Voultar, thank you SO much for this wealth of information. I recently imported a heap of my favorite games from japan planning to translate them to english (even bought multiples of some games because they were so cheap as display pieces). This by FAR is the most valuable resource to doing this. After decontaminating myself of the cesspit of certain forums it was a great relief to watch your video and hear your ASMR worthy voice to see such a clean solution. You are a great teacher.
I want you to know that as good as this video was overall, it was specifically the out-of-left-field toilet-humor that compelled me to subscribe. Hearing you explain things in a relaxed, yet earnest voice and then bust out "It's gonna take a nice, hot dump..." made me instantly lose it.
Voultar, it's hilarious listening to your word choices: "just got to clean the tip", "sweet special sauce", "let me load my tip", "it's important I give you the best angles & positions", "now I'm going to wet my tip & just drag it along slowly"....🤣. In all seriousness I am a former Network Engineer, but I know nothing about electronics, soldering etc. I wish I did. I'd love to be able too do the things you do with PCBs & chips! But I absolutely love & thoroughly enjoy your videos! You, Sir are like Mozart with a soldering iron! Thank you very much for taking the time to create these videos in such detail & going in depth with the explanations as you go along!
Lmfao 25:55 "It's as if the t1000 had relieved himself upon my soldering iron." What a wonderful selection of words... Dude your such a great teacher and what your doing for Retro and Repro Gaming is just amazing... You need more videos and you definitely earned a new subscriber here... Keep it up man...
Appreciate all your hard work on keeping these games ticking. It's so nice to see folks coming up with non-destructive solutions. I'll give this a go with my Chrono Trigger SFC cart.
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I really like the idea of keeping the modification as less invasive as possible and you could not have achieved it any better. You are doing awesome work! Thank you for sharing it with us!
The soldering parts are so incredibly soothing. The way you talk over them and describe the techniques you apply and not to worry about bridges... it's like I'm watching Bob Ross and I love it.
HUGE COMPLAINT .....you need to make more videos. I have finished all of them and clearly I need more. haha Seriously though...thanks for the great content!
I'm glad someone like you is around making guides to play English patched games like this unlike everyone on the internet who just says "Use a flashcart" or "Just emulate it"
Man, I admire your enthusiasm for fan translations. I would just buy the cart just so I wouldn't feel guilty to play them on an emulator or flash kart but you go the extra mile!
Thanks much for the help. Also just started the same process because English games are so expensive but don't want to support pirates! Wouldn''t be getting anywhere without awesome people like helping making these tutorials. Really appreciate it.
Hey this is a very good video and I really appreciate your efforts to bring modding to the people. I respect and thank you for what you do. I’ll be buying these.
Such an awesome music selection and a great video! It might not seem fitting at first, but i would love to see a video of you about something soundtrack-related.
If anyone has issues getting the programmer started like I did because there's NO instructions, Put the x16 module in and flip the 3.3v dip switch to 5v. Then select Parallel NOR since they apparently changed the mode selection list.
I just ordered the device, and it came with 2 TSOP adapters, x16 and x8, I'm not sure which one to use. I will be making a 24megabit rom using 1x Super Stacker 16megabit combined with 1x 8 megabitz. Any help would be appreciated thanks!
Fascinating as this is 100% a method people will use once the EEPROMs start dying on a large scale for these cartridge based games to restore their original carts to working order. I love your humour and detailed instructions you give in your videos. Keep it up bud, you're clearly a gem for the retro gaming community.
Treychik practice, I spent hours practicing on trash boards, whenever I’m throwing anything out I take it apart and desolder everything then try to put it back on, over time you will get better
4:20 Wow, I'm bookmarking this shit. Do you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to change a battery and maintain the save data by hooking a second battery up?
Well done. Thank you for putting up a proper guide on making a repro and not being obtrusive in promoting your new products. Insert ‘hot dump’ below...
At 30:07, I loved when he snapped the battery in perfect horizontal alignment, because I would have done the same, even though I know the cartridge will be sealed afterwards and I won't be able to see it...
