Can confirm, has pico and speaker versions of 3 games. I made a speaker mod for it and qbert, but qbert seems to just have the speaker version. Dig dug 1010 pico dig dug 1000 spk dig dug 0110 pico frogger 0100 spk frogger 0011 pico galaga 0001 spk galaga *From memory but something like this, all off goto controller screen debug. A tiny speaker will fit just under the dpad, I drilled a few holes, sounds great. Qbert has 0100 for pico and 0000 for speaker mode, which has him talking like the arcade. Fun devices. . I have not tested all 16 combos.
Just tried this out with The Oregon Trail, didn't work. Figured it wouldn't since it didn't even come with the 0 resistor like yours. I guess certain games, like Oregon Trail needs X amount of memory so as to be dedicated to the entire chip.
Regarding the button trick issue. I believe it's actually doing something else. Hold down both buttons and power it on, it gives you some string of numbers and boots into a demo mode that plays the game by itself. Weird.
@@bobman3854 Oregon trail doesn't seem to have any other games on the chip. There weren't even any zero resistors on the board, just the empty pads, and they didn't do anything. My guess is some games certain games are too big or use up too much memory so they're dedicated to the entire chip
I bought a few and noticed that the board changed does anyone know if the new ones can be moded? I have pac man tetris and the oregon trail and they all look the same
Instead of the button trick, try using rhe directional pad. I done it to my micro arcade, space invaders machine and got Galaxian, Pac-Man and Ms Pac-Man too.😮
have you tried coppying the micro controller chip bios onto a larger capcity one and using that one instead with more games and a switch ? :-) you could store hundreds of those games then :)
Could you possibly make a tutorial on how we could do what you did on the Pac-Man so we could access its games as well because I also have a pac-man micro arcade sitting in my desktop that I dont really use.
there are some 2 and 4-pin USB-C surface mount connectors that might fit, or they may require a bit of fudging to get them to fit. but i don't think the risk of damaging the micro arcade is worth the reward of just changing the USB port type. but if you want to give it a try, those 2 and 4-pin versions of the USB-C connectors can be found on aliexpress, such as this listing: www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805127991766.html
Ugh, I hate that the button trick didn't work. I'm guessing that the MCU is doing a check before it starts, and won't let it start without a "clear" button check.
I have one of the new ones, and it *looks* like the traces are still on the backside of the board. It's just that they terminate about 1.5mm below the actual solder pads, but there are still through-holes where I believe I may be able to wire in some 28ga leads. I'm going to give it a shot sometime this week, I'll post my results.
There is only one game on the Oregon trail game. But I also found that the Oregon trail game kills me off in the same spot in the game no matter what, this leads me to believe that not the entirety of the Oregon trail game is present in this gaming device. But then I did some research and found that the entire game should be able to fit in the device. Wich means the game is probably soft locking me or there is some anti piracy measure that has been tripped. I don't know? Has anyone been able to beat this game?
Just got mine and it looks like it's all three games with a menu front-end to pick the game instead of using resistors to hardware it to a single game. I can't find any hidden games nor can I get it to even go into some kind of alternate sound mode or debug mode. Interesting that they took this approach after 'hiding' games within others. I'm guessing any Micro Arcade that lets you select multiple games won't be hackable like the game in this video.
I have no idea how you learn to do most of this stuff, but I find it absolutely fascinating. I can sit back and watch you tinker with shit all day.
its not that hard...you will get there just learn by repetition, and imagination..and a bit of logic :)
The Dig Dug one has Frogger & Galaga on it. Lucky, as rtheir version of Dig Dug is the WORST.
Do you have pictures of a Dig Dug mod?
Can confirm, has pico and speaker versions of 3 games. I made a speaker mod for it and qbert, but qbert seems to just have the speaker version.
Dig dug
1010 pico dig dug
1000 spk dig dug
0110 pico frogger
0100 spk frogger
0011 pico galaga
0001 spk galaga
*From memory but something like this, all off goto controller screen debug.
A tiny speaker will fit just under the dpad, I drilled a few holes, sounds great.
Qbert has 0100 for pico and 0000 for speaker mode, which has him talking like the arcade.
Fun devices. . I have not tested all 16 combos.
Just tried this out with The Oregon Trail, didn't work. Figured it wouldn't since it didn't even come with the 0 resistor like yours. I guess certain games, like Oregon Trail needs X amount of memory so as to be dedicated to the entire chip.
Regarding the button trick issue. I believe it's actually doing something else. Hold down both buttons and power it on, it gives you some string of numbers and boots into a demo mode that plays the game by itself. Weird.
I wonder why the option to change games doesn't just come built into the machines by default.
Its so they can sell more products
Your innocence is charming, but upsetting... welcome to capitalism, my boy!
