I would either stick it in the bin or get an electronics expert to look that over before you use it again, thats not overheating its shorting out. Overheating wouldn't cause the plastic to actually burn and discolour like that, for some reason it has short circuited. Its up to you of course but its your house and (possibly) your life.
If you have not gotten it fixed yet.... I'd be willing to look at it and depending upon what has been damaged.. fix it. I'd have to do a bit of research, and there are often some specialty chips on these types of systems that are quite hard to replace, but I probably can fix it if you want. I'm retired so... minus the cost of shipping and any really expensive parts (which is rare most parts are really only pennies) I'd be happy to look at it and either fix it or tell you why I could not. Up to you.
Man I gave my sisters kids in the early 2000's a working Atari 2600, with a crapload of great games, the real sports, the better quality later games, and ET (worst game ever). I am sure somewhere in her house is this system in a box, but trying to get her to acknowledge or care is like pulling teeth, I must ransack her home.
ET is not the worsr game ever. Only those who don't know much about gaming refer to it as such. It is a scapegoat for the video game crash of the 80's, and at worst it is an indication of Atari's terrible management than anything else. As a game, on its own without any context, it's not that bad.
tightlypackedcoil Having played it several times it was the worst video game ever and with the deadline looming you could argue one man made a great game in like 6 months. But with the money the movie made it could have been a great game. Ala it sucked donkey balls
I do not have this system however the burn spot is probably an electrolytic capacitor that blew up. They leave a mess and since they usually are used in the power filtering they usually fail as a short. The cheap Chinese stuff may just be cheap capacitors that were close to the voltage and they eventually fail from overvoltage or drying out. Since it is powered off of 12V it is probably a capacitor in the +5V voltage power supply or some other power supply circuit related to powering the CDROM drive. If it is a capacitor it could be fixed quite easily.
"The unit was very cheaply made and shipped with a 9VDC power supply. The 9V input is connected directly to the 12V input of the internal CDROM drive. A voltage regulator is used to obtain a 5V input voltage supply for the mainboard. This converts the unused energy to excess heat, often leading to premature failure. Due to the overheating issues some users have modified their units with small cpu processor fans to keep their units cool. Others that used aftermarket power supply units rated for 12V, 1A did not have issues." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD64_(Nintendo) That's straight from the Wiki and I'd bet what happened, if so easy fix as long as components down from it didn't take damage. Probably easy fix though.
Due to the N64 CD System overheating issues, some users have modified their units with small CPU processor fans to keep their units cooler. Others that used aftermarket power supply units rated for 12V, 1A did not have issues.
You're the first serious reviewer I see that's not afraid to show bootlegs and unofficial devices for big companies like Nintendo. It shows you're honest, and above all things, a true gamer. I applaud you.
Here is how you stop overheating (in case you still don't know). Disassemble the unit, take off the heatsink, remove the old thermal paste, apply new paste (arctic cooling mx-2 is cheap and good, also non-conductive, so it can't short out anything), assemble everything back together.
probably put a bigger heatsink on it too replace any electrolytic caps that are bulging or leaking and depending what all is cooked up top replace them with higher wattage versions...
Lunas Eclipse Don't you think that would be going too far? I understand that it makes sense, if you look at it as an electrical appliance. But it's not just an appliance. It's a collector's item and as such, it should remain original, if possible. You fix only what absolutely has to be fixed and that's it.
not saying to put a giant heatsink just a more robust one that can better handle the heat a fan might be good too. if the system is putting out enough heat to blacken or discolor the plastic then either a connection needs to have more metal there or there needs to be better ventilation or air flow. Also what could have caused the burning was insufficient wattage on the parts like they used 1/4 watt resistors when they needed to use 1/2 watt. there is 2 schools of thought functional collectors item vs non functional It is not in original box and he has expressed desire to have it working rather than being a large shelf weight that looks like it did originally. I would rather something be functional rather than something to take up room. On the other hand there is a virgin mentality towards collectibles they must remain fully original... In the case of vintage electronics them being functional is of higher value than if they don't have all the 100% original parts but most will at least try to keep it as close to the same as it originally was at least when viewed from the front... Humm looking at some pictures of the unit that looks like the voltage regulator and some searching around yes it is for the cdrom the wall wart that that thing came with was a 9v unit so they had to up the voltage to 12 for the cdrom. the fix for it is to either power the cdrom off a secondary power supply or... what i would do is i would get a pico psu they make them 15-300w i think a 50 watt unit would do they take 12dc in i would then regulate that 12v down to 9v to power the main system so the addition of a board about thumb size and one maybe quarter sized and probably relocation of the power jack. would be my fix.