At @31:42 you mention about patching a Final Fantasy VI with a pretty good English translation. Would you mind sharing what specific translation patch it is? All the ones I've found for better English patches are for the US ROMS (Final Fantasy III); been looking for one that can patch with the Japanese original. Thanks again for the video!
I've recently acquited an original crystal xbox that I want to restore. Figured at least 2 popped caps inside. Got somewhere you would recommend for cap kits?
I have a simple solution for the smd soldering of big chips a little bit of generic glue like UHU or whaterver you like, just to keep the chip from moving, you can also use a little piece of double side tape its easier to allign the pins and solder the 4 corners and you are good to go. the video is perfect in every way :)
Adding this to my wish list for sure! I got a bunch of SFC carts in Japan a few months ago and this solution is just perfect for me. Can something like this, but for N64, be done?
Voultar; Talking in his sleep. "We're going to go ahead and make some very very very happy trees, yes look at that amazing, okay let's make some very very very light fluffy clouds. Yes look how beautiful those are. Yes Just like that. Spank it, yes. Just like that. How about that. Now let's get a little bridging done, yes just like that. We'll just float that down there, with a clean tip. Yes just like that."
@@Voultar i was looking this up a year or two ago before I sold my famicom and I couldn't find anything. I asked around and the best think I could do was basically make a hombrew cart
@@Voultar now prepare to hate me. Is this really any cheaper than buying the us game? Let's say I buy mother 2, mario rpg, and a couple final fantasy games, wouldn't it pretty expensive to convert them? Also where do you get the little rom chip?
Daamn this is amazing and a lot easier than replacing maskroms or building a repro from scratch by using one on those new PCBs, but for someone like me who only owns a few SFC games and want them translated is not cost effective :/ the dumper, then the programmer, then soldering the small flashrom chip is much complicated... if only someone would sell the prebuilt PCBs already flashed and soldered so i just have to solder the PCBs to the original maskrom it would be PERFECT.
Excellent, I love it, I really like the finished article. Do you find the caps in these games are always good or is it worth replacing them as a precaution? I never hear of it in carts (do they use better quality caps?) but you often hear of recapping consoles. Ta
Pete Grimes i usually test the caps with my multimeter but as a rule anything that old I will replace anyway, but make sure the caps are decent quality
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He narrates the process like Bob Ross. I keep expecting him to say “happy little solder glob” or something. XD
I mean if Bob Ross mad a dick joke every couple of minutes...
@@toadcoder691It's like Bob Ross and Deadpool had a baby...a baby who makes a lot of soldering porn.
"Happy little solder glob" sounds like Louis Rossmann :D
@@CuxxFPV you stole my comment
You beat me to it. The Bob Ross of Soldering. Best soldering video I have seen thus far. Love your voice and plugs thanks for sharing.
I really appreciate the fine work you're doing for repros. Keep up the great designs.
Isn't the point of this that it's original hardware rather than a repro?
Voultar, thank you SO much for this wealth of information. I recently imported a heap of my favorite games from japan planning to translate them to english (even bought multiples of some games because they were so cheap as display pieces).
This by FAR is the most valuable resource to doing this. After decontaminating myself of the cesspit of certain forums it was a great relief to watch your video and hear your ASMR worthy voice to see such a clean solution.
You are a great teacher.
Lol, same here! Games in Japan are so cheap it's unbelievable.
What do you mean by cleaning yourself from forums? It the community unwelcoming?
I want you to know that as good as this video was overall, it was specifically the out-of-left-field toilet-humor that compelled me to subscribe. Hearing you explain things in a relaxed, yet earnest voice and then bust out "It's gonna take a nice, hot dump..." made me instantly lose it.
I just realized why I love this channel so much, but have no intention of ever doing what he shows. Voultar is the Bob Ross of soldering.
Thank you for your support!
