Nintendo 64 CPU overclock
I recently modded my N64, first by converting it to NTSC, then by adding a Tim Worthington’s RGB kit. The motherboard was still out of its shell and the temptation was high to apply a …
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Nintendo DSi XL touch panel replacement
I recently had to replace the touch panel of my Nintendo DSi XL : it was not working anymore and some games were even crashing while touching the screen. I think it is worth replacing it : …
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PC-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 …
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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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Pimped Amiga 600
Amiga computers are by far my preferred retrocomputing machines. Several years ago, I owned multiple ones: A500, A2000 + SCSI, A1200 (+68060, tower, Zorro 2 bus, C64/3D) and ultimately a …
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Pimped socket 7 / BabyAT with K6-II 400 + Riva 128
Back in the nineties, I was using boosted Amiga computers and a Playstation, not a PC. Of course, I had the chance to play Doom on my father’s PS/2 with its 486SLC, but I did not …
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Playstation 2 : new lens / silent fan / FreeHDBoot
Some time ago, I had the chance to buy a used PlayStation 2 for cheap because it was sold as “defective.” In fact, the console was unable to read any discs, whether DVD or CD. I …
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PSOne bios replacement (PSX-XBoo)
Changing the BIOS of a Playstation 1 may sound weird. As explained in a previous article, my console is a Japanese model thus it has an additional region check in its bios. So even with a …
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PSone modchip with PSNee (SCPH100 / PM-41)
The playstation 1 is not my favourite system, but I have to admit that it has some good games. I got an NTSC PSOne for really cheap and some NTSC games can be difficult to find in Europe (at …
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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. Fortunately, …
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