midas touch yeah I do also if I remember the inside of n64 it does not have a heat sink at all you are talking like some one who does not know that the purpose of heat sink paste is to fill air gaps between 2 surfaces. And I'm not talking about modifying a n64 I'm talking about how the 12v regulator that feeds the off the shelf cd rom is burned out and that to get that thing working he is either going to have to rebuild that circuit or bypass it many of the fixes are to bypass it and power the cd rom off a small computer psu. They make ones the size of my thumb and to drive both systems off the one psu is possible and there is room in there for it.
Back in the day the Nintendo 64 was a very hard system to emulate, but still there were a lot of roms in the internet, those roms came from systems like this which let you rip the cartridge into a rom in your computer and also download roms to a CD and play them in your system, the gamegenie part is just an extra, also it let you debug games in case you were into discovering new cheats and stuff.
it looks like it's the power supply that's faulty! you can try yanking it out and take a look at the board, then go on Radioshack or maplin to get replacement parts... I think it's the capacitors more than anything else...
since it still works over all -- that means the part that over heated is the power supply for the cd drive or the power for the logic board that controlls the cd drive. take it apart... put it next to a computer, and plug the cd drove into the power connector from a pc, so that you can see if it will work using external power. etc.
Younger people can have experiences with these older systems, but depending on their age they will NOT be experiencing these systems during their heyday. It makes a different playing SNES games during the days of SNES, and playing SNES games when the system is already "classic/retro." Regardless, everyone can and should enjoy games from all eras. Variety is awesome, and an appreciation for classics has the ability to help gamers understand the origins of modern video games.
I've always wanted one of these when they were out. I hunted for it all over NYC Chinatown.. Eventually I got my hands on the Z64 add-on, which was similar but you stored the games on Zip100 discs(which were way more expensive than CD-Rs). The Zip discs also had a 100mb limit which was 1/6th the storage capacity of the cheaper CD-Rs.
Finally. You countered me w/an equally less concrete statement ("X or Y w/likely Z") while neglecting to say what makes it more than a counter guess, so of course we're going in circles. The first thing I considered was "If it's the original..." It isn't. We agree that bypassing the VRM w/an external 4-pin 12/5v PSU & replacing the drive (if needed) will restore full functionality. One character was left out of my statement about SATA PWR specs: "...*&* most external PSUs don't support it."
FYI, The "M" is for Megabit, not Megabyte; So "256M" is a 32 Megabytes. It was common to count data in megabits on older cartridge-based systems. Nice video, I'd not seen this N64 backup unit before; I have Bung systems for the SNES and N64, and they seem less polished compared to the Ufo systems, although they still work well.
the burned out part is probably a voltage regulator that converts the supply's voltage into the 5 volt and 12 volts the CD drive uses. I don't know exactly what's inside so I cant tell for sure. It could even be the CD lazor is just at the end of it's life.
you see, I subscribe to Gamester81 for videos like this!!! Talk about cool! I knew about the other disk based expansion that was only marketed in japan, but this I would never have thought existed. Great vid, keep more of em comin!! =]
There was also an official RAM expansion for the N64, from 4mb to 8mb. Quite a few games had the option to load better textures with the expansion fitted.
I didn't like the weird cropping effect cutting off your hand at the early part of the video, but the rest of the video I thought was really good and informative.
