What do you think about mods ?

[Mindfreak]

Does anyone remember that auction I posted a while ago of a "modded" NES controller?
It had a hole punched through an empty cart...and the only thing that went through it was the cord on the NES controller....

Do you have a pic ?

[nintendodork]

Nope, it's probably been buh-leated by now...

[Mindfreak]

That bad huh ?

[nintendodork]

It's in the ridiculous auctions somewhere, you can check if the link still works if you want

EDIT* Here it is

[Mindfreak]

wow...you guys were right...

thanks for the pic nintendodork!

[nurd]

I don't even understand why they would do that :|

[nintendodork]

thanks for the pic nintendodork!

You're welcome
And the seller was probably thinking he'd get one of those eBay noobs who bid on PS3 boxes without reading the description
OMG PS3 FOR $20?!!! BEST DAEL EVAR!!!!!!!
OMG SUPER RARE NES CONTROLLER FOR $2?!!! BEST MOD EVAR!!!!!!

[MaxXimus]

i put a mod-chip in my wii so now it can play burnt disks!!
and i put the Homebrew Channel on my wii its really kewl
AND i modded my wii so it can play DVDs!

I was under the impression that a chipped wii could do all that by default.

[nintendodork]

Maybe he just tried to brag

[MaxXimus]

It gets old fast, lol.

There really is no need for a chip for the wii now. its software hacked too now.

[nensondubois]

I also have the homebrew channel on my Wii with Gecko OS. Why would somone do that to a poor NES controller and cart?

[shoggoth80]

Depends on the kind of mod of course!
I am all for mod-chipping consoles like the PSX, and PS2. I don't even see an issue with someone modding their top loader NES to A/V.I have seen Ataris (standard 2600, and 8 bit computers) that have had video output upgrades. Though I am also a firm believer that if you are going to do this, you should keep an original version of a collectable console around. I have a transparent orange cased PSX, but I Still have a grey box around too. I swap disc modded my PS2 with a trapdoor lid... PS2 isn't really collectable... and aside from the PSX/PS2, my affinity lies with the older stuff anyhow.

But turning a gaming rig into something more efficient has its place.

I also like the hacks a-la Ben Heck... some of that stuff is badass! I really like his 800XL Atari laptop job.... that was uber sweet. And I have NOTHING against hacking an NOAC into a handheld NES/Famicom if  you have the technical know-how. That just LOOKS fun. Of course, the portable SNES is cool too... lots of SNES decks lying around.

I feel NO shame about yanking out my region tabs... Dragon Quest V and VI man!!

[xyzzy32]

I installed Homebrew channel, unreleased VC games, and DVD playback on my Wii.
However, I can tell you all from personal experience, never, ever, EVER put untested .wad files on your Wii. You might as well shovel out the $85 for Nintendo repair service; I was simply creating a custom Earth Bound (Zero) .wad with banner, music, and icon, and I corrupted my machine's memory. If only I had known Starfall with "enable recovery menu" and "disable diagnostic disc check", paired with the Twilight Hack save file on the Wii, could have prevented the brick 

Regarding modification of older consoles, I see it as a waste of time unless some major improvements are made, as with the Famicom AV mod.

[Walky]

I love Benheck mods. I'd like to make portable nes and psx consoles, but I don't have the screens 
Casing would be much easier to make now that I finally have a working cnc machine 

[Paul-FC]

There really is no need for a chip for the wii now. its software hacked too now.

i needed a chip to fix my wii