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      SuperPitendo
      last edited by SuperPitendo

      Hello community!!!

      Today is my birthday and I´ve finished my mod project!
      THE SUPER PITENDO!!!

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      Things I used for...
      Console:
      -RPI3 + original power supply
      -ControlBlock (for I/O switch and controller support)
      -SNES case
      -SNES cartridge (just decoration)
      -Extensions for HDMI, USB, USB-Micro and stereo jack (female connectors are where the original connetors have been)
      -Passive cooling system (Does anyone knows an active system that fits between a RPI and a ControlBlock?)
      -WDLabs PiDrive 3.14
      -Some wires

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      Controller:
      -2 original SNES controller
      -4 Playstation DS4 controller - Anniversary Edition in PS1 grey
      -4 DS4 button sets (red, green, blue, yellow)
      -DS4 charging station

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      Sideproject: storage cartridge
      -SNES cartridge (no space for a pin connector... maybe I can use a metal plate)
      -WDLabs PiDrive 1TB (This fits perfect in a SNES cartridge)

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      Special features:
      -Eject mechanism and cartridge slot is still intact and it feels awesome!!!

      Projects for the future:
      -Working RESET button (Has anyone a clue?)
      -Booting the system from a SNES cartridge (Has anyone a clue?)

      And OF COURSE I use the SNES Mini theme :)

      This was just possible because of the amazing RetroPie community and I want to say thank you to all of you!!!
      I´ve started this project as a total noob... knowing nearly nothing about programming and technical stuff. But everybody is growing with each task and challenge.

      Special thanks to FLOOB and ETA PRIME for your very helpful tutorials!

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      • mituM
        mitu Global Moderator @SuperPitendo
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        @superpitendo Nice project, thank you for sharing !

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @SuperPitendo
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          @superpitendo

          Super swanky! I like your retro shrine as well. I have that same Bob-omb staring at me right now. I named mine Robert Tiberius von Bombalotte III. Great work.

          RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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          • retroprogrammerR
            retroprogrammer
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            @SuperPitendo looks so good!

            Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
            https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
            Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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            • courtesybearC
              courtesybear
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              @SuperPitendo
              Super awesome! I'll have consider starting up a mod like this too for my own Raspberry Pi. Really like the touch on the PS4 controllers too. If you still have them, I'd be interested in seeing the tutorials you used.

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              • retroprogrammerR
                retroprogrammer @SuperPitendo
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                @superpitendo said in My Super Pitendo SNES Case Mod:

                Projects for the future:
                -Booting the system from a SNES cartridge (Has anyone a clue?)

                @SuperPitendo I Think instead of booting from the SNES cartridge you should make as if,
                when you put the Cartridge in the ROMs come but when the cartridge isn't in then their aren't any ROMs, like running ROMs of a USB:
                https://github.com/RetroPie/RetroPie-Setup/wiki/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive

                Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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                  SuperPitendo @retroprogrammer
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                  @retroprogrammer
                  Thank you! Thats a great idea! But I dont have a clue how I can make it :D
                  I dont know much about technical stuff...

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                  • mituM
                    mitu Global Moderator @SuperPitendo
                    last edited by

                    @superpitendo Something similar was done by @Darksavior - https://imgur.com/a/KUV1Y. Can't find his original topic in the forum.

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                      SuperPitendo @courtesybear
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                      @courtesybear
                      Oh the tuts are mostly from FLOOB, ETA PRIME and the RetroPie Wiki.
                      I´ve started with RetroPie 3.xx, today we have 4.3 and so many things changed to date. Also there are many tuts useless now. Example: DS4 Driver. The DS4 controller is now working out of the box with the on board bluetooth. Nowadays the only thing you need for this project is the ControlBlock instruction :D everything else is plug and play or least well documented in the retropie wiki.

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                        SuperPitendo @mitu
                        last edited by

                        @mitu
                        NICE!
                        Need to talk to him. Seems he has a solution for my cartridge-boot/usb/rom-thingy :)

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                        • retroprogrammerR
                          retroprogrammer
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                          @SuperPitendo So are you going to have your ROMs stored in a USB drive

                          Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                          Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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                            mitu Global Moderator @SuperPitendo
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                            @superpitendo You can always keep your ROMs on an USB - https://retropie.org.uk/docs/Running-ROMs-from-a-USB-drive/. For booting of an USB drive/stick, check https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/hardware/raspberrypi/bootmodes/msd.md.

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                            • retroprogrammerR
                              retroprogrammer
                              last edited by retroprogrammer

                              @SuperPitendo @mitu You could also have it as if you have a system on one SD card and when you want to play another system just switch SD cards for the system, only problem is you would need quiet a lot of SD cards, but if that means you could store 64 GB 16 GB of SNES games, I'm all for it(if I had the cash I have the cash, 16 GB that's nothing:) Just an Idea!

                              Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                              https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                              Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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                                SuperPitendo @retroprogrammer
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                                @retroprogrammer
                                Now I store my games on the sd card. The PiDrive is for movies. A 64 GB from WD Labs would fit good in a snes cart :)

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                                • retroprogrammerR
                                  retroprogrammer
                                  last edited by

                                  @SuperPitendo The thing is how would you get the SD card that is inside the SNES cartridge get the the Raspberry pi SD card port, same with the idea of running of the USB you couldn't reach the USB ports witch are inside the SNES case, one solution is you buy a USB extension wire and for the SD card idea is their such thing as a SD card extension

                                  Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                                  https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                                  Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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                                    mitu Global Moderator @retroprogrammer
                                    last edited by

                                    @retroprogrammer said in My Super Pitendo SNES Case Mod:

                                    but that mean you could store 64 GB of SNES game I all for it

                                    The whole SNES library of games is about 1.7 GB compressed, so it would probably fit on a 16 GB card.

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                                    • retroprogrammerR
                                      retroprogrammer
                                      last edited by

                                      @mitu Then buy a 16 GB SD card :-)

                                      What about PSX?

                                      Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                                      https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                                      Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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                                        SuperPitendo @retroprogrammer
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                                        @retroprogrammer
                                        No guys! I dont want X-thousand games on my pi.
                                        I have just the games I like and play.
                                        A 16 GB Card would be enough for my GBA, SNES, PSX, ARCADE and SCUMMVM games. I think they are just about 14 GB :D

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                                        • retroprogrammerR
                                          retroprogrammer
                                          last edited by

                                          but including retro pie I think you might just make with exactly 16 GB

                                          Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                                          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                                          Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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