Your Wii U Ultimate Retroarch guide is the greatest way to experience retro games. Today, I was playing The Simpsons arcade game via 3 player using the gamepad, a ps4 controller, and an Xbox one controller, with my 2 kids. 👌 I was telling them kids used to have to actually leave their house and pay a ton of quarters at arcades to play these games lol.
So convenient to have them this way. They'll never know the struggle for arcade perfection or the excitement of seeing a new unique Arcade cabinet. At least the games themselves survive and we can preserve them for future generations.
Great job still working everything in 2023. I bought the console second hand in new condition. I played old games i liked to play ,I went back to my childhood at the age of 34. Greetings from Poland!!!
Get a used wii u, it is an emulator beast, on the go get a Vita, hacked vita served me well while i was in service but a hacked Vita isn't very reliable but still worth it
This installed EXACTLY as you instructed, so thanks for that! One thing though, the artwork and meta data didn't populate automatically. Am I missing something?
This worked perfectly! Thank you so much! So many of these videos skip or gloss over either important or complicated steps, but this was quick, concise, and easy! Thanks again!
I recently tried following the video to transfer files or games over, but wasn't able to. I followed instructions on the video and the hackchi that I downloaded. Any help w be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for this video, it was very informative. I just bought (hopefully a legit and US version) a Nintendo mini and I'm excited for the opportunity to add additional games to it. My question to you is this: if something goes wrong during my "hack", can I do a factory reset on the mini and have it go back to the default settings (like when it comes out of the box)?
Quick question. I've already modded my NES Mini, but the auto-fire rate in the "Controller Hacks" section is too slow. Is there a way to adjust it? Just curious.
Probably seems like a stretch, but would it be possible for you to do a tutorial on how to uninstall Hakchi from a Sega Genesis Mini, and install Project Lunar in its place???
It's easy to uninstall Hakchi. It automatically makes a backup of the unaltered kernel in system memory. Go into Hakchi, click the uninstall option and you'll be back to stock unit. Then use the Project LUNAR software if you want to install that. I do however agree with the other post that I think Hakchi is better and gets more updates, but you have the freedom to install what you want on it.
If I understand this correctly, you can only download 4 games at a time w the first method, so if you want to download multiple games, you have to use the 2nd method w the USB and cables ?
Hey, i have a few questions. 1: do I have to do the custom folders structure, or can i just have them on the home menu? 2: when do i let go of the reset button when activating FEL mode? 3: is it possible to play FDS games on the nes mini? Thanks
The red light isn't flashing when i hit reset after I turn the power on. It stays a solid red and the screen says, waiting for your mini. Did anybody else have this problem or knows to get it to flash to load on hakchi?
@blainelocklair Thx for this vid. Works great, but there's one issue I have, with the sound (of the added games). It's speed up. How do you normalise it?
What happens if for whatever reason, you don't have internet access at the location you're trying to hack the NES Classic? I suppose there's no provision for downloading the required kernel and box art manually, is there? I know how enamored programs today are of doing everything automatically for the user. Well, except for the initial setup, which always seems to force the user to go through several steps manually.
Hi! I purchased the cable in your link but when I plug it in (while holding reset with power button already pressed) the light does not flash but stays solid orange and computer says “waiting for device”. I’ve tried the whole process several times. Any advice?
I did mine originally in like 2017, I wonder if I can just do this to mine because I think I lost my original backups before I started, it was a different process back then
I have always wanted to do this but my question is how do you obtain the games to do this? I always find the how to videos for prepping but cannot find a video that shows how to get the games.
Thank you very clear instructional video. I'm still going to have to re-watch this a dozen times while I attempt to do this LOL anything new that would make this easier?
@@blainelocklair in a very early build of Hakchi. A lot of progress was made especially when it moves to CE (community edition). Now you don't have to mess with command lines to change certain things. Instead it brings up menus on which cores you want to run your games. Also doesn't hurt that it supports multiple mini consoles from many regions. I'm very proud of those who made this software.
Do you have a way to access the retroarch menu from the NES MINI ? I have tried select + start and it does bring it up for a second the exits to the game selection menu directly.
Get an nes rom dumper. You can rip the cartridges you own, then take those roms and put them in the classic edition. Definitely don't illegally download them from the internet...
