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This week Russ and I chat about the wondrous word of sci-fi and we get an update on my coworker's first watch through of the original Star Wars trilogy, which leads to us to critique Orville, Star Wars and Star Trek. Because that's what nerds do best. We also get an update on my adventures or eprom swapping with translated patches. I also really geek out about my Transformers iOS game. I hope you enjoy this week's show!

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This is a two man show with Russel and yours truly. We chat about the new Super Nintendo Mini and Capcom's new bootleg release of Street Fighter 2 that might blow up your real consoles. I'm also exited about trying to swap out the language prom with a new English translation Proms for my Famicom and Sega Master System carts. Also, Anime and "Rick & Morty" chat which lead to Star Trek Discover question: is it worth getting?
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This week Adam, Russ and I chat about Demolition Man, Orville and, of course, more Star Wars talk. Hell, we even get into G.I. Joe and Transformers after the show technically ended.  It's another 80s/90s nostalgia-thon.  Oh and videogames. 

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Full cast this week with Adam, Russ and Jeremy. We celebrate Adam's new job as he explains his side job installing pool tables, jukeboxes and arcade cabs.
We then move on to critique Doom 3 of all things and Russ fills us in about his stuffy adventure of Reno's Ribfest. Jeremy love open world games and we don't agree with him and then Jeremy throws a tantrum. So what do you prefer? Old School Metal Gear Solid or the new direction of MGS? This was an episode with a lot of passion, we even argues about Super Mario Bros 3!?
Eventually we drifted to TV Talk and had a discussion of Thudercats vs He-Man. Oh and non-transforming Transformers are just fucking called robots and they are boring.
Of course we wrap up the show with some good old fashioned Game of Thrones Season 7 spoiler talk. 
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So I'm back in the States again and I gave Russ the big recap with my adventures in the U.K. where we discussed about my game shopping in London, getting bored of British Chips ,and a good ole fashioned Pub Crawl.  Then we talked about awesome airplane movie reviews! I also dabble in the seedy world of emulation! Yeah, this show is kind of all over the place, per the norm. Check out the episode and let me know what you think?
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Sorry about the delay...

Sorry about delays. Life has just been a little overwhelming but I will get the show back on track. As of right now, I have a few shows on my hard drive waiting to be edited, plus a show I'm in the middle of editing. Expect to see them on your podcast feed soon over the next few weeks.

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NES Upgrade: Replace your 72 Pin connector

This was another article that I wrote for Pineconeattack back on 02.10.2013. While replacing the 72 pin connector is pretty drastic, I never had any issues with the aftermarket parts being too tight. I guess you miles may vary. One of these days I'll get around to doing a walk-through for the Blinking Light Win apparatus.  I hope this article will still be useful to those in need of repairing your NES. I will keep it up here for archival purpose. 

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The Nintendo Entertainment System, easily one of the most iconic and leading gaming console from the 80’s selling into the millions across America, capturing the imaginations of children while firmly grasping at the wallets of parents. For every coin collected, every duck shot, and for every Princess saved, the Nintendo Entertainment System has filled me with great memories including strange gaming rituals like blowing into the cartridges, clicking up and down and hitting power and reset. Wonky rituals that I do just so I can play the damn thing. As popular as the NES was, Nintendo really cheaped out on the one main component that actually have the console work: the 72-pin connector.

So what is the 72-pin connector?

The 72-pin connector is what makes contact to the game cart and the main motherboard. The pins over time will begin to separate and the cartridge doesn’t make a tight connection and that’s when the video will glitch out or you just get that blue screen. Lucky for you, it’s really an easy cheap fix to make your NES work better than before. Just replace the 72-pin connector.

 And here is how to do just that, but before that he's the standard warning:

WARNING:

Attempt at your own risk!

DO NOT ATTEMPT unless you have some technical skills and can follow instructions. This walkthrough is as simplified as I can make it so if none of my instructions makes any sense then please DO NOT ATTEMPT.

This project will void your warranty.

[Pineconeattack (Outdated References) will not take any responsibility if you kill your NES.]