The NEShuck

[sdh]

I'm currently working on a one-handed controller for NES that will be housed in a nunchuck case.
I still have to remove some stuff on the inside of the case and bondo/paint it. The board is also cut up to fit inside but I haven't wired it yet.

Here's some pics!





I'll update with more pictures as I progress.

[argelfraster]

oh my god, that is f***ing awesome!

[sdh]

Thanks!

[Metallica Man X]

Freaking Sweeeeeeeet! I would so buy that

[XCVG]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[jjhammerstein]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[Sun-Wukong]

AWESOME! I can't wait to see it finished.

[Kurt_]

What about lefties? Games like metroid would be hell to play.

[sdh]

Thanks all!
I blindly ignored lefties because I'm making it for myself
I also wanted to keep the buttons for select/start grouped like on a regular (snes) controller.
Because they're diagonal they'll line up with my fingers in a natural and comfortable way.
One solution would of course be to put them above or below the D-pad, that way it would work for everyone.

[sdh]

Update!
Board trimmed some more and fitted inside, it should all come together as it's now. Next up is soldering.

[Metallica Man X]

Bah, we lefties are all ambedextros anyway! But then again, this would probably still feel really weird for us..

Question! Are you gonna make it wireless?

[Biased]

This makes me happy.

[grahf]

That's pretty cool. Nice work so far.

Sorry if you posted this already and I skimmed over it, but any idea on the final color?

[sdh]

Question! Are you gonna make it wireless?

I actually had the idea, but I'm not that experienced with wireless controllers.
Would I need the board of a wireless NES controller or can I make the original wireless in some way?
If it requires an already wireless one I guess it would be harder to fit it inside (guessing they are bigger), is that correct?

Sorry if you posted this already and I skimmed over it, but any idea on the final color?

I've thought of two colors. Either grey, red A/B buttons, black D-pad and select/start like the original controller
or everything plain white with the exception of select/start to go for that Wii look. I think I'll go for white and then
mod a NES to match it. Kind of like my Shinju mod. I'd like to put a NOAC inside a Wii case, think that'll look sweet.


Edit:
Dang.. I just found this:



Would have been cool to do this mod with an analog stick. Oh well..

[Tibia]

It's not an analog stick. It's just a lot of fancy plastic moving over the same four contacts of the d-pad. I find the standard d-pad a lot easier to use.

Very nice mod! As for wireless, yes, you would need a wireless NES controller. I don't know how much bigger the boards are, though. I don't own any wireless controllers. You could always get yourself an NES Satellite and tap into that, if you didn't want to plug into the console.