Family Computer Mini hacked - add a bunch more games!

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Well not quite, as only the NES version appears to be right now - but it should be possible on the Fami Mini too...

All you need is USB connection with PC.
Emulator supports mappers: 0 (NROM), 1 (MMC1), 2 (UxROM), 3 (CNROM), 4 (MMC3), 5 (MMC5), 7 (AxROM), 9 (MMC2), 10 (MMC4).

Guide:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/hakchi2-nes-mini-very-simple-pimp-tool.456256/





DISCLAIMER:  If you try this, do so at your own risk.  Personally, I will wait a bit just in case something pops up, and until more mappers are supported.

[famifan]

geez

russian interface. with a lot of mistakes/typos.  seriously?

at the very least it looks suspicious.

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Seems to be fine from the threads, but some notable caution.

Another reason I'll wait I think, but I'll start prepping a list of what to add.

With no auto download firmware updates etc. to worry about though, it's welcome.

[P]

Yeah but also any mapper updates must be hacked in there. I guess the mappers supported match the games included in Famicom/NES Mini.

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Yes I imagine the mapper list would stay as-is, but I know the community are focused on expanding that as the next step, so who knows.

[Raverrevolution]

I think the only things I'd want to do are;

1)Replace Punch Out with Mike Tyson's Punch Out.

and

2)Put all the missing exclusives on each console.

Ah, I think I'll just keep mine virgin and untouched for now.

[famifan]

Seems to be fine from the threads, but some notable caution.

Another reason I'll wait I think, but I'll start prepping a list of what to add.

With no auto download firmware updates etc. to worry about though, it's welcome.

sorry, don't get me wrong. I'm a bit of malware-fobic. Really don't want to become a part of a massive bot-net of any kind. I'd never trust the application from unknown source. The same thing applies to closed source apps.  Meanwhile, I may be overreacting for no reason at all

No offtopic from me anymore. Ok, back to the subject of the thread.

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No that was very much on topic of course.  Just meant that apparently they were false flags and some edits were made (plus the source posted) that allayed fears.

I will wait a bit, but I'm not so worried as I already have a device with many other issues that I will wipe soon and can use that for this just in case. 

I'm only going to put some games on there I think showcase the NES better, like Little Samson, Shatterhand, Castlevania 3 etc.

Storage wise, the NES Mini has enough storage already to fit the entire library on there apparently, at 512 MB or so.

[BaconBitsKing]

Has anyone tried putting more FDS games on it? Is the disk flipping still automatic?

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I did see a few updates but nothing along those lines.  i'd be surprised if manual disk flipping went in, but who knows!

[Pikkon]

Has anyone tried putting more FDS games on it? Is the disk flipping still automatic?

I only put one fds game on mine and for switching disk I had to press the A button.

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Ah thanks for the update, so it's either been updated or was always manual (I haven't added anything got mine yet to test).

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They've added the ability to play Codenmasters games now - which I like as I wanted to add Cosmic Spacehead, Micro Machines and Dizzy for nostalgia.

Shame no VRC6 or Sunsoft mappers yet, but I think that's actually quite a big feature to add.  FDS games are in I imagine from the Famicom Mini library.

I still haven't added anything yet, mainly because I want to build a definitive list and do it all in one go, plus I want nice clean boxart, not google search...

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Yeah VRC6 is almost as complex as MMC5 I think.
As for adding FDS games, they would probably have to be modified for disk changing. Unless the emulator somehow knows when the game is waiting for a disk change and enables the A button for that during that time only.

so it's either been updated or was always manual (I haven't added anything got mine yet to test).

I bet it was always manual. Zelda wouldn't work correctly with automatic disk changing as the title menu waits for a disk side change.

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Quick update - they figured out how to get RetroArch running so in theory all SNES / MegaDrive / Gameboy games etc will now work.  Limited memory means it's no RetroPi though.