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Matt Buxton @videogameperfection.com · 4h

Looks like the proposed EU Kids Act is far worse than we even feared it would be. Every online game to require strict age verification, private game servers to be made illegal. Effectively it would spell the end of the "stop killing games" initiative www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQRc...

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Todd Gill - Retro Frog @retrofrog.bsky.social · 21h

I hope your Sega Master System is ready. PicoPak is coming. #MasterSystem In this first look video, I talk about my save state implementation. Lots more later on as there is a hell of a lot to cover. This is just the tip of the iceberg. RETROFROG DOES.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 30/09/2026

It is, it's beautiful. If you use a TwinDiamond on the port at the side, I'm pretty sure you can stick a receiver in there for an 8bitdo controller for the NES or SNES.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 30/09/2026

More pics of building it up to it's final form. As well as a picture of a bodge I had to make because I singed a very tiny and necessary pad, for audio.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 30/09/2026

Here are some pics of me building up the NESRGB kit.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 30/09/2026

A long time ago, I recapped and RGB modded this Twin Famicom. For completeness sake, I'm adding some pics of the process in a new thread, so that I can import it to my blog. This is the console post-recap. Look at that belt! Completely hardened and broken.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 30/09/2026

Yeah, that's definitely a good way to get a fix of some pleasant driving.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 30/09/2026

I'm intrigued. Seems like something that could be useful for some rest and relaxation.

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Vitor Vilela @hackervilela.sneslab.net · 29/09/2026

Tuesday, time for a new video! Super Castlevania IV, for the SNES, has a lot of slowdown. My FastROM patch takes almost all of it away. Full comparison video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4s6... Patch: github.com/VitorVilela7...

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 29/09/2026

That's cool. It's hard to come by one of these systems for a not insane price these days. In my own units I did not require a replacement. For this one I restored for an acquaintance, they sourced a NOS one from a Spanish shop, it cost him 99€ for the part.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 29/09/2026

Yeah, a recap usually doesn't save a Mega-CD system from that but good luck to you my friend. Hopefully it's something easy to fix or replace, as the lasers for these are quite expensive.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 29/09/2026

Also re-did the first one.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 29/09/2026

And here's the second pak. @misirajeduart.bsky.social was complaining so I opened up that one too in order to show that 0603 can work with a steady hand.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 29/09/2026

Thanks! 0603 is bordering on tiny but the lowest I've gone is 0402. I don't have a microscope so I think that's probably about the limit of what I can solder with just my eyeballs. I think in this case an 0805 would have been a better fit, it could have bridged the pin gap appropriately for the job.

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André Coelho @hitmanmcc.com · 29/09/2026

Finally circled back to fix something here. As per @nosIndulgences' research (x.com/nosIndulgenc...), this is the proper way to do this mod, in order to avoid data corruption in the long haul. Sadly, I couldn't make this as neat as I wanted to, my 10K resistors are too small.