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building an NES PC...only for NES emulation
Kangum:
i have a nes to usb adapter and it works really well. I use the nes max with it 8). works decent although i think there is like 10 year old cheetos and ruffle chips stuck in it or something. ;)
at least if you go the usb adapter route instead of build yourself you can swich from nes , nes max , nes advantage and back again. wich is pretty cool.
hulkster:
--- Quote from: Blanka on August 16, 2008, 02:18:53 am ---May I ask the question why?
Why put a system to emulate a system inside a system that does 30$ second hand that already does exactly that en does that extremely well?
Or do you want this:
http://hangarcatblues.blogspot.com/2007/06/nes-cartridge-sd-card-8-bit-heaven.html
So you can play zillions of unbought stuff?
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the same reason everyone in this forum builds an arcade machine to play zillions of unbought stuff when they can just play it on their pc with a keyboard....because they want to relive the experience as close to what they remember as a kid. playing zelda with a 8 way joystick and push buttons just doesnt capture the old school feeling like actually playing on a tv with NES controllers.
for the record....i cant believe you asked that question in this forum of all places. :dizzy:
--- Quote from: Kangum on August 16, 2008, 02:48:46 am ---i have a nes to usb adapter and it works really well. I use the nes max with it 8). works decent although i think there is like 10 year old cheetos and ruffle chips stuck in it or something. ;)
at least if you go the usb adapter route instead of build yourself you can swich from nes , nes max , nes advantage and back again. wich is pretty cool.
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so instead of doing the whole parellel cable hack that ive seen....just pony up and buy the usb adapters?
Mauzy:
Are you going to add SNES support?
Before the argument starts, Ive always said "sness" or "super En EE Ess". None of this "Ess En EE ESS" crap...
nullb0y:
i had a parrallel hack at one point
It worked fine for older game controlers
No reason not to do it that way
Soldering is fun ^_^
hulkster:
--- Quote from: nullb0y on August 16, 2008, 01:28:21 pm ---i had a parrallel hack at one point
It worked fine for older game controlers
No reason not to do it that way
Soldering is fun ^_^
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well speaking of that, ive been trying to figure out how i want to interface the controllers. i could get one of those NES to usb adapter things...which would mean id have to not use the NES controller ports on the NES itself. thats the more expensive option actually, cuz ill have to buy adapters which are $22 a pop. id rather spend the money on the motherboard and other essential components since my budget is very limited.
the parallel hack ive seen and i guess i could do that. ive seen it done two ways though. one way is to actually make the end of the NES controller a parallel end. the other way that ive seen is to wire the actual front ports on the NES to the parallel port on the mobo. the only drawback to that is that ill have a parallel cable sorta sticking out the back of the NES. that would however be the cheap option because i already have the parallel cable and wires and such. ive never soldered though :-\
finally on a different note, back to the psu ordeal. im probably going to have to spend like $50 on the picoPSU kit (comes with power brick). im open to other options though that dont cost as much.
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