My stick is formatted ntfs, did all the steps as in the video. Once items exported to USB, I saw the folder structure... moved USB to the mini.. powered up, and the added games and folder did not show. Is NTFS correct for the stick? Or should it be FAT16 or something different? I use the OTG cable on other minis, so I know that it works yet.
Why the latest version of Hakchi from the description can't install the driver while the old can? The only problem with the old version is cannot find the cover art for the game from Google.
So where do you get nes games ? Is there website ? Or do you make your own ? Also I notice it doesn’t register the wireless game controllers , they go in and out after installing
I would LOVE play boktai on it, but it crashes after i enter the secon zone..i had two cartridges when i was a child,unfortunately missing... any help?
2 questions please. 1st, I have previously loaded games. Will this allow me to use the file system with the games I have already loaded? 2nd, where do I get the games? When I hacked this before I thought I was getting all games but marble madness is missing. I want to get that game but, do I search for it on hakchi? How do I find games in .nes format?
I Hacked The Nes And I Added 196 Games And There Is Still Space For More I Put Games From:NES,SNES,GB,GBC,GBA,Sega Master System And Genesis,Atari 2600 And Turbografix-16 Now Thats A Lot And There IS STILL SPACE FOR GAMES 😅 I Dont Even Know If I Will Be Able To Play All Of Them
Let's say I try to hack my NES Classic and something goes wrong, or I just don't like it. Is there a way to go back to its original state? Will selecting "reset to factory settings" erase everything and put it back to its original state? Is there another method? Or once I try to hack it, that's it..... I'm fully commited?
Hi, I cant seem to find the ganes anywhere. Did everything as in the video, downloaded the program, transfered it to the NES but where are the ganes? There is no NES europe folder at all and in the NES USA folder there are like 50 games total. Have I missunderstood something and do I need to download all the ganes from another site? Or should all the ganes be within Hakchi itself? Bought all the otg and data transfer cable via amazon and the usb stick as well.
So question I have an NES classic that I hacked to play game Boy game Boy color Gameboy advance and game gear games. I realized I want to take off some games and add a few different ones. Is there a way anyone knows how to do this without having to re add all the games I want to keep on there? It's been awhile since I tinkered with it plus I don't have all the rooms anymore and don't want to redownload a ton of them
I know how to download games but where can I get more games? I bought a SD card with installed games but it m doesn’t have all the games and I don’t seem to find where to get more games.
Well, I'd love to share some linkage, but RUclips's terms don't allow it. However, there is an "Archive" on the "Internet" that might just be of help. :)
I don't want to raise the Jolly Roger, but is there a way to extract the mini cobsole's original ROMs to the PC? I THINK I found options to do it, but it gave me files that I can't tell if they work even by changing the extension to .nes. Is there any way anyone can help me?
They're never gonna disclose that information in order to keep from being sued..I just gave up on modding cause I have no knowledge of where to get the roms from
@@ipitithefool7829 yo, it’s been a year now, and I’ve finally been able to add the games to my NES Classic. There was a a website that I was able to copy the file to the game I wanted and transfer it to my NES Classic, so I’m fine now
Well, I'd love to share some linkage, but RUclips's terms don't allow it. However, there is an "Archive" on the "Internet" that might just be of help. :)
easiest modding i've ever seen. i only watched this to ee just how easy can moddin get, since i dont have a mini or classic of anything. probably the only thing thats easier is an R4 card for the DS
Will this work on the mini game anniversary edition from TEMU I have the 620 classic games built in but they are garbage games from other countries, it looks like a nes mini but it's just called mini game anniversary edition. Please let me know.
Hey, am I doing something wrong? Everything was doing well, until I got to the Synchronize with mini part I plugged the usb into the pc nothing happened, everything is how it supposed to be, I don’t know what so did wrong
Thank you for not skipping steps. Some people are so knowlegable that they forget some of aren't experts.
Or they just skip and allow you to fail unfortunately
THANK YOU for showing how to continue adding games like a year later when you have forgotten exactly how to load even more games. 😊
Where did you get the games (ROMs) to transfer to NES mini?
I've been dying to play the Superman NES game again. It was so fun with the chibi characters. Great memories.
Your Wii U Ultimate Retroarch guide is the greatest way to experience retro games. Today, I was playing The Simpsons arcade game via 3 player using the gamepad, a ps4 controller, and an Xbox one controller, with my 2 kids. 👌 I was telling them kids used to have to actually leave their house and pay a ton of quarters at arcades to play these games lol.
