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2026 1

  1. Ultimate Amiga 1200: PiStorm, CD32 Mode and Full Hardware Expansion

2025 2

  1. Pimped Amiga 500
  2. Playstation 2 : new lens / silent fan / FreeHDBoot

2024 6

  1. PSP Go : screen replacement and microSD storage
  2. Sega Master System FM sound expansion module
  3. K6-III + Voodoo 3 : ultimate socket 7 upgrade
  4. Pimped socket 7 / BabyAT with K6-II 400 + Riva 128
  5. PSOne bios replacement (PSX-XBoo)
  6. PSone modchip with PSNee (SCPH100 / PM-41)

2023 8

  1. Nintendo DSi XL touch panel replacement
  2. Pimped Amiga 600
  3. Wonderswan color : discreet LiPo mod
  4. Wonderswan color : IPS display and new shell
  5. Nintendo 64 CPU overclock
  6. Nintendo 64 : modded to output RGB
  7. Converting a PAL Nintendo 64 motherboard to NTSC
  8. RGB Scart cables may not display RGB on a real CRT TV

2022 12

  1. Homemade consolized Neo Geo MVS
  2. Revive the colors of an original Famicom
  3. Famicom : modded to output RGB signal
  4. PC-Engine DUO : RGB mod and jailbars fix
  5. Repairing and Extending PC Engine Duo Backup-Memory Life
  6. Atari Lynx 2 : replacing the speaker
  7. PSP 3000 : changing an old and yellowish screen
  8. PSP : hacking any model to play ISO images
  9. Modded Game Boy Pocket : IPS + backlit buttons + Lipo
  10. Replacing All Capacitors in a PC Engine Duo
  11. Sega Game Gear with Retrosix LCD : What is the battery life ?
  12. MegaCD 2 : region free bios install

2021 14

  1. Game Boy Color : IPS display and new shell
  2. Mega Drive 2 Cartridge Slot Modification for Japanese Games
  3. Game gear : from trashed console to brand new with TFT display
  4. Burning Sega CD games (Linux)
  5. Sega Megadrive 2 overclock
  6. High quality LCD display on Atari Lynx 2
  7. Sega Megadrive : switchless region mod
  8. Neo Geo Pocket Color IPS Battery-Life Test
  9. 2 X Game Boy advance IPS + new shell
  10. IPS display on a Neo Geo Pocket Color
  11. Backlit Game Boy Pocket : what about battery life ?
  12. Neo geo pocket : repairing the battery cover
  13. Gameboy pocket : backlight + bivert
  14. Hello world : the site is born