Riggs! Just thought I'd say that you're one of the people I look up to in the retro gaming community. I'm only 18 and I've been in retro for a bit over 2 years now. I remember I ran into your instagram account out of no where then subscribed here when I found out you had a channel. Every time I see your videos in my sub box I always watch man. Seriously, don't loose your touch and keep on being awesome. I do hope I get to meet the Rigg Master himself one day though! Take care.
I seen where Ben Heck disabled the lockout chip in the front loader, and removed the lockout on the cart and the game worked. the chip is still there for backwards compatibility.
Do you know what kind or circut board I would use if i wanted to make my own 500 in 1 multi cart for the NES? I'm trying to make a light gun cart for me and my nephews
Wonderful video! I'd love to get my hands on some of these boards especially for those games that take 8 wires. It's so much cheaper to make your own repros. Without the guide of your videos I would have never understood the creation process. The first repro I ever made was Birdweek on a CNROM. If you could do a video on the games that require rewiring that would be great. Thanks for the great content. You deserve millions of subscribers.
Is there a site to buy these or not yet? Gotta love not needing to desolder or wire, lots of extra chips though seems it would add up quickly. Do any of those boards support battery?
I have so many questions. My biggest question is how do you know when to use a capacitor and what to do with the eprom eprom 512k and flash modules in the corner of some of the carts. Can you do one that needs a battery save?
There is a program coming out called NES MAKER it is where you can make games that works on original hardware. How would I tell what board and chips I need
Are any of these PCBs suitable for replacing the originals in the NES cartridges? I have some games that are worn and the PCB edges that contact the slot inside the NES are so thin now that they hardly work anymore. I've even replaced the slot and still they are difficult to make contact properly. I was thinking I'd desolder the chips and drop them on to a fresh PCB
Is there a list of games to board type out there. I am wanting to make a wide range of game types such as Duck Tales and Final Fantasy. Help would be appreciated.
Hi there cool videos I had a qwestion with regards to famicom games I have few thst to haves Goode working probably corrupt or something any way do you know if it’s possible to burn a rom from my computer onto the same cart a rewright the data so it’s not corrupt if you know of any devise or have a video on it I’d love to hear and see more about it thanks gaine look forward to hearing from you
i have a snes game that dont work its mario all stars how can i fix it.i want to learn how to do that i have games that boards are broken...nes....snes.....n64...i keep the games
your a beast bro. I wish I knew how to do this stuff. Theres some games i really want. splatter house comes to mind. so glad your able to save some games.
What type of solder would use recommend for this type of work? My eyes started glazing over when I went to buy some and then saw all of the different types. I also have a USB battery charger to fix. (Plugs into USB port and charges AA/AAA batteries.) It works but they missed soldering one spot so one battery slot is flaky. It doesn't require pairs to be inserted to work. Anyway, I hope to teach myself to solder in the hopes to do console repairs and mods some day.
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games Thanks. I'm a novice with zero experience. When I went to Fry's Electronics last year, they had like 10 different types. I've forgotten the specifics, but looking at the solder that came with a practice kit, I know lead content was one detail. I don't recall if all had a rosin core. How do these differences affect the work being done? I figure there are different types for a reason.
If you're soldering old electronics (or just your own hobby works): lead-tin solder (60/40 and 64/37 both work), rosin flux, preferably multicore, as thin as you can find (0.5mm or even thinner) For newer (ROHS compliant, lead-free) electronics: tin-silver-copper solder, definitely multicore and definitely as thin as you can find. You want as much flux compared to the solder as you can get to make up for the worse wetting characteristics of lead-free solder. Flux is your friend, especially when you're a beginner. It's what makes the solder flow and bind to the copper tracks and component leads. Without flux the solder will just want to ball up on your iron tip and generally go everywhere except where you want it to. You may even want to get a flux pen for really stubborn components. If the solder isn't grabbing, apply liberally and try again. You shouldn't mix leaded and lead free solder when working on a board, but in practice it's not usually that big of a deal. Just make sure you clean off the old solder well with a solder wick or pump. One thing to note is that if you're using wrong tip compared to your solder (leaded vs lead free), the tip on the iron can corrode much faster than usual because the solder attacks the plating. This is not a problem with all tips, but something to be aware of if it happens to you.
