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Title: anyone hacked a Power Player Super console???
Post by: rollerball on January 21, 2007, 03:01:10 am

Hey there....has anyone bought one of these???Or thought of hacking one to use in a Cabinet???I was thinking about getting one for a bartop cab...or maybe the Namco 5 in 1 would be better???any thoughts??...here is one on ebay...they are on there all the time...quite cheap as well...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Power-Player-Super-Joystick-Retro-Video-Game-System_W0QQitemZ250074456716QQihZ015QQcategoryZ50171QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: anyone hacked a Power Player Super console???
Post by: NickG on January 21, 2007, 03:18:29 am

I got one of these as a gift a few years ago.  Someone made a how-to guide for (re)enabling the use of your old NES/Famicom carts, instead of the built-in ROMs, it's probably still around on the web somewhere...I gave mine away to a friend so she could play Duckhunt. 

Title: Re: anyone hacked a Power Player Super console???
Post by: rollerball on January 21, 2007, 03:28:45 am

Ok so what are these games then???Arcade or nes games???Copies??

Title: Re: anyone hacked a Power Player Super console???
Post by: NickG on January 21, 2007, 03:01:14 pm

NES clones -  including clones of NES ports of Arcade games.  It has a NES-on-chip IC.  The Namco one is different.

Title: Re: anyone hacked a Power Player Super console???
Post by: ahofle on January 21, 2007, 11:57:28 pm

I have one and I must say it's pretty nice for the price.  Mine has the expansion cartridge slot, but I haven't tried it.  It claims to have like 16,000 games on it, but there are really 80 or so (all NES games) and then they just repeat  (clones of some sort).  The most pleasant surprise is the lightgun which works very well on Hogan's Alley and Duck Hunt.  Of all the mini consoles I've bought, it's the only one that hasn't ended up in the garbage.  Has anyone actually tried the expansion slot?

Title: Re: anyone hacked a Power Player Super console???
Post by: jhanson on January 22, 2007, 07:00:36 am

I hacked one of those and put it in a little black project box from Radio Shack.  One thing to remember is that the cartridge slot on it is actually a Famicom slot, so you'll need a 60-72 pin adapter if you want to play US NES games on it.

Title: Re: anyone hacked a Power Player Super console???
Post by: DarkBubble on January 22, 2007, 11:23:13 am

Quote from: pinballjim on January 21, 2007, 08:50:04 pm

There's no hack needed, the N64 shaped controller has a Famicom cartridge slot built into it.

Yeah, and that thing's uncomfortable as all get-out.  It digs into your hand when you're playing the built-ins and the cartridge is in a bad spot when you're trying to play carts.  The D-pad has issues on that thing too.  If I didn't already have a famiclone in colsole form, I'd have hacked it a long time ago.

Title: Re: anyone hacked a Power Player Super console???
Post by: rollerball on January 26, 2007, 07:17:55 am

so would it be hard to wire up some arcade controls to one and stick it in a cab??