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New Project, looking for input & gauging interest
Azarkhel:
Crazy spaceship looking, high-design, or something else?
High Design or actualised versions of the prototype cases. I'd love something like that Sony SnesStation for my SNES Mini, but it's gotta be matte black ;)
What consoles would you like to see re-shelled?
Do something popular and simple first so you have more options to expand, I think the SnesStation or the Sega Neptune style would be great sellers for you.
What price would you be comfortable paying for an item like this?
For a nicely styled replacement shell i'd happily pay $60-$100.
Do you want extra features or not? Things like lighting, custom paint, personal logos and whatnot, etc.
Beyond a power LED not really, I don't particularly want to combine consoles or any of that stuff, just looking for a good design aesthetic. The Sega Neptune would be a different case of course as it's supposed to be a combined console, that said I doubt i'd bother as it's quite a complicated mod to do yourself.
Do you want to re-case the console yourself, or have me provide a service?
If it's simple enough I have no issue replacing a shell myself.
Do you want to preserve the original state of the internals? I.e. Do you want to be able to easily slap the guts back into the original shell, or are you interested in something that has been modified to fit into a vastly different casing, or has repositioned switches, or whatever?
Just a simple swap with no hardware hacking would suit me best, i'm definitely interested in modified hardware and whatnot but I think you'd be setting yourself up for an apocalyptic level of work if you offered that service. I suppose it would depend on features and price.
Are you even interested in this idea at all?
Absolutely.
High Design or actualised versions of the prototype cases. I'd love something like that Sony SnesStation for my SNES Mini, but it's gotta be matte black ;)
wiggy:
--- Quote from: madrocsz on May 01, 2012, 10:38:19 PM ---There are several consoles I would love to see revised/modded to fit certain tastes. Below I will suggest some consoles and changes I would like
PS1/PS2
- I hate disc trays, pop up disc covers etc, I would love to see a PS1 for example with disc intake like that of the current PS3's
- Universal color, I have a PS1, PS2 and new PS3 and all 3 are different colors or for example PS3 (60 GB) is shiny. Possibly a matte or metallic gray or so
- Logos that look more uniform, again not completely different from each system
- Mods/Lighting : really keep this conservative, blue lighting at disc input and possibly an underglow or whatever while the system is running/processing
-If wanted to get really fancy a small touch screen or something that can be manipulated through controller to utilize and manage memory card data.
-ONBOARD MEMORY (screw memory cards alltogether)
Price I would be fine paying - 100$-200$ if not more depending on what all can be done
NES/SNES/64
Probably 10 or so years ago I thought of a design for combining multiple systems, much like the retro-duos etc. I always pictured a Trifoce (triangle design) with each side having a cartridge slot and controller ports for each system. It could be any color, even glow. Figured find a way to have the outputs come out of the base and make the base a lazy susan type deal where it can easily spin. System selects can be auto-detecting or even switchable buttons on top/side, that way can leave others on. However, that being said here are some general suggestions
- ON/OFF switch for NES (much like top loader)
- Ability to insert cartridges laying down (much like original NES) to help eliminate space requirements above system, have had many problems trying to put stuff in cabinets etc in past and pain to get carts in and out.
- Ejector switch/button (like snes) fine it better than ripping carts out on angles etc
- 4 controller ports on NES/SNES, screw you multitap
Price - 100-200$ as well
Genesis/32x/CD/Saturn/Dreamcast
- Backwards compatibility (however this might be that impossible) on CD games
- Genesis w/ 32x slot attached, much like picture above
Price 75-175$
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These are some great ideas, but again, I'm not an electrical/computer engineer. I won't be adding LCD displays, on-board memory, or anything like that. I just can't do that sort of thing. Lighting, fans, and other items like that I can do.
Colors are no prob. I can have them produced in pretty much any color, plus I can give them a proper automotive finish if that's what someone wants. Pretty much anything is possible as far as finish/color goes ;D
My 1st thought when I started this was to make a front-load SNES. I don't know if it's practical being that it would require some modification to the hardware, but I think it's a really cool idea anyway.
I could add 4 controller ports, but being that I'm not creating any new hardware, it would all require donor parts.
--- Quote from: Azarkhel on May 01, 2012, 10:52:35 PM ---Crazy spaceship looking, high-design, or something else?
High Design or actualised versions of the prototype cases. I'd love something like that Sony SnesStation for my SNES Mini, but it's gotta be matte black ;)
What consoles would you like to see re-shelled?
Do something popular and simple first so you have more options to expand, I think the SnesStation or the Sega Neptune style would be great sellers for you.
What price would you be comfortable paying for an item like this?
For a nicely styled replacement shell i'd happily pay $60-$100.
Do you want extra features or not? Things like lighting, custom paint, personal logos and whatnot, etc.
Beyond a power LED not really, I don't particularly want to combine consoles or any of that stuff, just looking for a good design aesthetic. The Sega Neptune would be a different case of course as it's supposed to be a combined console, that said I doubt i'd bother as it's quite a complicated mod to do yourself.
Do you want to re-case the console yourself, or have me provide a service?
If it's simple enough I have no issue replacing a shell myself.
Do you want to preserve the original state of the internals? I.e. Do you want to be able to easily slap the guts back into the original shell, or are you interested in something that has been modified to fit into a vastly different casing, or has repositioned switches, or whatever?
Just a simple swap with no hardware hacking would suit me best, i'm definitely interested in modified hardware and whatnot but I think you'd be setting yourself up for an apocalyptic level of work if you offered that service. I suppose it would depend on features and price.
Are you even interested in this idea at all?
Absolutely.
High Design or actualised versions of the prototype cases. I'd love something like that Sony SnesStation for my SNES Mini, but it's gotta be matte black ;)
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The SNESstation seems to be a popular pick. So, what would you guys want from a SNESstation? do you want it to be a functional SNES and PS1/2? Or just a SNES in a pretty prototype candy shell? Or something else...
Also, I just want to make this clear for everyone, I CANNOT do extensive modifications to the hardware and/or functionality of these systems. I'm really just trying to modernize the appearance of the consoles that we all know and love. See the link in my 1st post. I plan to do essentially what these guys are doing. Making console MVS Neo Geos is pretty simple stuff and doesn't require a ton of R&D. The R&D's already been done. I really do love a lot of the ideas I'm hearing from you guys, it's just that a lot of them aren't within the scope of this project :-\
TyrannicalFascist:
Wouldn't it be hard to have it be a functional SNES and PS1/2, considering they use different controllers?
Azarkhel:
Just a pretty shell for my snes or whatever suits me fine.
TyrannicalFascist:
On a kind of related note, check out all the other system prototypes: http://www.platypuscomix.net/interactive/protoboxes.html
That Sega Saturn one is crazy...
And here's a Playstation that looks like a black SFC: http://playstationlifestyle.net/2009/12/31/original-playstation-concept-the-mess-it-could-have-been/
Where do you load the CD?