/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8945824
Modding a 1chip SNES, I replaced the capacitors too! Swapped the red LED for a blue one. About to reassemble it!

>>8945846
>I replaced the capacitors too!
Did you have to solder those puppies on? What's your experience with learning how to do that?
I fear in the future I'll want to do something that requires that but despite being careful, attentive, and precise 95% of the time...my hands are retard that other 5%.

RGB modded a SNES Jr, it was a really sloppy job and I'll try to clean it up tomorrow. I didn't really believe in myself as I'm pretty new to this, but to my surprise it worked first go!
Does anyone else who uses "no clean flux" find that you do indeed have to clean it up? You can see it in this picture.

>>8945846
what mod is that

How much risk is there from the lead solder when replacing capacitors on very old systems? What's the minimal level of reasonable precautions and how much gear would I need to buy?

>>8946750
Voultar bypass, sharpest image possible from SNES

>>8946756
Mostly don't ingest it, so just wash hands when done soldering. Second hazard are fumes, there is a mini fume extractor you can buy on amazon. I wouldn't worry much for a one off soldering job, but I've also happily accepted the cancer risk from this.

>>8946698
No clean just means it won't become corrosive if left there, good job on the mod!

>>8946759
it only works with an RGB cable or can you use it with an Svideo cable?

>>8946641
My experience learning was a mess because I'm unorganized and chaotic. For desoldering capacitors I reccomend chipquik low melt solder and a handheld desoldering pump. For soldering them on leaded solder, for the snes cap kit, it has large capacitors like in a beginner kit the hard part is the board does not have holes for the leads so you have to awkardly bend and solder the leads (legs) onto the flat board. Check with the shield to make sure it screws back on with the caps. Learn on old stuff the components are large.

>>8946763
Thanks friend.

Last week I fixed up this xbox kiosk, previous owner completely fucked up the wiring. Nothing was really broken just in the wrong spot.

>>8947006
It's fine now, couple of things I want to check and I hate how the ears look so I haven't attached them

>>8945824
Are PS1 modchips even worth installing these days with the FreePSXboot and whatnot?

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>>8947006
How the hell do you guys find all the space to store your shit?

>>8945824
Anyone have experience making joysticks with classic "Atari" connector? I want one to play Genesis but I read the official joystick (pic rel) has rubber dome shit instead of microswitches. There are kits on ebay but for USB. Any pointers?

>>8947025
you simply accept your role as part of the trash and it won't bother you anymore

>>8947147
>Anyone have experience making joysticks with classic "Atari" connector?
Yes. 2600 sticks were absolute shit so I've been doing that since the late 70's.
>Any pointers?
Educate yourself. A connector isn't a signal.

>>8946756
Basically zero. Fumes are from the flux not the lead, and the danger of handling solid/molten lead is basically negligible (aside from burning yourself) unless you're a chinking soldering in a sweatshop 20 hours a day 7 days a week. Just do it in an open or well ventilated area to get the fumes out of your face.

Don't fall for ROHS bullshit those organizations are run by idiots that believe in facebook science.

>>8947025
Get a better house

>>8947147
>>8947782
>Educate yourself
Well I read a bit about it but I've got very little experience with electronics. I thought this would be a good project to start with. All the boards I looked at have some kind of controller chip, so I'd need to know what that is or what it does. Also many of them have extra components.

The pin layout says A/B share the same pin, and Start/C share the same pin. No idea how that works and couldn't find any good info on it.
http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/DE-9_Joystick#Pinout

Looked at some youtube videos of making joysticks and they're mostly just people making cases, which isn't the hard part to figure out obviously.

>>8948308
That's a relief. There is a lot of scaremongering about it. I've never tried flux even though it does look convenient, but really doesn't seem necessary for a few simple joints.

Recapping my SNES Jr. and the power supply today, been trying to track down some minor audio interference. Had a few spare 7805s around and replaced it the other day but sadly it did not help.

