NES Mod Links Blog

Long time, no update

2007-02-01T18:01:00.000-08:00

It has been a long time since another post, due to other things going on so here is 5 new mods
NES Purse

"Although the original NES has certainly cemented itself as an icon in the gaming universe, it's quickly climbing the ranks for the most frequently modified console ever. Aside from being hacked into its own controller, given a spin by Ben Heck, and used to house a Mac mini, the Nintendo Entertainment System is now going head to head with Prada, Chanel, and Marc Jacobs as a woman's handbag. A very clever entrepreneur has listed the NES purse on eBay for the world to marvel at, and aside from the handy controller strap that appears to be attached in a rather hasty manner, the innards sport a soft, grey fabric to hold makeup, cellphones, and Mario figurines, and there's even a hidden compartment on the bottom for cash, lighters, or 1-UP mushrooms. There's no word on if hitting Up, Right, Select, Start, B will hold the subway for you as you dash towards a departing train, but you can place a bid yourself and try 'er out when it arrives. Click on through for a few more shots."

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/clever-ebayer-showcases-nes-purse/

NES in an NES Controller

"Sure, you could go out and buy one of those ready-made systems-in-a-controller that provide a handful of games to let you wax nostalgic about your button-mashing youth, but to really fulfill that old school craving without cluttering up your living room with dusty consoles, the DIY route remains your best bet. While it may not be quite on the level of some of Ben Heckendorn's own NES hacks, benheck.com forum member G-force nonetheless holds his own with his modded NES controller. Using the ever-versatile system-on-a-chip, the controller boasts 70 built-in, not-quite-legal games, and a cartridge slot on the back so you can put your well-worn collection of carts to good use. The controller also apparently manages to squeeze in a port for a second controller, or a light gun, should the Duck Hunt mood strike you. Of course, no hack would be complete without the requisite LED lights, which G-force artfully positioned inside to illuminate the Nintendo logo when the controller's in use (check it out in action after the break). Unfortunately, he hasn't provided step-by-step plans for the less-l33t among us to build our own unit, but skilled modders should be able to crib enough from the ample supple of pics to whip up their own variation."

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/16/nes-hacked-into-an-nes-controller/

Nintendo Lightgun, Litterly!
"Thanks to Eric for sending us this cool little mod. In his email he told us “Next step is installing a sound module and playing the duck hunt shot when the trigger is fired”. Can’t wait to see it Eric!"

http://www.nintendobaby.com/?p=116

iPod NES Controller
"[F00 f00] sent in his excellent piece of iPod artistry. It's one of the most original iPod hacks I've seen yet. (Aside from his funky dock) I haven't checked up on the latest iPod dock specification, but I'd guess he's sending the command signals via the serial (TTL) interface with a microcontroller(pic/atmel etc) to encode the button presses."

http://www.hackaday.com/2007/01/12/ipod-nes-controller/

Dreamcast in an NES running Nester

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,32940.0.html

Rancilio Silvia "PID PIC NES" mod

2006-12-13T22:02:00.000-08:00

NES Controllers can control many things, newly included is this NES Controlled Expresso maker

http://growdown.blogspot.com/2006/11/custom-silvia-pid-mod.html

2 Mods

2006-11-27T15:24:00.000-08:00

NES Shoe

"I recently went to the Sneaker Pimps convention down in Miami and i came across what seemed to me the most interesting shoe I've ever seen. This shoe is actually a NES Mattel Version molded into a shoe. I happened to speak to the maker of this shoe and he told me that it actually plays the games!!!! He said its the only known video game shoe ever made."
http://thatkidrob.blogspot.com/2006/11/nintendo-entertainment-system-nes.html

NES Guitar Mod

..."What do you do if no amount of blowing on game cartridges is able to get your NES to boot? Well, if you're a maker and a true guitar hero, you give your favorite system a new life as a rockin' "NES Paul."

http://www.xocmusic.com/NESpaul/

Wii Universal Remote Transformed into NES Controller

2006-11-12T14:17:00.000-08:00

Here's a slick piece of hardware modding, it shows how the freebie universal Wii TV remote has been modified to function as a NES controller - how cool :).

