Empty NES box ideas?

[Antwarrior]

Guy, is it all right if we ask you to smallify your avatar?

Avatar smallened. Sorry!

[madc0w]

I cut up an old pair of computer speakers, fixed them, and then put then in there. It ran off of 9V and sounded pretty good. Then I went to a goodwill and got speakers that look like they were taken out of a car. Hooked em up, and now the sound isint bad when the volume is up high.

im working on that with a playstation
also, you could put an atari in it!

[MikeJones]

i thought of the same thing, putting a Pc inside a NES case with the controller ports still on. you could use a CD/DVD combo drive and put it behind the cart door, install the receiver for a wireless keboard/mouse, and wire USB adapters to the controller ports. That would give it the appearance of a standard NES, exept there is a left and right channel out, and you could possibly make the black band on the front a flip-open door for USB and earphone ports. god knows if you could fit all that shizzit in the case, but it would be sweeking freet if you could.

[bicostp]

What? Like <a href="http://mini-itx.com/projects/nespc/">this one</a>?

[kidw/32+systems]

i'm putting a N64 in mine but i still haven't done it
i like the lunchbox idea

[Antwarrior]

I ended up making a bong...it was the easest. and I totally kicks ass.

[Triton]

[Jeff]

I was gonna say you should've litterally made it a Toaster.

[bicostp]

I would have made a DVD player out of it.

-Use the AV outputs as L and R audio, the old connector on the back would be the video
-Make the slide-out CD tray push the cart door up as it opens and closes
-Power=power (duh)
-reset=Eject (since it only needs to be momentary)

Controls: (would be installed in a modified controller, but it would keep the original connector)

D-Pad - up, down, left, right.
A - Select
Start- Play/Pause
A - Skip chapter forward
B - Skip chapter back
Select- Menu

I hope I'm not forgetting any important controls...

[Antwarrior]

Not a fan, huh?

[usbcd36]

Putting a PC into a NES case would work well for another reason: the SNES and NES controllers work the same way, right? So you could get an adapter from lik-sang that does SNES to PC and modify it slightly to be NES to PC. Or you could just make a SNESpc. As for the DVD player, that's great too, though you should also find a way to decode the NES signals so normal controllers would work (mainly because the latching of the NES controller makes it so there are more buttons than wires).

Edit: I just noticed that the NES USB controller mod doesn't involve bypassing the IC on the NES board, it just uses the normal outputs from the controller. This means that the kit (found here) would work when put INSIDE the NES case and connected directly to a USB port. Put 2 in and you have the provisions for factory-standard NES controllers!

Edit 2: a computer in a GameCube would be excellent, but both the Mac mini and mini-ITX boards have serious problems that wouldn't make them work. First the overall pros: the GameCube has controller adapters that are cheap and allow you to use factory-standard controllers through USB. It also has the expansion port spaces on the bottom where other connections (USB, Firewire, mic, line in, etc…) could be placed. The unused (then) memory card slots could be replaced with one of two things: memory card readers (sadly, a CF card will not fit), or a memory card dump device (dunno what to call it). Lastly, a hacked GameBoy Player could be refitted with the guts of a cartridge convertor for the PC (for dumping and playing GBA ROMS). The mini-ITX board would run of the original AC-DC adapter for the 'Cube, the power supply would fit where the original GC one did, it has composite and S-Video outs (which could be wired directly to the multi-out along with the RGB from the VGA connector and the sound) and with a few modifications, the CD drive could be a flip-top one like the GC had. Now the con(s), a mini-ITX board is 170mm square, whereas the GameCube case is 6" x 6", about 120mm square. Now the mini, first the big one, the mini case is exactly 6" square as well, so the motherboard (which by definition, has to be smaller than the outside of the case) would fit. The DAV out could be replaced by the mini's stock DVI port, and the multi-out could be served by audio and the video (S-video and composite) from Apple's $18 DVI to TV adapter. The mini also includes a fan which could easily be placed over the GameCube's original vent. The problem is power, as the GameCube's original AC adapter provides neither enough voltage or amperage to drive the Mini (which requires about 4 amps at 18v, the GC adapter provides 12v and 35 watts, about 3 amps). The combo drive also poses another difficulty, as it would need to be replaced with an ejecting tray-type drive in order to act as a top loader. Finally, GameCube emulators are not yet useful so the common practice of using a PC-in-a-console to emulate the console would be kinda stupid. Still a fun project, any takers?

[Joes2Silly]

all right bong

[Antwarrior]

all right bong

more like a hooka. but yeah, playing mario stoned is awesome.

[Triton]

about the GCPC what about the nano itx, isnt it coming out soon, or is ther a mini itx that measures less than 120x120? i havent been to the site in a while

[usbcd36]

The Nano-ITX will fit, as it fit inside a Mac Mini, but the key word is soon not now and they're expensive too. Also, a Mac mini is more compact, a nano-ITX computer will fit in its case…with the expense of an optical drive.