>>8946756
If you're sensitive to flux fumes like me (you will figure this out very quickly) a desk fan blowing on low + a ventilated room is enough.

>>8948370
The chip is a multiplexer. That's how multiple inputs share the same pin. Not at all complicated, but you will need to have a basic understanding of how it works in order to design and build a controller. Also worth learning about shift registers while your at it. With those two types of parts you can build controllers for just about any system up to mid 90's.

>>8948419
Thanks. I'll read up about those. Appreciate the info.

I have a Hakko soldering station and an SMT rework iron.
Anything else I need before trying to recap a PC monitor?

Also is there a guide to this process, especially discharging the ol' whatchacallit, flyback transformer? I really don't feel like dying.

>>8945824

Warning: Blog Post -

I just got a 16 inch RCA TV delivered a few days ago. Now I can finally test my electronics, and fix anything that needs fixing. I'm also going to be looking into buying flashcarts for my various systems (NES, Genesis, SNES for now. DS and maybe gameboy color later).

I probably wont do much modding, unless it's something simple and easy. I'm functional with a soldering iron, but i'm no electrical engineer, and I prefer practicality to a challenge.

Done: Replaced my PS2's bum laser, and put FMCB on the memory card for future use.

In process: Need to clean or open up my NES. See if there's any bad connections, capacitors or what else. It's flashing and not booting games.

Gotta replace my Xbox 360's bum laser, and look into 360 flash mods

Other stuff: I somehow lost my Genesis, and it's pissing me off. It has to be around my apartment somewhere, but it seems like it up and magically vanished.

On the positive side, my Gamecube's laser is OK after some initial testing turned up a few disk read errors. Played an hour of Windwaker without issue.

>>8949079
>Anything else I need
Many things, but above all common sense. You clearly don't have an iota of it if you've diagnosed your monitor as needing a recap and are asking about "discharging the ol' whatchacallit, flyback transformer"

>>8949463
The picture is very faded for something with a low number of service hours. Is that not usually a symptom of aging caps?
And primarily this is a test subject. I don't care what happens to the PC monitor, it's just a trial run before I try this on a BVM.

>>8949473
>is randomly guessing what causes a problem not a symptom of not haveing common sense.
lmao. Have fun talking about doing all these repairs you'll never ever learn how to do, let alone do.

finally got my stuff from funnyplaying (GBA backlight kit, case, new buttons, etc)
fucked something up but it still turns on and plays thank fuck. Just have to resolder the speaker and screen controls tomorrow and Im golden

>>8949079
CRTs have an insane number of caps. I'm not even thinking about recapping my PVM until I get a desoldering gun.
Here's a couple vids on making a discharge tool and discharging:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeX5Y7Amk0o&ab_channel=RetroTech

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CVXzlkOjGg&ab_channel=RetroTech

>>8949664
Oh look, it's the cunt that always invades these threads and acts all superior.
You're so cool, dude.

>>8949713
>there's only one person on the internet who's not retarded
Nah. There are dozens of us.

>>8946641
Though hole is easy as hell to solder. It's SMD stuff that can be tricky as hell without the proper tools.

I recently recapped my Gamecube's disk drive and I used the twist method to get old caps off. Surprisingly it worked fine. I wouldn't dare use it on older systems though that have possible cap leakage.

>>8948323
stop posting from a phone

>>8949450
God I hope that nes was owned by you. All the NES's I've opened look like a mouse nested in it and smell like a garbage can. I have two I tore down to fix, and I've just left them sitting there because it's not worth what little money they sell for.

Does anyone out there sell good replacement shells for sega genesis? I've got a sega that's all scuffed and beat up but still works perfectly fine, if I could put it in a prettier shell I'd really like to.

The only replacement shell I've been able to find is some smoke grey one that just kind of looks like ass.

recap
cold solder
had some corrosion
boots fine now

as for (((mods))) im in the process of doing a virtualtap for the virtualboy so i can have rgb output and play on my tv

>>8950168
What's that board?

