Yet another PiNES

[TRIXXY DIXXY]

I've finally (nearly) finished building a PiNES. I started the project over a year ago but never got round to finishing it off. I've tried to keep the console looking as original as possible.

General Notes :

• Attached Raspi2 to acyrilic sheet then attached this to the NES using the motherboard mount points.
• Opened up the rear ports for the USB sockets, had to put an extra hole in for the HDMI output.
• Opened up cartridge slot slightly to accomodate a NES30 bluetooth controller.

Just want to get the power button working and the NES and SNES emulators running smoothly.

TRIXXY.

[meleu]

Really really cool!

[caver01]

Nicely done!

[thedudester80]

The controller storage compartment is awesome. Great work !!!!

[caver01]

@thedudester80 said in Yet another PiNES:

The controller storage compartment is awesome. Great work !!!!

Yeah, makes me want to try this and use that door as storage for multiple controllers and maybe power and HDMI cables.

[thedudester80]

@caver01 If you got the space go for it. Its a good concept to try. =]

[PingSpike]

@thedudester80 said in Yet another PiNES:

The controller storage compartment is awesome. Great work !!!!

I love this too!!

Great build my friend, excellent work :)

[TRIXXY DIXXY]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

I'm a bit disappointed on how Super Mario World runs on the Raspi2 so I'm thinking of swapping it out for a Raspi3. Then I plan to put the Raspi2 in a Sega Master System 2 case, maybe using the game cartridge flap to hide the controller again.!

[TRIXXY DIXXY]

I thought I'd share some photos of what I did for the gamepad storage. I used some acrylic sheet, plastic PCB spacers and a hot glue gun.

I've also wired up a Mausberry Circuit so the Power button, Reset button and LED now all work :-)

[mattrixk]

@TRIXXY-DIXXY
That looks great. I'm wondering if the space would be wide enough to fit 2 of those controllers side by side. Of course that also depends on if you have enough space inside to fit the controllers length-wise.

[TRIXXY DIXXY]

@mattrixk

Just checked and indeed 2 controllers would fit side by side. For me the raspberry pi would need to be repositioned slightly as one of the controllers would catch the pins coming of my mausberry circuit.

[edmaul69]

@TRIXXY-DIXXY i like how you made thetray holder. On mine i hd glued on a plastic plate and cut off about an inch and a half of an nes cart and glued it onto the plastic plate. I would never had thought of making a tray.

[edmaul69]

@TRIXXY-DIXXY what snes emulator are you running? one of them sucks and has glitches. i forget which one. i use lr-snes9x-next

[edmaul69]

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[TRIXXY DIXXY]

@edmaul69

Yeah I think that's the one I'm using. At first I found that games like Mario World wouldn't run smoothly no matter what settings I chose, then I went into the Retropie settings and updated the emulator and now the games run great.

I'm going on holiday soon so have bought myself a Pocket Gameboy and put a backlight in it. I'm trying to get my kids into playing 'proper' games instead of all this touch screen crap :-)

[edmaul69]

@TRIXXY-DIXXY im digging the backlit gameboy pocket.

[PetroRie]

Looks awesome! But the name Pi-NES ... lol sounds just wrong on so many levels. "Hey guys I have been playing for hours with my PiNES, do you want to COME over and play with my Pi-NES too?"

Seriously, I really like the way how you have installed the USB and HDMI connectors it looks very professional.

[zachstep]

I'm about to start my own build, can you give me any info on the power and reset switch?

[c0nsole-guy]

@zachstep Most folks use the mausberry switch which is what I used. http://mausberry-circuits.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/shutdown-circuit-use-your-own-switch

[TRIXXY DIXXY]

@zachstep

As c0nsole-guy said, you can wire the NES's original Power and Reset buttons to a Mausberry Switch, even the original power LED works.

When I get the chance I'll upload some pics with the Mausberry switch hooked up to my NES.