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- rocknog, on 10/31/2009, -1/+41What the ***** is wrong with you? The NES is a classic. I have newer consoles, but I still own an NES and play it regularly. Kids these days, think something is worthless just because it's old.
- fuzzynyanko, on 10/31/2009, -0/+37I never have opened up an NES cart before, so I was surprised to see how much empty space was inside
- BrandonJM, on 10/31/2009, -1/+33Where was this article fifteen years ago?
- StevieJanowski, on 10/30/2009, -1/+29So blowing into them doesn't count as cleaning them, haha
- zuboki, on 10/31/2009, -0/+25But... Won't this void the warranty?
- titoelgato, on 10/30/2009, -4/+20up, up, down, down...ah, hell you know it.
- DarthVolta, on 10/31/2009, -0/+13Also, get off our collective lawn.
- thezoner, on 10/30/2009, -1/+12i played baseball stars for 15 hours on christmas eve til 5 in the morning. nes rules
- FyberOptic, on 10/31/2009, -1/+12I really don't suggest you do anything to permanently harm either the console or the controllers just for the sake of modding. Each one that's destroyed for stupid ***** like "circuit bending" and putting PCs in an NES case and junk is just one less NES in the world. And as you can see, you can just buy an adapter to use the controller on a PC.
There's very little about an NES which can't be fixed. There's only two proprietary chips in the whole thing: the CPU and PPU. The lockout chip is unnecessary to its functionality, and the rest are generic chips/components you can easily buy elsewhere. So if you have an NES which doesn't work, don't just dump it in the trash. Sell it on Ebay or something. Somebody will buy it who can use something from it. The same goes for broken controllers, for that matter. - drunkenalfred, on 11/01/2009, -0/+8on AOL?
- smemily, on 10/31/2009, -0/+8My brothers used to "mod" their NES and controllers by making elaborate cardboard covers for them, one of which included a working joystick (wiggling the joystick pressed on the arrow pad).
- yaazz, on 10/31/2009, -2/+8Another interesting thing you can do is replace the ROM chips in your cartridge with a reprogrammable EEPROM chip. Then you can develop your own games for the system and play them! In theory you could also play commercial roms on your NES, but in practice you will find most of them will not work
This is because although the cartridges all looked the same on the outside, there was about 100 different chipsets that could potentially be inside. If your rom used that chip set I guess it would work fine, other then that you would find that it might work for a little while then crash. - geeked, on 10/31/2009, -1/+6Read the bottom of the last page of the article. There is a USB to NES plug. By the way: http://tinyurl.com/y8h7o47
Just havin' some fun with you. - appleseed1234, on 10/31/2009, -0/+4My parents gave my NES away because they thought I was addicted to it :(
- LLUrbanAchiever, on 11/01/2009, -0/+4your mom sold it in her last garage sale
- CaliforniaEagle, on 10/30/2009, -2/+5Its amazing to think how old this sytem is...started with nintendo...never had an NES
- tgc1, on 11/01/2009, -0/+3The carts are based on their Japanese counterparts (on the Famicom). If you look at Famicom Carts, they are the original size. For the US market, however, the spec was changed to fit the new console. No idea why they changed it so much. Probably to fit the large graphics or something. Make it feel bigger therefore cost more. I don't know. But I guess it was how it was marketed or something. It also has the Lockout chip, the 10nes. I don't think the Famicom has that.
If you look at the famicom carts, they are not 72 pins either. They're smaller. Simpler. Another fine example of how copyright ***** up everything. The contact problems with the 10nes chip were what caused the flashing blue screens. There's a way to disable the lockout chip by desoldering one its feet. But anyway... - signspam1, on 10/31/2009, -0/+3Damn, I used to always lick the cartridges to get them to work!
- antonius20, on 11/01/2009, -0/+3emulator + usb controller FTW
- aforsberg, on 10/31/2009, -0/+2Why.
- toxicityj, on 10/31/2009, -0/+2What would be nice for that NES controller mod would be to have a detachable connection like the XBOX controllers. and you can swap out a NES plug and a USB plug that way you don't make your controller useless to the NES when you give it USB functionality.
- djmattmcg, on 11/01/2009, -0/+2NES is still my favorite console. I have it hooked up in the living room.
- tgc1, on 11/01/2009, -0/+2If you look on pg. 3 of the article they show just such a converter. I'd hope people aren't hacking up their NES controllers for this *****. It's not like we can just make more.
- MrSparkle666, on 11/01/2009, -0/+2I don't know why you are getting burried. That was awesome!
- Inverno, on 11/01/2009, -0/+1Check the closet.
- daridave, on 11/01/2009, -0/+1I used my vacuum cleaner, set to blow. [seriously] I was too scared I would spit in it when I was a child, lol.
- BoogieWithStu, on 11/02/2009, -0/+1I repaired my NES a couple years back. Best decision EVER. I finally got to rock Mike Tyson's face in on something other than a Wii remote.
- KidSinister, on 10/31/2009, -0/+1They didn't tell you how to disable the 10NES chip so that the games don't ***** "blink" on startup. All you have to do is cut one pin...
- NeoTechni, on 11/02/2009, -0/+1I want to mod my controller out of spite for people like you
- doshindude, on 11/01/2009, -1/+2what you're saying makes no sense and you clearly didn't read the article. The author is trying to teach you how to FIX your broken NES. Would you prefer to just look at the broken console instead of actually using it?
- inactive, on 10/31/2009, -2/+2is that a question?
- daridave, on 11/01/2009, -1/+1on a similar note, dugg for SMB2 on that screen. :)
- tgc1, on 11/01/2009, -2/+1Please don't hack up your old consoles and controllers. They don't make them anymore. So please be kind to them. If I can suggest the converter rather than the USB mod that doesn't seem to cost much more than the mod chip itself to solder in. So I don't see much point. Plus if the controller ceases to function you don't have to re-mod another controller.
I have 2 NES's and they're still awesome! - zclone, on 10/31/2009, -5/+4ah the good ol days, cant believe how much the games cost back then 40, 50$
now you can download a emulator and roms
and play all of em for free - inactive, on 10/31/2009, -3/+2God no thanks on using the USB NES controller. It may be nostalgic but it will put calluses on your thumbs.
- ApolloBoy, on 11/01/2009, -2/+1Except that the games are dirt cheap now (at least compared to back when) so it doesn't matter anymore.
- fakeXsound, on 10/31/2009, -5/+3Crazy NES mod:
http://digg.com/nintendo/The_Audiophile_NES - Sxerks, on 11/01/2009, -3/+0And the obligatory NESPC
http://casemod.wikia.com/wiki/Sxerks-NESPC
there's no problem with hacking dead NES boxes, it's not "stupid *****" - moolfs, on 10/30/2009, -6/+3Hmmm, wonder where my NES is these days...
- HIFIsamurai, on 10/30/2009, -8/+3i was just thinking that i needed to get rid of my NES. hmm
- cheapo17, on 10/30/2009, -17/+5NES was the most amazing thing when i was growing up, but goddamn there have to be millions of people out there who messed up their throat from having to blow into those catridges hundreds of times a day
- st4rp0w3r, on 10/31/2009, -22/+4A fun project for the NES:
Buy a new console already!
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