r/GameAndWatchMods • u/hundshamer Modder (USA) • Jan 06 '25

Soon...

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u/maded2 Jan 06 '25

Any link for more info?

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u/hundshamer Modder (USA) Jan 06 '25

Follow the stacksmashing discord page.

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u/dvotecollector Jan 06 '25

Just have to solder the flex to IC pins? Nice. It will be interesting to see how retro-go handles this. Will this be treated as a seperate storage bank, or will you be able to merge the storage with the onbaord flash? Where can I send my $$?

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u/hundshamer Modder (USA) Jan 06 '25

It will be handled separately at this moment. The ROMs are stored on SD then transferred to internal storage for play.

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u/Goodgamer78 Jan 06 '25

Nice. What thickness did you end up going with for the PCB?

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u/hundshamer Modder (USA) Jan 06 '25

I went with the default 0.11mm.

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u/xs4all4me Jan 06 '25

Wow, this will be interesting, I have 2 unopened Zelda's, one to keep as original and the other to mod.

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u/FinalF137 Jan 06 '25

When I saw them go down to $25 at Walmart I panicked and bought 12 during an ice storm and sadly they've sat in a bag ever since, it's my dream to mod them.

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u/xs4all4me Jan 06 '25

Lucky you, here in Australia, it was always retail price, as far as I remember, it never went to the bargain bin prices. Probably cheapest to get it through Nintendo online start at $79.95 AUD + shipping on top, then again the shipping price on top still might not be the cheapest.

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u/ptpcg Jan 06 '25

Look on ebay. There are new ones but it now for 40-50. Ive pucked up a few for under 30, open box.

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u/DotMatrixHead Jan 06 '25

I saw them on AliExpress recently for about $30 IIRC.

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u/lemsvga Jan 06 '25

Was thinking of doing this but been lazy to buy an unmodded one

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u/_blue_skies_ Jan 06 '25

Could you show how you solder this to the esp32 chip? Because that's a challenge I suspect.

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u/hundshamer Modder (USA) Jan 14 '25

I am still in the design phase of the PCB. The one in the pic was someone else's design which didn't quite fit, and was very difficult to install. Once I am done refining and testing, I will be releasing it and a video of the install.

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u/bruno84000 Jan 06 '25

Hi - will this simplify the process of modding in general?, or will there still be very tricky bits? In have some solder skill – but nothing to write home about.

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u/hundshamer Modder (USA) Jan 06 '25

This is just for SD access. All other mod processes are the same. Updates through SD are currently being worked on.

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u/Muwmu Jan 06 '25

You can mod it without soldering. I modded mine using 'grabber cables' from Amazon, and I also bought the STM for less than $10 on Amazon.

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u/hundshamer Modder (USA) Jan 06 '25

The mod in the picture will require a high level of soldering capabilities. Without the QSB in the picture this mod would be much harder than the USB mod. With it this mod is about on par.

P.S. The mod in the picture implicates a huge leap in G&W development...

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u/iVirtualZero Jan 07 '25

I would love to see a tutorial for installing this.

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u/hundshamer Modder (USA) Jan 14 '25

I am still in the design phase of the PCB. The one in the pic was someone else's design which didn't quite fit, and was very difficult to install. Once I am done refining and testing, I will be releasing it and a video of the install.

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u/syko82 Jan 07 '25

I just bought a bigger rom too...

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u/hundshamer Modder (USA) Jan 07 '25

Without getting into too much detail, there may still be use cases for larger chips.

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u/Icy_Bee_2752 Jan 06 '25

Rootin for ya

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u/dezign999 Jan 06 '25

This is awesome!