/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Kill yourself

>>109755
Great first impression of diy. :)

Lookup NES MP3 Player.

Looks pretty sweet.

Make some USB controllers?

>>109760
Thought that too but emulators dont cut it for me.
Thought of a plug-n-play thing but I'm still novice.

>>109759
Might do this with one of them looking at some cheap mp3's I could disassemble atm.

Gut the nes and turn it into a arcade cabinet/cocktail table. Turn the empty shell into a mini-pc.

>>109769
I really like this idea. But I prefer to stay away from wood-work and similar if possible simply because I don't have the workspace.

>>109769
That case. Good lord. I have never wanted something as hard as this. I think this just might have become my new /diy/ project.

thanks to retards like OP, i have a hard time finding cheap snes parts and consoles.

>>109769
this is acceptable.
>>109744
this is fucking not. not at all. seriously that is a peice of fucking shit and criminal. all of my rage+indignation.

http://www.retrousb.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=44

inb4 greentexting what OP said in >>109763 i read it but i figure this may be of interest to someone else.

if you must commit sacriledge OP, you could take the pcb out and put a hinge inside it and use it as a small box [i have a tin like this, however the real thing probably has all sorts of inconvenient mouldings that you would have to remove somhow]. you could put a usb hub and a few flash sticks inside it otherwise maybe.
infact you could probably have a hub, a flash stick with emu+all roms and the chip i linked to above, that would be pretty cool.

>>109811

I'm glad I built up my nes/snes collection before destroying them in stupid ways became fashionable.

>>109811
>>109822
the dubs attest their truthfulness.

>>109811
The picture isn't mine.
Maybe "acquired" wasn't a good word to use?
I PURCHASED a couple defective controllers from a local independently owned retro games and accessories store with intentions to fix them or make them into something else.
Sorry for being whatever the fuck you think I am.

http://images.4chan.org/diy/src/1325490957427.jpg

lol

>>109769
Does anyone have any more info on this? Everyone that I saw who did similar projects seemed to just make an arcade cabinet out of an old PC and an emulator. I want to actually use an NES.

>>110011
It's an interesting concept. Did some searching around and found an Instructables guide. Granted, it's a PC thing only - but I think that it can be adapted to fit the specifications of NES hardware.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-build-a-Nintendo-arcade/?&sort=ACTIVE&limit=40&of
fset=40

I'll probably make a NES Cabinet, and if it works as well as I hope it does, I'll probably rip out the NEW, refurbish that hardware into something else. I'll be replacing the NES hardware with SNES Hardware for a larger library of video games to choose from.

Crap.

Make it wireless
this guy made wireless controllers for SNES, Sega Saturn, and N64 that are all compatible with one another
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlnmfaILCHw

>>109744
Unless they are broken your a cunt

>>110148
Well, I did even more searching around - and I found the true guide on Instructables.

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Genuine-NES-Bartop/

Enjoy.

use the iron to melt holes in the cartridges and controllers.

1. Stick the iron in your pooper.
2. Plug in said iron.
3. Play the NES.

Your welcome.

>>111096
>>109824
>>109822
>>109811
>>109811

Get out. All of you.

>>109811
Especially you.

NES carts, controllers, and systems are not, and will never be rare or hard to find. Think about it, every kid you knew had a system and a pile of games, and you only knew kids in one or two schools. They sold millions of these systems and billions of games. All across America there are boxes full of this shit collecting dust in people attics, closets, and garages. Cut it up, there's plenty more where that came from.

B-b-b-ut I can't nostalgia because of the hipstuuurs.. Whaaaaa Whaaa!!!

Cry me a river you bitches. Did your isp block craigslist? Do you live in a city that bans yard sales? No used game/record/thrift stores in your area to hang out at? Too fuckin bad, guess you should have bought the games you wanted back when you had the chance instead of crying about it now.

Whaaa!

>>112769

>>112769
just stfu faggot

It's called respect. Just because you don't have any for technology doesn't mean you can discourage those who already do.

anyone have any DIY/instructable links where i could build a portable emulator?
Like something that I can have a controller with a usb and just plug it into a usb port on a tv or computer and start playing what ever games or system loaded onto the device?

also can this be done with multiple consoles/games on one device? hope i get a reply :)

>>109744
I dont have pics, but the electronics inside nes controllers are crazy simple. So a friend of mine took the nes wiring, and basically made giant wooden controller (think 1/2 foot wide, top surface about size of an average desk). It worked but needed two people to play: one for arrows, one for A and B

>>113267
see the link in
>>109814
>infact you could probably have a hub, a flash stick with emu+all roms and the chip i linked to above
^inside the controller casing
add a rapsberry pi or some atom-based sfc or whatever to run the emus on and bingo.