Here's the inside. I sawed off the button holes from the NES controller and glued them in here. I just hate it when buttons spin in place, so I had to do this. In retrospect, maybe the d+pad and the select/start button holes were overkill.
Here's the back half:
My dad helped me build the case, so he and I signed the inside of the back half.
Anyway, here's the NES motherboard.
As you can see, I disabled the lockout chip and connected it to a ground.
The top of the motherboard. I was worried about the cartridge connector sliding off, so I attached it to the mobo with 2 size-6 screws for peace of mind. Has anyone else done that also? BTW the connector is a brand new off-brand one I found on Amazon.
Today I worked on the controller boards. They turned out pretty well.
I took about 74 pictures of them, so inquiring minds can follow this link to the photo album for more pics.
That's about all I've done so far; I wanted to start the thread with some proof that I'm actually building one of these. I'll probably have an update tomorrow.
. The hard part was bending the aluminum around it for the side walls. I used a baseball bat to bend it around.
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