Quick update. The doors in the front were going to make the unit a bit too pricey. The controller ports are obviously exposed now, but still rather tidy IMO. Does that bother anyone terribly?
Hopefully I'll have the model ready for a prototype by Friday.
Even with exposed controller ports, you should have no problem getting to $1000. However, will it only fit the mini?
Good to hear!
Yes, this case/shell is for the mini/SNS-101 only. Buuut, the SNES fat/SNS-001 is the 3rd item on my list of consoles to tackle (right after the Neo Geo MVS 1 and/or 2 slot). Being that there aren't any upfront tooling costs for these products, there's no reason that I can't develop shell after shell after shell without any break/pause in between or having to worry about selling a certain volume of one to pay for R&D costs for the next design. Well, some worry, as a LOT of my time goes into the design and engineering. But there's very little actual money spent to develop these. The cost of a prototype or two is about all it costs me besides my time.
Maybe I should add a poll to help me determine the next few consoles to tackle...
Wiggy>> This a fantastic thread you started! You have some SUPER (uh... no pun intended) design ideas, and I can't wait for them to come to complete fruition. Most interesting, indeed. Love it when you think "outside of the box"!Although, even being older, don't have that much more "disposable income" since my teen days. Yes, the money's better... but everything just keeps getting more expensive... hahaha!!!!!
Seriously though, you have some fantastic ideas, and I can't wait to see the evolution of your process. Cheers!
WIGGY>> This may have already been discussed... but are you dead-set against any LED's? The one thing that has always bothered me about the SNES mini is no power on LED. It could still be done cleanly, ellegently, in your context. I found this image from a defunct thread on Racket Boy to set the example. I apologize to not credit whom the image belongs to, who did the actual work>>> it did not say!gtz2.jpg
Thanks!Originally Posted by RyanLec84
Wiggy>> This a fantastic thread you started! You have some SUPER (uh... no pun intended) design ideas, and I can't wait for them to come to complete fruition. Most interesting, indeed. Love it when you think "outside of the box"!
Seriously though, you have some fantastic ideas, and I can't wait to see the evolution of your process. Cheers!
Man, I hear ya. The more my wife and I make, the more it seems we HAVE to spend :/
Not at all! I was just saying that I'm trying to avoid stuff like this:
I have a purple power LED in one of my mini SNES units actually.
That's one of the mods that I plan on offering with the shell actually. I still haven't figured out exactly where I am going to integrate the light into my design, but I'll come up with something
That is my console and it looks like that pic was "borrowed" from the modder that did the work. Hiding a power LED under the power switch was actually my ideabut he brought it to life and made it look very clean.
We also did a similar mod with my mini NES:
That trick seems to work REALLY well on the NES mini! Looks great!
Looks great on both! When I get my TopLoader modded for composite, I'll probably try to get something like that done, too.
Looks awesome. I'm definitely interested. You should make some gamecube cases that accept full sized DVD's and a new sega saturn case would be awesome.
Keep up the good work
Without jacking this thread too much, it's actually a clear textured plastic "window" with an LED behind it. That's what gives it more of an even glow instead of a single point of light like a typical LED.
It's also A/V modded.
Wiggy>> I hear ya!And... EGHADS!!! I figured that's what you meant, but that's...um... wow! I've never seen a console modded with so many lights that the cosmo and astronauts could see it from the International Space Station! My eyes hurt!!
jperryss>> I hope no hard feelings about the pic. I found it on Yahoo Images to prove my point. But when I clicked on the pic itself, it brought me to the Racket Boy forums, with a thread that "no longer exists". I must say... some truely gorgeous work, sir! May I ask who did the modding? I would love to get my Mini repaired, and other consoles A/V modded. But me and electronics is like a group of monkeys given a Furby... Scratching my head, jumping up and down, making loud screeching sounds!!
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What's the price point for the New SNES??
Not sure at this point. Once I have the model sent off for prototyping I will get estimates for various processes and materials. I should know in a week or two. I'll keep you posted
jperryss>> I hope no hard feelings about the pic. I found it on Yahoo Images to prove my point. But when I clicked on the pic itself, it brought me to the Racket Boy forums, with a thread that "no longer exists". I must say... some truely gorgeous work, sir! May I ask who did the modding? I would love to get my Mini repaired, and other consoles A/V modded. But me and electronics is like a group of monkeys given a Furby... Scratching my head, jumping up and down, making loud screeching sounds!!
Heh, no worries. I'll PM you.
Oh, I like that! I'm pondering getting more into Neo Geo eventually. I had an AES before (sold it) and a CD system now. I've love an AES, but it makes zero financial sense to get one. A CMVS makes much more sense, but I really love having original consoles. I wonder how possible it would be to get an exact look alike of the AES, but have it be a CMVS?I have exactly what you're looking for. I made an aes-style cmvs system that outputs it all (composite, s-video, component, and rgb). Made from scratch using custom molded plastic.
It's entirely possible, but you'll need a donor AES in order to do so, which obviously doesn't cut down on the price at all :/
Model is done! Here's a quick preview of one of the parts. There ended up being a lot more engineering required than I initially thought, but it's all sorted out now and everything works without issue (in the model at least). Hopefully I'll have a prototype in a week or two!
This is a great idea and I would be completely on-board except I run s-video through my snes and I don't think the Jr. had that option.
This is a great idea and I would be completely on-board except I run s-video through my snes and I don't think the Jr. had that option.
See my previous post
And now I feel like a total tool..I read most of the thread and must of skimmed over that part. lol
Anyways yeah I am really interested in this then, cutting down on space in a nice shell is something I would throw some money towards.
How does it stack up to the Model 1 SNES??
Do you mean in terms of picture quality?
Like the size
It'll be roughly the same size as the SNES mini.
SNS-101 - 187mm wide, 182mm deep, 66mm tall
Wiggy SNS - 178mm wide, 176mm deep, 61.5mm tall
Also, in case people haven't already seen millions of comparison shots, here are 3 of my SNES units running S-Video.
SNES 1 - APU-1 (I can't find much info about this particular board out there, but its output seems very close to the 1-chip)
SNES 1 - 1-chip
SNES 2 - S-Video mod
The mini is far and away the sharpest picture.
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