Feb 14, 07:07 AM
Build a Nintendo NES PC
With the winter months dragging on I wanted a project. It’s too cold to build a new work bench / printing table (my last one got destroyed in a garage fire this fall), and I’m procrastinating working to my other craft work for Craftstravaganza.
I stumpled upon this article on Instructables a while back. I built one similar at the BGCBA last year as an upright arcade which used an old Gateway PC to run GameEx. It didn’t have much power, but was enough for the kids to play NES and SNES games on it.
I’m going to gradually get parts for the system, but my list goes like this:
- NES system (just for the case)
- JetWay J7F2WE1G5D-OC-LF motherboard
- 1 gig DDR2 SDRAM
- Slimline CD-ROM
- 2.5” laptop hard drive
- 2 PC fans
- picoPSU-120 power kit
- 2 wireless Playstation 2 controllers
- Windows XP with GameEx as a frontend
I’m going to post pictures of my progress as I go, I should start getting some parts in the mail in the next few days.
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