn-exclusive "Omake" scenes on the PSX version with a hacked save file. But what about the reverse? Yes! I've made a mod for the Saturn version that makes the PSX bonuses available from the main menu. 32bits.substack.com/p/expansion-...

Got around to adding a few more failure modes and how to address them on the Sega PAC consolemods.org/wiki/LaserAc...

A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds? Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines

Fujitsu FM Towns Marty restoration is up. Full recap across the PSU, mainboard, CD-ROM and floppy boards, plus belt, lens and motor lube. The CD side lives — Puyo Puyo boots. The floppy drive? Still undefeated. hitmanmcc.com/entry/fm-tow... #FMTowns

Map of Hyrule from the original The Legend of Zelda.

Mega CD shell scan is completed and files have been handed over to @pointerfunction.bsky.social for a full recreation. Thanks again to @starlightk7.bsky.social for providing the Mega CD for scanning.

Order# EM-20260510-BYVS - SuperStation one RGB Scart - Playstation 2 RGB Scart - NTSC Super Nintendo RGB Scart - Mega Drive 1 Stereo RGB Scart - Mister fpga RGB Scart - Scart male x male 30cm cable - Pal Gamecube RGB Scart - Mega Drive 2 RGB Scart Check details ⬇️

Hard part is done, only a few more parts to go.

Game 🎮 night at the office!!! Teaching the young ones the old ways. With tiny CRTs and consoles they've never heard of. 😄 #RETROGAMING #Sega #pcengine

Sony HB-F1XV (MSX2+) restoration log is up. Distorted audio fixed by recapping the HIC-1 board with MLCCs, new keyboard PCB designed by s0urceror, Carnivore 2 flashcart in. Castlevania on a Trinitron for the victory lap. #MSX

A friend's Game Gear, delivered in a scotch whisky box. Power LED only, no display, no audio. Fire hazard bodge on the PSU, dead fuse, failing caps on every board. CCFL replaced, vias on the audio board rewired. Back in action. Full post: hitmanmcc.com/entry/game-g...

A Sony BVM-9045QD arrived from Japan with an entire color channel gone. A broken neckboard solder joint was the culprit. Inside: years of nicotine and dust on every board. Fully recapped, reflowed, and cleaned up. Full post: hitmanmcc.com/entry/bvm-90...

Firmware v1.11.2 released Firmware 1.11.2 is out.Download here: https://sd2snes.de/files/sd2snes_firmware_v1.11.2.zip What's New: [All] Added a context menu to the recent games list as promised: Add to favorites Set as autoboot Remove from recent...

Three Sony PVM-9040s from Japan, fought through customs, racked up €47 in extra fees, and arrived showing only black and white. A known trim pot issue, some dead caps across the three deflection boards, and a lot of desoldering later, the triplets are back. Full post: hitmanmcc.com/entry/pvm-90...

The Spectrum's ULA chip did the work of dozens of discrete components. It also ran hot enough to unsolder itself from the board over time. The chip literally gave everything it had. Including structural integrity.

Woah, looks like the #RetroTINK5x just got a big new firmware update: retrorgb.com/retrotink-5x...

I spent a good chunk of the morning and afternoon framing my 11"x17" prints in preparation for @tmgexpo.bsky.social. I'll have a bunch of #art available for you to hang on your walls as well as other items at my table including #videogames and a playable #MiSTerFPGA setup for the attendees to enjoy.

Version 2.1.0 of Universal Dreamcast Patcher is here 🙂 Download: github.com/DerekPascare... See below for a list of cool new features and fixes.

Spent weeks researching CRTs, arcade monitors, VGA displays, handheld LCDs and more to build this RetroTINK 4K profiles collection. Inspired by the displays I grew up with in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. Now available on GitHub. Have fun! 📺 #RetroTINK4K #MiSTerFPGA github.com/defced/Retro...

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