I had the Doctor Z64. Piracy on the N64 was largely imperfect due to the fact there was a lot of games with different chips and stuff. Most of this hardware relied on using the hardware from ANOTHER cartridge to get it to work properly and if you didn't have a cartridge that had the same kind of chip in it, you were SOL.
is what it is man look at how consoles have progressed since. I think we can safely refer to this as retro, although I still think of pre-Sega/Nintendo era when I hear retro myself lol
not necessarily, heat is related to the amount of resistance when the current runs through the console: V=IR, V=voltage, I=current, R=resisance. So yes a higher voltage allowed to the console (via AC/DC adapter) increases I and R, but by making the console stuffed full of strong resistors (while the voltage remains the same) is probably a better reason for overheating. Other than that using cooling devices might have been useful (and expensive)
No you're right, the Super Nintendo CD ended up becoming the PlayStation, Nintendo also worked with Phillips at the time too but once again nothing came of it and that ended up being the CD-I which features some titles licensed by Nintendo. It wasn't until the GameCube that Nintendo sucessfully made the transition to CD games.
Wow my friend from Hong Kong mentioned that he owned something like this today. I was showing him some Sega Saturn games and he mentioned that he used to play Sonic R on his N64 using a device like this.
Oh, don't worry -- that "youngsters only play CoD" stereotype is only strong among some non-gamers or casual gamers. People who are more invested in gaming know that gamers of all ages are enjoying classics, thanks to two main things: people on the internet popularizing these older games, and the availability of these classics through modern platforms (Wii VC, PSN, Steam, etc).
The SNES actually should have a disc addon, too. When i remember correctly Nintendo did work together with Sony to create that addon, but after some time Nintendo did realize that Sony wanted to have full control over all SNES-CD games. Because of that the project has been canceled. Nintendo then started the N64, Sony took everything that has allready been made and created the Playstation. Enough History :D
"Something comes along that changes our perception of the world" I wasn't watching the commercial when it came up but I thought they were giving waaayyy too much props for the N64 CD lol
The tanish/ yellow discoloring looks like what happens when the resin in a transformer boils off. If it wasn't completely destroyed, then it will still function and that is proven by the fact that your DD still powers on. I think the CD not ready error is a different problem. Disk drives, especially old ones can loose their calibration. This can prevent them from reading all or some disks. The best way for this to happen by sharp bumps - like in shipping. Try replacing the disk drive.
Nice job with the review. I had one of these, a Z64, and a few v64's (I still have a v64). I have to say the V64's were MUCH better if you used them to dump roms. It also had the best support for cracks and other important (at the time) updates. Also, I just wanted to mention that it's 256MegaBITS.. not Bytes. 99% of the games were 32MB or less so this worked out well. I'd probably recommend an ED64 flashcart over a backup unit unless you collect this sort of thing. I'll never sell my v64! :)
Look Will, were not talking about a game system that you don't have. Were talking about a retro system that was the best in my time, and it still is today.
ugh, left that comment window open way too long while I verified in storage. There is no 12V frontend regulator; the ATAPI drive is connected directly to the input line. no-name 7805 TO220 regulator supplies the whole PCB. UFO power supply is 9VDC output, 100V input; multimeter showed 11.62VDC unloaded. Bung power supply is 120v labeled 12VDC out, multimeter shows 13.22VDC unloaded. 100V "12V" adapter @ 120V == 15.6Volts, or damned near popping 16V capacitors.
A quick fix is to run that CD drive on an external power supply. The part that overheated is likely the part that converts voltages and such to power the CD Drive. You can probably find an old pc or use an older AT power supply (ATX ones would work, but you need to use some wiring/paperclips to "fool" the PSU so that it turns on) Also I have a SATA/IDE to USB adapater and that thing came with a separate molex AC adapter. I bet you can find that for sell separately on ebay/Amazon. ;)
I had something like this so I could play Nes and Sega Genesis games on my SNES. Was a base that you placed in the SNES and it had 3 slots, NES and GEN you had to always have a SNES game in it for it to boot the other cartridges.
No, it's clearly marked 100v input supply. Being a transformer means it cannot be 'made for both'. Generally, wallwart transformers don't even have the half-coil 120/240v trick to fake 'universal' input. The unit is clearly marked for wanting a solid 12V supply to derive +5V from the overheated TO220 regulator clearly seen under the plastic. The CDROM drive also requires both 12V and 5V, since it's an off the shelf ATAPI drive with your average PC molex connector on the back.
There actually used to be an old CD-ROM add-on for the SNES that allowed you to play roms as well, backing up save files into the ram of whatever cartridge you were using.
