The First Weekly Mod Race! ENTER NOW!

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:51 pm

Mod Race!

What is it?

Be the first to complete the said modification and you get honor for the week, a place on the winners board, and design next week's mod (not too expensive like computer mods, or something you have all ready completed, no portbles, either!).

When does the contest end?

Thursday, September 1st at 11:59 PM EST (GMT -5).

Generals Rules?

One entry only, no copying, Photoshopping, faking, or sharing of information of any kind. If you are caught breaking these rules, you will be perminantly banned from the Mod Race.

The winner this week cannot enter next week.

What's this week's mod?

Convert a Atari 2600 joystick work as a NES pad on the NES, it must look stock, and it must work, and you need a picture of it in action. Since there is only one button on the Atari 2600 pad, you only have to wire up the "A" button to that button, DON'T add any buttons to the Atari 2600 joystick, so don't wire Start, Select, or B.

Have fun, and modify!

Thanks to all the brave modders who enter!!!

EDIT: Spelling, and added more discription.

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:59 pm

Can we add a B button or use Flashback 2 joysticks (they're identical, but built to last longer)?

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:00 pm

Start? Select? B? How will this look stock with all the extra buttons?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:01 pm

I added that, only wire up the "A" button to the big red one, since it must be stock, don't worry about the Start, Select, or B buttons.

Use anything you like, as long as it looks exactly like the original.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:05 pm

What if you don't have a 2600 (like me)?

It'd be kinda pointless... Could we maybe do the NES TV remote mod instead?

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:06 pm

I own neither an Atari or NES (only a NOAC), so I'm out.

S q u e e ! · Post by **S q u e e !** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:06 pm

I'm doing an SNES TV remote mod. It will totally be better than a regular NES remote.

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:08 pm

I'll try the Atari to NES joystick, but I'd really like to add the other buttons to the bottom (so no switching controllers to pause), can I do that?

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:08 pm

Il make this thing in ten minutes. Il be back then so you guys can make the next mod....

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:09 pm

Hm, since you have a week, I'm sure you can go and buy parts. If you don't have the required parts, make due with what you have. Since the NES remote is all ready done, I cannot allow that as an entry.

If you do not have the required parts, there will be a vote on the best mod from parts that were not required from the contest.

@ usbcd36, go ahead, just make it look stock-ish.
@ bioniclebert, don't get too hubristic, and you cannot enter next week (sorry, it's just rules).

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:15 pm

S q u e e ! wrote:I'm doing an SNES TV remote mod. It will totally be better than a regular NES remote.

I like that idea. Maybe we could do that next week.

Y'know, this project seems a bit too easy, all you have to do is open the case, desolder the chip, and wire the 2600 controller cord to the right spots. That can be done in 5 minutes easy.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:17 pm

Good idea, I may be getting my first attempt out of the trash! I was putting the whole board in, and a trimmed down verson.

You also need the resistors in there, so you can't just chop off the chip.

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:22 pm

about 1/2 way through, I noticed that I would never use that...

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:24 pm

What wouldn't you use?

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:34 pm

vb_master wrote:What wouldn't you use?

the atari NES controller
you could make it in 5 minutes, And if you spent some time on it, A half hour.
And what game would you play with only the A button?