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I decided to buy a new NES game, settled down on GOLF, one of the classics that were released with the console in 1985. + +{{< figure align=center src="images/2016-10-15-14.23.51.jpg" alt="Some games I previously owned" title="Some games I previously owned" >}} + +{{< figure align=center src="images/2016-10-15-14.24.09.jpg" alt="The new game" title="The new game" >}} + +I got home, Decided to try it out, but it didn't work. Well, it'll be fine, I thought, this happens all the time. Just grab a q-tip, rub the contacts to free them from their dirt prison. Done, the q-tips were indeed dirty, indicating a good job of cleaning. There I go butting the cartridge back in the console... for it not to work. Then it hit me : i had bought a USA version of the game, but I own a french version of the console... + +{{< figure align=center src="images/2016-10-15-14.23.37.jpg" alt="My console, in all its glory !" title="My console, in all its glory !" >}} + + +{{< figure align=center src="images/2016-10-15-14.29.35(1).jpg" alt="There I am cracking it" title="As seen in the bottom-right corner, it's a french console (FRA)" >}} + + +{{< figure align=center src="images/2016-10-15-14.24.15.jpg" alt="The marking on the game showing that it's a USA version" title="Yep, USA version..." >}} + +After 5 minutes of search online, I found a tutorial to fix this issue : making the NES region free. This gets rid of the inter-country protection. So, let's go ! + +First, dismantle the soul out of the console : + +{{< figure align=center src="images/2016-10-15-14.33.05.jpg" alt="The bare guts" title="The bare guts" >}} + +You'll have to dig a little deeper to find the light at the end of the tunnel : The bare PCB ! + +{{< figure align=center src="images/P1130310.jpg" alt="The PCB" title="The PCB" >}} + + +Now I won't cover all the details here, but here's [a very good article about doing so](http://www.retrofixes.com/2013/07/disabling-nintendo-lock-out-chips.html) (I even stole a picture from them ;) ) + +After having made the necessary changes (actually, snipping a leg from an integrated circuit) I put back the console in its place : + +{{< figure align=center src="images/2016-10-15-15.05.39.jpg" alt="The NES standing heroically." title="The NES standing heroically." >}} + +And the USA game worked like a charm ! + +{{< figure align=center src="images/2016-10-15-15.05.41.jpg" alt="Oooooh yeah, sweet game !" title="Oooooh yeah, sweet game !" >}} + +{{< figure align=center src="images/2016-10-15-15.05.45.jpg" alt="The working game" title="I don't even know how to play this thing, I'll have to look online..." >}} \ No newline at end of file