The GCHD is an awesome product and one of the easiest ways to get high-quality video from a GameCube. If you’re not aware of the GCHD Mk-II, it is a plug-n-play adapter for the Nintendo GameCube that converts the system’s digital video signal to HDMI and Component video. I hope that uploading the manual to the Internet Archive will allow it to be preserved for as long as possible. I couldn’t find a copy of it anywhere online recently and needed to figure out how to change some settings on the adapter I own. Check out the before and after.įor everyone interested, I’ve uploaded a scanned copy of the operations manual of EON’s GCHD Mk-II video adapter to the Internet Archive. The installation took less than one hour, and my PS2 is now completely silent. I felt $35 for the Noctua fan, fan guard, 3d printed rear panel parts, and wiring pigtail more than reasonable, and the results were impressive. Other members of the RetroRGB Discord server had talked about the fan upgrade, so I went to eBay and bought one for myself. Recently I was playing through the original Final Fantasy XII, and the noise of the PS2 finally got to me. I was surprised to learn the system was virtually silent when compared to my PS2. I grabbed the unit, took it home, and discovered there were no significant issues. It was a later revision fat PS2 that lacked the firewire port. Fast forward to 2019, and while walking in my neighborhood, I found a PS2 in a box that was sat out on the street for junk pickup. I always assumed that was normal since I had never really listed to another PS2 in a quiet setting. The entire time the fan in the system was loud. If you have a PS2 with a loud fan, then this kit is perfect.īackstory: I have owned my PS2 since Christmas 2001. I want to give a big shout-out to the online retailer The Peaceful Outcome (TPO) and their PS2 Noctua upgrade kit. Continue reading “FRAM Mod for N64 Details” Author Tony Posted on OctoNovemCategories DIY, Gaming Tags Controller Pak, FRAM, modding, n64, Nintendo, Nintendo 64 Leave a comment on FRAM Mod for N64 Details Boss Rally – Top Gear Rally’s PC Brother I also purchased three more official Controller Paks just in case I had issues. A quick order to eBay, and a few days later, I had a 10x of CR2032 batteries with solder tabs. I assumed all I needed to do was solder a new battery into the Controller Pak, and everything would be working again. At 20+ years old, a dead battery was a common problem for these Paks. The Controller Pak used a 3.3V coin-cell battery to keep the contents of the SRAM stored. And then others, like Perfect Dark, could use both cartridge memory or a Controller Pak.Īnyway, my Controller Pak was not working, and I knew it was time to attempt a repair. Other games, like Turok, had no cartridge memory and entirely relied on the Controller Pak. Some, such as Super Mario 64 using memory in the game cartridge for saves. The Controller Pak wasn’t required for all games. What was the Controller Pak? It was a memory card for saving or transferring save files for Nintendo 64 games. Everything started a few months ago when I discovered my N64 Controller Pak from the late 90s had stopped working. Both as a blog post and as a stream/YouTube video. I’ve been working on this story for a while now. Continue reading “Playing Star Trek Starfleet Academy in 2022” Author Tony Posted on AugAugCategories Gaming Leave a comment on Playing Star Trek Starfleet Academy in 2022 FRAM Mod for N64 Details Most computers no longer come with disc drives or options to install them. And don’t forget, the game initially shipped on five discs due to the amount of FMV included. A software renderer version of the game is included on the disc, but it limits the resolution to 640×480 in exclusive fullscreen mode. The game was written for Direct3D 3.0, a graphics API that doesn’t work on Windows 7, 8, 10, or 11. Playing Starfleet Academy in 2022 from the original CDs isn’t easy. There was even an option to reprogram the Kobayashi Maru scenario and win. Learning about the story’s different branches took at least two playthroughs. Between simulator missions, FMV video sequences were used as choose-your-own-adventure interludes where I got to interact and help my crew mates, work with Chekov and Kirk, and even uncover a conspiracy at the Academy. Imagine the opening scene from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn where Saavik and crew attempted to rescue the Kobayashi Maru. Released in 1997 by Interplay Entertainment, Starfleet Academy put me in the uniform of a cadet working through many diplomatic and combat scenarios in a simulator. One of my favorite space sims was Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Recently I went on a kick of playing older games in my library.
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