Jeremy Parish

NES Works Gaiden #26: The NES on a chip (Patreon)

Published:

2021-06-23 13:00:01

Imported:

2024-04

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Another patron request this week, this one from Joseph Adams, dives into an awfully esoteric corner of NES history: The story of NES-on-a-chip (NOAC) devices. This involved a lot of reading, research, and citations from secondary or tertiary sources who have previously explored the topic, though I do have a small amount of first-hand experience with the topic. I picked one of those goofy fake N64 controllers with thousands of games running on an NOAC many, many years ago and blogged about it in the primal early days of 1UP.com. There's MUCH more to be said about this topic, but for the purposes of this video series, I think this episode touches on the critical points!

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A Brief History of the NES on a Chip | NES Works Gaiden #026

By request of Joseph Adams, I've attempted this episode to explore the history of (and explain the concept of) devices powered by NES-on-a-chip tech. I'll admit up front that this is by no means a definitive or comprehensive history, as a considerable portion of this topic falls into poorly documented spaces: Unauthorized clone consoles, piracy-focused devices, and ventures in territories veiled behind other languages and cultures (not to mention less methodical documentation than you see for mainstream Western/Japanese consoles like the NES itself). Hopefully I've still assembled an accurate and interesting enough narrative to justify the time and research involved... Video Works is funded via Patreon (http://www.patreon.com/gamespite) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut!