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New Project, looking for input & gauging interest
TyrannicalFascist:
Any and all services you want to offer that deal with altering the insides is great for me. I know next to nothing about motherboards or soldering or any of that.
I just had an odd thought. Let's say you make this SNES mini reshell, and then you later do a front-loading NES-001 shell. Assuming that you'd do away with the NES "door" and instead include a dust flap(s), then the top would be pretty much bare. I wonder if there's a way you could make your SNES and NES stackable without it being too noticeable on either by themselves? Like maybe have holes in the underside of the SNES shell, and have holes on the top of the NES shell, and then pegs that can connect the two? I guess I'm picturing it sort of like SFC & Sattellaview or the N64 and N64DD, but with the SNES atop the NES. Maybe if that's doable, you could offer an NES shell that complements the SNES? They'd be fine apart, but I'm just spit-balling here.
shenske:
--- Quote from: TyrannicalFascist on May 13, 2012, 09:44:05 PM --- I wonder if there's a way you could make your SNES and NES stackable without it being too noticeable on either by themselves? Like maybe have holes in the underside of the SNES shell, and have holes on the top of the NES shell, and then pegs that can connect the two? I guess I'm picturing it sort of like SFC & Sattellaview or the N64 and N64DD, but with the SNES atop the NES. Maybe if that's doable, you could offer an NES shell that complements the SNES? They'd be fine apart, but I'm just spit-balling here.
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this is a good thought :)
wiggy:
--- Quote from: Slingshotgamer on May 13, 2012, 09:12:53 PM ---Nice.
I think ill need to buy a mini snes just for the case and stuff. any more 3d rendering for us to admire?
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Nothing yet. I modeled that Coke can up, but didn't get around to rendering it. Downloaded a different rendering program. It's only a 2 week trial, but I'll try and get some nice renderings done this week.
--- Quote from: Deadpool on May 13, 2012, 09:36:35 PM ---wiggy, are you redisigning the controllers too?
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I'd be lying if I said I hadn't given it some thought...
@TF and Shenske - why do you think I referenced high end AV equipment and a cohesive aesthetic? ;)
That's just one more reason you see the NES-001, SNS-001, and N64 right next to each other on my list...
Also, I wasn't digging the inability to know for sure whether the damned thing was on or off when testing the S-video mod. So, in true wiggy spirit, I added another mod to assist me :P
I found a whole mess of purple SMD LEDs in a little roll at the bottom of my lighting drawer. Doesn't photograph well, but it's super intense purple, just like the switches ;D
Dr.Agon:
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--- Quote from: Dr.Agon on May 02, 2012, 09:41:30 AM ---style, keep them looking like the originals, just in a range of colours
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How do you mean "like the originals"? Like replicas, or just keeping in line with the original design, sort of like I did with the SNES mini concept? I.e. things like a similar color palette, similar shapes and proportions, etc.
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replicas, similar to what you can get for the X360/WII/PS3. preferably in clear red.
wiggy:
I don't have any desire to make replicas. If you're really interested in making something like that, I can give you a list of the materials you'd need to make your own castings. It's actually not too tricky to make a silicone mold for something like that.