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Hi and nice collection.

With the lockout mod (I have also done this one) yes you can play US and JPN games but they wont have the exact correct timing (as i understand).

bartekmalysz wrote: 15 Jul 2020 14:11

Steve wrote: 12 Jul 2020 13:21 * Opposite to what they say, I socketed both the CPU and PPU. This just required removing some plastic from the base of the unit for the increased chip height. Reason being, so I can easily change between PAL or NTSC by swapping chips.

Can't you just do jumper wires to disable chip? This way you can play all regions without need to open it up.



PM with details of your mod, interested in what you got there.

The mod of removing leg 4 of the lockout chip doesn't change the frequency of the games between 50 / 60hz, it just allows them to run. To swap between pal 50hz and NTSC 60hz you have to swap the CPU, PPU and crystal. I guess you could piggy-back the chips and enable/disable them via the VCC pin but the stack would be too high when combined with the NesRGB board I installed.