Super Famicom / SNES build

paffley

@ruckage said in Super Famicom / SNES build:

I've been working on a concept for a SNES theme for this, I know I will probably end up trying to mimic the snes mini when its released but wanted to see what idea I could come up with myself. This is a very early wip, the background is a placeholder at the momentl. I'm quite pleased with how the SNES itself looks (just needs a few tweaks).

This would obviously be the system view but wouldn't it be cool if we could use the carousel in the gamelist (hint, hint @jdrassa ;) ) , it would be awesome to scroll through game cartridges like this.

I agree @ruckage @jdrassa .....A horizontal/vertical gamelist view that adopts the marquee tag maybe? making way for wheel art or cartart.

Martino_Heat

@ruckage Great! I live in Germany. Can you please contact me via Email -> MartinoHeat@gmx.com?

ruckage

@martino_heat
I've sent you an email.

ruckage

I've finished the controller extension leads and soldered usb leads to the control ports.

Here is the snes extension lead plug dismantled and the wires cut.

I removed the pins and soldered them to the end of a usb extension cable.

The pins were re-inserted back into the plug and a cable tie was used to prevent the wires from being yanked out.

This is the finished USB to SNES extension cable.(I made 2 of them).

Next USB leads needed to be soldered to the control ports so that they can be connected to the pi.

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Now I can plug any usb controller into my extension leads and connect them to the super famicom. Not as authentic as using real controllers but it gives me more flexibility and I still get to use the control ports on the console. I've given them a test with my pokken controllers and they work perfectly.

ruckage

I think I'm almost finished. Just the theme/software side of things to do now.

The pie is connected to the original power input via the power switch - it's actually soldered directly to the underside of the rpi using the test points (I think it was ppt1 and ppt6) as there wasn't room to power it via the microusb.

The switch on the proto board is the original Super Famicom reset switch and is positioned in the correct place so that it is activated by the reset button - this will be used as a shutdown button (the brown wires connect to it).

Finally I added a small fan (but no heatsink), this seems to be enough to keep it cool.

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Snakerake

@ruckage

Very cool! I've been wanting to do something similar in the NES build I'm doing. I hadn't seen anyone adapt the ports like that yet. I'm Glad it can be done!

ruckage

@snakerake

Thanks. The ports work perfectly and it gives me more flexibility regarding what I can connect to it. And if I want real snes controllers I can either convert them to USB using the circuits provided at raphnet or buy a SNES to usb converter.

jackal123uk

@ruckage said in Super Famicom / SNES build:

Wow, this is awesome - any progress on this? I'd love something like this for my build.

I've been working on a concept for a SNES theme for this, I know I will probably end up trying to mimic the snes mini when its released but wanted to see what idea I could come up with myself. This is a very early wip, the background is a placeholder at the momentl. I'm quite pleased with how the SNES itself looks (just needs a few tweaks).

This would obviously be the system view but wouldn't it be cool if we could use the carousel in the gamelist (hint, hint @jdrassa ;) ) , it would be awesome to scroll through game cartridges like this.

ruckage

@jackal123uk

Sorry for the late reply. Sadly it's not really feasible yet, I could do the system select like this but I'd really want the carousel available in the gamelist as well so that the cartridges would represent actual games. Hopefully in the future though as it's been mentioned as a possibility a few times.

I have released a SNES mini theme though that is based on the SNES classic which might interest you.
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/12583/snes-mini-theme

Here's is a video of my pretty much finished build using the Snes-mini theme (already posted in my snes mini theme topic but I figure it belongs here too.).

ruckage

I made a small addition inspired by @jackal123uk build and added an SD extension cable that is accessible from the port on the back, that way I won't need to dismantle the whole case just to get to the sd card.

This is the one I bought: https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/microsd-extension-cable
It seems to be the same as the one @jackal123uk used but is much shorter.

I made a bracket from thick greyboard (just very thick card) which I glued to the SD extension cable and drilled mounting holes into the Super Famicom case so that it could be secured in place.

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