Your soothing voice helped me make my first SA-1 transplant, learning some nice soldering techniques in the process. It was a magical session the likes of which I hadn't experienced since that time I watched your NESRGB video and had the PPU simply fall out on desoldering the last pin. Oh, and thanks for the 1Mbit SRAM part info. Good stuff.
The BOSS RUSH at the end of the game is still one of the most insane things I've ever beaten as a kid. I would argue it actually makes the game easier though.
Never hurts to put some flux on the pins between the preheating and hot-air desoldering. The oxide is a fairly good thermal insulator so adding flux helps heat get into the metal.
"You smell that? You Smell that?! I love the smell of Flux first thing in the morning." Worth noting Voultar's method for removing chips is one of the easiest methods. Be warned, being heavy handed will break things. If your new to soldering/desoldering - PRACTICE before atempting by using old tech to learn how to remove components correctly, AND how not to... (You'll understand) and DON'T Skip the Flux ! Thanks V
If you want to make your cart revertible, you can tape the mask ROM to the inside of the front shell, and store the label behind the back of the PCB. Use a hairdryer, not a heat gun, to loosen the adhesive on the label so as not to burn it. Non stick paper like a used sticker sheet can keep the adhesive from drying out.
He didn’t mention the reason why to use that heat gun in motion,but i guess he did that to avoid that plastic from the chip getting melted accidentally.
I never liked to play games, but I just can't miss any of your videos. Your soldering is outstanding and it's something I do on a daily basis. Keep it up!
I am not convinced anyone in history has ever booted a PGA Tour 96 cart. There probably isn't even a game on it. It was just a ploy to make shelves look densely populated, a feature which still works in thrift stores and pawnshops today. Of course, that will probably mean in 5 more years it will be ultra rare. Seriously, this is just amazing. It wasn't too long ago that someone coding a game to work with specific cart hardware, and being able to put that on custom pcb adapter in a real cart seemed more like fantasy than reality.
I'm not saying he's bad, but if you think that's the best soldering on youtube you haven't watched much soldering on youtube. Still very well done - don't get me wrong.
@@Power-Wiesel no doubt there are more professionals on youtube and yes i havent watched much but wen i started to get into soldering for pcb modding etc, i found a handful of videos that were helpful but Voultar's ones were what I was looking for in terms of techniques I could use and adopt as I had no clue to what I was doing, every video he puts out is like soldering pr0n, mainly due to my interest in what he is doing, im sure i wont get the same reaction watching someone soldering 2 wires together.. anyhow its just an opinion of mine, it wasnt meant to be taken literally. =)
"Mini Yonku Shining Scorpion - Let's & Go!!" is the cart he uses and will work just fine too. I find it easier to come by than the other two JPN carts suggested. Going to try this mod ASAP.
I have a couple boards and the needed parts, I just need to do the mod. I am not thrilled about the boards I got from OSH Park as some of the half vias where the board was cut don’t go all the way through, however they may not be needed anyway.
Slowdown really isn’t an issue to me at all, it in fact makes the game easier because if it runs too fast, you are sure to crash. I went through 3 stages without dying thanks to it! Haven’t beat the entire game yet (p.s. I beat the first one on NES), but I definitely plan to. But I guess if you want to experience the whole thing without “lag”, this is the way to go. Otherwise no problems here. Very solid game overall.
This is really cool I’ve actually considered doing some thing like this myself. Although I would not have cut the legs on that chip. I would’ve simply laid them flat instead. Although it does look like there are holes on the other side they’re just covered and filled in with solder you could wick it out easily.
It's not obligatory but wicking the pads flat tends to make it a *lot* easier to place your component correctly. The solder domes tend to make things really want to slide out of position plus your component probably won't sit flush to the board.
Well according to Wikipedia there was about 34 games (mostly japanese) that started using the SA-1 chip in 1995-1997, probably because the 10.74 MHz chip was cheap enough to put in game cartridges by then, but the SNES was already seeing its last year til the N64 came out.
I dunno tho. Dat slowdown when 100 different things are flyin’ around the screen all around you and you think there’s no chance you’re gonna be able to process it all and dodge to survive- it’s like bullet time or the matrix- something about that is totally awesome when you finally feel the relief of the screen clearing up and the game speed returning to normal. How can anyone feel like the slowdown isn’t just part of this game?
Makes me wonder if one day they'll just clone the snes security chip and have 100% diy solutions with a mcu handling this, but it was also calming listening to the pro solder and such.
