Guides & How-Tos

There’s something charming about a Dreamcast that still thinks it’s 1999—until it keeps asking for the date. Here’s what causes it, how Sega designed the RTC battery, and the best ways to fix it today.

The Wii is a great little console and having it modded to play third-party apps, games, software, etc just makes it that much better.

Getting started with Wii Homebrew is not quite as intuitive as the Wii itself and there are a few tips and pointers you'll need to get going. Here we'll walk you through installing apps, playing backup games, and making backups of your game library.

If you spend anytime refurbishing PlayStation 2 consoles, it's important to know how to identify the version number of them. Having this information will make your life so much easier when it comes to buying and swapping replacement parts.

With most versions you can use the model number and serial number on the back of your Playstation 2 to identify the version number without having to look at any internal parts. There are, however, some versions that will require looking at the stamp on the mainboard.

Original Xbox revisions 1.0–1.5 include a clock capacitor that is known to fail over time and can damage the motherboard. You can determine whether your Xbox is affected by checking the manufacturing date on the bottom of the console—no disassembly required.