Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Already in 2026 and I haven't posted yet...

Yeah... I've been both busy with life and exhausted with it's aftermath. Anyway, here's what's been going on.

I managed to finish that Game Gear before the end of last year. I bought a Game Gear flash cart from Aliexpress that's based more or less on the Everdrive. I may invest in a proper Game Gear Everdrive, but it's not high on my list. the one I bought works good enough.

I also ordered an NESRGB clone called the LAVA RGB from Aliexpress at the same time. The plan is to install this thing on a spare FL NES that I had hanging out, with a Nintendo Multi-out connector for all the connections. I've tested this NES and it kinda works. It's all down to the 72 pin ZIF connector. I've tried pulling the pins on the connector, but it only helped a little. I ordered a Ninten-Drawer (similar to the BLW that I installed a while ago, but the BLW isn't available anymore) to test it and make sure the board is working. 

There are a few more projects that will happen this year, including a possible revival and modification of an Atari Lynx II that I got, as well as a revamp of a Neo Geo Pocket Color. There's also another Gamecube I might work on, giving it full HDMI and Picoboot, so it can play games from both discs and SD cards...or I might get lazy and just install another ODE in it.

Easier tasks that I can do are internal dusting and shell cleaning of a super slim PS3 that I got, maybe softmodding it with a larger hard drive in it. I do need to mod my son's Gameboy as well, but that should be an easy drop in project. 

I've also set some goals for myself for the year, one of them is trying to finish a game a month. As it's almost the end of January, I need to get on it. 

Hopefully I'll be posting more as time permits. Stay tuned!