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	mmmonkey Disabling NES Lockout Chip
		Once the lockout chip has been disabled, you will be able to play virtually any NES game from anywhere in the world on your NES, you will still need an adaptor for Famicom games though because of the physical differences.
		Disabling the lockout chip in a NES is quite easy, simply take apart your console completely, remove the top, then the metal shielding, remove the motherboard from the case as you'll be working on the underside of it.
		Another side affect of disabling the lockout chip is that the power light on your console will no longer blink if you switch on your console without having a game inserted.
	www.mmmonkey.co.uk /console/nintendo/nes-lockout.htm (370 words)

	RoyalRanger's NES Site - Zippidee-doo-da. Zippidee-ite. My, oh my, what a wonderful site. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The standard NES controller is small and rectangular with very few buttons on it.
		A few other peripherals were made, such as the NES Satellite, which let the NES controllers work from a distance without a long cord, like a remote control (batteries not included), and the little-known NES Power Glove, which gave the player virtual reality capabilities in certain games, but proved to be mostly a flop.
		The NES witnessed the creation of many great games; and they did have their bad ones two, like every other system.
	www.nes-site.com /aboutnes.shtml (1437 words)

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		The 2004-05 NHL lockout resulted in the cancellation of what would have been the 88th season of the National Hockey Lea...
		Regional lockout is the programming practice, code, chip, or physical barrier used to prevent the playing of media designe...
		The 1994-95 NHL lockout came after a year of NHL hockey that was played without a collective bargaining agreement.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /topics/lockout.html (815 words)

	NES Lockout - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The NES Lockout was a device attached to the open bay of a front-loading NES system that prevented game play.
		This device represented the height of Nintendo hysteria, seeing as how the same result could be accomplished simply by locking the Nintendo in a closet rather than spending $20 on a dubious accessory.
		NES Lockout, See also and Nintendo Entertainment System accessories.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/NES_Lockout (248 words)

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		Also in contrast to the Famicom, the controllers included with the NES were identical to each other - the second controller lacked the microphone that was present on the Famicom model, and possessed the same "Start" and "Select" buttons as the primary controller.
		On the NES, these special controllers were generally connected to one of the two control ports on the front of the unit.
		Atari created a line of NES products under the name Tengen, and took a different tack: the company obtained a description of the lockout chip from the United States Patent and Trademark Office by falsely claiming that it was required to defend against present infringement claims in a legal case.
	library.thinkquest.org /04oct/00928/buttons/makeup/neshistory.htm (1943 words)

	NES stuff
		My NES console is near the TV, so when I want to change the game I have to get up and go to the other end of the room...
		The lockout chip is used in both the console and the cartridge.
		By looking at the NES schematics, I saw that the power coming from the power supply is converted to DC and lowered to 5 volts using a simple lm7805 voltage regulator.
	www.raphnet.net /electronique/nes_mod/nes_mod_en.php (1972 words)

	How To Disable the Lockout Chip in the NES on VG Resource Center // VGRC.net - Because our opinion is better than ...
		Keep in mind that the lockout chip was removed from the NES 2, so if you are an owner of that version of the NES, this article doesn't really apply to you.
		The lockout chip is also a factor in why your NES won't start up, turning itself off and on when you try to play a game.
		Disabling the lockout can ease quite a bit of frustration (no longer having to blow into the cartridge!) but it is still recommended you regularly clean your cartridges and cart contacts inside the system.
	www.vgrc.net /articles-559.html (1067 words)

	The Infamous Lockout Chip
		When the NES was released in the US, Nintendo did not want a repeat of the Famicom or Atari 2600.
		I don't know if they came up with the idea first, but the essential idea is you can "stun" the lockout chip in the console with a negative voltage spike, and it will crash it, and result in it being effectively disabled.
		Camerica then came up with a similar lockout defeater that is based on a small 2 transistor voltage inverter which was quite elegant.
	www.tripoint.org /kevtris/mappers/lockout (519 words)

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		The impact of the NES can't really be understated, and gamers of today owe that unassuming off white system a debt.
		Finding a reliably functioning NES is near impossible nowadays, due to the common 72 pin connector failure, causing the ubiquitous NES blink.
		NES set, with Zapper light gun, NES console with lockout chip disabled, and 72 pin connector replaced with premium connector.
	www.oldschoolgamer.ca /information.aspx?SID=16 (502 words)

	Nintendo Entertainment System (thing)@Everything2.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Naturally, as is obvious to anyone who's dabbled in NES emulation or development, the small size became a barrier for game developers, who developed 'mappers', which allowed blocks of memory to be swapped in and out of the CPU's address space (and the PPU's, too) through writes to 'magic' memory locations.
		In addition to the controller plugs, the NES sported RF and composite outputs for connection to a TV, and an expansion port on the underside which was never used.
		The NES, the system that brought back the North American console industry, is now, in the minds of the general public, just a memory and a relic next to the shiny new 3D game systems and their less-shiny immediate predecessors.
	www.everything2.com /?node_id=1710517 (2622 words)