Saw that in GamePro right next to an artcial about The SEGA Channel. Today I understand why Nintendo had mixed feelings because of how thing's were then. I believe if the N64 used CDs, had a SNES cart slot "for SNES games and more", and cound support CD-RW disks "for the same reason way they had the disk system in japan" then the N64 may have done will.
ocarina of time and final fantasy 7 actually had very decent graphic for its generation, ive played plenty of great games with great gameplay, now recently mario and luigi dream team
the doom port, cosmic carnage (mark would kill me if i didnt include it), knuckles chaotix, virtua fighter, afterburner arcade, space harrier, star wars arcade, and zaxxon. =D
If it's the original adapter then it was made for both. The circuitry inside should have been made to tolerate/deal with it. They were often sold empty and you would add your own CD-ROM drive, so someone may have tried one that it could not reliably power. Even on Dr. V64 units, faster CD-ROMs often caused PSU issues. He said it's 4x but it could have already been fried when someone tried a faster one.
Thank you Gizametalman, that 3 minutes before I scrolled down and checked the comments I can never get back, but I was able to skip the next 5 minutes and 29 seconds. From all humanity, thank you.
Always sad to see younger gamers commenting about adults with video games, and yet if you give it just a second of thought, you'd realize that the only gamers who truly remember all of these classic games are adults by necessity!
Your show always makes me happy. You genuinely love games and you don’t act like an a-hole. We need more of that on RUclips.
I would either stick it in the bin or get an electronics expert to look that over before you use it again, thats not overheating its shorting out. Overheating wouldn't cause the plastic to actually burn and discolour like that, for some reason it has short circuited.
Its up to you of course but its your house and (possibly) your life.
Tuberuser187 are you from England? colour?
@@tboy221what a useless reply lmao, yeah he either is or spells it that way 🙄
Get a black CD-ROM drive in that bad boy
RACIST
@@mitchawesomefoot6139 hahahah
If you have not gotten it fixed yet.... I'd be willing to look at it and depending upon what has been damaged.. fix it. I'd have to do a bit of research, and there are often some specialty chips on these types of systems that are quite hard to replace, but I probably can fix it if you want. I'm retired so... minus the cost of shipping and any really expensive parts (which is rare most parts are really only pennies) I'd be happy to look at it and either fix it or tell you why I could not. Up to you.
Man I gave my sisters kids in the early 2000's a working Atari 2600, with a crapload of great games, the real sports, the better quality later games, and ET (worst game ever). I am sure somewhere in her house is this system in a box, but trying to get her to acknowledge or care is like pulling teeth, I must ransack her home.
ET is not the worsr game ever. Only those who don't know much about gaming refer to it as such. It is a scapegoat for the video game crash of the 80's, and at worst it is an indication of Atari's terrible management than anything else. As a game, on its own without any context, it's not that bad.
tightlypackedcoil Having played it several times it was the worst video game ever and with the deadline looming you could argue one man made a great game in like 6 months. But with the money the movie made it could have been a great game. Ala it sucked donkey balls
They never gave the DD a chance. It took them too long to release it and most of the games for it were converted to run on a regular cart.
the port on the back you we're not sure of was the multi-video out used in the NES SNES N64 and Gamecube.
This guy has one hell of a collection of rare collectors items. Holy crap. Awesome. Love watching his vids!
I do not have this system however the burn spot is probably an electrolytic capacitor that blew up. They leave a mess and since they usually are used in the power filtering they usually fail as a short. The cheap Chinese stuff may just be cheap capacitors that were close to the voltage and they eventually fail from overvoltage or drying out. Since it is powered off of 12V it is probably a capacitor in the +5V voltage power supply or some other power supply circuit related to powering the CDROM drive. If it is a capacitor it could be fixed quite easily.
"The unit was very cheaply made and shipped with a 9VDC power supply. The 9V input is connected directly to the 12V input of the internal CDROM drive. A voltage regulator is used to obtain a 5V input voltage supply for the mainboard. This converts the unused energy to excess heat, often leading to premature failure.
Due to the overheating issues some users have modified their units with small cpu processor fans to keep their units cool. Others that used aftermarket power supply units rated for 12V, 1A did not have issues."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD64_(Nintendo)
That's straight from the Wiki and I'd bet what happened, if so easy fix as long as components down from it didn't take damage. Probably easy fix though.
