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Super Nintendo SNES Cartridge Disassembly This guide, originally created by Redteck, describes the disassembly of a Europe/Japan-style Super Nintendo game cartridge. Updated Original Xbox Modchip Identification This is a list of modchips for quick visual identification of an unknown chip. Most of the information had come from this page of Xbox-Scene (archive). If… Updated Atari 7800 Atari 7800 Model Differences There are two 7800 models, and two revisions within one of the models. The Atari 7800 first made its market debut in North America in May 1986, two years … Updated Disassembly Parent Example 2 Disassembly Guides Fat models SCPH-100X Disassembly SCPH-300X Disassembly SCPH-350X Disassembly SCPH-500X Disassembly SCPH-550X Disassembly SCPH-590X Disa… Updated PlayStation 3 Bans In the event that your console is banned from PSN, you can unban it by spoofing your Console ID (CID). Your CID consists of two numbers unique to your PS3… Updated PlayStation FreePSXBoot FreePSXBoot is a soft mod for all PlayStation 1 models. The software was released in 2021 by brad-lin. The software uses a standard memory card to trigger… Updated PlayStation Optical Drive Emulators These are various hardware solutions that allow the PS1 to run disc image files - there is currently no software-only method for doing this, and given how… Updated Wiki Crash Course Thank you for your interest in contributing to the site! This page will give you a short crash course on how to get started editing the wiki. Some of this… Updated Xbox 360 Homebrew Store The Xbox 360 Homebrew Store by Derf is an Aurora script that allows you to download homebrew games, apps, dashboards, and emulators straight to your conso… Updated Xbox 360 ISO2GOD ISO2GOD is a Windows utility originally written by KrK which allows conversion of original Xbox and Xbox 360 .isos into a Games on Demand container. This … Updated PlayStation 4 How to clone your storage This page will guide you to cloning storage for backup or upgrade purposes. 1. HD Clone for Windows. 2. Ubuntu live USB a basic Linux distro or on an alre… Updated Atari 2600 Games That Use TV Type Switch All Atari 2600s have a "TV Type" switch, which switches the console's video output between color and monochrome (for maximum compatibility with black & wh… Updated Atari 7800 Game Incompatibilities Although the Atari 7800 was designed to be backwards compatible with all Atari 2600 games, in actuality there are some 2600 games which will not boot or f… Updated Xbox 360 RGH & JTAG Identification This is a basic guide on how to properly identify what method was used to modify your Xbox 360. Proper identification is necessary when updating/building … Updated Controller Extension Cables Console Country Brand Date Photos Aprox. length Issues Notes Atari/Sega USA Retro Frog 2025 1.5m Atari/Sega 8-pin cable. Released in 2025, advertised as 5… Updated Atari 5200 Atari 5200 Model Differences Although the Atari 5200 had a fairly short life, two variants of the console exist along with three different motherboard revisions. This version of the 5… Updated Xbox 360 DG-16D2S Flashing Guide This guide will walk you through flashing a DG-16D2S drive to play burned media. Before beginning, check the sticker on the the DVD drive to verify that i… Updated Audio & video Color Science Basics This page aims to cover the basics of color science related to computer and video game display systems. Much detail is left out on purpose to keep content… Updated Atari 5200 Controller Adapters During its lifetime and especially in recent years, the Atari 5200 became notorious for its complex and unreliable stock controller. It is no surprise the… Updated PlayStation 3 Dumping your IDPS and ACT.DAT Your IDPS is the ID that PSN uses to uniquely identify your console. You may want to back up your IDPS in case you ever swap it for another one or want to… Updated PlayStation 3 Apollo Save Tool Apollo Save Tool is an application to manage save-game files, trophies, and licenses on the PlayStation 3. The apollo-ps3 homebrew app allows to download,… Updated Atari 5200 Game Compatibility List The following games do not work on 2-port models with the later C019156A BIOS. Swapping a 4-port BIOS chip in or using a patched ROM for these games will … Updated Original Xbox TSOP Flashing A TSOP flash allows you to flash a custom BIOS onto your Xbox. The TSOP chip is write protected by default, so the write protection will need to be disabl… Updated Original Xbox BIOS Update This guide assumes that your Xbox has a modchip installed, or write protection on the TSOP disabled. Following one of these procedures will allow you to u… Updated