Pimped Amiga 500
Back in the early ’90s, I had an Amiga 2000 with just one expansion card: a SCSI controller paired with a massive 290 MB hard drive. Getting software and games to run from the hard […]
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Atari Lynx 2 : replacing the speaker
One of the most common problem with the Atari Lynx 2 is bad sound output. It can becomes very low and / or kind of saturated. Usualy, the source of the problem is the speaker. […]
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PSP 3000 : changing an old and yellowish screen
From all PSP models, the 3000 serie is my favourite (I don’t like the sliding mecanism of the PSP GO). It has all 2000 serie’s advantages (thin, bigger battery, 64Mb of ram, better speakers) and […]
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PSP : hacking any model to play ISO images
The PSP is a very nice portable console, but its UMD drive is quite fragile and tends to miss read games. This may leads to (very) slow loading or even not loading games at all. […]
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Modded Game Boy Pocket : IPS + backlit buttons + Lipo
The Game Boy Pocket is my favourite model. I already modded one with backlight and bivert. This considerably enhance the display and the gaming experience. However it is still a passive dot matrix screen which […]
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Pc Engine duo : changing all capacitors
In the PC-Engine consoles line, the DUO is my favourite. It plays Hucards, all CD-Rom games (excepted Aracade ones) and has still a nice dark gray look despite its age. I know that the DUO-R […]
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Sega Game Gear with Retrosix LCD : What is the battery life ?
Some time ago, I wrote about my pimped Game Gear with a brand new shell and an new LCD display from Retrosix. We all know that the orginal Game Gear has a very bad battery […]
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MegaCD 2 : region free bios install
The Mega CD (1 or 2) is region locked. Unlike the Megadrive, the region check is not done in hardware, but directly in the BIOS. It means that all MegaCD are (almost) identifcals but a […]
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Game Boy Color : IPS display and new shell
The Game Boy Color is a pretty good portable console with some funny games (e.g. Wario land 3, Motoross maniac 2). Unlike others handhelds, the screen has not a big ghosting effect like the Sega […]
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Megadrive 2 EUR / US : widening cartridge slot for JAP games
The Sega Megadrive, whichever revision you look at, has a different cartridge slot’s shape depending on the model japanese or an EUR / US. This was a cheap but not so efficient way of zoning […]
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Game gear : from trashed console to brand new with TFT display
The Sega Game Gear, like all gameboy variants, has received some good aftermarket attentions. It’s quite easy to find replacement parts, including better display, complete shell replacement and even some custom screen protection glasses. However, […]
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