So convenient to have them this way. They'll never know the struggle for arcade perfection or the excitement of seeing a new unique Arcade cabinet. At least the games themselves survive and we can preserve them for future generations.
@@blainelocklair My Pizza Hut had a sit down cocktail cabinet of Ms. Pac-Man and then later Arkanoid.
Great job still working everything in 2023. I bought the console second hand in new condition. I played old games i liked to play ,I went back to my childhood at the age of 34. Greetings from Poland!!!
Czy jest może szansa że posiadasz jakąś stronę z romami które można wgrać na mini ? Z góry dziękuję 😎
Definitely helped me when adding games like SMB2 (Super Mario bros. 2: The Lost Levels) Mother 1 (Earthbound Zero/Beginnings) to my NES classic
I'm so happy now! For 20 years I've wanted to play Nes tetris and now I can relive my childhood!😁
Get a used wii u, it is an emulator beast, on the go get a Vita, hacked vita served me well while i was in service but a hacked Vita isn't very reliable but still worth it
This installed EXACTLY as you instructed, so thanks for that! One thing though, the artwork and meta data didn't populate automatically. Am I missing something?
I just finished hacking my NES classic, thank you for your ps vita tutorial i did it a while ago
This worked perfectly! Thank you so much! So many of these videos skip or gloss over either important or complicated steps, but this was quick, concise, and easy! Thanks again!
I recently tried following the video to transfer files or games over, but wasn't able to. I followed instructions on the video and the hackchi that I downloaded. Any help w be greatly appreciated.
im confused because no mode was activated, i did it right so i am very confused. please help
Try splitting up by console and adding the console icon for each folder it’s convenient
Thank you for this video, it was very informative. I just bought (hopefully a legit and US version) a Nintendo mini and I'm excited for the opportunity to add additional games to it. My question to you is this: if something goes wrong during my "hack", can I do a factory reset on the mini and have it go back to the default settings (like when it comes out of the box)?
In the settings icon it should have an option for factory resetting
Love this video but Do not buy the adapter cable he shows in the video it doesn’t work at all, I had to return it
Quick question. I've already modded my NES Mini, but the auto-fire rate in the "Controller Hacks" section is too slow. Is there a way to adjust it? Just curious.
Doesn't work for me. I begin installing and it says taking too long to reboot. Please help 🙁
Probably seems like a stretch, but would it be possible for you to do a tutorial on how to uninstall Hakchi from a Sega Genesis Mini, and install Project Lunar in its place???
Why would you want to? Hakchi is WAY ahead of Lunar, and Lunar has been cancelled...
It's easy to uninstall Hakchi. It automatically makes a backup of the unaltered kernel in system memory. Go into Hakchi, click the uninstall option and you'll be back to stock unit. Then use the Project LUNAR software if you want to install that. I do however agree with the other post that I think Hakchi is better and gets more updates, but you have the freedom to install what you want on it.
I always split games equally. I was never a fan of alphabetizing folders. For me, it's an aesthetic issue.
what does splitting them equally do
How do you associate an image/boxart file to each rom (.nes file)? Or does the app gather those images for you?
If I understand this correctly, you can only download 4 games at a time w the first method, so if you want to download multiple games, you have to use the 2nd method w the USB and cables ?
Hey, i have a few questions.
1: do I have to do the custom folders structure, or can i just have them on the home menu?
2: when do i let go of the reset button when activating FEL mode?
3: is it possible to play FDS games on the nes mini?
Thanks
The red light isn't flashing when i hit reset after I turn the power on. It stays a solid red and the screen says, waiting for your mini. Did anybody else have this problem or knows to get it to flash to load on hakchi?
@blainelocklair Thx for this vid. Works great, but there's one issue I have, with the sound (of the added games). It's speed up. How do you normalise it?
What happens if for whatever reason, you don't have internet access at the location you're trying to hack the NES Classic? I suppose there's no provision for downloading the required kernel and box art manually, is there? I know how enamored programs today are of doing everything automatically for the user. Well, except for the initial setup, which always seems to force the user to go through several steps manually.
