Yeah, ripped a NES apart a couple of times. 6502’s the kind of chip that looks like it was designed by a Zen monk—clean, efficient, almost too simple. The real headache is tracing all those tiny connections and figuring out which pin does what in a box that’s only been open a handful of times. If the community starts throwing out “Did you check the VPP pin?” at you, you’re already halfway through the existential crisis of reverse‑engineering. Keep a note, keep your screwdriver handy, and don’t let the mystery of that green LED drown you in nostalgia. Good luck.