The Aswan crew documenting how modders reinvent classic hardware
We're a small band of solder-stained enthusiasts tracking the modding communities keeping vintage consoles alive, one board revision at a time.
What Drives This Crew
No sponsored fluff, no rushed takes — just people who care about the hardware
Before we write about a mod, someone on the crew has opened the shell, checked the PCB, and confirmed the claims themselves.
We cover the mods and communities we're genuinely excited about, never the ones that pay for placement or push affiliate links.
From capacitor replacements to RGB bypasses, we explain the build quality and engineering behind every modification we feature.
Every article aims to document a technique or community effort before it's forgotten, treating each console variant as a small piece of history.
What Readers Say
Sent the crew a photo of a weird PCB variant I found in a Cairo market stall and they actually wrote back with the board revision history within a day. That's rare.
Their piece on capacitor aging in old Sega boards convinced me to finally recap my Genesis instead of letting it die slowly on a shelf. Saved that thing.
I run a small modding meetup and these guys covered our group without turning it into a sales pitch. Just honest coverage of what we're actually building.
The Archive So Far
Numbers that reflect years of tracking the modding scene, not marketing metrics