Inspiration Images / Sources

I should mention where my idea of making a new case and buttons for my NES controller came from. In the past, I've seen several instances of people modding their old consoles to have new parts, or so they serve new functions. The first one that stood out to me was someone who modded their old NES so it became a properly functioning PC, with a disc drive in the cartridge slot, and other ports swapped out for the typical ports you'd find on a PC.

Some mods I had heard of in the past before looking more into it for this subject were a SNES toaster (the Super Nintoaster), a NES controller being stripped out and used as an iPod Shuffle, and sundry case mods. After a little research online, a ton of sources with people doing mods of their old console hardware turned up. To narrow down the results, I focused on Nintendo-related modding that caught my eye.

Here are a few images from the searching, including the URLs they were retrieved from (listed before each set of images taken from that URL).

An iPod Shuffle Mod of a NES Controller (http://everyjoe.com/technology/nifty-nes-controller-ipod-shuffle-mod-130/)


The Super Nintoaster (http://walyou.com/super-nintendo/)


NES Modded as a PC (http://www.geekologie.com/2009/06/im_on_to_you_snes_actu_a_pc.php)


Entire NES System Fitted into NES Cartridge, Ports and All (http://gizmodo.com/382452/nes-cartridge-modded-into-nes-system-space+time-remains-intact)




NES Cartridge Modded to be a Handheld System (http://walyou.com/portable-nes-cartridge-console-mod/)




NES Modded to be an Alarm Clock (http://www.infendo.com/nintendo-spotting-pointless-nes-mod-edition/)


I love the idea of revamping old technology to take on new functions, as well as reinterpreting old technology in new ways to get fresh enjoyment out of it, which is really the main reason why I made my project the way I did.