Thanks so very much for the video
Dang... that's freaking amazing!!! Thank you!!!! 😀
Hi! I purchased the cable in your link but when I plug it in (while holding reset with power button already pressed) the light does not flash but stays solid orange and computer says “waiting for device”. I’ve tried the whole process several times. Any advice?
Did you ever resolve it? I'm stuck right now too
I've been having the same issue. From what I have found this is an indication that the console is a fake. The fakes cannot be used with Hakchi.
PC won't detect my mini consoles, I tried to buy 2 different data micro USB cables from microcenter, still no luck detecting....
What size usb would work for Nintendo,snes,PlayStation and genesis to download all the games for each
Instead of having the folders displayed, how is it possible to have a continuous row of thumbnails like the default games are displayed?
This is amazing! I can't wait to try it.
I did mine originally in like 2017, I wonder if I can just do this to mine because I think I lost my original backups before I started, it was a different process back then
Hey I'm might try this thanks :)
I have always wanted to do this but my question is how do you obtain the games to do this? I always find the how to videos for prepping but cannot find a video that shows how to get the games.
Wondering the same, the games listed under the KMFD’s mod Hub are fairly limited. Is there another place to look?
Thank you very clear instructional video. I'm still going to have to re-watch this a dozen times while I attempt to do this LOL anything new that would make this easier?
The roms can be in zip format.
@@blainelocklair in a very early build of Hakchi. A lot of progress was made especially when it moves to CE (community edition). Now you don't have to mess with command lines to change certain things. Instead it brings up menus on which cores you want to run your games. Also doesn't hurt that it supports multiple mini consoles from many regions. I'm very proud of those who made this software.
Why can't I find where the games folder is so I can add them?
Do you have a way to access the retroarch menu from the NES MINI ? I have tried select + start and it does bring it up for a second the exits to the game selection menu directly.
is the information still usable today 06-06-2023?
where do you get the games to put on your nes
Yes where are the games coming from?
Get an nes rom dumper. You can rip the cartridges you own, then take those roms and put them in the classic edition. Definitely don't illegally download them from the internet...
@@acecalderon8376 I would never
My stick is formatted ntfs, did all the steps as in the video. Once items exported to USB, I saw the folder structure... moved USB to the mini.. powered up, and the added games and folder did not show. Is NTFS correct for the stick? Or should it be FAT16 or something different? I use the OTG cable on other minis, so I know that it works yet.
Why the latest version of Hakchi from the description can't install the driver while the old can? The only problem with the old version is cannot find the cover art for the game from Google.
Regarding Snes,how many MB should be available on the system for save game progressions?
Do u know how to factory reset a hacked mini...i try to reset or uninstall but it keeps asking for dump kernal pop up
Hey, will this work for the 620 game mini? The back of mine doesnt have an HDMI port...only a power port and an auxillary port.
So where do you get nes games ? Is there website ? Or do you make your own ? Also I notice it doesn’t register the wireless game controllers , they go in and out after installing
Will the hakchi application work on mac?
Where can one find room files these days especially from the big n.
I wonder if you can put Micro Mages on the nes classic. 🤔
Can you still save games like you could on the stock software?
I would LOVE play boktai on it, but it crashes after i enter the secon zone..i had two cartridges when i was a child,unfortunately missing... any help?
Can I add Famicon games in NES Classic?
Did you find a way to hack the Genesis Mini 2?
2 questions please. 1st, I have previously loaded games. Will this allow me to use the file system with the games I have already loaded? 2nd, where do I get the games? When I hacked this before I thought I was getting all games but marble madness is missing. I want to get that game but, do I search for it on hakchi? How do I find games in .nes format?
Does putting it in FEL mode factory reset the console?
How do you add custom hacks that aren't saved in .NES format ? I'm having issues getting them to run
Does this actually work? Little Nemo’s Dream Master was probably my favorite ever.
I Hacked The Nes And I Added 196 Games And There Is Still Space For More I Put Games From:NES,SNES,GB,GBC,GBA,Sega Master System And Genesis,Atari 2600 And Turbografix-16 Now Thats A Lot And There IS STILL SPACE FOR GAMES 😅 I Dont Even Know If I Will Be Able To Play All Of Them
When I tried to transfer all the games to my USB drive, only my Windows C: drive came up on the drop down list. Any ideas?
anyway to do the same with the Nintendo Clone Entertainment System 600+?
