Bonus Life Stream 09 // Custom ESP32 LED Firmware and Full Giveaway Spec Reveal
Most of the week’s real progress happened off camera. WLED wasn’t giving what this build needed, so the firmware got rewritten from scratch. Custom LED Fir…
Does BlueRetro Pass Rumble to 8BitDo? N64 Wireless Tested | Bonus Life Build #8
Juan asked last session whether BlueRetro passes rumble and save states through to an 8BitDo controller. We didn’t have a clean answer. This stream, we got…
Bonus Life Stream 06 // N64 RGB Output Demo and Companion Case Design
THE RND2 here. The first N64 is done and I ran it on stream. Killer Instinct Gold through an RGB mod with a VDC-NUS chip and a GBS-C output chain. That is…
Bonus Life Stream 05 // New Parts Haul and a Hard Day at the Bench
THE RND2 here. Eight minutes of audio troubleshooting at the top because the mic was routing through the wrong input. Once that was sorted, a lot happened….
N64 RGB Mod Done — C-Sync Discovery and Two Working Boards | Bonus Life #7
N64 RGB mod install is done and verified working. Soldered under the microscope — first time that’s been on stream — and both boards confirmed operational…
Bonus Life – Stream 4
N64 cap replacement is finished and both boards are operational — but one board has damage in a critical area near the cap locations. This stream covers t…
Bonus Life – Stream 3
Cap replacement is done on both N64 boards — but cleaning up the work reveals damage on one board near the cap locations. Stream 3 covers the full cap kit…
Bonus Life Stream 02 // Dual N64 Teardown and Full Capacitor Recap
THE RND2 here. Two N64 units on the bench this session — a 1996 NUS-CPU-03 and a later NUS-CPU-09 from around 2000. Both get the full teardown, and unit o…
Bonus Life Stream 1
N64 repair stream — this is where the Bonus Life build starts. A broken Nintendo 64 from eBay with no power and unknown board condition. The goal: rebuild…
What is Bonus Life?
What Is Bonus Life? Ten years ago this summer, I had a heart attack. Cardiac event, technically.. that’s what the doctors call it, and what it means is tha…