>>8946767
https://youtu.be/YTFGz8CH7lk

>>8949841
SMD is easy as fuck if you have basic skills/experience. I do large parts with a cheap basic soldering iron in a few seconds all the time. Did they put something in the water that gave every zoomer parkinsons and complete lack of hand eye coordination. Or is it a side effect of huffing tidepods?

>>8950260
Don't be such a fart huffing fag in my thread. Smd is difficult if the components are small and have you have a bad hot air station. Having components blow all over the place is not irregular.

>>8948323
I could unironically live like this.

>>8950176
stikers 1945 anonkun
i dont think ill ever be good enough to unlock the hidden booba at the credits

>>8950389
if you hoard enough you can simulate the experience

>>8950385
>things are difficult when you do them stupidly wrong
You don't say

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>>8947168
Fair enuff

>>8946698
>Does anyone else who uses "no clean flux" find that you do indeed have to clean it up? You can see it in this picture.
You should be finishing your work with a pass of isopropyl and a brush regardless.

>>8946698
I always remove the flux even if it's "no clean" Helps the hot glue to stick to the PCB and components better.

>>8953405
>hot glue
you're doing it wrong

>>8953843
Bondo?

>>8953843
Using hot glue sparingly for wire management is fine. Using hot glue to try and reinforce shit solder joints is not.

>>8953843
Top kek kid. Hundreds of noskill NPCs wouldn't have paid me megabucks to spooge in their toys unless disshit was critical.

>>8953964
This I used it to keep magnet wire from moving around.

It's so weird to me how soldering is this giant hurdle for people.
It's my other hobby, I learned it when I was a kid.

I’m going to clean, recap, and install a new fly back on this Sanyo 20ez chassis. Fun stuff

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>>8945824
I replaced my GBA SP's shell.
It was light blue, and I replaced it with a translucent purple shell.
I really like it, with the exception of one thing: how it snaps when I close it. It's softer now. I really liked the snappy-ness of the original.

>>8953964
also friendly reminder that rubbing alcohol dissolves most hot glue if you ever need to clean it off of something.

>>8955964
big boy shit, way too scared to do anything with a CRT.

My next mod will be AV modding my famicom, saw a cheap AV mod on a YT vid with bogstandard components, that didn't have any shell cutting, so I'll go with that.

Can I just solder a famicom 60pin connection directly to me NES board so i can plug in famicom games? NES games are so expensive. idk what to play. can someone help me?

I have a japanese Mega Drive model 1 with 2 issues
-The Reset button works after leaving it unplugged for a while, but after 20 minutes or so, it stops working. I'm using a 110 to 220v converter with the original AC adapter btw, I tried with an 9v 1a aftermarket AC adapter, but still gives me the same issue.
-The headphone jack gives me distorted audio, or very quiet audio with tons of interference, but if I wiggle the volume slider, it sometimes works fine for a second or two, or only by the right channel
Any suggestions?

>>8956603
its not that i cant do it
i just dont want to be the one to test it once everything is finished

>>8946698
I did the no pcb version with only 1.2k resistors. it was easy

>>8956605
>i never had and never will
>but i'll pretend it'll happen
Good for you!

>>8956841
This is just some very sad projection. 1 in 31 of the unique posters here is certainly no fun at parties.

>>8956605
there are several revisions of the famicom board- you might not be as cut and dry as you think anon

just fyi


>>8956656
anon

just use a converter and a game genie

>>8957087
do you have any idea how expensive converters and genies are

working on a FM Towns UX20 right now

>>8945824
IS this a good place to ask about N64 RGB?

