I'm Drakon from Toronto Ontario Canada (it's a city I swear). I've been taking things apart and putting them back together since I was around 7 years old (started with a radio controlled car....in the 80s). I've fixed a lot of things over the years including an amplifier, a piano, a toilet, a vcr, a power adapter for my digital camera (improved it too). And I've been building / creating / engineering things since I was around 9-10 years old.

I created a key-start pc (for the security concious), a stereo system out of old pc parts, a go-cart out of random pieces of wood a leaf blower engine and random parts I found in a shed / on the side of the road. I actually only got into console modding a couple of years ago. Of course I doubt I would have completed some of these mods without the help of my good internet buddy doug! As well as tiido priimagi, robivy64 and many other talented modders.

I've been modding / improving stuff pretty much all my life...as a hobby. I have never gone to school for engineering. Everything I've learned was self taught or taught from a fellow modder on the internet (which is why I did a lot ot stuff the wrong way for a long time). I like learning things on my own and I use the internet for things like pinouts (to save on time). I doubt I would have done half of the mods I've done without the generous help of other modders on the internet.

I also compose original music on my pc as a hobby. Here's a video that's using one of my latest songs



When I first discovered video games I didn't think they were that special. It wasn't until 1989 when a friend lent me a nes and megaman 2 that I became officially hooked. 99% of games I enjoy were released between the late 80s to around 1996. And most games I enjoy are 2d.

Found a better picture of me. It's hard to get a picture of me that doesn't look terrible

I see you've also moved from FreeForums - don't blame you!

Anyway, thought i'd register here to support your site Drakon!

Nice smilies! :clown:

I also have no education in modding, I learnt by research on the net, Googling and forums; didn't even have anyone to teach me how to solder.

Modding is a great hobby, as long as you have variety, otherwise it can get "samey" after a while - ie "not another portable commission" - and the fun dwindles. Hence fun to have a couple of projects on the go at a time.

I live in Hampshire, UK, nearly 46 years old and been modding for something like 6 years.

Hi!

Wow bacteria what an honour to have you here!!

Yeah freeforums wasn't working right. Ironically I registered on another server and it had almost identical issues...of course they didn't occure until I'd almost completely finished porting my forum. Luckily this server is very stable. I never knew you were self taught that's pretty cool (my respect for you +20). I find that if someone's willing to pay the right amount of money I'll happily do the "samey" mods over and over. Money motivates me not to get bored.

Oh yeah and the smilies came with the forum I didn't customize those at all :cyclops:

Hey everyone, i'm GooniesMan! I'm 22 and going to school for computer engineering. Last fall I started making my own nes reproductions and am always looking to learn more about gaming mods and how far we can push these classic systems. I found this site after Drakon posted his rgb mod on NintendoAge and it got my really wantning a system like that. Normally I scoff off most of the gaming comparisons between RGB and AV, but after seeing the drastic difference in colors for the castlevania demo it really is quite a difference.

Hello im thenewone im 22 and going to school for computers. Either build games or be a tester when im out. Im a nes,n64 and snes collector i have many titles. Including the rare star fox competition and donkey kong country competion. Also have some snes sealed games. Im just here to requests things.

im modding halfing. moving from mbb and modretro. things get weird over there... anyway i taught myself everything as i found people online to be totally retarded when it comes to explaining stupid stuff to newbs. anyway im not bad with a soldering gun, and im pretty good at playing games theres literally not a single good picture of me anywhere so ill post one later. anyway check me out on other websites as im to lazy to give a crap anywhere else. (dont really feel like it...lazy...very lazy)

Well Drakon, of course I don't want people to leave my forum, I work hard to keep them to stay. (duh). A forum that wants to help and progress members rather than alienate them does have a tendency to keep members and want to keep them too. Your forum here is small, for a couple of good and valid reasons.

Modding-Halfling - given the sheer amount of hand-holding you've had from us, the loads of simple help and guides you've been given - a lot BTW including PMs too, and the wealth of information on the reference section on my forum that covers the majority of skills anyone needs for the project hobby; your view that given all this help, you still think everyone going out of their way to help you are "retarded", says more about you than the masses of people wanting to help you. No issue if you want to move away from MBB, or anywhere else, that is your choice, and given your comment, cheerio Modding-Halfling, enjoy your time here, you've made your decision!

Pointing fingers at MR isn't going to help you out a lot either, though I do agree they can be more abrasive to newbies than we are. Posted a reply to your apology thread at MBB. Sorry Drakon, don't mean to hijack your Intro topic. Let the intro's continue!

I certainly agree with you Drakon that a lot of information on the net is wrong, and most annoying when it is too, especially when modding less known systems. I've tried various things in the past suggested by people who claim to know the answers yet in reality, don't, especially on electronics stuff - wastes time and money buying bits that don't work. I think it fair to say that 100% of stuff in the reference section on my forum is "proof tested" and works though! lol

You are also right that a fair block on MBB is about portables, can't help that - there is a lot of general mod hacks too of course, and tried to diversify into other sections (with topic mods, etc) however limited interest, so MBB tends to be more "portable" related.