My Fully modded NES

[daywane]

What's the point of the VMU, anyway?

thanks I was scared to ask.

[daywane]

no

[yalborap]

well there goes that idea...

ah well, no big deal. now to figure out just what I should rig up....

[caffinefiend]

can you use CDRWs with the DC?

YES! you have to mod and change the drive... go over to a dc mod forum...

[Shape D.]

Deffinetly one of the coolest mods I've seen I've got to try this out for myself.

[Tahnok]

can you use CDRWs with the DC?

YES! you have to mod and change the drive... go over to a dc mod forum...

Wait a minute, you have to change the drive as well?! My brother was going to chip his DC, do you have to change the drive if you are going to be using normal CD-Rs?

As for keeping it pure, I can certainly respect that. But I

[yalborap]

no, no chip needed for CDRs. that sucker's one of the most homebrew friendly consoles ever.

speaking of which, I wonder if anyone's ported the work of ABA games to the DC.....

[daywane]

can you use CDRWs with the DC?

YES! you have to mod and change the drive... go over to a dc mod forum...

I have to look more into this. I have been hanging around them for 2 weeks.
( i know thtas not long but I just got into it.)
all I have seen in no you cant. Not saying your wrong... Its just a question i have seen a few time on the boards I have been. I am still lurking...need to learn more before i pipe in on the boards
sorry about the wrong answer.

[Stingray]

...go over to a dc mod forum...

Anyone have a URL for a good Dreamcast Mod forum? Is it possible to add a tray loading CD drive to a Dreamcast?

-S

[Scott84]

If you could make a tray loading disc edition... that would be so cool!

Especially for the nes.

[Stingray]

Well that's what I had in mind. Just wondering if in fact there is a tray loading CD ROM that can be hacked to a DC. Anyone know?

-S

[ChadTower]

The DC is running an embedded Windows, which means it's probably running some PC standard ATAPI style interface.  So, the likely answer is it can be done.  Why, I have no idea.

[Stingray]

The DC is running an embedded Windows, which means it's probably running some PC standard ATAPI style interface.  So, the likely answer is it can be done.  Why, I have no idea.

Why is so the CD tray can eject out the NES cart door making it easier to swap the disks. Another why is just because it would have that intangible cool that only comes with doing something really silly like that.

-S

[daywane]

get it to see a hard drive and then were talking

[ChadTower]

Why is so the CD tray can eject out the NES cart door making it easier to swap the disks. Another why is just because it would have that intangible cool that only comes with doing something really silly like that.

Eh, I don't think that's cool.  Cool is integrating one system into another so that you can't tell by looking at it, as is almost achieved with this NES.  Cool is subtle, not extra moving parts that don't work well.

[Stingray]

It wouldn't look any different with the door closed than the one the orignal poster made.

-S

[logik]

Well...I bought a dreamcast today. Unit, 2 controllers, 10 games, and memory pack for $35. I need to know how you setup that nester 6 and roms. I have all the roms on my mame pc, but cant find nester6, or even how to set it up. Could you hook me up with nester and a quick cd burning guide. Please 

[Shape D.]

Why is so the CD tray can eject out the NES cart door making it easier to swap the disks. Another why is just because it would have that intangible cool that only comes with doing something really silly like that.

Eh, I don't think that's cool. Cool is integrating one system into another so that you can't tell by looking at it, as is almost achieved with this NES. Cool is subtle, not extra moving parts that don't work well.

I'd agree the only thing I don't like is how the vmu sticks out on the front of the machine.

[Fig]

Well after much searching I found the link that got me going on this project.
http://www.freewebtown.com/mrchips/
I took his ideas and added a few of my own
Shape D,
"I'd agree the only thing I don't like is how the vmu sticks out on the front of the machine."
I thought it would be cool to be able to change the vmu w/o taking the top off but now I wish I would of put it in the back or side

[logik]

Thanks for the link! Up and running now.

[ChadTower]

I'd agree the only thing I don't like is how the vmu sticks out on the front of the machine.

I would definitely have put it in the back for that reason.

