It's Critter Time!

I do a few basic console mods here and there.
I have a modded AGS101, a few IPS swapped GBAs, and also a bunch of stuff that isn't consoles like iPods and keyboards.

Here are 2 of my most recent little projects!
Went to a little retro convention and picked up a genuine JP-white for only $30!
It was a little rough but I cleaned it up super nice and gave it new contacts as well as new buttons in my colours. Also modded the sticks to sit a little higher.
Also did a transparent DS lite.

Throw your modding projects in this thread too!

I installed a mod in my NES that lets Famicom games continue to have any extra audio they originally had, though that's not the kind of thing that results in a fancy picture (and it's literally just soldering in one resistor.) Still cool to have when I want to use it to play music.

I have modded my Wii in the past (the process was pretty fun, ngl!), and I have a couple plans to mod my Wii U, and see about modding a Xbox 360 using RGH when I figure out how to solder (though I might tinker around with BadUpdate a bit before permanently hardmodding it)

Most I've done with modding physical hardware is crack open my old Switch joycons and replace the joysticks with hall effect sticks.

It was worth doing for the experience, but I can't actually say I feel much difference on them haha.

HakariSquish wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:49 am Also did a transparent DS lite.

This looks really nice, love it!

CrypticNoodle wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 6:16 pm I have modded my Wii in the past (the process was pretty fun, ngl!), and I have a couple plans to mod my Wii U

I went through softmodding my Wii U, and redid it all over again in order to get Pretendo working, which works very solidly so far; granted, I've only tried the network functions and Mario Kart 8, but any hiccups have been minor. The main issue is that the games it supports are relatively limited, but a number of the first-party big names are there, which I imagine is what most people are there for.

Ooh. HakariSquish, that is an excellent transparent DS Lite!


So, I've been working on, and need to get back into, modding the video output on a PC Engine I've got with the TurboNanza video mod, though I've also been working on creating a full set of breakouts for the mini-DIN-style 10-pin Sega Saturn AV mod. Reason being, I wanna try pulling Luma / Y from S-Video (Y/C) -- then convert RGBS into YPbPr, pull Pb and Pr from there -- and then I should hopefully have YPbPr with accurate Y values. I do also have a YPbPr-to-RGBS converter, too, if I so wanted.

But yeah, beforehand, I had built a little RGBS buffer board on a breadboard. I'd meant to transfer it to a more-reliable hand-soldered protoboard, but then there came reporting on the Luma-adjusted values on the PC Engine, and then later the much-better TurboNanza mod.


I also have long had an NESRGB board, v1.4 -- though it's only recently that I've become much more confident in my desoldering skills. Now that I do feel more confident (such that I was able to remove the little RF box from the PC Engine), I may actually try it!


And I do also want to install an S-Video mod into an Atari 7800 I got, so that I can finally play the cartridge of Rikki & Vikki that I got a while back.

HakariSquish wrote: Sun Jul 13, 2025 10:49 am Also did a transparent DS lite.

That DS is so damn rad. I love transparent handhelds and tech.

It's fascinating what people can do with their handhelds! So many aesthetic mods for them, and it makes sense to truly personalise something you're able to take around with you everywhere!

My modding takes the more mundane route however, simply improving the functionality and versatility of the system while keeping the feeling of it still being stock.

I've done a whole lot of it though! Mostly region mods, but some systems have other bonus features which can be added!

I've put a:
NESRGB inside my Famicom and NES,
N64RGB and UltraPIF region mod inside my N64,
SuperCIC into my SNES,
RGB mod into my PC Engine Interface Unit,
region-free BIOS mod into my Dreamcast,
X-Station into my PS1,
50/60Hz switch and FM mod into my Master System,
50/60Hz switch, dual-frequency oscillator (to make both NTSC and PAL games play at exactly the correct refresh rate), FRAM save memory mod, region-free BIOS and Phantom modchip into my Saturn,
and my pride and joy...
a region switch and dual-frequency oscillator into my Mega Drive, along with an automatic 50/60Hz switching board in my 32X, and a (region-free) MultiBIOS in my Mega CD, so that the BIOS version always matches the region the Mega Drive is switched to, and then also, an FRAM mod, which has a different memory bank selected for each region too, creating what is essentially a "stock" form each of the three Mega Drive regions inside one single console!