Thank you. I originally asked because of a Dreamcast mod I wanted to do - replacing the system battery with a battery holder to make changing batteries easier. I also have a USB AA/AAA battery charger where they forgot to solder a wire to a contact. Fairly new and the only charger I've had that doesn't require batteries to be done in pairs.
Zelda: Legend of Link is an MMC5 game and the boards on this video only go up to MMC3. It would be epic if someone was able to come out with an MMC5 board but I don't think there is an MMC5 clone chip in existence yet unfortunately. Anyone in the know, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Found the blue SNK board in one of my games. That is supposedly one of many 5 screw games that apparently have this done often. I only have one chip that says SNK on it. The rest of the chips say NES. But the blue board is idetical. I have no wires like you said. Just the different looking chip that says SNK and the blue board made or done almost professionally if you ask me.
+xpcoin I have a previous video on where to buy new cases (a couple of options, anyways) and homebrews would go on here the same as any game would. Just use an eprom programmer.
Hello I’m new to the repro scene. I came across flash carts before hand and also ran into the dangers of flash carts. Do reproductions carry the same dangers?
I'm considering making a simple Stranger Things nes game. I think it would be awesome. Only a simple on-the-side project though since I am already busy with another big game project.
i've searched high and low for an answer to this but cant seem to find one: how can i tell the rom type of a hacked NES rom to be able to put it on a Muramasa board? i.e., NROM, CNROM, SxROM, TxROM, UxROM i can pull up rom info in an emulator, but it only tells me Mappertype (0,1,3) but doesnt tell me what board i should use, and being that they're hacks, they dont seem to appear on any datasheet anywhere. is there a way to figure this out another way??
Download the Famirom software. It will tell you the type of board you need for the hack. Furthermore, you're going to need the Famirom in order to split/format your files to be put on Eproms.
Hi John, thanks for these videos , how possible you see to download supermario game in a arduino card and play it with a tft screem, do you believe its almost imposible ?
DenMon 2019 I know there some snes boards like these but i dont have the money to invest in a good writer and the boards. Just wondering if he used them before.
+worldgate989 i have the supplies, but honestly haven't tried it, yet. SNES repros are so cheap if you know where to go ($30-$35) that I've just bought them from friends. I would like to make my own soon, though. When I do, I'll do a video.
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games There is a guy who sells repro boards like the nes ones, pop in chips and solder a few spots to tell what kind of rom it is, and its supposed to work. Just curious if you ever used them.
Let me buy your holy diver you made! Lol but really though I had a question. I bought a modded famicom on eBay that has AV done. But there are lines up and down the screen sorta faded in the background, do you know what that is by chance?
Hi John, great videos---thank you very much for them! I have a question....i just made my first game, using a muramasa TxROM basic board to make Little Samson (for myself). I had a MM3 chip that came from Muramasa and I took a CIC chip off of a "Golf" board. All chips are placed properly too. I split the ROMS and everything seems great. My soldering looks good (I think) and I've checked it over many times. but I don't get any video. I can hear everything working like when I hit the start button or attack, so it seems the game is playing I just don't have video. so is it my soldering, or am I supposed to program the mm3 chip? Or do I have to use a different CIC chip? ...and another question, please....i want to make games for the NES like Summer Carnival '92 w/Pure Hack, new Ghostbusters II, Ducktales 2 with Darkwing 2P hack, and of course Holy diver. Can I use Muramasa boards for these without wiring? Thanks for all the info!
+George Organ I get my eproms from ebay but the boards aren't ready, yet. He's still testing them but I bugged the hell out of him to send me one of each.
Great video! im 12 and ive got into the game collecting community recently, i dont ussually play retro games past N64, im good at building computers and wondering if it would help me make Repros? I kinda wanna make an asssassins creed for NES, thanks!
