hello
i have recently been playing with the bootleg consoles that come built into an n64 controller, the super joy 3 power player joystick tv game thingy.
i really like the idea of these things
what i want to do is hack the hardware to install more games, possibly originals.
has anybody done this yet?
has anyone got any ideas on how to do this.
i took one apart and found two large black blobs, i think this may be some way of stopping people messing with the nes on a chips.
can the noac be bought online or something
can it be made with more recent hardware.
i know that the 6502 chip was used for the original. i imagine that its not this time.
does any know how to make small console with recent technology.
does any one know where i could find out how to make one from scratch
any help would be really appreciated
thanks
also, whats the best way to learn how to make home brew games. i know that assembler is used, what ever that is, but not to sure what else
thanks
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If you are looking into homebrew NES, the best website to go to is NESDev. They have a lot of information on the hardware. The NESDev forums are also very good, but it is almost assumed you can already program in 6205 assembly. From what I know, I don't think anyone has made a 100% NES equivalent using modern technology. It definitely isn't an easy task.
The black blobs have the chips underneath, its a way to manufacture things super-cheap, although it also does stop anyone from looking at them or moving them.
The device you have right now is about as small and modern as you are going to get. The whole system is contained on more or less a single chip. No, you cant buy the chips. It may or may not even be legal to produce them. They get made in china by companies that like to exploit other peoples brand names.
So, forget about building a NES sytem from scratch, you already have one. Im not an expert, but some of these "blobs" have a cartridge slot wires coming out of them, and some of them dont. If yours doesn't you are screwed. Have fun playing the built-in games. If yours does, then you can solder a cartridge slot to it and play most NES games as-is.
If you want to make your own "multiboot" type setup, with your own games, the best route would be to add a cartridge slot and then make your own multiboot cart, possibly by hacking up an existing one and replacing the games. You cant 'reprogram' the existing hardware, it is not rewritable AFAIK.
The device you have right now is about as small and modern as you are going to get. The whole system is contained on more or less a single chip. No, you cant buy the chips. It may or may not even be legal to produce them. They get made in china by companies that like to exploit other peoples brand names.
So, forget about building a NES sytem from scratch, you already have one. Im not an expert, but some of these "blobs" have a cartridge slot wires coming out of them, and some of them dont. If yours doesn't you are screwed. Have fun playing the built-in games. If yours does, then you can solder a cartridge slot to it and play most NES games as-is.
If you want to make your own "multiboot" type setup, with your own games, the best route would be to add a cartridge slot and then make your own multiboot cart, possibly by hacking up an existing one and replacing the games. You cant 'reprogram' the existing hardware, it is not rewritable AFAIK.
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