Fantastic, I'm gonna have to give this a go as this is probably top 3 games of all time for me. I played this all summer long at my aunts house as a kid for probably 6 summers in a row =D
I've decided to follow along and try to make repros following Voultar's guides. Fork PGA Tour 96.... but my copy from ebay came with SHVC-1L3B-01. I also got a copy of "Mini Shiku Shining Scorpion Ready & Go" as shown in this video. Will also try recommended sram module. Edit: I really should have read the video description!
@@adventureoflinkmk2 If you think about it, it would make sense that this could be used in alot of title s where slowdown is a killer, perhaps Choujikuu Yousai Macross - Scrambled Valkyrie would be a great candidate as that was one super shooter to be sure.
A bit of advice when using one of those cheap chinese hot air stations. You don't want to turn it off suddenly, the residual heat will shorten the life span of the plastic case. Instead, put the gun down on the rest, it has a magnetic switch that will turn the heating element off but keep blowing air to cool it down. When under 100 celsius, it will turn itself off. They are otherwise great for the price.
Genuinely, if I had any say at companies like Capcom, Konami, etc, I would release official versions of some of their classic beloved SNES games again done just like this, with the slowdown/flicker fixed, and let SNES owners experience them officially in all their glory. I'm sure they'd sell enough copies to make it profitable. And, just how cool would that be! Also, technically, because they'd be official games for the actual SNES, it would then be possible for SNES fans to have even more ammo to argue the SNES was superior to the Genesis (not saying the Genesis wasn't also awesome by the way) because pretty much the only area where the SNES fell short of the Genesis technically would now be fixed. Bonus, and one more piece of fuel for the ongoing 16-bit consoles wars! lol
Bob Ross: Now let's just add some mountains *Does so in 3 seconds* Voultar: Now let's just solder on this chip *Does so in 3 seconds* Me: Okay, it's only 3 wires i can do this... *10 minutes go by* *More charcoal than solder* Me: Voultar would be proud
Great to see a cartridge of Gradius III (donor anyway) running with a SA-1! However, I have a question; what are your thoughts on verified 100% accurate emulators such as BSNES and Higan?
...but it is so worth the effort. Now if only that Vitor guy could add in the lost arcade content to the SNES/NSFC port of Gradius III, as well as modify two versions of Super R-Type, and get the Game Boy Color port of the R-Type games, and build legitimate R-Type I and II ports to the SNES, then I would be happy. Moreover, I am convinced that Vitor has figured out a way to make an SNES/NSFC act more like a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive...so arcade perfect ports of Final Fight, Captain Commando, Knights of the Round, TMNT IV: Turtles in Time, The King of Dragons, Super Ghouls 'N' Ghosts, and tons more improved games, anyone?
5:20 Your "masturbatory tweezers"!? hahahahahahahaha This video is great. You have Negativland's sense of humor. This is also very informative. Excellent technique and finesse.
nice work! ^^ TheRealPhoenix did great adapters indeed :) Was wondering, any good and "relatively cheap" UV eraser you'd recommend ? (I'm based in France but I guess it'd be helpful for anyone based anywhere) Thanks!
greetings from Argentina!!! excellent video. I love electronics and your videos are inspiring. for more videos and excellent channel !!! for more successes !!!
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Bob Ross of Soldering.
Well put
"Souldering" according to Voultar
@@BluCanti According to most people
Facts!
I was right about to comment that. The skill and the positivity are so great.
I'll never do anything with legacy hardware but I love watching you implement the hardware mods. Super props to good solder habits and technique.
Your soothing voice helped me make my first SA-1 transplant, learning some nice soldering techniques in the process. It was a magical session the likes of which I hadn't experienced since that time I watched your NESRGB video and had the PPU simply fall out on desoldering the last pin. Oh, and thanks for the 1Mbit SRAM part info. Good stuff.
Voultar sounds like a less angry Louis Rossmann
Man, your videos are hypnotizing, outstanding soldering technique! And Vitor basically just repaired what Konami couldn't, big respect for you guys!
Peers: "Did you see the game last night?"
Me: "No...but I did see a guy do a clean SA-1 mod to a Gradius III cart 😐 🔥'
The BOSS RUSH at the end of the game is still one of the most insane things I've ever beaten as a kid. I would argue it actually makes the game easier though.
Knowing you watch voultar makes you my second favorite youtuber.
He also watches RetroTech.
I'd argue the high-speed stage that comes before is much more frustrating.
Always so satisfying to see those bright shiny pads of solder.