I have Quession could i tranfer files into other console who has seond mode player could i tranfer files or not
Let's say I try to hack my NES Classic and something goes wrong, or I just don't like it. Is there a way to go back to its original state? Will selecting "reset to factory settings" erase everything and put it back to its original state? Is there another method? Or once I try to hack it, that's it..... I'm fully commited?
You don't need to download an image for each new game in the menu?
Hi, I cant seem to find the ganes anywhere. Did everything as in the video, downloaded the program, transfered it to the NES but where are the ganes? There is no NES europe folder at all and in the NES USA folder there are like 50 games total.
Have I missunderstood something and do I need to download all the ganes from another site? Or should all the ganes be within Hakchi itself?
Bought all the otg and data transfer cable via amazon and the usb stick as well.
@blainelocklair thanks for this! Where do I dowoad the NES game files?
What kind of data cable is needed? I didn't see the link for it.
Is it normal to get stuck on "Updating local original games cache..." Im stuck at 51%
So question I have an NES classic that I hacked to play game Boy game Boy color Gameboy advance and game gear games. I realized I want to take off some games and add a few different ones. Is there a way anyone knows how to do this without having to re add all the games I want to keep on there? It's been awhile since I tinkered with it plus I don't have all the rooms anymore and don't want to redownload a ton of them
Is there a video on how to get the games?
i hard time getting NES Classic first time around very got it second around
can the knock off NES classic versions be modded this same way?
Does this work on a Famicom NES classic, the Japanese version?
Where are you getting the games before you load them?
Yes. Can’t find any download place for .nes games
I know how to download games but where can I get more games? I bought a SD card with installed games but it m doesn’t have all the games and I don’t seem to find where to get more games.
Well, I'd love to share some linkage, but RUclips's terms don't allow it. However, there is an "Archive" on the "Internet" that might just be of help. :)
do it play super nintendo game too?? with that console?
I don't want to raise the Jolly Roger, but is there a way to extract the mini cobsole's original ROMs to the PC? I THINK I found options to do it, but it gave me files that I can't tell if they work even by changing the extension to .nes. Is there any way anyone can help me?
Is the modding application compatible with the raspberry pi 4?
It's the only computer I have lol.
Can you get Tetris on the upgrade?
Where do you purchase that adapter please?
how do I fix my console? I tried this 2 years ago and I broke my console, is it possible to fix it?
Is there a way to do this by your phone?
How do i add snes, sega, dreamcast and gamecubes emulators?????
are you able to add browsers to it? and are you able to play minecraft and roblox on it because im curious if it works on my nes mini
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Where do you even download the games, I’ve been stuck here for over 2 hours just because I don’t know how or where to download them
They're never gonna disclose that information in order to keep from being sued..I just gave up on modding cause I have no knowledge of where to get the roms from
@@ipitithefool7829 yo, it’s been a year now, and I’ve finally been able to add the games to my NES Classic. There was a a website that I was able to copy the file to the game I wanted and transfer it to my NES Classic, so I’m fine now
Where do I download classic NES games for this?
What about snes mini.
Just the same as the NES mini, just check the SNES mini option for modding.
Where do you get more games tho???
Well, I'd love to share some linkage, but RUclips's terms don't allow it. However, there is an "Archive" on the "Internet" that might just be of help. :)
easiest modding i've ever seen. i only watched this to ee just how easy can moddin get, since i dont have a mini or classic of anything. probably the only thing thats easier is an R4 card for the DS
can the nes classic be reset to factory settings?
Where do you go to get games to put on there?
Does this work with the famicom classic?
Will this work on the mini game anniversary edition from TEMU I have the 620 classic games built in but they are garbage games from other countries, it looks like a nes mini but it's just called mini game anniversary edition. Please let me know.
uh... it seems like you have a bootleg device... xd.
does this work on the Amazon or ebay cheap versions
Hey, am I doing something wrong?
Everything was doing well, until I got to the Synchronize with mini part I plugged the usb into the pc nothing happened, everything is how it supposed to be, I don’t know what so did wrong
Are you sure it was a data cable?
Where do you get your ROMS
I’m stuck at the system rebooting why installing the hack. Keeps rebooting too slow and saying it can’t continue.
go to winsdows system find the usb check that power box is switched on as its going to sleep
When i click a game it loads then closes it
What if I don't want the folders?
How do you download the games you want tho...?