building an NES PC...only for NES emulation

[Ginsu Victim]

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...

I obviously say "sness" as well.

[gonzo90017]

If you use controller extensions you can use whatever control you want.

[nullb0y]

I would go with the parallel option
But buy the small plugs from rat shack
it wont stick out very far at all

[NiN^_^NiN]

I previously did this with a 600mhz mini itx and it worked fine i dont remember if i used dos or windows then dos as im not sure if the soundcard drivers are available for dos

I just used the parallel port to use 2 nes pads and use Gamelaunch to run the games in dos it worked great.

You can always gut the 2 nes controllers and wire them to serial if you wanted.

But just get an old nes use a dremel to cut out all of the posts inside the case that the screws use and throw the mini itx in there with a CF card and your basically done

[hulkster]

well i've rethought this....at least for now....

i just purchased 2 NES usb controllers.  not the adapter thing, but two new NES pads with usb ends.  i have an old laptop that still works and i think what im going to do is put NES emu and roms on it and just plug up my controllers to that and test with that for a while and see how i like it.  if i end up wanting to play SNES games in the long run, i'll probably end up opting for a larger hard drive so i can put snes roms on it as well.  and the other good thing is that by keeping the pads usb, i can always hook them up to my mame cab and play making it a little more universal.

[SithMaster]

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?

That would a better option for me but at that price I can just buy the games I want.

As for the PSU well yeah when I found that pico one I thought it was expensive too but a cheaper one might be found on ebay.  Otherwise I don't see why one can't be found that was designed for a mini motherboard.

Would it be possible to just use the laptop for this just without the screen?

[hulkster]

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?

That would a better option for me but at that price I can just buy the games I want.

As for the PSU well yeah when I found that pico one I thought it was expensive too but a cheaper one might be found on ebay.  Otherwise I don't see why one can't be found that was designed for a mini motherboard.

Would it be possible to just use the laptop for this just without the screen?

well i dont think the mobo will fit in the NES case.  that's the whole point of the mini-itx board i guess.  i mean, i dont know for sure, but im assuming thats why everyone buys a new mini mobo for it.  i think for the time being though, ill just get the laptop loaded with all the stuff i want...put it in my entertainment center and maybe put a usb hub in front of it or something.  it wont look as cool as a NES, but it will accomplish the same thing, but without all the money spent.