Hey I saw someone mention if this can be done with games that have the super fx chjp
Voultar, it's hilarious listening to your word choices: "just got to clean the tip", "sweet special sauce", "let me load my tip", "it's important I give you the best angles & positions", "now I'm going to wet my tip & just drag it along slowly"....🤣. In all seriousness I am a former Network Engineer, but I know nothing about electronics, soldering etc. I wish I did. I'd love to be able too do the things you do with PCBs & chips! But I absolutely love & thoroughly enjoy your videos! You, Sir are like Mozart with a soldering iron! Thank you very much for taking the time to create these videos in such detail & going in depth with the explanations as you go along!
Love the videos! Best part of the video is the "UNMOLESTED DUMP" 🤯
The way you assert your dominance over those cartridges ensured my sub.
Lmfao 25:55 "It's as if the t1000 had relieved himself upon my soldering iron." What a wonderful selection of words... Dude your such a great teacher and what your doing for Retro and Repro Gaming is just amazing... You need more videos and you definitely earned a new subscriber here... Keep it up man...
So awesome! "Make a Goddamn GUI"! Nice touch.
Appreciate all your hard work on keeping these games ticking. It's so nice to see folks coming up with non-destructive solutions. I'll give this a go with my Chrono Trigger SFC cart.
I really like the idea of keeping the modification as less invasive as possible and you could not have achieved it any better. You are doing awesome work! Thank you for sharing it with us!
The soldering parts are so incredibly soothing. The way you talk over them and describe the techniques you apply and not to worry about bridges... it's like I'm watching Bob Ross and I love it.
This is EXACTLY what I've been needing. Lord Voultar for Prez 2020!!
It's always enjoyable to watch you solder and blabber. Keep up the awesome work!
I feel like I learned something important today.
Shit, didn't expect to see you here.
I like your videos about classic anime
HUGE COMPLAINT
.....you need to make more videos.
I have finished all of them and clearly I need more. haha Seriously though...thanks for the great content!
Honestly the best channel for gaming repair and mods I use methods he uses on his channel for repairs on my channel.
This is absolutely fantastic! I have been waiting for something like this for a long time. I am really looking forward to the NES solution as well!
Oh yeah, 100% reversible repros.
this is my kinda thing.
dope username
Right because you really want to get Troy Aikmen back!
Do I need titanium white to make some puffy little clouds too? You are so Bob Ross in this video it just made me smile all the way through it. lol
You are a hero of time, a hero of legend.
4:49 Youre welcome.
I subbed for this. "Give it a nice tug" was a very close second.
Appreciate the knowledge drop and subtle comedic stabs. Subscribed for more!
This is genius. Very informative, well thought out and clear info
I'm glad someone like you is around making guides to play English patched games like this unlike everyone on the internet who just says "Use a flashcart" or "Just emulate it"
The cleanest job i've ever seen to translate a japanese game.
Bravo 👏👏👏
So there's a chance we can get a proper Phantasia or Star Ocean translated games...
Man, I admire your enthusiasm for fan translations. I would just buy the cart just so I wouldn't feel guilty to play them on an emulator or flash kart but you go the extra mile!
What a time to be alive
Thanks much for the help. Also just started the same process because English games are so expensive but don't want to support pirates!
Wouldn''t be getting anywhere without awesome people like helping making these tutorials. Really appreciate it.
I love you Voultar, thanks for this. And I just bought the ROM dumper! I'm more excited than Bob after his first beer in the morning! :)
This is a phenomenal video, and you have phenomenal knowledge. Thank you for preserving our hobby, and thank you for posting great content!
Hey this is a very good video and I really appreciate your efforts to bring modding to the people. I respect and thank you for what you do. I’ll be buying these.
I so love your commentary on top of the skillful and educational content. I should have subscribed long ago. :-)
OMG been waiting for this video ever since the tease you put out on twitter! Right on man.
Like a mixture of Deadpool and bob ross....very ASMR and always nice to watch old tech get treated with such respect and care. Another great video!