Never hurts to put some flux on the pins between the preheating and hot-air desoldering. The oxide is a fairly good thermal insulator so adding flux helps heat get into the metal.
do more of these. I love seeing upgraded carts.
"You smell that? You Smell that?! I love the smell of Flux first thing in the morning."
Worth noting Voultar's method for removing chips is one of the easiest methods. Be warned, being heavy handed will break things. If your new to soldering/desoldering - PRACTICE before atempting by using old tech to learn how to remove components correctly, AND how not to... (You'll understand) and DON'T Skip the Flux !
Thanks V
I was hoping to see a video like this come out after reading about the hack if nothing more than to see it done. Super cool.
If you want to make your cart revertible, you can tape the mask ROM to the inside of the front shell, and store the label behind the back of the PCB. Use a hairdryer, not a heat gun, to loosen the adhesive on the label so as not to burn it. Non stick paper like a used sticker sheet can keep the adhesive from drying out.
Man if Voultar actually made content he would have over a million subs.
Yooo, I didn't know you watched Voultar
I cant be the only one who noticed all that solder that got on the board when he pulled the chip off?
He didn’t mention the reason why to use that heat gun in motion,but i guess he did that to avoid that plastic from the chip getting melted accidentally.
As someone who knows nothing about old Nintendo hardware, electronics, or soldering, I enjoy watching these videos!
Man, you motivate, inspire, and believe it or not, encourage me as well. Thanks for existing!
You are a hero sir! Been dreaming of playing this without slowdown since day 1
I never liked to play games, but I just can't miss any of your videos. Your soldering is outstanding and it's something I do on a daily basis. Keep it up!
You don't solder on a daily basis, just crash. You're a bad browser and should feel bad.
:c
@@hussssshie :P
Awesome that problems like this are being solved. Has some pretty big implications
I didn't know this was a thing, pretty cool, both the software and the hardware modding.
Super cool! Cart soldering mods feel so freaking cyberpunk!
Looking forward to that flash-cat with the dip 42 16 bit rom adapter!
I am not convinced anyone in history has ever booted a PGA Tour 96 cart. There probably isn't even a game on it. It was just a ploy to make shelves look densely populated, a feature which still works in thrift stores and pawnshops today. Of course, that will probably mean in 5 more years it will be ultra rare. Seriously, this is just amazing. It wasn't too long ago that someone coding a game to work with specific cart hardware, and being able to put that on custom pcb adapter in a real cart seemed more like fantasy than reality.
the best soldering on youtube, just awesome
I'm not saying he's bad, but if you think that's the best soldering on youtube you haven't watched much soldering on youtube. Still very well done - don't get me wrong.
@@Power-Wiesel no doubt there are more professionals on youtube and yes i havent watched much but wen i started to get into soldering for pcb modding etc, i found a handful of videos that were helpful but Voultar's ones were what I was looking for in terms of techniques I could use and adopt as I had no clue to what I was doing, every video he puts out is like soldering pr0n, mainly due to my interest in what he is doing, im sure i wont get the same reaction watching someone soldering 2 wires together.. anyhow its just an opinion of mine, it wasnt meant to be taken literally. =)
Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts would really benefit from this. Also Super R-Type.
Oh, absolutely. Vitor (the person responsible for this Gradius SA-1 patch) is actually working on BOTH of those titles to receive the same treatment!
"Mini Yonku Shining Scorpion - Let's & Go!!" is the cart he uses and will work just fine too. I find it easier to come by than the other two JPN carts suggested. Going to try this mod ASAP.
Did you have any luck? I'm thinking of trying it on a SHVC-1L5B-10 board, but it has 256K SRAM. I wonder if it will work.
I have a couple boards and the needed parts, I just need to do the mod. I am not thrilled about the boards I got from OSH Park as some of the half vias where the board was cut don’t go all the way through, however they may not be needed anyway.
i never looked at it but after you say the battery nintendo uses is a maxter now i watch for it
I was amazed by your solder techniques.
Slowdown really isn’t an issue to me at all, it in fact makes the game easier because if it runs too fast, you are sure to crash. I went through 3 stages without dying thanks to it! Haven’t beat the entire game yet (p.s. I beat the first one on NES), but I definitely plan to. But I guess if you want to experience the whole thing without “lag”, this is the way to go. Otherwise no problems here. Very solid game overall.
just bought a hot air smd rework station!!! Now my tools are essentially complete and i gotta do voultar things
Holy shit man...
