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ArsTechnica: Hackers unlock NES Classic, upload new games via USB cable
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DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
i assume so - i'm running NES roms on the FCMini with no issues at all.
Region free Nintendo hardware!
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
it's a neat form-factor?
Dont worry - there's at least 6 Raspberry Pie's running all sort of gubbins around the house.
oo7
Member
This looks official? Nice interface? Reasons???
oo7
Member
Everyone is saying its a false positive. Finally got mine working. Had to keep plugging the system in the pc for each step using the hachki2 software.
Awesome!Yes, i've done it tonight - works no issues (at least so far)
It beats me, man.
Nah, couldn't be.
Ease of use. I love my Pi, but it's a pain to use sometimes and it's not really great for social gatherings if you aren't hanging around a bunch of people who already know how to do things in Retropi.
I am Christina Aguilera
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Why in the world would they bother emulating the mapper board used almost exclusively by Rare's NES games if Microsoft owns most or all of them? Coincidentally, about the only AxROM game I know of that *wasn't* made by Rare is Solstice, the rights to which may or may not still be owned by Sony.
There's so much we don't know about you, NES Classic Mini.
Impotaku
Member
Yes, i've done it tonight - works no issues (at least so far)
Is there a decent guide in english yet? I have the tool but i there's no decent translated instructions so far, just some very rough attempt at translation on imgur. Until i know the process 100% i don't want to risk a brick.
Might have been that NERD worked on the tech before the game list was locked down and thought that one of the Rare games was possible due to whatever agreements were made regarding DK64 on the VC (since it still has Microsoft owned stuff in it) and Rare Replay.
Synless
Member
Several times on the first page.
Impotaku
Member
And at least once per page just incase anyones missed not been told why dont they get a pi LOL
Lupin the Third
Member
Whoosh.
But it's good to let people know they don't need to hammer on this idea like it's something revolutionary.
BigJonsson
Member
I power mine through the PS4 USB lol
DCharlie
And even i am moderately surprised
just use the tool a few pages back - all you need to do is
1) plug famicom mini into PC using USB cable
2) download HAKCHI
3) run HAKCHI
4) hold down the reset button on the famicom mini and power up
5) unlike NES Mini, we've no light indicating on or off ... so this is a bit of a pain
6) i personally dumped the kernel just in case - i got an warning message, but continued anyways
7) find some roms you want to add - click the "add more games" button
8) click on the individual rom and you can select cover art/search google and apply
9) once happy - click "Uploaded selected games to NES Mini"
10) first time you do this , it will inform you that you need to build a custom kernel which it does for you - when i dumped the kernel , HAKCHI informed me that a driver had to be installed on the Famicom Mini - so i clicked yes, i assume this will happen at this point too.
11) once done, the install of your games will run.
12) once complete, you will be asked to wait for the power light to go off, before switching power off and restarting machine. Obviously with a Famicom mini, we don't have the light so i'd just give it 5-10 seconds.
13) then you are done! if you want to add more games all you have to do is , again, attach PC to Mini with USB cable, hold down the reset button on the famicom mini and power up - then just Add More Games followed by Upload selected games to NES Mini.
it's pretty straightforward
Marty Chinn
Member
Why stop here? Why aren't you recommending people just get an AVS which wouldnt be emulation and way better than a RetroPie?
It's like a slightly less annoying "Why not build a PC?"
Impotaku
Member
Ah i wasn't aware the hackchi worked on the famicom mini as i thought it was only for the nes classic mini, i thought only honeylabs tool would work for Japanese ones.
Wonder if it will accept Japanese text in the tool so i can rename them properly.
shanafan
Member
Not uncommon. It just detects "malicious" code used to alter programming. I get a similar message when running my WWE2K16 match editor.
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Kilau
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I power mine through a steamlink USB hehe.
KojiKnight
Member
Because it's $60 in a preconfigured and easy to use factor.
Raspberry pi is 35... But you also need a case... And memory card... And a controller... And a power supply... And to configure an OS and emulators...
Meaning A: raspberry pi is more expensive
B: it's hard and more time consuming to setup.
