Hi guys,
Hope this is in the correct section, if not can someone move it please?
I modded my Launch day UK PAL SNES years ago for 50/60 Hz and also did the LOCKOUT mod.
For years I had a US HORI SGB (Super GAMEBBOY) Controller Pad, but could never get it to work on my PAL machine, then I saw this page:
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hKtzp5NsJRQ/SnCC7rSuP7I/AAAAAAAAAW0/qI8P0vVdFqY/s400/IMG_0009.JPG)
http://www.gamesx.com/misctech/eurosnescontrol.htm (http://www.gamesx.com/misctech/eurosnescontrol.htm)
I did the mod but found that the LINKS were hard to see in the photos, so I have made new images. Basically the LINKS short out four Diodes.
Region MODS have got a bit more complicated now a days! but why Nintendo Region LOCKED the PADS is anyones guess!
Best thing is I had taken the HORI pad to bits years before and tried hacking around swapping wires etc in the PORT Connector, so I got my SMARTJOY SNES - USB adaptor and used that to get the connector PINS back in the correct order and IT STILL WORKED!, I did it using the USB adaptor to avoid damaging the SNES. once it was working in the USB adaptor and all buttons were working correctly I fired it up in the SNES and BEHOLD a working SGB PAD on a PAL SNES.
NEW PICS:
BEFORE:
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hKtzp5NsJRQ/S9UnfuWDVyI/AAAAAAAAAeE/ji1VyeUDbGI/s800/eurosnesc1u.jpg)
AFTER:
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hKtzp5NsJRQ/S9UnfY0r7eI/AAAAAAAAAeA/ANR1W2p3IPc/s800/eurosnesc1d.JPG)
BEFORE:
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hKtzp5NsJRQ/S9UnfxaYVwI/AAAAAAAAAeM/hu3KFljC_30/s800/eurosnesc2u.jpg)
AFTER:
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hKtzp5NsJRQ/S9Unf6fq5GI/AAAAAAAAAeI/I__EtSUYQkU/s800/eurosnesc2d.jpg)
Thanks GUYS!
Ralph
Goes nicely with My SUPER Gameboy Collection:
PAL SGB modded with a LINK PORT
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hKtzp5NsJRQ/SnCDfVVjPtI/AAAAAAAAAYY/F1Bzd5yE54U/s288/IMG_0047.JPG)
JAP SGB
(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hKtzp5NsJRQ/SnCDc4uIj3I/AAAAAAAAAYQ/rIcP-NitHkM/s288/IMG_0045.JPG)
JAP SGB 2
(http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hKtzp5NsJRQ/SnCC-cJMT6I/AAAAAAAAAW8/Joxvc7DXCfY/s288/IMG_0012.JPG)
Having modded dozens of PAL SNES consoles, I can say that very, very few units actually have this controller region lock. I have only come across three, one was very early, one was very late, and I don't remember the last one. Either way, simple mod. :)
my SNES was a UK PAL launch day unit, but I was so happy when I found this MOD...
problem with the photos on the GAMESX page was the LINKS were not too clear, but once I had the PCB out it was a doddle of a MOD, so I thought I would post easier pictures.
I think I've only seen one or two consoles which have this lock too, but in any case, I wrote up this guide to mod the CONTROLLERS, not the console:
http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=controls:snes_con_region_fix (http://gamesx.com/wiki/doku.php?id=controls:snes_con_region_fix)
if you want to do it on your sgb controller you can, you just have to figure out which pins are what at the end of the cable.