I really appreciate what your doing John, it always made me cringe when I thought of all those NES games that were being destroyed. Also, when you mentioned using a different label for Dino Peak was nice to hear, too many people thing that slapping a tiny little "repro" mark at the bottom of the label is good enough. I feel like it hurts the hobby if it's not 100% obvious that the game is a reproduction. I've seen a lot of scams that started with good intentions.
+Chris Roberts Exactly. That's also why I change the title screen or put 'repro' somewhere in the game itself, too, that way someone can't just replace their own label. Still, in getting a high-priced game, always ask to see pics of the board.
I have the 150-in-1 Super Games Cartridge that has TONS of great/hard to get NES games (including Little Samson, Flintstones 2, TMNT Tournament Fighters)...just wish it had Holy Diver....I might end up picking up a Holy Diver repro somewhere....OR get the Famicom version since I do own a Famicom system.... EDIT: Just checked the price of Holy Diver on Famicom.....i'll just get the NES Repro LOL
im almost tempted to commission you to make a repro of sweet home for the nes with the fan translations nothing fancy shell wise just a standard would be nice lol but seriously id pay for parts n labor an all that jazz if its a possibility hit me back btw awesome someone is making chips to preserve the scarce supply of the ones needed for certain repro's
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This is amazing John. Great way to keep the hobby going without destroying supply.
This looks like a hobby that I would become addicted to
Same here. ;)
Skot Nealey I’m actually just ordered some boards and I’m gonna start making some repros. I want to open a shop on Etsy.
Skot Nealey I would it's just I don't have enough money or a nes or snes
Me too!!
Riggs! Just thought I'd say that you're one of the people I look up to in the retro gaming community. I'm only 18 and I've been in retro for a bit over 2 years now. I remember I ran into your instagram account out of no where then subscribed here when I found out you had a channel. Every time I see your videos in my sub box I always watch man. Seriously, don't loose your touch and keep on being awesome. I do hope I get to meet the Rigg Master himself one day though! Take care.
+InfamousPeds If you ever make it to the northwest! I'm always at Portland Retro Gaming Expo, Seattle Retro Gaming Expo and more.
what kind of board would i need if i were to add a dip switch to it
I need these for some custom Nes and snes games. I don't want to destroy games so this makes me so happy
I have a question though how does the games work in the system without the nintendo chip inside to bypass the nintendo lockout chip
I seen where Ben Heck disabled the lockout chip in the front loader, and removed the lockout on the cart and the game worked.
the chip is still there for backwards compatibility.
Which board would i need For doing a repro on Star fox 2 The new complete rom?
Red green and blue motherboards are looking cool, especially the red one looks more modern.
Do you know what kind or circut board I would use if i wanted to make my own 500 in 1 multi cart for the NES? I'm trying to make a light gun cart for me and my nephews
Wonderful video! I'd love to get my hands on some of these boards especially for those games that take 8 wires. It's so much cheaper to make your own repros. Without the guide of your videos I would have never understood the creation process. The first repro I ever made was Birdweek on a CNROM. If you could do a video on the games that require rewiring that would be great. Thanks for the great content. You deserve millions of subscribers.
+Logan Romkey@UltraExtremeBombasticGameRoom Thanks buddy! and Birdweek?! What a great game to start with! My first was Space Invaders.
Is there a site to buy these or not yet? Gotta love not needing to desolder or wire, lots of extra chips though seems it would add up quickly. Do any of those boards support battery?
I have so many questions. My biggest question is how do you know when to use a capacitor and what to do with the eprom eprom 512k and flash modules in the corner of some of the carts. Can you do one that needs a battery save?
There is a program coming out called NES MAKER it is where you can make games that works on original hardware. How would I tell what board and chips I need
Are any of these PCBs suitable for replacing the originals in the NES cartridges? I have some games that are worn and the PCB edges that contact the slot inside the NES are so thin now that they hardly work anymore. I've even replaced the slot and still they are difficult to make contact properly. I was thinking I'd desolder the chips and drop them on to a fresh PCB
Thank you, this video was awesome and kudos to your lovely assistant she did a terrific job :3
which one can i use to make a sweet home repro?
