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Overview:<\/strong> Multi-function NES game cartridges aren’t exactly a new concept. In the late 80s, for example, Nintendo released the Action Set bundle in North America which included Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt on a single cartridge. Two games on a single cart felt like magic at the time, but what if you could play your entire NES library on a single cart (without ROMs)? That’s exactly what one YouTuber recently set out to accomplish. <\/p>\n

As James Channel<\/a> explains, NES carts have a good bit of empty space inside \u2013 partly for aesthetics and also for future-proofing. The old copy of NES Open Tournament Golf he had on hand doesn’t use the smallest PCB but it’s all he had to work with.<\/p>\n

Modern NES consoles are much smaller than the original, and that’s especially true of knockoffs that use system-on-chip components. The console clone used here came from AliExpress and although it has multiple PCBs, only the main one with the cartridge slot is needed.<\/p>\n

To get everything to fit, the YouTuber had to remove several plastic standoffs inside the Golf cart, cut holes for the controller ports, and trim them down into “slim” versions. For A\/V, the modder used an old headphone jack and a headphone-to-RCA cable to plug it into his TV.<\/p>\n