http://www.youtube.com/v/GxB7aPwFDFo

Giant NES

2006-10-02T22:19:00.000-07:00

Nationalgamedepot of the www.nesforums.net community is building a large giant scale replica of the NES. It is 8ft wide, 3ft high, 3ft long and weighs in at a whopping 400 pounts. It is not finished yet but also has a working power light

that is the link to his site, however it is experiencing the digg effect

http://www.nationalgamedepot.zoomshare.com/

NES R.O.B. Mod

2006-09-26T23:46:00.002-07:00

NES ROB Controlled by a PC

http://veget.dynu.com/test/index.html

NES R.O.B. Mod

2006-09-26T23:46:00.001-07:00

NES ROB Controlled by a PC

http://veget.dynu.com/test/index.html

NES R.O.B. Mod

2006-09-26T23:46:00.000-07:00

NES ROB Controlled by a PC

http://veget.dynu.com/test/index.html

NES Controller Mods

2006-09-02T09:36:00.000-07:00

Putting an LED somewhere in your NES controller seems to be all the rage, as shown in this mod
http://www.instructables.com/id/EGTDV296IPEQZJIM3R/

from the link...
I really like my NES, and i really like the features of the NES Advantage pad :-P Unfortunatly the advantage pad is not good to play with. It requires enourmous movement of your hand to use the joystick, and the A & B buttons tend to get stuck. Also you can't move freely with it, like the normal NES pad. Therefore i desided to add a port to the NES advantage pad, to allow a normal NES pad to be used, and to use the "Turbo" option, and the "player 1 or 2" option.
Yeah, I know. Some of you think it's a death sin to mod NES & hardware. And i'm pretty sure most of you are getting really tired of NES mods. But I haven't seen this mod anywhere, so bite me... :-P
I've called my creation the " NES AdPAD." :-P

http://www.instructables.com/id/EPZ3GNAXVXEQHOAFTY/

2 NES Zelda Themed Mods

2006-08-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

Though different, two Golden NES Case mods were posted in the same time span

The modder carved the triforce into an old NES console which was painted gold along with the NES controller. The transparent triforce lets us see into the guts of the NES—namely, the metal contacts that got dirtied after use, causing us to blow like wild animals onto our carts. – Jason Chen

http://kotomiblog.blogspot.com/2005/11/nes-zelda-edition.html

http://kotomiblog.blogspot.com/2006/07/nes-zelda-nouvelle-version.html

mod

2006-07-07T23:58:00.000-07:00

Holzmann's NES Controller Mp3 Player
when one sees an idea, this person sought to make it better, as with this case and a nintendo controller is now an mp3 player
http://home.main-rheiner.de/cowboy/photos/06_07_05_nes_player/
this is a page, comprised of only pictures, but will soon inlculde a tutorial to boot... "I built a mp3 player into an nes controller so that the up/down/left... keys controll the play/stop/skip... options from the player."

1 new mod

2006-07-05T20:50:00.000-07:00

nPod2

Another nPod, updated and has some new features... "It has an easy-to-use sliding battery pack (4 AA’s that last a long time) and clean, simple styling. And lo and behold it has a headphone jack! Customization would also be possible, such as all the gray parts could be a different color, for instance. The rear of the unit. When finished they’ll be a cushion strip at the bottom for your fingers"

it is for sale, so check out his site, www.benheck.com if you would like to buy it

Long time, no post

2006-06-21T22:24:00.000-07:00

thanks for all the comments, and here are 2 new mods
Here are instructions to make your own NES belt, without having to pay the steep prices of http://www.nesbuckle.com/
http://www.instructables.com/id/ERUZ2GF49QEP287TWV/

here is an NES cell phone, where the guy who made it spent a fair amount of time on it.
http://www.diyhappy.com/wp-content/images/IMG_2031-tm.jpg

nPod

2006-05-15T22:57:00.000-07:00

Ben heck has done it again with another NES miniturized... 'Made from one of those wonderful "NES on a chip" joystick things, the nPod is my latest addition to my portable resume. It's barely bigger than the cartridge, thinner than my NES Micro and has a 3.5" screen, whereas the Micro was 2.5" Like the Micro it runs off (4) AA batteries.'

http://benheck.com/Games/Nintendo_projects/nPod/nPod_1.htm

1 mod

2006-04-24T17:44:00.000-07:00

the 3rd addition to the "other links section
http://13gb.com/media.php?id=1441

NES controller to Xbox mod

2006-04-11T20:40:00.000-07:00

This guy made 3 parts to his mod, so therefore there will be 3 links

How To: NES Controller to Xbox Mod will show you how to prepare the NES Controller for use on the Xbox. This article includes complete descriptions, an easy to follow wiring diagram, and a break down of all the tools you will need (for the entire mod).

