Comment on Mario Bros and I Were Born in '85, This is What I Bought For Our 40th B-Day This Year
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My American toploader has those really grating vertical lines running through the picture - as all of them did apparently. It was a rare known defect that Nintendo just rolled with rather than recalling and fixing them. I’m still a little bit salty about it.
These days I play through other means, but I definitely understand wanting to use original hardware.
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
At the time, if you bought a new US toploader then complained to Nintendo about the video quality, they would replace it with a revision with no jailbars. There’s also a very rare US toploader with the composite AV port and no jailbars!
consolemods.org/wiki/NES:NES_Model_Differences
wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
It’s baffling to me why the toploader didn’t have AV ports in the first place. Hell, the US NES had them, I don’t see why they went with RF only on the first release. I wasn’t even aware of that fact until I looked into getting one, I always assumed the NES Control Deck had them.
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I never even thought to do that. I was angry that their previously-perfect track record for quality hardware hadn’t carried over to that purchase as well. I did exchange my first unit for a second new one, but obviously it was no better.
I still have it. I don’t use it, so I’m going to sell it in the near future.
wolfinthewoods@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
I’ve read that it’s fairly easy to AV mod those US toploaders. I’ve seen people mention it online. Although, I know it requires some simple sodering to do. There are also RGB mods out there for it as well.
PlasticExistence@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Which is what makes it valuable enough to sell. There is an HDMI mod too.
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Remember Craigslist? I got a toploader for $40 with games because it had been stepped on and crushed! Some Bondo, paint, AV mod…
Toploader not recommended if you like to use Game Genie.
RGB mod: It’s expensive IIRC because you need to replace the PPU (video chip) entirely with one from an arcade board or a modern FPGA reproduction.