Dude you're like the Bob Ross modding I love it lol. How does this man not have 100k.
What you are doing is fascinating and important, but I just can't get over how much I love your voice... >,
Voultar, this changes everything.
4:50 "It's gonna take a nice hot dump" 🤔
Ha ha ha
well done man, i had no idea that you could even do this. got myself a new hobby now haha
This voultar is the best thing ever happened to our community
Such an awesome music selection and a great video! It might not seem fitting at first, but i would love to see a video of you about something soundtrack-related.
Soldering technique was the best part of this video. Thanks!
How many years of wizard school did it take to get this good, holy sh*t. This is ACE workmanship!
your soldering narration is amazing, i love it. bob ross of welding :D
Excellent use of Rockman & Forte tunes for the BGM in the second segment... One of my favorite SNES OSTs of all tiiimmmeee
If anyone has issues getting the programmer started like I did because there's NO instructions, Put the x16 module in and flip the 3.3v dip switch to 5v. Then select Parallel NOR since they apparently changed the mode selection list.
try 8x module and make sure installed drivers
I just ordered the device, and it came with 2 TSOP adapters, x16 and x8, I'm not sure which one to use. I will be making a 24megabit rom using 1x Super Stacker 16megabit combined with 1x 8 megabitz. Any help would be appreciated thanks!
Fascinating as this is 100% a method people will use once the EEPROMs start dying on a large scale for these cartridge based games to restore their original carts to working order. I love your humour and detailed instructions you give in your videos. Keep it up bud, you're clearly a gem for the retro gaming community.
slickrasta What commercial cartridges have the game on EEPROMs?
Oh no I incorrectly named a chip... thanks for being that shitposting dick. You get the point of what I was saying still so idc.
That is pretty cool. Thanks for showing that!
'Non-destructive'
Me: YAY! 😆
My soldering skills: NAY! 😱
Awesome video, wish I could solder like that :(
Treychik practice, I spent hours practicing on trash boards, whenever I’m throwing anything out I take it apart and desolder everything then try to put it back on, over time you will get better
You are the Bob Ross of electronics. Please keep making great videos!
4:20 Wow, I'm bookmarking this shit. Do you know how much of a pain in the ass it is to change a battery and maintain the save data by hooking a second battery up?
Every new video you share it with us it's a new lesson ... at least,for me is ! Thank you everyday !
Well done. Thank you for putting up a proper guide on making a repro and not being obtrusive in promoting your new products. Insert ‘hot dump’ below...
This was amazing! You're like the Bob Ross of soldering!
Man, I love your channel so much! Keep the excellent job!
That chip stacking idea is incredible! I'll definitely keep that in mind for future projects
Piggybacking memory chips is a classic technique. It's usually used to expand memory, but it works to replace it too!
Love the squeek sound of that iron on the pins. Reminds me of squeeky warm cheese curds.... Mmmmmmm lol
Just in time for the Ganbare Goemon 2 translation!!
At 30:07, I loved when he snapped the battery in perfect horizontal alignment, because I would have done the same, even though I know the cartridge will be sealed afterwards and I won't be able to see it...
At @31:42 you mention about patching a Final Fantasy VI with a pretty good English translation. Would you mind sharing what specific translation patch it is? All the ones I've found for better English patches are for the US ROMS (Final Fantasy III); been looking for one that can patch with the Japanese original. Thanks again for the video!
Nice tutorial ,keep going!
Every day I learn something new.
Oh, I gotta research and start making these for myself. Thank you so much for sharing true knowledge.
All I needed was the intro, thanks for the lolz
You have a Bob Ross voice. I LOVE IT!
Doing Gods work, thank you sir!
"Its like the T1000 relived himself" Holy shit that is gold!!!! Woke my GF up cracking up!
wow amazing job! Keep up the good work Voultar :D
I've recently acquited an original crystal xbox that I want to restore. Figured at least 2 popped caps inside. Got somewhere you would recommend for cap kits?
