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After seeing a Game Boy emulator for the first time, [Thijs] was amazed. A small box with just a handful of electronics that turns a Game Boy cartridge into a file able to be run on an emulator is simply magical. [Thijs] has learned a lot about GB and GBC cartridges in the mean time, but still thinks the only way to really learn something is to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Thus … [Read more...]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7326rWNzAdQ Today I had the pleasure of interviewing [PlatinumFungi] about this fantastic NES mod he did. This year is the 25th anniversary of the first Mega Man video game. Unhappy with the current celebratory actions of capcom, [PlatinumFungi] set out to create something he felt was worthy. He managed to pull that off pretty well. The NES you can see in the … [Read more...]
The Nintendo Four Score was a controller attachment for the original Nintendo Entertainment System which allowed you to use four controllers at one time. [Simon Inns] wanted to use some original NES controllers on his computer so he developed a drop-in replacement board that converts the device to USB. As we've seen with other NES controller hacks, the hardware uses a simple parallel to serial … [Read more...]
His friends know [gbg] as an aficionado of just about anything with a 6502 processor in it. He's also interested in bitcoins. A while back, a friend asked if it would be possible to mine bitcoins with an old Nintendo Entertainment System. While this suggestion was made in jest, it's not one of those ideas anyone can let go of easily. Yes, it is possible to mine bitcoins with an NES, and [gbg] is … [Read more...]
For a few years now, [Michael] has wanted to put the guts of a Game Boy Advance - the small clamshell version with a backlit LCD - into the classic and comfortable DMG-01 'brick' Game Boy. He's finally finished with his project, and we've got to say it's looking pretty good. The build began by excising the backlit LCD from an old clamshell Game Boy Advance and hot gluing it to the screen bezel … [Read more...]
The first model of the NES wasn't all that great; just ask any one of the millions of six-year-olds who independently discovered blowing on a cartridge made it work. The second NES hardware revision, the top loader, was better but only had RF video output. These are the only two pieces of hardware that can play every single NES game, and even with years of hacking NES-on-a-chip devices, there's … [Read more...]
PS1 hombrew competition The PlayStation Development Network is hosting a six-month long competition to develop homebrew games for the original PlayStation.We don't get many homebrew games for old systems in our tip line, so if you'd like to show something off, send it in. This is how you promote a kickstarter [Andy] has been working on an SNES Ethernet adapter and he's finally got it … [Read more...]
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