Nintendo NES mod?

[Red Squirrel]

I just had a brilliant idea, find a broken NES, remove all the electronics, and use it as a PC case for a home theatre box. Have the cartridge insert bay be a bluray drive, wire up the power and reset button accordingly. May need to change the way the power button works though as it should be a momentary push button.

I'm thinking the case would be big enough to house at least a micro ATX board. I googled and it seems it's been done, wondering if anyone here has ever done it? Looking for some ideas and inspiration.

Oh and I'd change the bios splash screen to say "Nintendo".

 

[Warrior]

its been done many times... But everyone i see done look just awesome. Go for it.

 

[coconutboy]

Just go to the Bit-tech forums or do a google. Probably seen around 30+ NES/SNES mods over the years, but one of the most notable was just a year or 3 ago. I remember one tweak the guy did was cutting a slit into the almighty gold Zelda cartridge to disguise the slot load DVD.

 

[Red Squirrel]

oooo a slot load DVD drive, now that would be cool. I saw a mod with a slim drive, but if I can get a slot even better.

I don't have the money now because I spent a lot latetly (server rack, and today a 55" LED TV lol) but after seeing a few mods I'm inspired and so want to do this. The thought of a NES hooked up to a 55" LED just seems so amusing, and the thought of turning on said NES, and seeing Linux or some other OS load on the TV, is even more amusing. I wonder if some motherboards have an option to have it play a sound when it hits a custom bios splash screen. Could make it say "Nintendo" with that "bling" sound it makes when you load certain games.

 

[codyips]

i'm working on a NES PC as well.. it's just hard to find a Pico PSU with the right wattage...