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Title: Has anyone ever done this?
Post by: lesserChance on August 22, 2005, 10:08:05 am

I was debating buying one of those mini itx motherboards shelling out an old NES and using it as a case and interfacing the controllers with the computer.  I think it'd be real exciting to have a real NES and real joysticks to play any NES game. 

Title: Re: Has anyone ever done this?
Post by: SirPoonga on August 22, 2005, 11:09:06 am

I don't have the link off hand but this has been done.

Title: Re: Has anyone ever done this?
Post by: Scott84 on August 22, 2005, 11:20:59 am

If you search the console forums. You will find a much easier and cheaper alternative. Put a Dreamcast in the NES Shell and you got perfect NES goodness. You can even hook up original controllers to it!

search the console forums for the topic.

Title: Re: Has anyone ever done this?
Post by: Stingray on August 22, 2005, 01:02:27 pm

I agree that the Dreamcast option is the better of the two. Easier, cheaper, & cleaner. NES games run like a dream on a DC. I haven't built one yet, but I do have all the parts. he DC guts fit inside the NES toaster like they were made to go in there.

-S

Title: Re: Has anyone ever done this?
Post by: javeryh on August 22, 2005, 02:30:55 pm

I think this is what you are looking for... http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/nespc/

It's really cool.  Good luck with yours!

Title: Re: Has anyone ever done this?
Post by: Hildy_42 on August 22, 2005, 02:40:49 pm

Here is the DC link if you want to go the cheaper route.

Title: Re: Has anyone ever done this?
Post by: Pik4chu on August 23, 2005, 12:28:45 pm

Quote from: lesserChance on August 22, 2005, 10:08:05 am

I was debating buying one of those mini itx motherboards shelling out an old NES and using it as a case and interfacing the controllers with the computer.