The arcade game shoehorned into an original Nintendo Entertainment System controller from [Taylor Burley] is certainly made slightly easier by its starting with one of those miniature cabinets that are all the rage now, but since he’s still achieved the feat of an entire arcade game in a controller we still stand by the assessment in our title.
In fact, he’s put not one but four arcade games into the controller. The board that [Taylor] liberated from the miniature game system can actually be switched between the onboard games by shorting out different pads on the PCB. Normally this would be done during manufacture with a zero-ohm resistor, but in this case, he’s wired the pads out to a strip of membrane keypad liberated from an LED remote control. By holding a different button while powering on the system, the user can select which of the games they want to boot into.
The original buttons and directional pad have been preserved, and in the video after the break, [Taylor] shows how he wires them into the arcade PCB. The Start and Select buttons had to go since that’s where the tiny color LCD goes now, but they wouldn’t have been used in any of these games anyway. With the addition of a small battery pack and charge controller, this build is a clever way to take several classic arcade titles with you on the go.
With the growing popularity of these tiny arcade cabinets, we’ve seen a number of hackers tearing into them. The work that [wrongbaud] has done in modifying them to run other ROMs is not to be missed if you’re looking at building a project using one of these little bundles of nostalgia.
Wow its really, I am much impressed from this gadget
So, let me get this straight:
The standard for Hackaday is now taking an off-the-shelf machine apart, stuffing the guts inside a butchered NES controller that looks like it was cut with a hammer, then calling it good?
OK…
This site covers all levels of ‘hack’. We can’t all be producing projects with custom PCBs and original designs and all have access to state of the art manufacturing techniqyes. Have a bit of respect to the author and maybe wow us all with what have you made lately?
How is literally describing exactly what is presented disrespectful to the author? Is my description wrong?
It’s not the description: it’s the “let me get this straight” framing.
You’re being disrespectful to (a) Taylor Burley and (b) the Hackaday editorial staff.
fsck this “what’s a hack” purity test.
Ahhh another prime example of the garden variety HaD Negative Nelly commenter.
Maybe, just maybe, if more geniuses like you submit the high quality hacks they produce you can stop complaining. Or you could just start writing for hackaday since you have a real good eye for content, I especially like the better examples of gaming projects you linked to.
So, was my description incorrect or not? Is it not an off-the-shelf product disassembled and shoved inside another off-the-shelf product? Just curious.
No because you’re skipping over the game selection hack using a unique part for the buttons. If you don’t like the articles on hackaday either submit your own articles or leave, no one wants to read your sad comments.
Yet here you are replying, literally whining about an observation that I made.
The irony is lost on you, isn’t it?
Have a nice day!
“It’s not what you say but the way you say it”. In my native language, there’s a saying that could be translated to “the tone makes the music”.
everyone knows if you dont mine and smelt the materials yourself you’re cheating and are not welcome here
Do you warm up before making those leaps? Don’t wanna pull a hammy .
Enough with the sealioning. You’re not being helpful or insightful. And your “was my description wrong?” is BS. Submit your hacks or gtfo.
If you’re so smart, you submit some projects you think are worthy.
Sorry my project I made for fun displeases you so much lol, next time I’ll be sure to run it by ya ;)
I still have my NES controller optical mouse hack.
This is shockingly close to the same as the Game Boy Micro, both in terms of physical size, and in terms of having a uselessly tiny screen.
us younger people have no problems with tiny screens 😉
Well my wife thinks differently……oh wait!?!?….. you said “tiny screens”. My mistake please continue. :)
Can’t we all just get along and play nice together, or do I have to go dig up my hacked disposable camera taser ?
tHaT’s NoT a hAcK
nice idea, i might just do the same and make it a birthday present for one of my nephews. These Nintendo controllers are iconic, i even have them on a t-shirt,