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by endrien
Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:07 am
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: How to reprogram an nes game?
Replies: 9
Views: 3685

So basically I need to burn 3 eproms?
by endrien
Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:42 am
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: How to reprogram an nes game?
Replies: 9
Views: 3685

You should have no problems if you have done 2600 cartridges before...One of the major differences is the pin configuration of the program and character ROM chips (Mask ROM in this situation). Some helpfull hints would be the Mask ROM Pinouts and the datasheet(s) for the EEPROM/Flash you are going ...
by endrien
Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:00 pm
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: New pcb question
Replies: 1
Views: 1342

New pcb question

I have a question about the board from here:
http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.ph ... ucts_id=42

What chips besides the eprom are needed to make it work? If there are any others needed can they be taken from other nes games?
by endrien
Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:31 pm
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: How to reprogram an nes game?
Replies: 9
Views: 3685

There are two ROMs in many NES Game Paks: one to hold the program, and one to hold the font. (This is a "CHR ROM" configuration.) Other Game Paks store everything on one ROM and have a RAM chip to hold the font. (This is called "CHR RAM".) Do you know to operate a hex editor? I'...
by endrien
Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:37 pm
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: How to reprogram an nes game?
Replies: 9
Views: 3685

How to reprogram an nes game?

I plan on buying a eprom programmer in a few days and I'd like to know if I can reprogram a nes game just like I'd reprogram any atari 2600 game etc. Like do I just burn an nes rom on a single eprom or do I need to reprogram a few eproms?