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How to Mod the Hori Fighting Stick EX2 with Authentic Arcade Parts (Xbox 360 Version)
The Hori Fighting Stick EX2 is a good stick that I got pretty cheap, but like all stock joysticks, there are plenty of room for improvements. In my review of this stick, I brought up two minor complaints with this stick: mushy buttons and the square restrictor plate. Well, here’s the walk-through on […]
How to Replace the Battery on a Neo-Geo MVS 4-Slot.
I recently had been inundated with Neo-Geo MVS arcade hardware over the summer and I’ve quickly accumulated a one slot motherboard for EVO ’08 and a couple of 4-slot motherboards; one from Ancient Flounder and one from El Gordito. So now I’m high on the hog with my arcade flashing images of the Neo-Geo logo […]
Categories: Videogames · Neo-Geo · Arcade · How To...
Awesome Punch Out!! KO Videos
Decepticreep was over this weekend and we we’re going to start on our grandiose quest to defeat Megaman 1-8, but I don’t really want to get into that story, I’ll leave that for DC; instead I was working on video capture off of the ol’ Mac. You know, play emulators and just record the […]
Categories: Retro · Fan Shit · Awesomesauce! · Insane · YouTube · O for Awesome · How To... · Famicom/ NES
How to Degauss a Monitor in Less than a Minute.
I was very bored and wanted to find a nice little project so I grabbed a degaussing coil from work and proceeded to correct the annoying discoloration on my Japanese Sega Astro City candy cab. This is one of my favorite cabs and after moving the cab around to sweep behind it, the monitor […]
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How to Repair Atari Paddles
I’ve been really getting back into retro gaming after I dug up my Atari 2600 and dusted off all of my carts a few months back. One of the greatest gaming experiences you can only get from an Atari is the old paddle games. I’ve recently upgraded to the 8-bit computer line and I’ve purchased […]
How to Replace the Battery on a Sega Genesis Cart
Continuing my ongoing quest to make replacing batteries on your retro consoles a tab bit more informative, here is my next attempt: How to Replace the Game Saving Battery to a Sega Genesis Cartridge. I found my second attempt to be much quicker than my first. The battery swap only took me about 5 minutes […]
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How to Change the Save Battery on a Sega Master System Cart
I’ve searched and searched everywhere and I just could not find any simple precise walkthrough WITH pictures. Hopefully, I will remedy this minor oversight and help out anyone who is willing to risk this simple procedure by writing my own instructions and archive with pictures, my attempt to replacing the battery to my Phantasy Star […]
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