NES inside a controller with cartridge compatibility

posted Nov 29th 2007 10:15pm by Will O'Brien
filed under: home entertainment hacks

[Tony] sent in this Nintendo hack. It’s a fully functioning NES with Composite output inside an old school controller. On the back it’s got a cartridge connector, so you can play normal games, there’s a port for a second player/light gun, and for extra bling, the Nintendo logo is backlit. To pull it off, he stuffed a Super Joy III – A.K.A. famiclone inside the controller, did a marathon of soldering for the cartridge connector, and used the now unused controller wires to carry the video and second controller signals.

Yes, this has been around for a while, but I dig it.

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Man, this hack is a couple months old, at least!!

Posted at 11:57 pm on Nov 29th, 2007 by war6763

Nice… All it needs now is a monitor =P

Posted at 12:30 am on Nov 30th, 2007 by thethirdmoose

Ben did this a long time ago this is old news

Posted at 12:55 am on Nov 30th, 2007 by El fluffo

This is very obvious, but you may too do it.

Posted at 7:09 am on Nov 30th, 2007 by Corey

Im seeing this for the first time and I think its a pretty cool idea.

Posted at 10:13 am on Nov 30th, 2007 by biqut2

now try to fit original nes parts inside a controller. thatsa hack i’d pay to see o_o

Posted at 1:06 pm on Nov 30th, 2007 by steve diraddo

@steve

Yeah, and make it work every time (unlike the original)

Posted at 2:19 pm on Nov 30th, 2007 by sgt_easton

they say that you can now software emulate a sega into a watch sized device… which really just makes me suprised that wasn’t the case here.

Posted at 3:50 pm on Nov 30th, 2007 by Freshnessninja

Ugh. Guys, this is NOT Ben’s work. I’m a moderator at his forums, and this project was made by a member there. So please, give credit where it’s due, people! :P

Posted at 8:29 pm on Nov 30th, 2007 by Josh

The illumiated Nintendo logo looks wicked. Had a go at doing the same thing myself with a SNES cart. Results here:
http://www.geocities.com/neil_manc/snes-cart/index.htm

Posted at 6:30 pm on Dec 20th, 2007 by nes