Modchip

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A modchip is a small piece of electronics that allows systems to run unlicensed software (whether homebrew or pirates of commercial games) and/or to run imported games.

The first popular modchips were for the Sony PlayStation, where the term comes from as a chip needed to be soldered in to play games on CD-R, however it is now a general term despite the fact they are often more complex than their name implies. Many earlier systems were modified by hobbyists but few had a single-chip modification.

List of systems with modchips avaliable:

• Sega Saturn
• Sega Dreamcast - Allowed imports only
• Sony PlayStation
• Sony PlayStation 2
• Nintendo GameCube
• Microsoft Xbox