	NES - Final Fantasy Origins
		You may need to clean the cart again fully between insertions, depending on how dirty your system is. It's best to give it time to dry before plugging it in again.
		Most NES games are held together by security screws, and you can't just walk into a hardware store and buy the kind of screwdriver that opens them.
		With some NES games nearing the ripe old age of 20, many batteries are more than due to die and I'm sure I'll be needing to perform this operation eventually.
	storm.prohosting.com /coleco/nes/index.html (1780 words)

	The NES Technical / Emulation / Development Frequently Asked Questions Document (go away, Microsoft!)
		In general, USA NES games/systems are not compatible with Euro/Asian NES games/systems until you disable the lockout chip.
		VBlank is the period when the NES (and video screen) has finished drawing an entire screen (or frame) of the image, and the electron beam of the video screen is moving back up from the bottom-right of the screen to the top-left, to begin drawing the screen anew.
		However, since the NES does not work in RGB, what seems to be happening is that the hue of all the colours in the display are more influenced towards the hue that is being emphasized.
	www.disgruntleddesigner.com /chrisc/NESTechFAQ.html (9782 words)

	NES
		The Famicom contained no lockout hardware, and, as a result, unlicensed cartridges (both legitimate and bootleg) were extremely common throughout Japan and the Far East.
		Such devices included, but were not limited to, the NES Zapper (a light gun), the Power Glove, the Power Pad, and the ill-fated R.O.B. The original Famicom featured a DB-15 expansion port on the front of the unit, which was used to connect most auxiliary devices.
		Attaching the Game Genie device to a NES cartridge meant that the front-loading mechanism would be bent while playing, and the Game Genie's retention mechanism (a triangular piece of plastic) made the device difficult to remove as well.
	www.militant-buddhist.com /NES.htm (3346 words)

	Super Nintendo Entertainment System information - Search.com
		While the NES was accused of shoddy construction and poor planning, the SNES was rumored to be a tool of outright economic war.
		Like the earlier NES 2, the new model was designed to be slimmer and lighter than its predecessor but lacked S-Video and RGB output, and would prove to be among the last major SNES-related releases in America.
		Many of these devices were modelled after earlier add-ons for the NES: the Super Scope was a light gun similar to the NES Zapper (though the Super Scope featured wireless capabilities) and the Super Advantage was an arcade-style joystick with adjustable turbo settings akin to the NES Advantage.
	www.search.com /reference/Super_Famicom (4383 words)

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		Depending on whether a certain pin (pin 4) of the chip is grounded or at +5V, the chip functions as either a lock or as a key.
		The third method involves disconnecting the 4MHz clock from the lockout chip in the console and the line that leads to the lockout chip clock pin in the cartridge.
		You may need to bend a couple of capacitors on the PCB away from the lockout chip in order to get to it.
	nesdev.parodius.com /nlockout.txt (1856 words)

	8Bit Joystick.com: Sound Problems with The Generation NEX?
		The only thing that is dissapointing is that the unlicensed games (except for the Tengen releases that use a clone of the NES lockout chip, the Tengen "rabbit" chip) seem to have a very high failure rate.
		Ease of playing these is one of the reasons people buy top-loading NES' since there's not lockout in them and the games load no problem - it was something I was looking forward to with the Generation NEX, I think they built it a little TOO much like the NES.
		And the Rad Racer errors are mapper problems, which are still an issue with most NES emulators to this day.
	www.8bitjoystick.com /archives/jake_sound_problems_with_the_generation_nex.php (731 words)

	The NES Technical / Emulation / Development Frequently Asked Questions Document (go away, Microsoft!) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is not the definitive NES document; rather, it is a launching pad for investigation into the other documents scattered in certain places on the internet.
		In general, USA NES games/systems are not compatible with Euro/Asian NES games/systems until you disable the lockout chip.
		Second, mosey on over to nesdev.parodius.com and begin reading those NES technical documents which describe how the NES' memory is laid out, which registers do what, and what the NES' capabilities (and peculiarities) are.
	nesdev.parodius.com /NESTechFAQ.htm (9821 words)

	benheck.com
		Apparently one of the big reasons a NES cartridge doesn't always load is because the lockout chip inside the NES and the one in the cartridge must "talk" to each other before the system is allowed to boot.
		Note: The NES won't work with the lockout chip removed as it's connected to the RESET lines of both the CPU and GPU, as well as the RESET button itself.
		Yes, the NES was trying as hard as possible to look unlike any normal game system back in the day, it was part of their sales strategy especially after the Great Gaming Crash of '84.
	www.benheck.com /Games/Nintendo_projects/Super_NES/Soup_Up_NES.htm (1181 words)

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		Disabling the NES "Lockout Chip" (rev. 0.5 26-Dec-97) ================================ Introduction ------------ This document details a simple modification that you can perform on your Nintendo Entertainment System video game console in order to remove the "lockout chip" protection system.
		The third method involves disconnecting the 4MHz clock from the lockout chip in the console and the line that leads to the lockout chip clock pin in the cartridge.
		You may need to bend a couple of capacitors on the PCB away from the lockout chip in order to get to it.
	www.neshq.com /hardmods/lockout.txt (2047 words)

