It tickles....

I'm still growing a Moustache and trying to raise money for Prostate Cancer. I'm quite fond of growth, except shaving takes longer now?! Bah..

Anyway, if you've found my site helpful - maybe you'd like to make yourself feel a bit better and perhaps make an online donation using the official site *hint hint*

In the spirit of My Name is Earl, Karma may reward you ;)

Cheerio

Alternative Saturn 50/60hz mod

Mike from The RetroCorner contacted me, he's got a great guide on an alternative (and easier) 50/60hz mod for the Saturn. Worth checking out to see if it will work on your console.

Couple of small updates

Arakon supplied some photos to go with his Alternative 360 D-Pad mod.

Alternative SNES region free mod info.

Added info about powering a Super Famicom in the UK.

Grow a Moustache

Sorry, not at all game related, but will you sponsor me? I'm growing a moustache - yes it will look awful on me, yes I will be pointed at and people will laugh. BUT it's for a good cause - Prostate Cancer.

You can find my donate page here, along with photo's of it once I start (officially starts in November), have a look around the site for more info!

Go on, have a laugh at my expense!

Neo Geo DB15 Controller Plug

Been thinking about making my own Joystick for my AES, and also would like to make a guide for the PC-2-Neo cable for the excellent Universe BIOS.

The only thing that's put me off is trying to find an cheap way of getting the correct DB15 connector that is long enough to fit the sockets on the AES console. I know it's possible to by extension leads (from tototek) but they may not be around for ever.

So this evening I set about modifying a standard DB15 female plug, pulling it apart, turning bits around to make it stick out further, then mounting it in a DB9 snap case. After a bit of trial and error I think I've managed it and it doesn't look too bad!

Proper guide to follow :)

If there's a guide for this anywhere else, please let me know - I don't want to re-invent the wheel.

SNES Fuse Replacement

Thanks to phreak97 for this great idea - fitting a standard fuse holder into your SNES so that you can fit a standard Glass Fuse.

phreak97 also supplied some info on an autodetecting SNES mod, changes the video mode depending on the region of cart inserted. I haven't had a chance to experiment yet though!

Euro Scart to Japanese RGB

I forgot to share the info I used when making an adapter cable for my XRGB-2. Updated site with it now.

Dreamcast Random Reset Updated

Again, thanks to Link83 I've updated the Dreamcast Random Reset guide with some extra info that neither Link83 or I have seen elsewhere.

PC Engine Region Mod Completed

Finished off a Region Mod on my PC Engine today. It designed to complement the fantastic original guide, it's a brilliantly designed mod, very clever and a great alternative to the mods that use a very long 8 pole switch.

XRGB2 English Manual for Download

I was fortunate enough to pick up a Micomsoft XRGB-2 recently, and thanks to Battlesmurf at shmups I am now hosting an English manual for it

NES to PC Engine Pad

Finished and tested the NES to PC Engine Mod, works a treat!

Neo Geo AES Manual

Just remembered I had downloaded this from somewhere a while back. Managed to reduce the filesize a bit and now it's on here.

WIP NES to PC Engine Controller

Even though I don't need one, I thought I would try this mod out. I'm just over half-way there, just need to wire up the cable now.

Single Switch MegaCD Multibios Info

Install a single On-Off-On switch for a Multibios in a MegaCD today, using the info supplied by Console Passion. It works great!

PC Engine RGB and Amp guides online

Just uploaded the finished guides for adding RGB to PC Engine, and also building an Amplifer for the weak RGB signal.

When I get a US Turbo Grafx 16 game, I'll try out a region mod :) But for now, it's time to play some games!

PC Engine RGB Amp Complete

This simple amp is complete, just need to write it up, photo shows the 3 transistors soldered into a Scart plug ready to have the wires from the console added.

PC Engine RGB Mod Complete

(and it's had a cleanup also)

Finished with adding an 8 pin mini din socket to my PC Engine, and made a Scart Lead with an amplifier built in. Left it soaking in diluted bleach to restore some of the whiteness.

Another PC Engine

I've just got my second PC Engine (thanks to Chaoticjelly Games), will hopefully be opening it up later to RGB mod (with amp) and clean it up (bleach probably!)

Corrected DC VGA Guide

Many thanks to Robert who pointed out some mistakes in my Dreamcast Internal VGA Guide. I have since pulled apart my DC to look at my working installed mod. After measuring the resistors I have now corrected the stripboard layout (I had the 2 different resistors labelled the wrong way around). Thanks Robert :)

Updates via a Blog?

I think I'll do my updates via a blog now. Never really played with them before so I'll give it a go.

I should have another PC Engine on it's way to me (thanks to Chaoticjelly Games), so I can do some mods for it.

Also have some more info coming soon about using a single switch for install the MegaCD Multibios courtesy of Console Passion.