This is the SNES Mini, a classic Nintendo mini console with 20 games, but
What if you want more than 20 games? Well, in this video I'm gonna show you how to hack the SNES mini
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Hey guys, hope you've got your hacking shoes on
My name is Jonathan and this is TechWizTime
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In this video I'm going to show you how to hack the SNES mini in a few simple steps
Firstly I would like to thank Elizabeth and Jessica for letting me lend this console.
They're my two biggest fans
If you haven't got your own SNES mini console yet I'll also leave some links down in the description for where you can purchase your own
Alright let's pop over to the computer
So one of the first things you'll need to do is you'll need to download the software to allow you to do this and that's from the link in the description or on the screen right now
Once you're there you need to go to the releases section and here you'll see the latest release
Now I've tried playing around with the web installer which does require administrator access so in order to keep this tutorial as simple as possible
I'm going to get you to download the normal
Portable edition in the zip file
So click on that link and once it's downloaded. We're going to extract the folder
I'm using 7-zip in this tutorial which you can download from the link in the description below
Once that's extracted will go inside the folder and will launch the executable file
The first message that will come up will be a message telling you to select your console type
Now hakchi2 actually caters for both the mini NES and the super NES mini
So choose your reason by clicking on the button
And then hit OK
So before we get too excited what we're gonna do is we're gonna dump the kernel of your original Super NES mini
So to do that what we need to do is we need to go to the kernel menu and select dump kernel
Now this will bring up this
Little screen here with a few instructions of what you'll need to follow
So the first thing you'll need to do is make sure your SNES mini is turned off
Next you'll need to connect your SNES mini to your PC via a USB cable
Now with the SNES mini still turned off what you need to do is you need to hold down the reset button
And switch the SNES mini on
You'll need to keep the reset button held down and you'll notice that the power light doesn't come on
This means that it's now ready to be able to dump the kernel
So to make sure that we've got the correct driver installed click install driver and this will go ahead and do that process
A black command screen prompt will come up and what you'll need to do here is that will tell you that the driver has been successfully installed, so just press ENTER
And after a short wait what will happen is your kernel will be dumped to a folder
Called, ironically, dump, make sure you keep this file somewhere really safe because this is your original kernel
And if you ever want to go back to a stock SNES mini
Then this is the file that you will need
So now that little bit of housekeeping is out of the way what we can do now is add some games
Now this is where a little disclaimer comes in
In some regions of the world
Using ROMs is actually illegal
But the general consensus is that if you own the physical cartridge and your local laws allows it then you can actually have a digital backup of that cartridge
So please only use games or cartridges that you actually own
So with that said what we'll do is we'll add some games to our new SNES mini
So down the bottom click the big button that says add more games and here what we can do is we can select
As many or as little games as we want
And once we're done we just click the Open button
This will start the loading process of loading the games into hakchi2
So once that's done you'll now notice your games are in the list
And to make them look a little bit more pretty what we can do is we can click on a game
And then click the Google button
What this will do it will Google for images that are related to that game
So once you're happy with one of the images that are there all you need to do is double click on it and it will apply it to that game
Go through and do this for your other games and once you're done
We can click the synchronize button down the bottom
Now if this is the first time you're flashing your SNES mini It will come up with this message
Basically saying that you will need to flash the custom kernel to your snares mini
So we just need to click Yes here
This will begin the process of uploading the custom kernel to your SNES mini
Now it will take a little while but once it's done
It should come up with a congratulations message
And now is the time that it will actually copy across your games, so
Click the Ok button and this will start the copy process and depending on how many roms you've put on the list will depend how fast this happens
In my case. It was almost instantaneous
Now I can just click done and
Literally we're done
Turn off your SNES mini and unhook the USB
Plug it into your TV and boot it up and away you go
Now what you'll notice here straight away. Is that there's a new folder icon
Now, this is where your new ROMs are actually stored
So select a folder and here we can see all the games that we put in there and we can launch one and away we go
How awesome is that?
So that was a relatively easy process
Now for some people they are gonna come across some errors. It's just a fact of life unfortunately
Sometimes things go wrong, so, if you do have a problem
Leave a comment down below and let some others know so to see if where they can help out or maybe I can direct you in the right
Place to have a look and see
If you can fix it yourself
Again a huge thanks to Jessica and Elizabeth for letting me letting this console, so I could do this
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