jp games on us snes

[chojin]

i've got a us snes, my jp games collection is growing but i've not played any of them yet as i've not removed those 2 tabs inside the cartridge bay..

whats the best way of aproaching this?...

[Mayhem]

I used a combination of a soldering iron to melt the plastic and pliers to prise the bits off. This constitutes the first "mod" I ever did to a machine

It proved so popular I was asked to do the same thing to a couple of mates' US SNES to allow the same thing...

[chojin]

hehe.. well i was gonna use the butcher technique myself, just thought i'd check to see if there was a more cosmetically pleasing way of doing it

pliers and iron at the ready

[Saurian]

EEEeeasy!!!!

WAIT!!!!

Take everything apart - case off etc.

Use a small hacksaw blade to make the cut instead, and finish it by trimming with a sharp craft knife and an abrasive pad suitable for plastic - it's well neat.

[chojin]

hehehe... right i'll have to buy a friggin' tool to open the baby up.. what do I need to buy?

[Mayhem]

In truth Saurian, if I had the screwbit at the time, I would have done it your way, but didn't, hence the somewhat "crude" nature of the job

US SNES is secured by traditional Nintendo screwbit (the solid hex as I call it). You'll need something like this:

http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=80&products_id=1440&

to undo it properly...

[chojin]

cheers.. just ordered one

[Treble]

By the way, Lik-Sang don't provide the screwdriver with the bit (unlike what it shows in the picture ), so you'll need to pop down to B&Q and get a driver that takes different bits.

This is the Screwbit only, you have to use it with a long-barreled socketed screwdriver (found in any toolbox)

[chojin]

yeah i noticed that, so i'll be nipping down there on me way home, I got it from consoleplus though cuz I want it like yesterday.. only a couple of quid more