P-NES Mark2 --FINISHED--

[Frizo]

ok because im using a original nes mother bord

Make your own topic.
BTW!ZN-45 is a great case (I have mine, pretty sturdy after a few tests(By tests i mean stair throwing))
http://www.polycase.com/item/zn-45.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

k thankes because im just wondering and what do i do about the pin conector my is bad and need a new 1 and i no where to get 1 but how do i move it to relocate the game cartage

Ask a pro. not me.
MAKE YOUR OWN GOD D*MN TOPIC!
Jeez, told you this three times. Seriously, stop posting here, its HIS project, not yours.

[leonexodio]

look i was asking him in the first place not u and i no its his project so what so go copulate off

[leonexodio]

look i was asking him in the first place not u and i no its his project so what so go f*ck off

[N64god]

It kinda looks like a Yobo NES......
Is it?

[Metallica Man X]

If you're talking about the handheld that they make...then no, it's not. It's 100% custom, the screen is much bigger (and way better), will have supperior battery life (based on my calculations)...and more importantly, it uses the Retro-bit system for it's insides, which offers far greater compatibility than the yobo.

BUT, it will be a similar size tho.


now for an UPDATE!

Case is nearly finished. Gonna cut out the final holes in the top portion tonight, and from there....the painting shall begin

[Metallica Man X]

OK BIG UPDATE WITH MANY A PIC! WOOT!


Here's the controller and retro-bit before the merger...


...and after!

...I just hope this doesn't wear off after 30 minutes

Here's my 7805 regulator "stick". Kinda crude, yeah, but it will do the job!


NOW FOR THE CASE STUFF!
The front portion of the case prior to my making the screen hole.


...After the hole...


As for the rear of the case, I decided to carve the cart slot hole in such a shape that would cause the games to fit only one way, to ensure no accidental game misplacing.


Is that a nice fit, or what?


And here's the front...completed!! Took quite a while to file all those shapes down by hand, but it was worth it..they're all very straight and happy


And with all that stuff within the completion range...we now begin the painting process.

This is just a test sheet (my first vac-forming attempt sheet!), I won't paint the final parts until after I know how this particular paint will work (so far, it looks like it will work very well )

Things are going along nicely now that the parts are pretty much done. It will take a little to paint it all, but save any annoying setbacks (like somehow running out of paint), I should have it all done before the weekend, well before my deadline of the MGC! yay!

[Michaelthurston]

Looks Very good man, Looking forward to this one.

[Metallica Man X]

Well it's done!

Didn't end up painting it in a nice black color tho....that paint worked for a while, but after a few days, it started to flake off!

So I just got a can of Krylon fusion and rolled with it

Some final assembly shots:

I managed to get use out of all the original ground connections on the Retro-bit's power board by using that as my collective ground for everything


The first time I glued the screen in...somehow the screen slipped after this tho, and it was off centered, spent a long while doing the tiresome task of removing the hot glue globs (without damaging anything) so I could recenter the screen.


After many hours of serious gluing, ungluing, regluing and what not...I'm left with this...as well as many hot glue & wire-related nightmares to boot


...and a working shot!

[stagueve]

Finally! Looks good
Can we have a little video demonstartion?

[threedog]

Metallica Man X's long post with many many pictures

Awesome portable! What are those two capacitors for on your 7805, and what is their value?

[dragonhead]

Awesome portable! What are those two capacitors for on your 7805, and what is their value?

you seriously didnt just quote all of those pictures just for this, did you? please fix it.

[Life of Brian]

I'll fix it. It drives me crazy. That said, those pictures are so awesome maybe they are worth repeating

I second threedog's question, though. What value and what for?

[threedog]

Holy crap, sorry! I'm not so good with computers. Maybe that's why I like to mess with 30 YEAR OLD VIDEO GAMES! Ehem... Seriously though, my bad. Won't happen again.

[Metallica Man X]

If I remember right, those were both 100 uf Caps, rated at 50v each.

[cgrongss]

However, there's a good chance that I'll be able to shrink it down a little more still....don't know for sure bout that yet tho. Time will tell...Stay tuned!