The shop
Tested. Sealed or loose. Real.
Hand-tested retro carts and consoles, NES through Xbox. We boot every cart on real hardware before it ships.
Live at launch
SIDELOAD
Pre-launch
Insert coin // booting…STAND BY,
STAND BY,
PLAYER ONE.
Sideload is a small family shop for retro games, Switch mods, and save-battery surgery. Hand-tested. Hand-soldered. Built by people who actually play.
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What we do
Three benches, one shop.
A small family — three of us — running it from one workbench. The shop, the mod table, the battery rig. That's it.
The mod
Picofly installs, done right.
V1, V2, Lite, OLED — soldered with magnification, every install on camera. Footage kept on file. No mystery work.
Live at launch
The battery
Save-battery surgery.
We dump your save bit-for-bit, swap the dead battery, and restore the file. Your 1998 Zelda playthrough survives.
Live at launch
Tested on real hardware
Every cart boots on its actual console before we list it.
Every install filmed
Pre-install unboxing through final test. Footage kept on file, period.
Anonymous on purpose
No names on the site. Just the work. We like it that way.