I wish I had 1 tenth of your soldering ability... GG on a perfectly done cartridge!
Thanks so much for your support.
I wish i had known about some of your soldering videos about 8 years ago but I suppose its never too late to get back to learning huh.
This is really cool I’ve actually considered doing some thing like this myself. Although I would not have cut the legs on that chip. I would’ve simply laid them flat instead. Although it does look like there are holes on the other side they’re just covered and filled in with solder you could wick it out easily.
It's not obligatory but wicking the pads flat tends to make it a *lot* easier to place your component correctly. The solder domes tend to make things really want to slide out of position plus your component probably won't sit flush to the board.
yes & thank you, lord voultar
Contra 3 SA-1 is out, time to make a cart for it.
Lets hope Super GnG is the next on queue!
I give a sh*t about golf video games. But not PGA Tour 96 on the Super Nintendo.
Tiger Woods 2004 is so much fun, especially character customization. :)
That soldering job was so fucking satisfying to watch!!!
Thank goodness you made this video after the news came out!
Well according to Wikipedia there was about 34 games (mostly japanese) that started using the SA-1 chip in 1995-1997, probably because the 10.74 MHz chip was cheap enough to put in game cartridges by then, but the SNES was already seeing its last year til the N64 came out.
PGA Tour Golf '96 prices skyrocketing in... 3... 2... 1...
I dunno tho. Dat slowdown when 100 different things are flyin’ around the screen all around you and you think there’s no chance you’re gonna be able to process it all and dodge to survive- it’s like bullet time or the matrix- something about that is totally awesome when you finally feel the relief of the screen clearing up and the game speed returning to normal.
How can anyone feel like the slowdown isn’t just part of this game?
Makes me wonder if one day they'll just clone the snes security chip and have 100% diy solutions with a mcu handling this, but it was also calming listening to the pro solder and such.
love watching you build stuff
Shout out to TheRealPhoenix, i've used his pcb design for a StarFox 2 Repro! Thanks Voultar and Phoenix!
I wonder if the StarFox 2 reproduction cartridge is a one to one version of the version of StarFox 2 that is found on the official SNES/NSFC Mini?
Pax Humana Yes, it’s a dump of the SNES Mini Version
The donor cart may be legacy hardware that some may covet... but you made it better, faster, stronger.... so F it. Nice work.
awesome, your soldering work is such satisfying to watch
Fantastic, I'm gonna have to give this a go as this is probably top 3 games of all time for me. I played this all summer long at my aunts house as a kid for probably 6 summers in a row =D
instant like at 2:57
02:50 . Classic Voultar. Love you man. LMAO!
Gradius III is one of my favorite games. Love to see you working on it while playing those tunes
i prefer space megaforce myself
I'm not sure I've ever seen soldering look so easy. Looks like my kid could do it.
I've decided to follow along and try to make repros following Voultar's guides. Fork PGA Tour 96.... but my copy from ebay came with SHVC-1L3B-01. I also got a copy of "Mini Shiku Shining Scorpion Ready & Go" as shown in this video. Will also try recommended sram module. Edit: I really should have read the video description!
Can we have r type 3 + sa1 ??
I might try this, I have that exact same SFC game. It was part of a junk lot.
OMG , i have to do this one! i love gradius games so this is a must! , thanks for the great tutorial lord voultar!
Top work... If in doubt, add more flux!
I may try this with my copy of Gradius 3
oooo we get to see it run, noice.
Wasn't this also done for Super Ghouls 'N Ghosts to remove the slodown on that game too?
I've heard of someone doing it to Super Mario World too
@@adventureoflinkmk2 If you think about it, it would make sense that this could be used in alot of title s where slowdown is a killer, perhaps Choujikuu Yousai Macross - Scrambled Valkyrie would be a great candidate as that was one super shooter to be sure.
@@sethrd999 I agree.. I also thought these titles had to be written with SA1 in mind, guess not. Apparently with SA1 anything goes
@@adventureoflinkmk2 Interestingly I still have my SNK ( front far east ) super cart device 24Mbit ( Wildcard ) .
Yes, it was an IPS patch. Not entirely sure why that one worked without the addition of the SA-1 though... Maybe just some better code ops
So soothing.
A bit of advice when using one of those cheap chinese hot air stations. You don't want to turn it off suddenly, the residual heat will shorten the life span of the plastic case. Instead, put the gun down on the rest, it has a magnetic switch that will turn the heating element off but keep blowing air to cool it down. When under 100 celsius, it will turn itself off. They are otherwise great for the price.
