NEC: UPDATE ONE

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 5:51 pm

Well as i wait for a good mini-snes price i am building a low-budget arcade machine.

This includes :

A nes (interchangeable games)
A screen or if i want to be even cheaper a tv (but with everything but screen hidden inside.
2 nes advantage pads ( i will modify them for only start,select,a,b and the stick itself.
an extension cord to turn everything on in the flip of a switch.
a wooden frame
plastic,plexiglass or aluminum to put over it.
a flourescent light to light up logo.
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Update one:

Heh this has gone from a cheap project to a project costing as much if not more than the projects in bens book! At least it will be worth it in the end.
So far i have gathered various materials...mostly the stuff for the NES. I have finished drawing it all out and am currently getting ahold of all the materials. Oh and my dog has tapeworm...
The Marquee alone will be almost 70 dollars!!!!!!

i took time to chart out an estimated price chart.

Wood: 160$
Paint: 10$
Display: 82$ (this one im sure of!)
Marque: 70$
Nes: 40$ (already got it)
nes advantage pads (x2): 5$ each

Total:almost four hundred dollars!
Of course i will get the marquee done last (just so i can play it before i earn more money)

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:37 pm

ANYONE know where ican find a cheap 12-15 inch tv?it doesnt have to be new. it can be made in 1989 for all i care as long as i can play a nes on it

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:39 pm

MESAJARJARBINKS wrote:ANYONE know where ican find a cheap 12-15 inch tv?it doesnt have to be new. it can be made in 1989 for all i care as long as i can play a nes on it

Just check your local classifieds and thrift stores.

XPCportables · Post by **XPCportables** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:41 pm

I have one that Ill send to you for free, all you have to pay is shipping. I have to get rid of it because it is taking up closet space. the only thing is, it doesn't work 100% sometimes it will display black and white instead of color, a good whack on the side fixes this problem though.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:45 pm

XPCportables wrote:I have one that Ill send to you for free, all you have to pay is shipping. I have to get rid of it because it is taking up closet space. the only thing is, it doesn't work 100% sometimes it will display black and white instead of color, a good whack on the side fixes this problem though.

I had a computer monitor that would turn off sometimes and required a good whack to come back on.

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:33 pm

me too... XD

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:18 pm

yea there are a bunch of speed bumps along the way but with some problem solving i should be able to figure it out.

also since i am going to my summer house i wont have pictures until the end of summer. I dont have a digital camera here and my dad (who comes down on weekends but ussually has to work) needs the camera.
I also need to figure out a way to get this thing back to my REGULAR house by the end of summer...with two german sheaperds,my mom,sister,xbox 360 and whatever we have packed in at the end of the summer.most likely the LAST weekend my dad comes down- i will ask him to stick it in the back of his truck.

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:23 pm

I'm going to second the thrift store idea, walk in with $20 to spend and you can get up to a 27" or so TV.

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:24 pm

psychotic_mechanic wrote:I'm going to second the thrift store idea, walk in with $20 to spend and you can get up to a 27" or so TV.

heh i know of two thrift stores near me.
so i have two chances.

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:30 pm

alright i could use some help with one thing.

How could i get the NES (original) and the TV to turn on at the same time without flipping two switches or pushing two buttons.the only thing i could come up with is hook em both to an extension cable and turn them both on with that switch (the one on the cable)

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:51 pm

THIS will complicate things a bit but i LOVE my newer design
http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/92/a ... sed7xd.jpg

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:46 am

The problem I see with powering both units by a single switch is that evry time you turn off the NES to swap games, you're turning off the TV as well. Some old thrift store TV's may not like that.

Sword_Gun · Post by **Sword_Gun** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:27 am

Someones already done your Idea.. in like the 80's :p

http://www.willyliliana.com/NES%20Cabin ... abinet.htm

Thank you to jedinight for the link.

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:49 am

Sword_Gun wrote:Someones already done your Idea.. in like the 80's :p

http://www.willyliliana.com/NES%20Cabin ... abinet.htm

Thank you to jedinight for the link.

...crap...

WELL...
since that was the 80's i geuss i will be the one to do it in the first years of 2000.(comon its still early in 2000-its only 2006!)
Thats a nice thing that person built though.

funny though...He built it between 7th and 8th grade...same with me.
just about 20 years diffrence.

Come to think of it...it was ridiculous to think this was a "newer" idea.
I mean the NES is about 20 years old (give or take a year or two) Surely in that time someonee,somewhere has thought of this.And they had.

also if you are wondering what NEC stands for You get
"Nintendo Entertainment" and replace "System" with "Cabinet"
"Nintendo Entertainment Cabinet"
NEC

AND here is an updated picture. The last design would have made it to short.Now it shall be taller. ( i want it to be five foot 8 inches tall to six feet tall)
http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/9750 ... sed5pu.jpg

MESAJARJARBINKS · Post by **MESAJARJARBINKS** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:09 pm

Well i want this to look nice so i have decided it will no longer be a "pinch the pennies" project.

20'' magnavox screen---90$
MDO Plywood---8 foot x 4 foot board for 30.00 ( ill need two)
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i also need cheap plywood to make the game slots.
There will be 25 of them each 3cm's wider than an nes cartridge and 3cm's taller (when cartridge is layed on back)

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