3/16/2023 0 Comments Gameboy dmg wall adapterI was happy to see the controller ports mounted to PCB’s, instead of being cabled (click for full-sized): The bottom of the board shows a better view of the un-used cartridge slot: Also, the replacement until they sent me has the same addition (click for full-size): ![]() This could certainly explain why the Genesis slot in my original unit didn’t work properly. Second, there is a very sloppy addition to the board, which connects the holes in the un-used slot to the Genesis port. The large center board mainly consists of the cartridge slots and a Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA, but there are some interesting things to be seen! First of all, it looks like the board has holes for another cartridge slot (click for full size): Those lights are way too bright and I plan on leaving that cable disconnected: The top cover comes right off, but is still connected by the wire powering the LED lights. ![]() The Retron 5 comes apart easily, by removing the rubber feet and six screws: The main motherboard looks the same, however some of the post-production additions have been corrected. RetroJunkie has uploaded pics of a newer version. This teardown is of the 1st revision Retron 5.
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