Do-It-Yourself Gamebit
You'll notice that a normal screwdriver is no good to you if you want to open up some of your consoles/carts, many use security screws that require a Gamebit screwdriver to open them up. Found it very difficult to get a good picture of the screw, but here it is.
If you're going to be doing lots of taking apart, then you'd better buy the proper Gamebits, they come in 2 sizes, 4.5mm to open up consoles (and Mega Drive carts), and 3.8mm to open up SNES carts. Lik-Sang, Play-Asia.com, ConsolePlus are among the large number of places that sell them. There's normally some for sale on eBay as well.
If you just want a Gamebit to take one thing apart, you may get away with making your own. If you've got a spare flat screwdriver, and a Dremel type tool, you could cut the screwdriver tip like this
Alternatively, and much easier to make but not as strong, you could empty a BiC biro, the end of the biro where the nib goes is a narrower than the non-writing end, heat the narrow end up, hold it over a gas flame or something. The plastic heats up and goes very soft (or catches fire - let it burn a little and blow it out), DON'T touch it! Push the soft warm plastic onto the security screw, push it hard enough so the plastic forms around the shape of the screw head. Now remove the plastic, let it cool down (you could run some cold water over it), and hey-presto, it should be strong enough to use as a screwdriver. It's not very easy to take a decent photo of a melted biro! See how good a fit it is, look how well it holds the screw.
mmmonkey first read the BiC tip on a forum somewhere, probably over at NTSC-UK or Rllmuk. So all the credit for that one goes to those great forums.