Due to the N64 CD System overheating issues, some users have modified their units with small CPU processor fans to keep their units cooler. Others that used aftermarket power supply units rated for 12V, 1A did not have issues.
You're the first serious reviewer I see that's not afraid to show bootlegs and unofficial devices for big companies like Nintendo.
It shows you're honest, and above all things, a true gamer.
I applaud you.
Thanks gamester 81 i really like watching your rare addons for game systems
Lmao your subtitles xD "you can play the drums on the 64"
The nostalgia of playing N64 so much at my cousins the sounds always bring back the memories!
that's pretty crazy that it has a fully featured trainer system ("game genie" codes) built in :) nice vid!
No way I can imagine this guy is a gamer. Kind of cool though.
I think he means since the guy "doesn't know what this port is" and it's av port
If they made Nintendo 64 DD we'd be able to play Zelda 64, Banjo Kazooie Stop n Swop which would be freaking amazing!
The precursor to EverDrive 64. Pretty cool. Reminds me of those Chinese add-ons that were also available for SNES or Super Famicom back in the day.
"I LOVE THIS GAME!" -lol doesn't even know how to start flying with the wing cap and falls to your death RITE
I was thinking the same! He's just some hairy dude who collects games and stuff but doesn't really play games for more than a minute at a time lol
had no idea this even existed. loved the N64 growing up, massive nostalgia
***** yeah definitely alot of great games. I had no idea the hardware was more capable than PS 1
+Ralph Wiggum
Well dident really show that much though cause the lack of memory and the freaking fog everywhere.
My dad has one and it has my fav game bango kazooie
LOL you know what they say about a guy with big hands...big gloves!
I like learning all the info and details , thumbs up, I find details about systems and games very interesting
Yeah I was just simply trying to show how the CD64 works, and I wasn't playing Super Mario 64 seriously.
Wow, I wanted this back in the day...you got everything.
metal Jesus rocks has a USA version of the 64dd John
so if you own the CD Drive, you can just download your games on to the drive and never have to use your cartridges again?
Yeah I guess so
I own 2 n64 systems that I had when i was a child, and defiantly my favorite console!
Great video. This is one of the N64 add-ons that I hadn't seen before.
Great Review, I never heard of the N64CD. Leave it to your channel to show off stuff I may have never heard of otherwise
Here is how you stop overheating (in case you still don't know). Disassemble the unit, take off the heatsink, remove the old thermal paste, apply new paste (arctic cooling mx-2 is cheap and good, also non-conductive, so it can't short out anything), assemble everything back together.
probably put a bigger heatsink on it too replace any electrolytic caps that are bulging or leaking and depending what all is cooked up top replace them with higher wattage versions...
Lunas Eclipse Don't you think that would be going too far? I understand that it makes sense, if you look at it as an electrical appliance. But it's not just an appliance. It's a collector's item and as such, it should remain original, if possible. You fix only what absolutely has to be fixed and that's it.
not saying to put a giant heatsink just a more robust one that can better handle the heat a fan might be good too. if the system is putting out enough heat to blacken or discolor the plastic then either a connection needs to have more metal there or there needs to be better ventilation or air flow. Also what could have caused the burning was insufficient wattage on the parts like they used 1/4 watt resistors when they needed to use 1/2 watt.
there is 2 schools of thought functional collectors item vs non functional
It is not in original box and he has expressed desire to have it working rather than being a large shelf weight that looks like it did originally. I would rather something be functional rather than something to take up room.
On the other hand there is a virgin mentality towards collectibles they must remain fully original... In the case of vintage electronics them being functional is of higher value than if they don't have all the 100% original parts but most will at least try to keep it as close to the same as it originally was at least when viewed from the front...
