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Feb. 21st, 2009 06:24 amInstead of looking for a Nintendo 64 Passport Plus III, I've decided to buy a 4.5mm GameBit off of Ebay (for just $7), so I can unscrew my console and mod it.
First of all, the only Passport Plus I've seen anywhere for sale on Google is on an online store called Play-Asia. It did get mostly positive reviews, but a few reviewers did claim that their orders never came on time or at all. To buy it there would've cost about $20 anyway, so if it turns out that Getter Love!! is one of those games that has a lockout chip that even a Passport Plus can't override, $7 isn't much of a loss, and I still have the option of buying an imported N64.
Second is that my consoles go under this wooden case, less than a foot high, under the TV. To apply anything more than a game pak into the cartridge slot would mean that the console would have to stick halfway out.
Anyway, with the Nintendo 64, all I need to do is unscrew the console, open it up, remove some piece of plastic (not anything electronic), and put it back together, although I might as well also have a look at the (jammed for ages) reset button while I'm at it. It's not like any soldering is involved in the process (as would be the case with installing a modchip), so there's hardly any risk of damaging the hardware.
Here's a link to how the process works:
http://guidesarchive.ign.com/guides/n64/usmodification.html
First of all, the only Passport Plus I've seen anywhere for sale on Google is on an online store called Play-Asia. It did get mostly positive reviews, but a few reviewers did claim that their orders never came on time or at all. To buy it there would've cost about $20 anyway, so if it turns out that Getter Love!! is one of those games that has a lockout chip that even a Passport Plus can't override, $7 isn't much of a loss, and I still have the option of buying an imported N64.
Second is that my consoles go under this wooden case, less than a foot high, under the TV. To apply anything more than a game pak into the cartridge slot would mean that the console would have to stick halfway out.
Anyway, with the Nintendo 64, all I need to do is unscrew the console, open it up, remove some piece of plastic (not anything electronic), and put it back together, although I might as well also have a look at the (jammed for ages) reset button while I'm at it. It's not like any soldering is involved in the process (as would be the case with installing a modchip), so there's hardly any risk of damaging the hardware.
Here's a link to how the process works:
http://guidesarchive.ign.com/guides/n64/usmodification.html