Basically I got my hands on an RGB modded 64, and the picture is fine except for when the screen is darker - For example Kokiri forest is fine, but deku tree is too dark, forcing me to just up brightness to max on my CRT, washing out the colors, making it look hardly different to s-video lol

I can't adjust contract n shit on my TV when using RGB, so I'm kinda stumped - the same issue happens with SNES RGB, but on a much smaller scale (doesn't make any game unplayable)

>>8956603
Don’t be scared, the only thing you really have to worry about is discharging the monitor. Other than that, just go over your work before you plug it in. I’ve had resistors burn up or fly backs arch after reinstalling. It happens, but don’t be scared of it.

>>8957081
>the fuckwit who's incapable of changing a lightbulb and counts unique posters pontificates about who's no fun at parties
Fucking epic

https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/8931016/
https://desuarchive.org/vr/thread/8925170
https://arch.b4k.co/v/thread/600019083/

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Is there anyway to turn an american playstation 1 to read japanese playstation games without a modchip? just a way to hard-wire it to be the different bios like the dreamcast? i dont need the ability to read both regions at once

Bought a Gameboy Advance SP that I want to clean up. Anyone have a recommended place to get a decent new shell?

>>8957597
A fart-huffing poet, I've seen replies like yours. You're shitting up mutiple threads aren't you?

Are capture cards for old handhelds still sold? I'm looking for any sort of recording solution for the GBA DS (NOT RETRO) 3DS and Vita obviously not one soultion that does them all but one for each type of console. I know the new 3ds has NTRboot to stream a recording but it's low quality and does not work in GBA/DS mode

>>8959382
oops the ds isn't retro either :p there's no proper board on this site for asking this type of stuff anyway.

how hard is it to replace the laser in a PS2 Slim (first model)?

>>8959382
You may need a dev kit for the DS, if not find ones that have already been modded for it.
Vita can capture via USB and the Vita TV exists, though you'll need a splitter to take off HDCP like the PS3.

>>8959335
A sad little child, he's seen stupid staring back at him in the mirror. He's shooting up multiple schools if not put on psych hold right now.

>>8958137
https://orca.pet/tonyhax/
https://github.com/brad-lin/FreePSXBoot
try these

>>8960620
These are way too involved and expensive? Is this really my only option? I only have a few extra wires and thats it. for the dreamcast i can swap region slike that. why not this?

>>8962823
>These are way too involved
what?
>and expensive?
free is too expensive?

>>8963585
how is it free? come on mate
i just want to solder wires i dont want to fuck around with that. i dont need to be able to quickly change regions or play pirated games

I have one of those tiny, thin PS2s and it stopped reading discs. I think if I press down on the lid while it's starting the discs will spin, but the second I let go they stop. Everything else works fine.

Any ideas? I'd love to be able to fix my PS2. I bought a fat replacement, but I want my original one to work.

>>8950154
>All the NES's I've opened look like a mouse nested in it and smell like a garbage can
that's every PS1 ever
>and I've just left them sitting there because it's not worth what little money they sell for
a lot of serious enthusiasts prefer to import a Famicom so toaster NES are fairly worthless. I have one but I got it back when they were cheaply available at used game stores.

>>8964626
or, well, an AV Famicom but they mutilate cartridge expansion audio

>>8964530
your options are:
>disc hotswap
just put in american ps1 disc and then swap it with japanese disc before it boots up, timing is tricky but its the cheapest option
>tonyhax/freePSXboot
you'll need some way to put save into memorycard, ps2 is easiest for that, but you also need mcfreeboot too. Latter requires dedicated memorycard
>modchip
most versatile option
>goldfinger
plugs into the I/O port, you need old model for this
>or, lastly,
just buy japanese ps1

AFAIK there is no way to just wire something up, you'll need to swap the whole bios chip or solder in modchip.

>>8945824
Replaced the laser on my SCPH-1001. Simple install and it works great. Although I’m mostly going to be playing off my PSIO. It’s still nice to play physical discs as well.

