Hello. I have a front-loading US NES, and I figured it was about time to bring it into the modern age after a long hiatus.
I have been reading up on multiple modifications and upgrades one can perform on the system and have been planning a list of all that I want to do.... however, I am now starting to worry if they would conflict with each other or cause problems.
The modifications I wanted to do are:
Has anyone by any chance already done all of the above mods to their front-loader? Would there be any issues or incompatibilities I would have to worry about with mixing so many mods together?
Furthermore:
Eventually, I plan to do the Hi-Def NES mod as well, but that won't be for a while.
Will the stereo mod cause any issues with the Hi-Def NES mod? I am guessing the Hi-Def NES mod gets the audio signal out of the system long before the stereo mod even touches it? Does the Hi-Def NES mod output any sort of stereo? Or at least just output the mono through both speakers?
I heard some places that "composite barely works" once the Hi-def NES mod is installed, but could not verify this. Is it true? Does the Hi-Def NES mod break or disable the composite output?
Any other concerns I should be worried about with tossing all of these mods and Hi-Def NES together that anyone can think of?
(Also, I was looking into the component mod, but the Hi-Def mod is already expensive enough, plus the component mod seems significantly more complicated since all you need to do for the Hi-Def mod is de-solder the 40 pin CPU and PPU and then solder them back on with a breakout board underneath... say, instead of soldering the CPU and PPU back onto the NES directly, would it be possible to solder the Hi-Def NES Pads to the NES's board with a socket and then just socket the CPU/PPU in place in case I break something and need to replace it? Has anyone ever done that? Could that cause any problems?)
I have been reading up on multiple modifications and upgrades one can perform on the system and have been planning a list of all that I want to do.... however, I am now starting to worry if they would conflict with each other or cause problems.
The modifications I wanted to do are:
- Install a Blinking Light Win (I can't see this causing any issues... except maybe my GameGenie fitting properly anymore)
Expanded Audio Mod (Except using a rheostat instead of a fixed resistor.... though the only example I could found used a potentiometer instead and wired it up like a rheostat... any reason I can't just use a rheostat instead?)
Stereo Sound Mod (Still deciding if I should go with raphnet's one-knob method, or one of retrofix's two-knob or no-knob methods)
Disabling NES10 Lockout (With a switch to re-enable it just in case)
Has anyone by any chance already done all of the above mods to their front-loader? Would there be any issues or incompatibilities I would have to worry about with mixing so many mods together?
Furthermore:
Eventually, I plan to do the Hi-Def NES mod as well, but that won't be for a while.
Will the stereo mod cause any issues with the Hi-Def NES mod? I am guessing the Hi-Def NES mod gets the audio signal out of the system long before the stereo mod even touches it? Does the Hi-Def NES mod output any sort of stereo? Or at least just output the mono through both speakers?
I heard some places that "composite barely works" once the Hi-def NES mod is installed, but could not verify this. Is it true? Does the Hi-Def NES mod break or disable the composite output?
Any other concerns I should be worried about with tossing all of these mods and Hi-Def NES together that anyone can think of?
(Also, I was looking into the component mod, but the Hi-Def mod is already expensive enough, plus the component mod seems significantly more complicated since all you need to do for the Hi-Def mod is de-solder the 40 pin CPU and PPU and then solder them back on with a breakout board underneath... say, instead of soldering the CPU and PPU back onto the NES directly, would it be possible to solder the Hi-Def NES Pads to the NES's board with a socket and then just socket the CPU/PPU in place in case I break something and need to replace it? Has anyone ever done that? Could that cause any problems?)