Links fixed.

Nothing new to report at the moment but all the megaupload links have been updated with new working ones.

Famicom Disk System

I used to buy up a lot of Famicom Disk System games and would always wind up with bootlegs mixed in. Bootlegs are usually direct copies or have only slight changes. This hack however is quite a bit different, it is a Super Mario Bros hack called Fly Mario. Fly Mario is a lot fun, you fly (swim) all the time you cannot die (unless you go off screen) and have unlimited lives, the levels are also very different.

I dumped this back in 2005 and it still doesn't seem to have made its way onto the internet so here it is.

If anyone figures out how to get past 6-1 please let me know. :)

Triforce and Chihiro Firmware

Triforce firmware update, latest version for adding CF support. This update can be netbooted.
Download here.

Chihiro firmware update, latest version for adding CF support, two files one for 512mb motherboards and another for 1gb versions. This update can be netbooted.
Download here.

Happy Christmas.

Making Naomi CF images

Since posting my how to guide on making a CF reader and uploading the Naomi 4.02 firmware I've had a few people ask me how to make working cf images. All the details are explained on this wiki page, the original page is down but luckily google has a cached version here.

Tube Swap

It's alive!


The picture is slanted so the yoke needs to be adjusted slightly and the size pots need adjusting. There is no video connected to it yet as the Space Invaders board is fried, so I'll need to sort that before I can go any further with the monitor.

Here are a few pictures from the tube swap process









Original broken tube with yoke removed.









TV donor tube.








TV tube with monitor yoke fitted.

Tube Swap

This isnt much of an update I haven't had much time for projects recently. However I have finally tracked down a black & white tv that I have needed for years, it is for a Taito Space Invaders cocktail with a broken tube.


This tube is the correct size and neck type (CR-7) as the monitor in the Space Invaders (Toei GM-140) and although the TV tube uses 11v on the heater and the monitor uses 12v it should be a close enough match.

The yoke on the other hand is not even close so I will have to do my first yoke swap, which will be interesting. I will try and document as much of the yoke swap as I can as I go along even if it doesn't all go to plan.

For anyone interested in more info on the TV it is a Boots Audio 14, with a Mullan A34-510W tube. There's also an isolanted transformer inside the case which might come in handy, I haven't had a change to check it yet but I am guessing it's a 100v-120v step down.

JAMMA 2 SCART

Here is a basic image I have made to show you how to wire up a JAMMA board to a scart tv / monitor. This is how my supergun cable is wired and it is tried and tested on many different tvs. You might find that the 330R resistors are not required when using a crt tv but they are when using an lcd as the colours will be washed out without them.

You can get away with using +5v on pin 8 but depending on the tv it might display in widescreen, some tvs will not sync if there is no voltage on pin 8.