I was looking in the web and there are not tutorials to do famicom repros (60 pins boards), just for the american nes cartridges. Suggestions?
I seen he has a NRom and TxRom Basic up, have you heard if he is going to put the SxRom boards up?
how to know what pcb u need for what game?
Would love to buy these boards if they are available
Is there a list of games to board type out there. I am wanting to make a wide range of game types such as Duck Tales and Final Fantasy. Help would be appreciated.
Hi there cool videos I had a qwestion with regards to famicom games I have few thst to haves Goode working probably corrupt or something any way do you know if it’s possible to burn a rom from my computer onto the same cart a rewright the data so it’s not corrupt if you know of any devise or have a video on it I’d love to hear and see more about it thanks gaine look forward to hearing from you
what website or app do i use to make my own nes game and port it to a cart? need help
Where can I buy these at please?!?!
Do they have Famicom PCBs as well?
i have a snes game that dont work its mario all stars how can i fix it.i want to learn how to do that i have games that boards are broken...nes....snes.....n64...i keep the games
Could you add a battery to the SxROM board if you want to use a SNROM game like Final Fantasy or Zelda?
+Mitch Wiedermann Not yet - that's still being tested.
what about adding a battery to the 5v and grd pin on the cartrage
Muramasa says they launch the website in june ... any other website where you cam buy boards? I'd hate to use donor carts..
I would love to know where to buy the AX5904 from!
your a beast bro. I wish I knew how to do this stuff. Theres some games i really want. splatter house comes to mind. so glad your able to save some games.
Hey John, for the NROM, is the 8 pin chip and capacitor included when buying the board? I am making an SMB hack and I want to put it on a cart.
What type of solder would use recommend for this type of work? My eyes started glazing over when I went to buy some and then saw all of the different types. I also have a USB battery charger to fix. (Plugs into USB port and charges AA/AAA batteries.) It works but they missed soldering one spot so one battery slot is flaky. It doesn't require pairs to be inserted to work.
Anyway, I hope to teach myself to solder in the hopes to do console repairs and mods some day.
What works for you! So long as it solders. I get mine from Radio shack.
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games
Thanks.
I'm a novice with zero experience. When I went to Fry's Electronics last year, they had like 10 different types. I've forgotten the specifics, but looking at the solder that came with a practice kit, I know lead content was one detail. I don't recall if all had a rosin core.
How do these differences affect the work being done? I figure there are different types for a reason.
If you're soldering old electronics (or just your own hobby works): lead-tin solder (60/40 and 64/37 both work), rosin flux, preferably multicore, as thin as you can find (0.5mm or even thinner)
For newer (ROHS compliant, lead-free) electronics: tin-silver-copper solder, definitely multicore and definitely as thin as you can find. You want as much flux compared to the solder as you can get to make up for the worse wetting characteristics of lead-free solder.
Flux is your friend, especially when you're a beginner. It's what makes the solder flow and bind to the copper tracks and component leads. Without flux the solder will just want to ball up on your iron tip and generally go everywhere except where you want it to. You may even want to get a flux pen for really stubborn components. If the solder isn't grabbing, apply liberally and try again.
You shouldn't mix leaded and lead free solder when working on a board, but in practice it's not usually that big of a deal. Just make sure you clean off the old solder well with a solder wick or pump. One thing to note is that if you're using wrong tip compared to your solder (leaded vs lead free), the tip on the iron can corrode much faster than usual because the solder attacks the plating. This is not a problem with all tips, but something to be aware of if it happens to you.
Thank you. I originally asked because of a Dreamcast mod I wanted to do - replacing the system battery with a battery holder to make changing batteries easier.
I also have a USB AA/AAA battery charger where they forgot to solder a wire to a contact. Fairly new and the only charger I've had that doesn't require batteries to be done in pairs.
Can any of these boards be used to create Zelda: Legend of Link? If so, which one and what additional capacitors, resistors, etc are required?