But we all know you and everyone suggesting this already knew this... But you all think you're unique for suggesting this and somehow smarter for coming up with this "better" solution.
Oh hell, that's amazing. My NES games will never have looked as good as this.
If only I didn't cancel my Nintendo Store pre-order due to other gaming stuff being released around the same time. There aren't actually that many games missing from the console for me but it would certainly be a hell of a bonus being able to choose which 60 games I could have on it.
I wonder if it means that Nintendo will be adding games at some point? I know they said they wouldn't but maybe there will be some sort of transfer mechanism with the Switch?
If only I didn't cancel my Nintendo Store pre-order due to other gaming stuff being released around the same time. There aren't actually that many games missing from the console for me but it would certainly be a hell of a bonus being able to choose which 60 games I could have on it.
I wonder if it means that Nintendo will be adding games at some point? I know they said they wouldn't but maybe there will be some sort of transfer mechanism with the Switch?
Not to mention it doesn't have an intuitive UI and requires you to either learn a bunch of button combos or do more work with keybindings to get stuff working adequately.
Dr Stabbingworth
Member
Just uploaded my NES library to my classic using the hakchi2 tool. It was pretty easy and works great!
CrashPrime
Member
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And I'm going to cross post from the NES thread to point out your inaccuracies that you are leaving off the cost of the USB hub necessary for the controller (if you want more than one player or controllers that don't use micro sd), the cost of the HDMI cable, and the cost of the games themselves along with the tools to rip them.
CrashPrime
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Tried to with no luck, it can't dump the kernel. Oh well...
Not sure why people keep bring up Pi. It's a different audience.
If people where ok doing it with a Pi they would have already.
The NES classic mod is for people like my wife/parents. They want a cute little self contained system that just works. It's also not nearly as ugly as a Pi.
If people where ok doing it with a Pi they would have already.
The NES classic mod is for people like my wife/parents. They want a cute little self contained system that just works. It's also not nearly as ugly as a Pi.
I'm sure people have their own games lying around, but not everybody is going to have that big of a collection lying around and will need to start hitting up stores to build up to the point where you have at least the thirty games the NES Classic comes with.
Sexually Aggressive Uncle
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which won't look like a NES.
Lupin the Third
Member
Did you make an additional software modification for this to happen?
Devilgunman
Member
I almost feel like console vs PC all over again. Almost.
People who bought NES Classic want simplicity and plug&play nature of a console. The hacking is as simple as loading a song to iPhone. RPi is basically a mini PC that you need to put together and configure to make it works and some people just don't want to deal with any of that.
I don't know why it's so difficult to understand for some.
People who bought NES Classic want simplicity and plug&play nature of a console. The hacking is as simple as loading a song to iPhone. RPi is basically a mini PC that you need to put together and configure to make it works and some people just don't want to deal with any of that.
I don't know why it's so difficult to understand for some.
i assume so - i'm running NES roms on the FCMini with no issues at all.
Region free Nintendo hardware!
Thanks for the fact check!
Region free indeed
So I'm using hakchi 2, dumped the original kernal, added the roms to the list to add back in, it says to flash the custom kernel, but when I do that it says it can't repack the ramdisk. I think my anti virus is stopping it from running even though I changed permissions for it.
Any ideas? I am computer stupid so keep that in mind
Any ideas? I am computer stupid so keep that in mind
Nope, used Hakchi2.
Cross posting this and consider it a final warning.
1) We get it, the Raspberry Pi is a cool solution. It's not the same thing and there are reasons to want the NES Classic.
2) Accusing everyone of piracy when you don't know their situation is irritating noise and is something that is explicitly against the rules in any sort of discussion about console hacking for this reason.
Stop spamming this thread and the other one with the same stuff over and over again. We heard you the first hundred times.
1) We get it, the Raspberry Pi is a cool solution. It's not the same thing and there are reasons to want the NES Classic.
2) Accusing everyone of piracy when you don't know their situation is irritating noise and is something that is explicitly against the rules in any sort of discussion about console hacking for this reason.
Stop spamming this thread and the other one with the same stuff over and over again. We heard you the first hundred times.