{"id":2759,"date":"2025-12-25T16:48:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T07:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2759"},"modified":"2025-12-29T15:55:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T06:55:13","slug":"hacking-my-nintendo-super-famicom-mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/12\/25\/hacking-my-nintendo-super-famicom-mini\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking my Nintendo Super Famicom Mini with Hakchi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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My Christmas Eve was spent hacking my Super Famicom Mini console. Unlike my Megadrive Mini, I didn’t really play my SFC Mini’s default game lineup because I found them a bit boring. Not only do I prefer Sonic over Mario, but there are no shmups for the SFC Mini!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using a program called Haxchi, the process is similar to how I hacked my MD Mini<\/a>. Load the program, switch the SFC Mini on, and while pressing the reset button, plug in the USB cable and wait for it to recognize the unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These mini consoles are essentially Linux boxes, right? So why the hell do I have to risk contracting digital monkey pox by having to swap my hard drive out for my Win10 hard drive? I’d think that it would be very easy for them to release versions of this software for Linux, but unfortunately I am stuck having to use Win10. Gay. I read that someone had gotten Hakchi to work via Wine on Arch and Manjaro, but I couldn’t get it to work with Mint. Oh well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So here is how you add games. When you add a game, it defaults to box covers from North America\/Europe, so I had to look up Japanese SFC box scans on Gamefaqs to keep things uniform. I mostly loaded the unit with Japanese SFC games rather than English SNES games, however there are some games I was surprised that there was no Japanese port, such as Sunset Riders. There was no Japanese ROM for this game, nor could I find any SFC box art for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After synchronizing the additions to the unit, it’s done! As you can see, I didn’t even come close to filling up the hard drive. I didn’t think to try adding any fan-translated games, since Project Lunar on my MD Mini didn’t manage to do this for me when I tried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Hakchi logo now appears when booting up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So now the game menu has this folder icon. Selecting this brings up another layer of games, the ones which I added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here are more games I added! Sonic Wings, Darius Twin, Tetris Battle Gaiden, and Doremi Fantasy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With one more layer, selecting this folder icon will bring up a third set of games. Or the icon to the right will bring me back one level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And here is the third layer, with Sailor Moon, Macross, and Assault Suits Valken among many other games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kiki Kaikai (Pocky & Rocky) and Hyper Iria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Final Fight 2 and Wild Guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SHMUPS! R-Type, III, Gradius III, and Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie. While the MD Mini came with some great shmups, the SFC Mini came with none. Well, now mine is now full of great shmups at last. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My Christmas Eve was spent hacking my Super Famicom Mini console. Unlike my Megadrive Mini, I didn’t really play my SFC Mini’s default game lineup because I found them a bit boring. Not only do I prefer Sonic over Mario, but there are no shmups for the SFC Mini! Using a program called Haxchi, the … <\/p>\n

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