ShootTheCore

Video games!
My retro video game repair logs are collected at
Also @shootthecore.tech on BlueSky.

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I'm pleased to announce that I've worked with @p0rchio to assume web hosting for https://t.co/Etu7kWHmrj - the site will live on! I'll also taking over as "editor-in-chief", so if anyone wants to contribute retro console, computer or arcade repair write ups, hit me up!

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@Tailsnic_Retro Agree 100% 👍

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@jeffqchen 🫡

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@iFixRetro Worth it. 😎

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@leo__oliveira @jeffqchen @tigheklory Thankfully these days the factory decryption can be reinstated so that running modified decrypted ROMs is unnecessary. I ran Phoenixed ROMs for years though. 🫡

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@nic0344 @Cruzlink2 Great repair! Those rusty trace breaks can be tricky to locate.

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@usa_retro 😭

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@Tailsnic_Retro @Cruzlink2 Very cool. 😎

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@Cruzlink2 @pr4m0d Great repair! 👍

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@FBXGargoyle Best wishes for a good outcome.

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Yuck-battery guts! Glad it didn’t spread to the board…

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@StriderNC77 The Nanao part in my photo is a NEC V35 CPU with a game-specific encryption mechanism, although the encryption can be disabled by swapping two jumpers. I’m not sure if the pinout matches up to an off-the-shelf V35. You’d probably have better luck tracking down a parts donor.

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Now that the Irem M92 #arcade Multi is complete and starting to ship, I’m selling off several of my spare M92 game boards that I used in testing. Each one gets a fresh capacitor replacement and jumpers installed where the Multi requires different settings for future-proofing. 😎

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@BitmapBureau Excellent. 😎

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@Shakunetsu3S @Cruzlink2 Great job!

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@RCAVictorCo PM sent - I’d love to buy one!

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@EstebanVLobos If this was for me, maybe I’d try a bodge wire but since this is for a customer, I’ll use a fresh part.

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<sigh> It’s so aggravating when a microscopic leg randomly snaps off of a TSOP-48 SMD flash chip when soldering it to a board. Fortunately I have a spare handy but it takes hours to flash with my current NAND programmer. 😅

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@zaxour Working Designs at their finest. 😅

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@Aqy @kagiroi0120 Known bug with the core - it's been reported on several times. The clock countdown freezing up is the giveaway that it'll crash soon after.
https://t.co/05gRm0PDww

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@leonkiriliuk @miztlur I’ve found that G3 and G4 Mac Power Books running Mac OS 9 work very well for the Sierra and Lucas games. You can get an active matrix screen, the games look & run great, and the system MIDI supports wave table Sound Fonts so you can easily load in Roland and Yamaha synth sets.

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@Tailsnic_Retro Reminds me of Irem M92 boards manufactured for Japan versus Korea.