Thank you Voultar, very cool
Yes... YES!!!
I played this game so much ( emulator only tho ) and sometimes the slowdown is real.
Great job man. Cool AF.
Hell yeah, there it is!
Genuinely, if I had any say at companies like Capcom, Konami, etc, I would release official versions of some of their classic beloved SNES games again done just like this, with the slowdown/flicker fixed, and let SNES owners experience them officially in all their glory. I'm sure they'd sell enough copies to make it profitable. And, just how cool would that be! Also, technically, because they'd be official games for the actual SNES, it would then be possible for SNES fans to have even more ammo to argue the SNES was superior to the Genesis (not saying the Genesis wasn't also awesome by the way) because pretty much the only area where the SNES fell short of the Genesis technically would now be fixed. Bonus, and one more piece of fuel for the ongoing 16-bit consoles wars! lol
A sight of beauty as always. Thank you for the wonderful work!
Bob Ross: Now let's just add some mountains *Does so in 3 seconds*
Voultar: Now let's just solder on this chip *Does so in 3 seconds*
Me: Okay, it's only 3 wires i can do this... *10 minutes go by* *More charcoal than solder*
Me: Voultar would be proud
I sense I'll be trying this in the very near future...
Great to see a cartridge of Gradius III (donor anyway) running with a SA-1! However, I have a question; what are your thoughts on verified 100% accurate emulators such as BSNES and Higan?
I use the same 858D hot air station. It's legit.
I love the way you talk. Clear and concise without sounding like Sesame Street.. Like MLIG.
Great video 👍
This video inspired me to do things which I felt was impossible.
this blew my mind
Can I just say, I'm excited when you release a video as it makes that little part of my OCD happy haha
A bit of flux will help the solder on the chip legs melt. And if it's silver based stuff, adding in leaded solder.
you make soldering look so easy! I need to get a test rig to learn :/
Seems like a lot of work for Gradius 3!
...but it is so worth the effort. Now if only that Vitor guy could add in the lost arcade content to the SNES/NSFC port of Gradius III, as well as modify two versions of Super R-Type, and get the Game Boy Color port of the R-Type games, and build legitimate R-Type I and II ports to the SNES, then I would be happy. Moreover, I am convinced that Vitor has figured out a way to make an SNES/NSFC act more like a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive...so arcade perfect ports of Final Fight, Captain Commando, Knights of the Round, TMNT IV: Turtles in Time, The King of Dragons, Super Ghouls 'N' Ghosts, and tons more improved games, anyone?
I find your lack of flux concerning
TRUTH. If you've got to use a donor cart, best to use the cart of a game that literally nobody gives two fucks about.
5:20 Your "masturbatory tweezers"!? hahahahahahahaha This video is great. You have Negativland's sense of humor. This is also very informative. Excellent technique and finesse.
LOL
Amazing soldering!!!
you should do in in depth video about how to solder
nice work! ^^
TheRealPhoenix did great adapters indeed :)
Was wondering, any good and "relatively cheap" UV eraser you'd recommend ? (I'm based in France but I guess it'd be helpful for anyone based anywhere)
Thanks!
Oh cool, I can enter that weird trance state at BLINDINGLY FAST SPEED
2:48 Instant sub
Thank for the fun and informative video. You sound like a really cool guy!
Any reason you didn't socket the 27C322 for future SA-1 hacks?
Cool video man, really enjoyed that one
good job! only one thing i dont like about this hard soldering the ep-rom to cartridge :/ Use a socket for easy removability ^^
Has anybody told you, that you are the Bob Ross of soldering? oh whoops!
was it not possible to fit a socket?. Just in case you need to reprogram in future
"nobody gives a 🤬 about golf"
Damn right, have this like.
greetings from Argentina!!! excellent video. I love electronics and your videos are inspiring. for more videos and excellent channel !!! for more successes !!!
Plz plz voultar where can i found the prototype dip 42 for the flashcatusb programmer
11:23 and thats how you take the EEP out of EEPROM
it's an EPROM so you could still erase it without the legs. i guess that makes it an EROM.
How come you need to use one of the large EEPROM chips instead of your smaller kits that you sell at your store for this?
Great commentary as always
IS62C1024AL-35QLI-TR has 32 pins. PGA Tour 96 has 28 pin SRAM. Anyone know what do do with the spare address lines A13-16?
Go to my Twatter, look at my latest pics. I made a diagram a few weeks ago, very EZ!