Zelda: Legend of Link is an MMC5 game and the boards on this video only go up to MMC3. It would be epic if someone was able to come out with an MMC5 board but I don't think there is an MMC5 clone chip in existence yet unfortunately. Anyone in the know, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
I wish someone would make PCB's for the SMS.
Found the blue SNK board in one of my games. That is supposedly one of many 5 screw games that apparently have this done often. I only have one chip that says SNK on it. The rest of the chips say NES. But the blue board is idetical. I have no wires like you said. Just the different looking chip that says SNK and the blue board made or done almost professionally if you ask me.
how do you get homebrew games on these? and what you do you use for cases?
+xpcoin I have a previous video on where to buy new cases (a couple of options, anyways) and homebrews would go on here the same as any game would. Just use an eprom programmer.
cheers
Would CNROM games work on the NROM boards?
Hello I’m new to the repro scene. I came across flash carts before hand and also ran into the dangers of flash carts. Do reproductions carry the same dangers?
hi :) could you show us how to make atari2600 and videopack2 cartidges?
Do you know when these boards will be publicly available?
Awesome video John!
I'm considering making a simple Stranger Things nes game. I think it would be awesome. Only a simple on-the-side project though since I am already busy with another big game project.
Hello, do you know of a new board that supports SA1 chip? I can not ruin the game for donor.
i've searched high and low for an answer to this but cant seem to find one:
how can i tell the rom type of a hacked NES rom to be able to put it on a Muramasa board? i.e., NROM, CNROM, SxROM, TxROM, UxROM
i can pull up rom info in an emulator, but it only tells me Mappertype (0,1,3) but doesnt tell me what board i should use, and being that they're hacks, they dont seem to appear on any datasheet anywhere. is there a way to figure this out another way??
Download the Famirom software. It will tell you the type of board you need for the hack. Furthermore, you're going to need the Famirom in order to split/format your files to be put on Eproms.
Any way to do a Zelda legend of link on a muramasa board?
Will this fit to the famicom cartridge?
Only with a 72 pin to 60 pin adapter.
Hi John, thanks for these videos , how possible you see to download supermario game in a arduino card and play it with a tft screem, do you believe its almost imposible ?
Awesome video man! Wish I knew how to do things like this!
they manufacture snes boards too?
+AmazinChannel Not yet.
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games i hope they do so :)
where can you get those boards at, the links don't work ???
aliexpress has some
Where can I find those homebrew games? Thanks for the vid!
Have you tried the SNES boards like this? I always wanted to make myself an english trans of bahamut lagoon or final fantasy 5.
How does one go about making a SNES reproduction? I have several roms I'd like to put on a cartridge.
DenMon 2019 I know there some snes boards like these but i dont have the money to invest in a good writer and the boards. Just wondering if he used them before.
+worldgate989 i have the supplies, but honestly haven't tried it, yet. SNES repros are so cheap if you know where to go ($30-$35) that I've just bought them from friends. I would like to make my own soon, though. When I do, I'll do a video.
John Riggs: RIGG'd Games There is a guy who sells repro boards like the nes ones, pop in chips and solder a few spots to tell what kind of rom it is, and its supposed to work. Just curious if you ever used them.
I love crazy eyes makes me smile every time
This is amazing, will keep an eye out for this! :)
Muramasa isn't making more TLROM basic boards 😫
Awesome video. Just made my first repro.
Let me buy your holy diver you made! Lol but really though I had a question. I bought a modded famicom on eBay that has AV done. But there are lines up and down the screen sorta faded in the background, do you know what that is by chance?
Great tutorial, do they have the same kind of boards also for SNES? (so no wiring involved)
Nice boards there John! Where does the battery fit on the boards, backside?
+Fraspe He hasn't made boards with batteries yet, but he said he's working on it.
