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Well snap, I got that awesome 2-screwdriver set for opening NES carts (among many others), but it seems I still can't get the original Dragon Warrior (NES) to work. I've gone as far as taking the top half of the Retron 5 off and just directly plugging the bare circuit board into the slot so that the...

I guess I'm gonna have to check and see if I can open Dragon Warrior when I get home from work, or else order whatever I need for those security screws if that game has them. I'm on my second unit now and the system has the same issue where it seems like the pins aren't quite connecting with the odd...

I wonder if this is in any way related to the issue Hyperkin more or less confirmed with the standard Nintendo SNES controllers being mapped incorrectly as well.

That looks pretty awesome, has me tempted to mess with the recent beta firmware just to try it out.

Okay scratch that, not tempted, gonna check out the new beta firmware right now. X)

BZG10EJ_bnE I had a bit of an interesting experience with my second Retron 5 unit, and the whole mess started when my first one simply stopped powering on altogether. I contacted Hyperkin via e-mail; they were courteous enough in their replies, and eventually had me ship it in and then shipped me a...