I http://www.althack.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=37
II http://www.althack.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=37
III http://www.althack.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54&Itemid=37

3 new mods

2006-04-01T19:13:00.000-08:00

Hard Drive NES Cart
Here someone got bored enough to put an old laptop hard drive into a gold Zelda cart

http://www.krisjohn.net/zelda_drive_mirror/

Beer box NES
An NES with the top cut or taken off stuffed into a keystone light beer box

http://www.collegehumor.com/pictures/163449/

Ipod shuffle in an NES controller

http://www.flickr.com/photos/technicolorcavalry/sets/72057594076804732/

NES Cube

2006-03-24T18:09:00.000-08:00

from the same guy who brought you the NES DS, here is a NEScube a combo of a Gamecube and a NES,
The Memory cards plug in where the Controller Ports were on the NES, the Gamecube Controller ports are in the lid. The original NES LED works, and so does the Power and Reset button! The switch to turn the laser on and off is on the back

http://n-central.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=665

INES

2006-03-23T17:55:00.000-08:00

Put a NES emulator on your ipod, with linux for the ipod

http://ipodlinux.org/INES

5 new mods

2006-03-19T22:13:00.000-08:00

i have been really lazy lately and here are 5 new mods to the site

NEStation

The NES is definitely one of the most popular consoles to mod. Over the last year we've seen a number of things like an NES turned into a PC, and NES DVD player, and much more. However kotami, one of France's (if not one of the world's) premier console hackers has put together a spectacular NES mod.
http://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/03/nestation-mod-upright-nes-with-ps2.html

NES Funky Flash Cart

No more blowing on the contacts to get games to work, simply build this and you can play bubble bath babes without having to pay anything, with roms that is.

http://ameba.lpt.fi/~hataarto/nes/

PowerGlove mouse

The myth and lore surrounding the Nintendo Power Glove can only be matched by its monumental failure. The most geeky NES peripheral ever was launched with an amount of hype that would make the Y2K bug jealous. However, the Powerglove was doomed from the start. It required too much overhead (with the frame you had to wrap around the screen of your tv), lacked proper functionality and had terrible game support. Within a year of its birth, most Powergloves were relegated to boxes in dissapointed childrens’ basements. What was launched in commercials with Tom Cruise look-a-likes and had cameos in the hottest movies is now spending its golden years with R.O.B. in the NES graveyard - but no more. The time has come to bring new life into our old friend and to welcome him back as a productive member of society with the ‘Powerglove Mouse’.

http://www.zerosign.net/index.php/powerglove-mouse/

NES Zapper Mouse mod

A zapper gun that is a mouse, perfect for FPS on the computer

http://www.zerosign.net/index.php/2006/03/15/nes-zapper-mouse/

Alarm clock controlled by Zapper gun
Heres a pretty odd zapper gun mod where an alarm clocks controls have been controlled by a NES Zapper

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FIRST-Hard-wired-device-for-auction_W0QQitemZ7399466115QQcategoryZ72180QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

2 mods now

2006-03-03T21:47:00.000-08:00

We have all seen the NESpc done countless number of times, however these 2 mods give a new light to it

Mac Mini inside an NES

Here are two links with virtually the same mod except for on one, the outside casing of the Mac Mini was not changed, but rather the NES

http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/01/mac-mini-inside-an-nes-what-could-be-more-beautiful/

http://tomtux.biz.tm/~tomtux/nes.php

The NES HTPC Case Mod
Here is another NESpc though this one has a nice article amd nice pictures plus a slideshow

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1638952,00.asp

NES controller DS case mod

2006-02-21T17:28:00.000-08:00

Continuing with the sweet DS modifications, here we have an amazing NES DS. The mod was created by a creative bloke named Hatrix

http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2006/02/19/nes-ds-mod/

4 new mods

2006-02-18T12:54:00.000-08:00

Here are 4 new mods i found at www.diymods.com, which is sorta like makezine's blog, but with much fewer posts

Though making an NES pc, is nothing new, this site has really good pic that clearly illustrate the process http://crazybob.travisbsd.org/projects/nesmod/nes1.html

Here is another site that has some tools that can help with modding/doing stuff with an NES.
http://nesdev.parodius.com/

NES Alarm Clock was a mod that was going to be published in a issue of Popular Mechanics, but nonetheless its a cool mod

http://www.mavrinac.com/projects/nesclock/

Some dude shoved a couple of random things into a NES controller... Now with one plug you can have an extra USB port, Bluetooth and 802.11b No picture b/c theres really nothing to look at
http://www.diymods.com/archives/2005/11/bringing_and_ol.cfm?

NES Window Case Mod

2006-02-07T23:21:00.000-08:00

Here, some guy put a window in his NES and added some blue LEDS as well.
Original Site on one of those pages

Cigar Box NES

2006-02-04T14:11:00.000-08:00

Here some guy took an NES and put it inside an old cigar box. http://www.retronintendo.com/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=379- direct link

Hi and welcome

2006-02-04T14:07:00.000-08:00

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