Humm looking at some pictures of the unit that looks like the voltage regulator and some searching around yes it is for the cdrom the wall wart that that thing came with was a 9v unit so they had to up the voltage to 12 for the cdrom. the fix for it is to either power the cdrom off a secondary power supply or...
what i would do is i would get a pico psu they make them 15-300w i think a 50 watt unit would do they take 12dc in i would then regulate that 12v down to 9v to power the main system so the addition of a board about thumb size and one maybe quarter sized and probably relocation of the power jack. would be my fix.
this is ridiculous, the n64 has no thermal paste and you would not be able to apply it anyways, do you know anything about consoles?
midas touch yeah I do also if I remember the inside of n64 it does not have a heat sink at all you are talking like some one who does not know that the purpose of heat sink paste is to fill air gaps between 2 surfaces. And I'm not talking about modifying a n64 I'm talking about how the 12v regulator that feeds the off the shelf cd rom is burned out and that to get that thing working he is either going to have to rebuild that circuit or bypass it many of the fixes are to bypass it and power the cd rom off a small computer psu. They make ones the size of my thumb and to drive both systems off the one psu is possible and there is room in there for it.
Back in the day the Nintendo 64 was a very hard system to emulate, but still there were a lot of roms in the internet, those roms came from systems like this which let you rip the cartridge into a rom in your computer and also download roms to a CD and play them in your system, the gamegenie part is just an extra, also it let you debug games in case you were into discovering new cheats and stuff.
I really enjoy your videos, seem like a really nice guy, to my surprise I wasn't subscribed, just changed that. thanks for the video
it looks like it's the power supply that's faulty! you can try yanking it out and take a look at the board, then go on Radioshack or maplin to get replacement parts... I think it's the capacitors more than anything else...
I bet he was planning on using it a ton, he really should do that, maybe spend $25 to play it once
since it still works over all -- that means the part that over heated is the power supply for the cd drive or the power for the logic board that controlls the cd drive. take it apart... put it next to a computer, and plug the cd drove into the power connector from a pc, so that you can see if it will work using external power. etc.
Younger people can have experiences with these older systems, but depending on their age they will NOT be experiencing these systems during their heyday. It makes a different playing SNES games during the days of SNES, and playing SNES games when the system is already "classic/retro."
Regardless, everyone can and should enjoy games from all eras. Variety is awesome, and an appreciation for classics has the ability to help gamers understand the origins of modern video games.
Interesting, thanks for showing this off. I suppose it's kind of cool that it doubles as a Game Shark as well. :)
love your show man,keep up the good work!
I've always wanted one of these when they were out. I hunted for it all over NYC Chinatown.. Eventually I got my hands on the Z64 add-on, which was similar but you stored the games on Zip100 discs(which were way more expensive than CD-Rs). The Zip discs also had a 100mb limit which was 1/6th the storage capacity of the cheaper CD-Rs.
Rodney Brett
lulz I remember those. Never actually bought one, just read about it in magazines
+Francesco Bernoulli Sold it long ago, I'm afraid
UFO actually also makes a great SD flash cart for SNES at a low price. I love mine! For N64 though I got the Everdrive.
Ok I'll be sure to check it out. =)
Finally. You countered me w/an equally less concrete statement ("X or Y w/likely Z") while neglecting to say what makes it more than a counter guess, so of course we're going in circles. The first thing I considered was "If it's the original..." It isn't.
We agree that bypassing the VRM w/an external 4-pin 12/5v PSU & replacing the drive (if needed) will restore full functionality.
One character was left out of my statement about SATA PWR specs: "...*&* most external PSUs don't support it."
man when i saw this in my sub box i was thinking "i coulda swore gamester already reviewed the DD" Never heard of this thing! V3ry cool, man
Because looking at it close helps us see a little bit.
That seems pretty cool. Gamester thanks for reviewing it. I hope that the guy that sent you that did not send you a lemon.
FYI, The "M" is for Megabit, not Megabyte; So "256M" is a 32 Megabytes. It was common to count data in megabits on older cartridge-based systems. Nice video, I'd not seen this N64 backup unit before; I have Bung systems for the SNES and N64, and they seem less polished compared to the Ufo systems, although they still work well.
the burned out part is probably a voltage regulator that converts the supply's voltage into the 5 volt and 12 volts the CD drive uses. I don't know exactly what's inside so I cant tell for sure. It could even be the CD lazor is just at the end of it's life.
