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Be careful when buying one, some gamebits are soft and will break after a handful of uses. Make sure you're buying cheap in price, not quality.
 
Be careful when buying one, some gamebits are soft and will break after a handful of uses. Make sure you're buying cheap in price, not quality.
  
[http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/security-bits Kitsch-Bent] sells them at a nice price. though he doesn't always manage to have both kinds in stock.
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*[http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/security-bits Kitsch-Bent] sells them at a nice price. though he doesn't always manage to have both kinds in stock.
[http://www.racketboy.com/store/system-cartridge-repair-tools.html Racket Boy] sells both types for a fairly reasonable price, and are made fairly strong.
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*[http://www.racketboy.com/store/system-cartridge-repair-tools.html Racket Boy] sells both types for a fairly reasonable price, and are made fairly strong.

Revision as of 08:53, 11 June 2012

A Gamebit is a type of screw driver used to open consoles and game cartridges secured with a special type of torx screw.

4.5MM gamebit

Types

4.5MM

These gamebits are used to open most Genesis carts and various video game systems.

3.8MM

These gamebits are used to open almost every NES carts, all SNES carts, all Nintendo 64 carts, all Virtua Boy games, and all Gameboy and Gameboy Color games.

Where to buy

Be careful when buying one, some gamebits are soft and will break after a handful of uses. Make sure you're buying cheap in price, not quality.

  • Kitsch-Bent sells them at a nice price. though he doesn't always manage to have both kinds in stock.
  • Racket Boy sells both types for a fairly reasonable price, and are made fairly strong.