[yalborap]

I'd agree the only thing I don't like is how the vmu sticks out on the front of the machine.

I would definitely have put it in the back for that reason.

if it was me, I would've found a way to fit some hinges inside the case along with some kind of little lock to hold it shut that could be accessed from the cartridge door, then put the VMU inside. this would also allow easy disc-swapping.

I also would've rigged it up so that I could plug in regular DC controllers(via a little box containing the modified controllers.).

[Stingray]

Well after much searching I found the link that got me going on this project.
http://www.freewebtown.com/mrchips/
I took his ideas and added a few of my own

Looks like you did a nicer job than he did too. Once again, well done.

-S

[Shape D.]

Now the question is can you hack a nes light gun to work with it.




<edit> OH, and the powerglove and the nes advantage controller too. <edit>

[daywane]

dreamcast light gun works on nester 7
so i have been told. I do not have the gun to find out

[Will]

Thanks alot you now made me depressed that i sold my dreamcast for 50 bucks.I should have never sold that system.Why oh why did I not sell my sega Saturn system instead.

[ChadTower]

The Saturn is 100x cooler than the DC.

[nes_gamer]

Is there a way to do this with a ps1 instead, any help appreciated.

[Minwah]

Cool project...I was thinking 'why' until I see you're running Nester, now I understand

[ChadTower]

Build one out of legos, like in that other thread!

[nes_gamer]

Could you show some gameplay pics

[JB]

The DC is running an embedded Windows, which means it's probably running some PC standard ATAPI style interface.  So, the likely answer is it can be done.  Why, I have no idea.

I know I'm late here, but...

The Dreamcast is NOT running an imbedded Windows.
There is a version of Windows CE that is COMPATIBLE with the Dreamcast, but it is not contained on the hardware, and any software that wishes to use WinCE must include it on the disk(such software is readily identifiable because the licenbsed by Sega splash screen also contains a "powered by Windows CE" logo).


Besides which, WinCE was designed for non-PC applications, and regularly runs on systems with no drives whatsoever.

And it's quite possible to run "real" Windows on a system with no IDE interface, and thuse no ATAPI layer.

[ChadTower]

Ah... fair enough.  I took the WinCE logo on everything to mean the system had it on there, didn't know it was actually on the discs.  Of course, I would swear that at least one of my DCs has that logo on the hardware as well, but I could be wrong.

I'm aware it can be run on systems with no drives.  That doesn't change the fact that the DC is a drive based platform.

[dogg0]

how much can i pay for you to do one for me? I want one, but..... I'm too lazy!

[JB]

Ah... fair enough.  I took the WinCE logo on everything to mean the system had it on there, didn't know it was actually on the discs.  Of course, I would swear that at least one of my DCs has that logo on the hardware as well, but I could be wrong.

The logo on the DC is a "compatible with" logo, as opposed to a "powered by" logo.

I'm aware it can be run on systems with no drives.  That doesn't change the fact that the DC is a drive based platform.

True. But not an IDE drive as far as I know.

[ChadTower]

Back to the original question... anyone know if a front loading tray could be interfaced?

[spiffyshoes]

I don't know of any way to hook up a front loader tray to a dreamcast but if you were putting a PC or a Playstation2 in there both have front loading trays which you could use.  You would probably want to rig it up so that the NES lid would open and close with the cd tray.  Honestly though if I was useing a PC or a Playstation2 I'd probably just load the games off the Hard Drive.

[jhanson]

That's pretty slick, and looks a lot cleaner than the mini-itx hacks I've seen out there!

[JB]

I don't know of any way to hook up a front loader tray to a dreamcast but if you were putting a PC or a Playstation2 in there both have front loading trays which you could use.  You would probably want to rig it up so that the NES lid would open and close with the cd tray. 

Or you could go all out and get a slot-loading drive. Slide the CDs in just like cartridges.

Oooooohhhh, you could even mount the drive in the original NES spring tray for even more stupidity... I mean nostalgia!

[shmokes]

That would be SOOO cool if you could have a slot loading drive suck the disk in and then push the entire unit down just like it was a cartridge.