The first (very simple) modification is a pause button!
Stop... in the name of love!
To pause any game, just add a simple switch:
SW3 Alps pushbutton switch SPPH110800
And since halting the CPU while a sound is output freezes that sound as well - which sounds ugly - it's a good idea to mute audio whenever the pause switch is on. Just remove SJ15 and SJ16 and instead install :
U46 MAX4542ESA (SO8)
That's really all. If you don't want to drill a hole in your CV, you can mount the switch or any other switch elsewhere, or just run two wires. Either way, chap, simple and useful upgrade.
One very important word of advice: If you put the switch in pause - even if done accidentally - this will halt the entire console. So, if you power cycle or reset it while the switch is in pause, it will appear frozen/dead until you unpause it again!
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