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Uploaded by on Jul 1, 2010

Have you ever put a game in your original NES, turned it on and for the first half a second you start to see the title screen coming up but then it just resets itself over and over again?

This is the 10NES lockout security chip inside the NES at fault and it's actually really easy to disable making games that much easier to load up on the original toaster!

The NES2 "Top Loader" does not have the 10NES chip so there's no need for this mod on that model.

This mod will also allow some (but not all) PAL region games to work on your toaster model NES!

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  • are you Canadian?

  • @deathbyplutonium That's what my channel profile says!

  • and what if i have a pal nes, if i remove the chip, will it play ntsc than?

  • @devilsshady Yes if you do this on a PAL NES than you can play most (%80 or so) NTSC NES games on your NES. But since your NES still runs in 50hz some games will be glitchy but like I said most will work fine.

  • thnx a lot man. just one quick question, how come some people who do this say that pin should be soldered to that silver box at the bottom right of the board (which i'm pretty sure is the RF or AF or whatever) so that it's grounded?

  • @92soothsayer Hrm not sure never heard anyone say to do that. Yeah I guess that would just ground the pin to a common ground point. I guess it's not nessecary I mean mine's been working fine ever since I cut it.

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  • Dang, even the NES had invasive DRM. I had always thought the constant blinking was due to a dirty cart.

  • I like using the switch or button method myself, just for those rare games that are stubborn so you can flip back when ever you need it...

  • Finally I can play micro machines without 30 minutes of fidgeting! Thanks a ton man.

  • This a good video,I did everything you said and it works, my hats off to you

  • @MN12BIRD oh i didnt bother to read that lol

  • I prefer these old systems, the new disc systems doesnt last too long.

  • @92soothsayer don't do it. replace the 72 pin connector or do what was that guy doing.

  • @MN12BIRD did it and worked :)

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