I've been thinking about this idea for a while as my NES was extremely unreliable. As a friend of mine bought me a Famiclone for Christmas, I decided that it was finally time to risk it.
So here's what it looks like (at the moment):
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From this close-up, you can (almost) see how I did the mod:
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The top side of the mother board:
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The bottom side of the mother board:
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Not the prettiest soldering job, I know, but it does work. Well mostly.
I tested it with Tom and Jerry, Mag Max, TMNT, Excite Bike, Little Nemo, and SMB/Duck Hunt. Everything but the SMB/DH multicart worked. That one works on the clone. (But for some reason wasn't working on the clone when I first tried it a few days ago, so it might be flaky.) I haven't tested it with the other two games I own (Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior), because I'm worried that something is wrong with the mod and could damage them.
Any idea as to what could cause the SMB/Duck Hunt cart and none of the others to fail? I'm tempted to bypass the NES's CIC and see if that fixes it, but that seems like a bit of an unjustified stab in the dark.
I haven't even started on modding the case for this. I think I'll make a full custom one, because the way it currently is, you have to put the carts in backwards, so I'll probably spin it around. Also, the edge connector is at a little bit of an angle, so if I mount the motherboard off kilter, I can correct for that as well.
Any thoughts, comments, flames, or other input you have would be greatly appreciated.
So here's what it looks like (at the moment):
Full Size
From this close-up, you can (almost) see how I did the mod:
Full Size
The top side of the mother board:
Full Size
The bottom side of the mother board:
Full Size
Not the prettiest soldering job, I know, but it does work. Well mostly.
I tested it with Tom and Jerry, Mag Max, TMNT, Excite Bike, Little Nemo, and SMB/Duck Hunt. Everything but the SMB/DH multicart worked. That one works on the clone. (But for some reason wasn't working on the clone when I first tried it a few days ago, so it might be flaky.) I haven't tested it with the other two games I own (Final Fantasy and Dragon Warrior), because I'm worried that something is wrong with the mod and could damage them.
Any idea as to what could cause the SMB/Duck Hunt cart and none of the others to fail? I'm tempted to bypass the NES's CIC and see if that fixes it, but that seems like a bit of an unjustified stab in the dark.
I haven't even started on modding the case for this. I think I'll make a full custom one, because the way it currently is, you have to put the carts in backwards, so I'll probably spin it around. Also, the edge connector is at a little bit of an angle, so if I mount the motherboard off kilter, I can correct for that as well.
Any thoughts, comments, flames, or other input you have would be greatly appreciated.