Hi John, great videos---thank you very much for them! I have a question....i just made my first game, using a muramasa TxROM basic board to make Little Samson (for myself). I had a MM3 chip that came from Muramasa and I took a CIC chip off of a "Golf" board. All chips are placed properly too. I split the ROMS and everything seems great. My soldering looks good (I think) and I've checked it over many times. but I don't get any video. I can hear everything working like when I hit the start button or attack, so it seems the game is playing I just don't have video. so is it my soldering, or am I supposed to program the mm3 chip? Or do I have to use a different CIC chip?
...and another question, please....i want to make games for the NES like Summer Carnival '92 w/Pure Hack, new Ghostbusters II, Ducktales 2 with Darkwing 2P hack, and of course Holy diver. Can I use Muramasa boards for these without wiring? Thanks for all the info!
Hi man! I'm new to all this.. What do you program to the CIC?? Or which donor cart should I use for Mother Zero?
Thnx!
It's always nice to not destroy any games! Nice boards!
Will this be okay to store your own developed game in that stuff?
trying to make a urom mario bros with repo x board
how do you load the ROM on the board? I really like what you do ^_^
Any eprom programmer should do. I use a Top3000 as it can do NES, Genesis and SNES.
cool and thanks for replying :)
Would Muramasa consider making KONAMI-VRC-4 compatible ROM boards? :)
Do u sell repos😵😵..
Thanks for the vid could you please let us know where to buy the chips and boards!?😀
+George Organ I get my eproms from ebay but the boards aren't ready, yet. He's still testing them but I bugged the hell out of him to send me one of each.
How do you do to put your romhacks on physical rom ?
cool I want to start making repros so this will help
Great video! im 12 and ive got into the game collecting community recently, i dont ussually play retro games past N64, im good at building computers and wondering if it would help me make Repros? I kinda wanna make an asssassins creed for NES, thanks!
you need to start using flux for you dont bridge your solder
it would be great if muramasa made some boards for the gameboy also.
p.s
Your channel is awesome.
+bruce wayne Agreed! and thanks!
+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games He's got gameboy boards in the works.
+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games I was at his house when he was finishing up the design is how I know that.
I really appreciate what your doing John, it always made me cringe when I thought of all those NES games that were being destroyed. Also, when you mentioned using a different label for Dino Peak was nice to hear, too many people thing that slapping a tiny little "repro" mark at the bottom of the label is good enough. I feel like it hurts the hobby if it's not 100% obvious that the game is a reproduction. I've seen a lot of scams that started with good intentions.
+Chris Roberts Exactly. That's also why I change the title screen or put 'repro' somewhere in the game itself, too, that way someone can't just replace their own label. Still, in getting a high-priced game, always ask to see pics of the board.
I have the 150-in-1 Super Games Cartridge that has TONS of great/hard to get NES games (including Little Samson, Flintstones 2, TMNT Tournament Fighters)...just wish it had Holy Diver....I might end up picking up a Holy Diver repro somewhere....OR get the Famicom version since I do own a Famicom system....
EDIT: Just checked the price of Holy Diver on Famicom.....i'll just get the NES Repro LOL
thats sooo gnarly i wish i knew how to do shit like that my aDD is to active for that level of focus lol dope video tho
im almost tempted to commission you to make a repro of sweet home for the nes with the fan translations nothing fancy shell wise just a standard would be nice lol but seriously id pay for parts n labor an all that jazz if its a possibility hit me back btw awesome someone is making chips to preserve the scarce supply of the ones needed for certain repro's
+shadowtheoblivious Most who can do repros will be happy to do a Sweet Home for you - either me or anyone.
+John Riggs: RIGG'd Games neat well it wont be right away but i'll keep in touch an all lol have a good evening riggs
Oi muito bom 👍gosto muito desses vídeos..
For christs sake someone needs to make a pcb specifically for The Legend of Link, $100 for a reproduction cart is insane.
+Jake “Zebular” F That's the damn truth!
Man, I wanted to make my own custom repros, I just bought an EEPROM flasher... Then I realized, I don't have an NES XD
THO games I would buy a super retro trio it has nes SNes and genis I think it can play repos without modding
5:00 anyone else notice 'ERPOM'?
*ERPOM 512KB* xD
get a crt
Please pm me