No, it's not a NESchuck ripoff. It's a modernized NES controller! It started when I got a NES joystick cheap. I have a broken 3rd party N64 controller. It's going to take a lot of modding but I think I can put the two together. So far I have the NES board chopped up and I'm working on the case and Dpad. Buttons are much easier. I'm really learning a lot as far as building this stuff goes- I recommend a controller mod as good practice for a portable. In any case I have to pick up some supplies.
More info and some pictures coming (very) soon!
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Pictures:
What I've got on the case so far. Very futuristic and cool looking. It looks horrible because of all the hot glue but if it wasn't clear you wouldn't be able to see most of it. I've got to pick up some bondo and epoxy putty. Then I can fill the c-button and "set" "clr" holes. The start and slow holes will be the start and select buttons. The shoulder buttons are non-functional- by that time I said "screw it" and glued them in because I didn't feel like cutting any more plastic. It's a real pain- cut, file/sand, glue, push around, dremel-sand. My cheap dremel is huge and has no power. It can barely sand, and the cutting discs cause it to stop mid-cut. Any sort of pressure, it stops. The sad part is that a few weeks after I bought it I saw a much better model on sale for about $50 with a lot of accessories. This piece of crap cost me $9 and came with bare essentials. But enough, back to the controller. I tried to cut out the rumble/memory pak area but ended out smashing and ripping it out. The chopped-up board will go in there. Anyway, this thing is comfy.
The electronics. The top brown board is the hacked up controller. Has built-in pull-up resistors, woohoo. The board originally had 4 contacts for the (crude junk) joystick and an "autofire" circuit, but those are gone. The way it's wired it was really easy to hack. The board with 6 pads is for the A/B buttons- I can't remove the "c" section without making it impossible to mount. The 3-prong connector is for my expensive but awesome soldering iron. You'll never know how awesome it is to have a good iron until you get one. The d-pad board is a potential problem. I cut off too much so there's no good way to mount it. Should I use something rigid like putty to glue it down or use hotglue and rely on case pressure. Advice please!
I can't wait to see the finished product 