Thank you for posting this. I never knew this bootleg add on existed.
you see, I subscribe to Gamester81 for videos like this!!! Talk about cool! I knew about the other disk based expansion that was only marketed in japan, but this I would never have thought existed. Great vid, keep more of em comin!! =]
I never knew much about this add on, I think a local pawn shop has one and if so I am grabbing it!
crazy that you could rip the games! Pretty cool tech.
There was also an official RAM expansion for the N64, from 4mb to 8mb. Quite a few games had the option to load better textures with the expansion fitted.
if you could mod that ext. to 1gb RAM that would be so great
Ultra Derp
Even if you could, what would that accomplish? It's not like the games are designed to use it.
Yup. All the expansion RAM does is automatically tell the games to load up slightly better textures.
Steven Tyler Actually, a few games such as Donkey Kong 64 and Majora's Mask require it to run.
I didn't like the weird cropping effect cutting off your hand at the early part of the video, but the rest of the video I thought was really good and informative.
I had the Doctor Z64. Piracy on the N64 was largely imperfect due to the fact there was a lot of games with different chips and stuff. Most of this hardware relied on using the hardware from ANOTHER cartridge to get it to work properly and if you didn't have a cartridge that had the same kind of chip in it, you were SOL.
is what it is man look at how consoles have progressed since. I think we can safely refer to this as retro, although I still think of pre-Sega/Nintendo era when I hear retro myself lol
I love this channel!
not necessarily, heat is related to the amount of resistance when the current runs through the console: V=IR, V=voltage, I=current, R=resisance. So yes a higher voltage allowed to the console (via AC/DC adapter) increases I and R, but by making the console stuffed full of strong resistors (while the voltage remains the same) is probably a better reason for overheating.
Other than that using cooling devices might have been useful (and expensive)
the game genie for this is basically the same as the gamecube action replay
No you're right, the Super Nintendo CD ended up becoming the PlayStation, Nintendo also worked with Phillips at the time too but once again nothing came of it and that ended up being the CD-I which features some titles licensed by Nintendo. It wasn't until the GameCube that Nintendo sucessfully made the transition to CD games.
FYI. The port mentioned at 6:25 is an AV port. It was redundant to the AV port on the N64 itself.
Wow my friend from Hong Kong mentioned that he owned something like this today. I was showing him some Sega Saturn games and he mentioned that he used to play Sonic R on his N64 using a device like this.
AND HIS NAME IS JOHN
quacked up gaming CENA
17 years ago,damn! my fav console is going retro
Oh, don't worry -- that "youngsters only play CoD" stereotype is only strong among some non-gamers or casual gamers. People who are more invested in gaming know that gamers of all ages are enjoying classics, thanks to two main things: people on the internet popularizing these older games, and the availability of these classics through modern platforms (Wii VC, PSN, Steam, etc).
The N64 was released in Japan in the summer of 1996, making it almost 17 years old. That seems pretty retro to me.
I managed to find a doctor v64 for around 120£ and im proud to say they are REALLY good!
That is AWESOME John! I want one!
Man never hear of Nintendo having CD system this looks amazing.
The SNES actually should have a disc addon, too. When i remember correctly Nintendo did work together with Sony to create that addon, but after some time Nintendo did realize that Sony wanted to have full control over all SNES-CD games. Because of that the project has been canceled. Nintendo then started the N64, Sony took everything that has allready been made and created the Playstation. Enough History :D
I like it how he said he didnt know when it came out, but it says 1998 in the menu when he loads it :P
"Something comes along that changes our perception of the world" I wasn't watching the commercial when it came up but I thought they were giving waaayyy too much props for the N64 CD lol
Best comeback ever little kid!
The tanish/ yellow discoloring looks like what happens when the resin in a transformer boils off.
If it wasn't completely destroyed, then it will still function and that is proven by the fact that your DD still powers on.
I think the CD not ready error is a different problem. Disk drives, especially old ones can loose their calibration. This can prevent them from reading all or some disks. The best way for this to happen by sharp bumps - like in shipping.
Try replacing the disk drive.
Nice job with the review.
I had one of these, a Z64, and a few v64's (I still have a v64). I have to say the V64's were MUCH better if you used them to dump roms. It also had the best support for cracks and other important (at the time) updates.
Also, I just wanted to mention that it's 256MegaBITS.. not Bytes. 99% of the games were 32MB or less so this worked out well.