	NES-Retromaailma @ www.nesretro.com
		Tämän osaston on tarkoitus esitellä myös muutakin laitteistoa jossa sydämenä on NES (Tai Famicom).
		Alkuperäinen NES joka ilmestyi saman näköisenä 4:llä eri markkina-alueella (Eurooppa, USA, Aasia jne.).
		Kuvassa näkyy täysin kannettava NES jossa on ihan oma näyttönsä, kaiuttimensa ja akkunsa.
	www.nesretro.com /machines (410 words)

	Nintendo Timeline
		Nintendo releases NES to test markets, but investors are wary.
		NES was a big thing back then with a variety of over 700 games.
		The graphics where better than those in the arcade and they were cheap to hold and connect to the T.V. Nintendo had begun its life.
	www.vgescape.com /features/49/nintendo-timeline (786 words)

	Games 4 Nintendo :: Emulation & Technical FAQ
		Since only Nintendo sold this lockout chip, developers had little choice but to buy them from Nintendo [through a licence], or else they would have to find ways of disabling the lockout chip, which is what the majority of unlicenced developers did.
		VBlank is the period when the NES [and video screen] has finished drawing an entire screen [or frame] of the image, and the electron beam of the video screen is moving back up from the bottom-right of the screen to the top-left, to begin drawing the screen anew.
		However, since the NES does not work in RGB, what seems to be happening is that the hue of all the colours in the display are more influenced towards the hue that is being emphasized.
	www.games4nintendo.com /nes/faq.php (8083 words)

	ClassicGaming.com - Game of the Week
		With the NES (and its Japanese counterpart, the Famicom) being the most popular console system of all time, it was only natural that fly-by-night companies would try to profit from its success.
		Most NES games available on the Web are ones available freely throughout the U.S. With pirate games, it's hard enough to find screenshots, let alone a working ROM.
		Keep in mind that the NES is an 8-bit machine and the Genesis is 16-bit.
	www.classicgaming.com /rotw/somari.shtml (704 words)

	famicom adapters and nes lockout chip
		the problem is the kc 60 adapter does not have a lockout chip or any other lockout bypass device on the board.
		i tested the kc-60 and the homemade one on 2 different nes systems, one with the lockout chip modified and one that was stock and was a virgin.
		the other way is to modify your nes lockout chip to play all regions and all unlicensed games.
	forums.nesfiles.com /viewtopic.php?t=24 (571 words)

	NES - Final Fantasy Origins
		You may need to clean the cart again fully between insertions, depending on how dirty your system is. It's best to give it time to dry before plugging it in again.
		Most NES games are held together by security screws, and you can't just walk into a hardware store and buy the kind of screwdriver that opens them.
		With some NES games nearing the ripe old age of 20, many batteries are more than due to die and I'm sure I'll be needing to perform this operation eventually.
	collector.5gigs.com /nes/index.html (1780 words)

	Games 4 Nintendo :: Emulation & Technical FAQ
		Since only Nintendo sold this lockout chip, developers had little choice but to buy them from Nintendo [through a licence], or else they would have to find ways of disabling the lockout chip, which is what the majority of unlicenced developers did.
		VBlank is the period when the NES [and video screen] has finished drawing an entire screen [or frame] of the image, and the electron beam of the video screen is moving back up from the bottom-right of the screen to the top-left, to begin drawing the screen anew.
		However, since the NES does not work in RGB, what seems to be happening is that the hue of all the colours in the display are more influenced towards the hue that is being emphasized.
	games4nintendo.com /nes/faq.php (8048 words)

	Video Game Museum :: Nintendo :: History of Video Games :: Presented by RobsGaming.com
		Following the success of it's sales in Japan, the NES had sold over 30 million systems by February of 1986 and became an instant hit in the United States controlling over 90% of the video game market.
		As the NES continued to blossum, numerous games and add-ons were released for the system.
		The decade of the NES finally slowed down in 1994 when the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released.
	www.robsgaming.com /features/museum/nes.php (586 words)

	Classic Gaming - The NES Lockout Chip (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I guess what happens is that one of the pins is directly connected to the chip, to prevent unlicensed games from working.
		However, if the connection is poor, the NES will not allow the game to load even on licensed games, causing the blinking screen.
		I also read that you can somehow kill the connection to the chip, and it will significantly decrease the amount of games failing to load.
	forum.pcvsconsole.com /viewthread.php?tid=18231 (141 words)

	NES Lockout - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The NES Lockout was a device attached to the open bay of a front-loading NES system that prevented game play.
		This device represented the height of Nintendo hysteria, seeing as how the same result could be accomplished simply by locking the Nintendo in a closet rather than spending $20 on a dubious accessory.
		NES accessories: Advantage • Cleaning Kit • Data Recorder • Four Score • Max • Power Glove • Power Pad • R.O.B. Satellite • Zapper • Famicom Disk System
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/NES_Lockout (225 words)

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