Category Archives: Teardowns

Silencing a Sega NAOMI Arcade Board (Cleaning, Damping, Checking)

non destrictivley modifying a NAOMI to make it queter! Continue reading

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Sega NAOMI PSU Fix (Capacitors, Capacitors, Capacitors).

Tearing down and fixing a Sega NAOMI PSU adn replacing capacitors to regain stability. Continue reading

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So, What’s Inside a Sega ST-V Game Cart (And Differences)

Taking apart a Sega ST-V Game Cart and having a look around Continue reading

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Sammy Atomiswave – System Pickup and Tear Down (95%)

Tearing down an Atomiswave.. Continue reading

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Inside Metal Slug 6 (bootleg) Atomiswave Cart

Opening up an atomiswave cart to see what the inside of a bootleg game looks like. Continue reading

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Looking Inside A Razion LE (NG:Dev.Team) MVS CART

I recently had a bit of luck by managing to find a copy of Razion for the Neo Geo MVS at a sensible price.  The original manufacturers were doing a reprint of the game (hardly ever happens) so a copy … Continue reading

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Inside a Super FX SNES Cart (Another Opening Up)

Back when I was 12 years old I was completly blown away by the Graphics from a certain game by the name of Starwing (Starfox to the rest of the world).  3D Graphics from a 16-bit console? Witchcraft I say! … Continue reading

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So, What’s Inside a SNES Cartridge (Opening and Poking About)

As part of my attempt to clean up and get working my SNES from the dawn of time  I thought I’d take a look inside the game cart I have.  Not for any reason… I’m just curious and happened to … Continue reading

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Retro Pickup: SNES + Zelda (Non Working)

Something I’ve had langushing at the bottom of a box for a while is this old SNES.  It was given to be (free) byt a friend a while back with a copy of Zelda – A Link To The Past … Continue reading

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Troubleshooting Crashing / Noisy Naomi 2 Motherboard

I recently bought a new NAOMI 2 motherboard to replace the one I currently have that only plays Naomi 1 games (I dropped it and one of the GPUs de-socketed itself).  This board was sold as working and, well, it … Continue reading

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