I'd probably recommend an ED64 flashcart over a backup unit unless you collect this sort of thing. I'll never sell my v64! :)
Dude your collection is off the charts.
I'm currently in the process of developing a Blu-ray drive for the N64, called the 64BD. I've even composed the boot sound already!
That was the experimental era. Now I think they all know what's needed and not needed.
Look Will, were not talking about a game system that you don't have. Were talking about a retro system that was the best in my time, and it still is today.
Hey you are the one hanging out with game chasers, finally found your channel.
Yeah I tried that already, and zero luck unfortunately.
ugh, left that comment window open way too long while I verified in storage. There is no 12V frontend regulator; the ATAPI drive is connected directly to the input line. no-name 7805 TO220 regulator supplies the whole PCB. UFO power supply is 9VDC output, 100V input; multimeter showed 11.62VDC unloaded. Bung power supply is 120v labeled 12VDC out, multimeter shows 13.22VDC unloaded.
100V "12V" adapter @ 120V == 15.6Volts, or damned near popping 16V capacitors.
Wow! You can count! Your mother must be SO proud!
A quick fix is to run that CD drive on an external power supply. The part that overheated is likely the part that converts voltages and such to power the CD Drive. You can probably find an old pc or use an older AT power supply (ATX ones would work, but you need to use some wiring/paperclips to "fool" the PSU so that it turns on)
Also I have a SATA/IDE to USB adapater and that thing came with a separate molex AC adapter. I bet you can find that for sell separately on ebay/Amazon. ;)
Man, if these ever came out in NA. I would've bought one.
By the way, that port in the middle is more than likely video and audio out, since it is shaped like the audio/video plug you get with the N64.
N64 CD looks almost as sexy as a Genesis with the 32X and CD add-ons.
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I had something like this so I could play Nes and Sega Genesis games on my SNES.
Was a base that you placed in the SNES and it had 3 slots, NES and GEN you had to always have a SNES game in it for it to boot the other cartridges.
No, it's clearly marked 100v input supply. Being a transformer means it cannot be 'made for both'. Generally, wallwart transformers don't even have the half-coil 120/240v trick to fake 'universal' input. The unit is clearly marked for wanting a solid 12V supply to derive +5V from the overheated TO220 regulator clearly seen under the plastic. The CDROM drive also requires both 12V and 5V, since it's an off the shelf ATAPI drive with your average PC molex connector on the back.
There actually used to be an old CD-ROM add-on for the SNES that allowed you to play roms as well, backing up save files into the ram of whatever cartridge you were using.
Saw that in GamePro right next to an artcial about The SEGA Channel. Today I understand why Nintendo had mixed feelings because of how thing's were then. I believe if the N64 used CDs, had a SNES cart slot "for SNES games and more", and cound support CD-RW disks "for the same reason way they had the disk system in japan" then the N64 may have done will.
ocarina of time and final fantasy 7 actually had very decent graphic for its generation, ive played plenty of great games with great gameplay, now recently mario and luigi dream team
Hey. The Wolfman called.... he says he wants his arm back.
the doom port, cosmic carnage (mark would kill me if i didnt include it), knuckles chaotix, virtua fighter, afterburner arcade, space harrier, star wars arcade, and zaxxon. =D
N64 came out 17 years ago, dude. I know, time flies.
If it's the original adapter then it was made for both. The circuitry inside should have been made to tolerate/deal with it. They were often sold empty and you would add your own CD-ROM drive, so someone may have tried one that it could not reliably power. Even on Dr. V64 units, faster CD-ROMs often caused PSU issues. He said it's 4x but it could have already been fried when someone tried a faster one.
Awesome new review buddy :)
Thank you Gizametalman, that 3 minutes before I scrolled down and checked the comments I can never get back, but I was able to skip the next 5 minutes and 29 seconds. From all humanity, thank you.
Saw one of these at a flea market. Though they knew what they had thanks to the friggin' internet and smartphones, so they wanted over $200 for it.
Just found your channel through your Gizmondo review, just subscribed
Always sad to see younger gamers commenting about adults with video games, and yet if you give it just a second of thought, you'd realize that the only gamers who truly remember all of these classic games are adults by necessity!