27:10
Voultar: my left, your right
me: how the hell do you hold that soldering iron? O.O
Your solder lesson has some major Bob Ross Energy going on there. Dat BRE tho.
I have a simple solution for the smd soldering of big chips
a little bit of generic glue like UHU or whaterver you like, just to keep the chip from moving, you can also use a little piece of double side tape
its easier to allign the pins and solder the 4 corners and you are good to go.
the video is perfect in every way :)
BEAUTIFUL AND THE NARRATION IS TOP NOTCH!!!! LEARNED SOME NEW SKILLS
I came for the interesting title and content but stayed for the soldering.
Wild that you can chill at home and do all this stuff now lmao.
You are the Bob Ross of Soldering. I would gladly fall asleep to this.
It's like watching the Bob Ross of Soldering. Happy Little Roms! 🙂
Adding this to my wish list for sure! I got a bunch of SFC carts in Japan a few months ago and this solution is just perfect for me. Can something like this, but for N64, be done?
The only good video on RUclips.
The Bob Ross of creative electronic repair, with a slight hint of vulgarity. Love it!
Just ordered stackers and programmer ....bring on the famicom baby!
It's all set and coming up next! Thanks for the support~!
Love the narrative. Very informative. It’s just a shame my soldering skills suck XD
I was literally looking for this to make a SMW romhack cart, thank you for the video!!!
Very informative and interesting video man, keep up the good work.
Hell yes I needed this in my life
Non Destructive!! - Snips legs of chips..
Voultar; Talking in his sleep.
"We're going to go ahead and make some very very very happy trees, yes look at that amazing, okay let's make some very very very light fluffy clouds. Yes look how beautiful those are. Yes Just like that. Spank it, yes. Just like that. How about that. Now let's get a little bridging done, yes just like that. We'll just float that down there, with a clean tip. Yes just like that."
Omg thank you for documenting this discovery! Saving us from the worst of the internet.
This got my imagination captive.
YES! FINALLY. Now just famicom games
It's happening. be ready!! :) :) :)
@@Voultar i was looking this up a year or two ago before I sold my famicom and I couldn't find anything. I asked around and the best think I could do was basically make a hombrew cart
@@Voultar now prepare to hate me. Is this really any cheaper than buying the us game? Let's say I buy mother 2, mario rpg, and a couple final fantasy games, wouldn't it pretty expensive to convert them? Also where do you get the little rom chip?
Love your tutorials. Youre a great person
Excellent work!
"Nondestructive" *clips chip leads*
Relatively. Considering that some repros carve up the PCB, this is pretty benign.
@@Longlius but still .. not "Non Destructive!!"
Voultar, the master of "don't say it like *that*"
Daamn this is amazing and a lot easier than replacing maskroms or building a repro from scratch by using one on those new PCBs, but for someone like me who only owns a few SFC games and want them translated is not cost effective :/ the dumper, then the programmer, then soldering the small flashrom chip is much complicated... if only someone would sell the prebuilt PCBs already flashed and soldered so i just have to solder the PCBs to the original maskrom it would be PERFECT.
I agree. This is more geared toward the tinkerer or electronics hobbyist who probably already has most of the required equipment.
I've seen many of your videos, I can only hope to be able to solder like you someday. I'll keep practicing!
17:30 - Non destructive right! :D you almost broke it !
LOL'd when the T-1000 relieved himself! By the way guys, whats the music at 28:59?
"It's gonna take a nice, hot dump."
I laughed so hard I dumped...
This was so relaxing to watch
It felt like I’m watching bob ross
you sir are a god among men! thank you for this video as someone who is trying to get into electronic work like this.
Excellent, I love it, I really like the finished article. Do you find the caps in these games are always good or is it worth replacing them as a precaution? I never hear of it in carts (do they use better quality caps?) but you often hear of recapping consoles. Ta
Pete Grimes i usually test the caps with my multimeter but as a rule anything that old I will replace anyway, but make sure the caps are decent quality