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>>8953160
>You should be finishing your work with a pass of isopropyl and a brush regardless.
Some no-clean flux requires a detergent water-based cleaner. A plastic scrub brush and dishwashing detergent in warm water works fine so long as there's no water-sensitive parts on the board.
If it's not a board requiring low-leakage or creep, just leave the flux alone.

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>>8962823
>is willing to solder wires
>is not willing to install a modchip
please, fuck off.

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>>8965253
i dont know where to get a modchip or how to make one

I have a question about n64 carts and checking their condition when bought used, do any of you know anything about that?

>>8966212
what in specific are you trying to look for? connectors should always be tended to with a pink eraser, or if you dont have that Isopropyl alcohol (70% if possible). Also always check for authetic logos and number indents on back or carts.
>>8945824
I just ordered a capture kit from optimize for my new 3ds xl, hoping to stream pokemon and other games

>>8966212
Yeah, you need a gamebit and a philips 0 driver, hinge up carefully from the back side. Generally all that matters is contacts but the plastic sheath can grind down traces to the contacts and lifted pads are a possibility in some games. I've mostly seen it in conkers weirdly enough. Like most carts they're usually fine.

>>8966228
>>8966229
My biggest concern is how do I know if the screws were used for sexual acts and then reused and put back into the cartridge? I heard on here that Nintendo fans have a things they do sometimes where they “sound” using the screws for some reason. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the term or not but this apparently involves introducing an object into the urethra for sexual pleasure. Is there any kind of way I can know if the N64 cartridge I’m getting has clean screws?

>>8966234
lol if you want clean screws just buy new ones, they arent specifically made by nintendo you can find them anywhere

>>8966241
NO, I have to have OEM screws or else the game isn’t complete.

>>8966247
>OEM screws
you cant be serious

>>8966250
Why the fuck would I want one of my cartridges to have bootleg screws? I’d the screws aren’t OEM the entire cart is worthless to me.

>>8966258
I refuse to believe that this isn't a shitpost, for my own mental protection.

>>8965193
>scrubbing sensitive components and ancient electronic traces on the pcb that are easily damaged
ISHYGDFDT
i shiggy fucking diggy

>>8964841
Where'd you get the laser, friend? Probably will need a new laser assembly for my PSone pretty soon.

>>8959382
>>>/vg/386231370

>>8945824
Just cleaned my GBA's power switch, I had no idea that it could affect battery life and audio output that much

>>8966824
Good for you, the metal part inside the power switch flew away while I held it with tweezers. 2nd mobo it was flat out corroded away. Now I have to buy replacements :(

>>8966925
Which part?
The cover or the actually switch
That’s unfortunate but yeah, it had a low hum while I was playing before

>>8966616
What’s the point of having a complete collection if your carts don’t have the OEM sticker? Or the OEM cartridge itself? Or the screws? Do you think you have a complete collection if you print out manuals and boxes? The OEM screws weigh a precise amount, I test them every time I buy a game. The problem is that the Nintendo fans keep using the screws for weird shit. you do know that Nintendo used a unique brand of staple in their manual books don’t you? Or do you not care? Yes I won’t use a staple that isn’t OEM either.

>>8967003
the metal underneath black slider worst part is these were nip special editions I was cleaning and fixing up! I'll feel so weird using gba sp switches, as that's the only OEM part I can find!

>>8967067
Wow, how’d that happen? Too forceful?
I’m pretty new to soldering and just put in a new screen and put in a power cleaning mod but noticed the audio was buzzing very loud and found out the power switch is actually integral to how well the system runs which is weird

>>8966823
my ip is ranged banned and I can't ask on that board blame hiromoot, no changing my ip doesn't work as it's still in the range

>>8967241
more likely = a mod finally got sick of your shit kek

>>8967258
nah, I use cellular internet for my connection. Sometimes individual ips get banned for uploading cheese pizza and then changing it works. You can act as smug as you want janny at the end of the day your pay stays the same.

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