The Wonderswan color is an upgrade of the Wonderswan which had a black & white display… Well an upgrade regarding the colors of the display, but not its quality. The original screen is even worth […]
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Nintendo 64 CPU overclock
I recently modded my N64, first by converting it to NTSC, then by adding an Tim Worthington’s RGB kit. The motherboard was still out of its shell and the temptation was high to apply a […]
Read moreNintendo 64 : modded to output RGB
In a previous post, I shared how I converted my PAL Nintendo 64 to NTSC. The problem is that my CRT TV does not support NTSC composite signal, so an RGB mod was mandatory. I […]
Read moreConverting a PAL Nintendo 64 motherboard to NTSC
Like many consoles of its generation, the Nintendo 64 is zoned. That is to say, each of the 3 usual regions (NTSC / Japan, NTSC / USA, PAL / Europe) had a specific model that […]
Read moreRGB Scart cables may not display RGB on a real CRT TV
This may sound strange, and sometime the exposed reason is “bad quality cable”: some RGB cables may not actualy display RGB signal on a Real CRT TV. The cable can be of a good quality, […]
Read moreHomemade consolized Neo Geo MVS
The Neo Geo is well known as the most powerfull home video game console of its time. Back in 1990, the AES system (home console) had the exact same hardware as the MVS system (arcade […]
Read moreRevive the colors of an original Famicom
With all the photos we can found on the internet, we tends to forget that the orignal Famicom colors are plain white and dark red. Over the time, the white part tends to become yellowish. […]
Read moreFamicom : modded to output RGB signal
The Nintendo Famicom is my prefered NES system. It has a small formfactor unlike the oversized US/EU model, has a simple top loading mecanism for games and I find japanese cartridges design much more fun […]
Read morePC-Engine DUO : RGB mod and jailbars fix
The video output of the original PC Engine DUO is composite only. Fortunately, the quality of its output is really good comparing to other consoles from the late 80′ / begining of 90′. But the […]
Read morePC-Engine DUO : repairing / expanding the internal backup memory life
The PC-Engine DUO line of consoles has an internal memory to store game’s saves. But this memory is not like an SDCard as it needs to be powered in order to retain the data. Unless […]
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