But can it run doom?
😂
I have The Oregon Trail, I'm going to give this a try and report what I find
Any luck?
@@bobman3854 Oregon trail doesn't seem to have any other games on the chip. There weren't even any zero resistors on the board, just the empty pads, and they didn't do anything. My guess is some games certain games are too big or use up too much memory so they're dedicated to the entire chip
@@pHappyfeet well sorry to hear that
I was about to try this with my Oregon trail one, but good thing I saw this
@@5FiveDollarFilms same here
Mine doesn't have those pins
I just got the break out / asteroids one. Will be trying this out and reporting back soon
Well, I tried shorting all the contacts in various different combinations. And there do not appear to be more games on it
Oh interesting, I may pick this up because they have one left at my local Walgreens for $2, and it's the kind with the resistor bank just like yours.
I payed 30 for this
I bought a few and noticed that the board changed does anyone know if the new ones can be moded? I have pac man tetris and the oregon trail and they all look the same
try all on...
also could of used net cable.. and run it under board and 2 micro slide switches
I have space invaders I'd love to do what u did but I really don't trust myself not to brake it
Instead of the button trick, try using rhe directional pad. I done it to my micro arcade, space invaders machine and got Galaxian, Pac-Man and Ms Pac-Man too.😮
Mine doesn't want to turn on after it sat in my draw for a while, maybe almost 2 years
have you tried coppying the micro controller chip bios onto a larger capcity one and using that one instead with more games and a switch ? :-) you could store hundreds of those games then :)
wtf a dip switch on such a device. you made my day. isnt it just possible to dumb the firmware and manipulate it?
Could you possibly make a tutorial on how we could do what you did on the Pac-Man so we could access its games as well because I also have a pac-man micro arcade sitting in my desktop that I dont really use.
I wonder if theres a way to swap the micro USB port for a USB Type C
there are some 2 and 4-pin USB-C surface mount connectors that might fit, or they may require a bit of fudging to get them to fit. but i don't think the risk of damaging the micro arcade is worth the reward of just changing the USB port type.
but if you want to give it a try, those 2 and 4-pin versions of the USB-C connectors can be found on aliexpress, such as this listing: www.aliexpress.us/item/3256805127991766.html
@@Ruthsarian thats amazing dude, thanks for the link and the info
Doom tutorial when
Ugh, I hate that the button trick didn't work. I'm guessing that the MCU is doing a check before it starts, and won't let it start without a "clear" button check.
The new version of this hand held game you can't hack...they took away the ability to hack it..and there is no more place to put a switch
I have one of the new ones, and it *looks* like the traces are still on the backside of the board. It's just that they terminate about 1.5mm below the actual solder pads, but there are still through-holes where I believe I may be able to wire in some 28ga leads. I'm going to give it a shot sometime this week, I'll post my results.
@@JaredBallou results?
@@JaredBallou any update
@@codyloveday5285 sadly I haven't been able to get it working. I attached some leads and combined/grounded several of them but no result.
@@JaredBallou alright thanks so much
There is only one game on the Oregon trail game. But I also found that the Oregon trail game kills me off in the same spot in the game no matter what, this leads me to believe that not the entirety of the Oregon trail game is present in this gaming device. But then I did some research and found that the entire game should be able to fit in the device. Wich means the game is probably soft locking me or there is some anti piracy measure that has been tripped. I don't know? Has anyone been able to beat this game?
What size magnet wire are you using and what temp are you soldering at?
34 AWG magnet wire and the iron is at about 650 deg F or 350 deg C.
someones probably said this but the dpad doesn't stop it from turning on
Hello! Does anyone know what other games Ms. PacMan mini arcade has? Mine has 2 of those zero resistors.
Just got a galaga and tetris gonna try this
What about a magnet switch?
that would work as well. the only trouble is you'd need a magnet to trigger the switch.
I have a missile command / Centipede / Pong micro arcade with the same pcb layout and it doesn't look like this trick works for that one.
i just ordered a missile command/centipede one online. when it arrives i'll try it out and see whether or not i can get this to work.
@@Ruthsarian it also seems to have JTAG pins on the back but I haven't built a cable for it yet.
that's the one I wanted to buy
Just got mine and it looks like it's all three games with a menu front-end to pick the game instead of using resistors to hardware it to a single game. I can't find any hidden games nor can I get it to even go into some kind of alternate sound mode or debug mode. Interesting that they took this approach after 'hiding' games within others.
I'm guessing any Micro Arcade that lets you select multiple games won't be hackable like the game in this video.
Can you do hacking a oregon trail micro arcade
So every Micro Arcade has the ability to run multiple different games, but they only let you run one?
OMG perfect gaming
i meant timing lol
how many people really did this
9th
That doesn’t make the consul look good
what