Security bits

From: Tothwolf <tothwolf_at_concentric.net>
Date: Tue Jan 22 16:09:25 2002

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002, Pete Turnbull wrote:
> On Jan 22, 15:17, Chris wrote:
>
> > MCM sells bits for this. They market them as "Nintendo Type Screws" or
> > something like that, and say they are used to open NES Games (and is just
> > what I bought mine for... to replace the battery in a Monopoly cart).
>
> Yes, they're used in Sega cartridges too.

NEC also used these screws for the TurboGrafx 16 system. Nintendo used
them for all but the earliest games for the original NES system. The N64
and GameCube also use these screws.

I sold my TurboGrafx 16 about a year ago, and now wish I hadn't :P

-Toth
Received on Tue Jan 22 2002 - 16:09:25 GMT