This is my Nintendo PC project. Original idea from Tim Wasson. The goal is to build a PC inside of a nintendo case. I hope to use some of the compenents that I already have left from past computers. I first had to get an old Nintendo case. This was slightly harder than I thought. I ended up getting one off of Ebay. I also bought a mini atx motherboard. Now I know that most people use an itx motherboard that measures 17cm X 17cm but My mini atx board measures 17cm X 19cm and it still fits in the Nintendo Just fine. But to fit it I have lost the ability to plug in the old Nintendo Controllers into the front. I fit in the power supply by mounting it in the top portion of the case. It came with premade tabs on it so I had to mount it upside down unless I wanted it velcroed in place. To minimize the cost I decided to put a floppy drive in the front. I know a cd-rom is cooler but I am trying to build it cheap and I still need something to be in the game loading bay of the NES for it to be cool and serve some sort of function. For a hard drive I had an IBM laptop drive from an old laptop I used to have and it has enough space on it for an OS and all of my NES roms. So it will serve its purpose well. To mount it I just screwed it in place using some old pc screws. To get it to hook up to my motherboard, I found my laptop hard drive converter laying around in all of my pc parts so I didn't have to buy one of those either. I finally got it formatted and got an OS on it and the videocard onboard was only 8 MB so I decided that wasn't enough for me and I bought a half size Apollo S3 on ebay and also bought a PCI Riser to relocate the PCI slot so the card will fit in the Nintendo. After I completed the install of the videocard I put the the two halves of the Nintendo back together which was harder than I thought it was going to be. I took alot of moving of the wires and playing with the ribbon cables to get it to fit right. After I got the screws in I anxiously turned it on and presto a working Nintendo PC. I am very happy with the results!! After playing some roms I decided to test it for temperature and I was surprised that after playing games and trying to heat up the CPU the CPU temp was only 118 F. Not bad considering all of the components in the case but I do have a case fan in the back sucking out plus some vent holes in the side of the case where the T was cut out. For air to be sucked in, But I am satisfied with this project maybe I will add a CD-ROM if I build another one.
Pictures of NES PC Project by Hungtolow
NES Before
T Glued Back in Place
Cut Switch
PCI Riser Used
Motherboard In Place
NES PC Completed
Back of NES PC Completed
I do take donations I am in college and broke but I will build more cool stuff when i get more cash. make to: bjb551s@smsu.edu Thanks!!
