Help a newbie?

[128keaton]

Hey guys! I'm new here! I received a Neo-Geo X Gold Edition from a friend for free! Neat, right? Well, I'd love to turn it into an emulation station for PS1/GB/GBA. Some blog posts around the 'net told me I could if I jailbroke. So far, I'm not having any luck. 

* I am using the internal SD card port with a micro->Standard adaptor.
* I have the special F/W update cable.

What I have tried:
* Flashing the hack_image_v0.3-45_800M.img file to a 2GB Sandisk microSD card  (FAT Formatted) and used the Fujifilm Adaptor.
* Flashing the hack_image_v0.3-45_800M.img file to a 2GB Sandisk microSD card (FAT32 Formatted) and used the Generic Adaptor Adaptor.
* Flashing the hack_image_v0.3-45_800M.img file to a 2GB Sandisk microSD card (FAT32 Formatted) and used the Fujifilm Adaptor.
* Flashing the hack_image_v0.3-45_800M.img file to a 2GB Sandisk microSD card (FAT Formatted) and used the Generic Adaptor Adaptor.

* Flashing the hack_image_v0.3-45_800M.img file to a 4GB Fujifilm microSD card (FAT Formatted) and used the Fujifilm Adaptor.
* Flashing the hack_image_v0.3-45_800M.img file to a 4GB Fujifilm microSD card (FAT32 Formatted) and used the Fujifilm Adaptor.
* Flashing the hack_image_v0.3-45_800M.img file to a 4GB Fujifilm microSD card (FAT Formatted) and used the Generic Adaptor.
* Flashing the hack_image_v0.3-45_800M.img file to a 4GB Fujifilm microSD card (FAT32 Formatted) and used the Generic Adaptor.

Every single time, I get no screen, just the red/blue flash after the blue 'read' process. Any tips or anything I should know about? Is my goal doable? Thanks!

EDIT: ok, it looks like I need something more advanced than just the internal SD card. 

[naror]

It's been a while since I jaikbroke my NGX so I don't really know how to help you, sorry. By the way what I can tell for sure is that since I play a lot with my NGX (mostly Neo-Geo games) the emulators you've mentioned are ORRIBLE. The sound with the GB one is terrible and unplayable if you play the NGX with the Docking Station (like I do). Another non negligible aspect is that the resolution is so stretched and it looks awful on the TV. Despite that, it's still playable if you do play on the handheld instead (Keep in mind you'll have to keep the volume of your NGX low, else it will sound very loud). The GBA emulator looks decent, again, there are some sound issues like on the GB emulator. You get a static noise all the way through your gameplay session with no mercy. Geez! Good thing the resolution on this one is decent. Don't even think of playing PS1 games on the NGX. The lag is unreal on most of the games and some of them crashes with a black screen of death (this can also damage the system itself). You might want to reconsider jailbreaking your NGX if those are the emulators you want to play with.

Cheers,
-N

[128keaton]

Jun 30, 2016 14:13:06 GMT -5 naror said:

It's been a while since I jaikbroke my NGX so I don't really know how to help you, sorry. By the way what I can tell for sure is that since I play a lot with my NGX (mostly Neo-Geo games) the emulators you've mentioned are ORRIBLE. The sound with the GB one is terrible and unplayable if you play the NGX with the Docking Station (like I do). Another non negligible aspect is that the resolution is so stretched and it looks awful on the TV. Despite that, it's still playable if you do play on the handheld instead (Keep in mind you'll have to keep the volume of your NGX low, else it will sound very loud). The GBA emulator looks decent, again, there are some sound issues like on the GB emulator. You get a static noise all the way through your gameplay session with no mercy. Geez! Good thing the resolution on this one is decent. Don't even think of playing PS1 games on the NGX. The lag is unreal on most of the games and some of them crashes with a black screen of death (this can also damage the system itself). You might want to reconsider jailbreaking your NGX if those are the emulators you want to play with.

Cheers,
-N

Thanks for the reply! I am most interested in the GBA emulator, and an NES emulator. I would definitely still like to try! Thanks for the advice

[naror]

Fine, do you have a rocket cable? The so called "Generic Adaptor". I used to jailbreak my NGX with the rocket cable that comes with the Mega Pack. If you have a rocket cable then, you'll have to take a generic SD card (I used a kingston SD card and worked for me) along with a microSD that must NOT be higher than 16 gigas. Many people in this forum had trouble using 32 gigas microSD.

EDIT: Ok so turns out I still have the firmware along with all the games and icons plus the guide to hack the SD card. (I've uploaded it on imgur for you pal) Here's the link: i.imgur.com/FZawR8N.jpg?1

It may take you several tries to hack the SD card correctly, I broke like 5 of them before successfully hacking that SD card lol.

Once you've managed to get it right, you'll have to burn the firmware image and put the emulators and games with a microSD adapter. I'm sure i'm messing something up, so here's a video that explains it properly:

You can see the guy in the video is using a non-official rocket cable, but you can do the same thing with the rocket cable that comes with the Mega Pack. Just hook it up to your NGX and switch the button on the side. (If you're not familiar with this, Tommo made a guide on how to update the NGX, look it up on youtube) So now you're making the NGX think it is updating to an official firmware, except for the fact that the firmware is an hacked firmware.

If you followed these steps and managed to get it done then you're almost done.

Yeah almost, in order to play all the games you will need a pack filled with roms (and maybe icons) P.M. me I'll do my best to help.

Sincerely,

-N

P.S. Reply when you're done with those steps, if you want to follow my guide. I kindof remember doing this 2 years ago and if it worked for me then it should work for you too!