Recently I bought a Raspberry pi 2 model B to play around with for emulation.  I got one on Amazon for $50 with an ac adapter and a small plastic enclosure.  I dug up an old 4 gb micro sd card and ordered some ibuffalo USB controllers (Super Famicom and Famicom style). After trying different OS's I discovered Recalbox which was easy to set up and had easy to configure multiple controller support.

It all worked great, but the Raspberry Pi looked way too plain.  Since my wife and I were already doing a Zelda themed bathroom remodel we decided to build a Zelda themed custom emulator box.

After much dremelling, sanding, wood cutting, painting, varnishing, and gluing, this is what we came up with:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/she...

I also attached a few pictures here, but the album will give you a better idea of the project.

The lid can prop up to display the rupees and custom made 8 bit heart.  We added ports for HDMI, USB, and Micro USB for power.  If anybody is interested, we have some materials left over to build a few more.  The box could be either the painted version or the wood burned stained version.  The themed box with the ports would be $80.  It involved a surprising amount of labor to get everything right.  Profit for us would be around $35 after materials and wires.  I could also pick up the Raspberry Pi, micro sd card, and controllers and configure/install them at cost.

We had fun making them and wouldn't mind building more if anybody would like.  We are also looking at different themes/designs since the Raspberry Pi is so versatile.  Let me know what you think, and PM me if you want one!

This looks pretty awesome, purely from an aesthetic standpoint. Good luck with your sales!

Can you post a link to the work that has been done to your bathroom?

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That's solid work, I like it! I have a raspberry pi 2 already but haven't tried that OS. Might be getting with you to snag one of these boxes!

Thanks! They look even better in person. 😀

 

Pretty cool man.

Looks great man!

Looks awesome!

Dude. This is gorgeous. Want !

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Working on an awesome new theme! Will post pics when it's done 😀

So if one wanted to get one, how could one go about getting one from you?

Just PM me if you would like us to build you one or have any questions. We are already working on two for other members.

I'm extremely interested in one of these! Was hoping someone would pop up that was doing custom housing for them like this. I remember seeing a guy that turned an SNES shell into one of these... any chance you could swing something like that?

I may actually be able to do a SNES shell (I have an old one that I can experiment with.) Right now we have the Zelda ones and are working on a Neo Geo design.  We are working on quite a few of these for people now. Glad to see that people like them! 😀

I'll try to post more design options soon.

Wow you did a great job!

I'd KILL for someone to do something like this for me: https://imgur.com/a/5qgRU...

I'm definitely interested!

When I'm done with my current orders, I'll mess around with the SNES shell and see If I can make it work. Would you want it painted? The top of the case has some yellowing.

I bet if the SNES is a somewhat tight fit, an original NES shell would fit no problem! That would be another one to experiment with and report back on your results if you can get a non working NES for cheap

Actually, the SNES case has plenty of room. Not sure how pretty I can make it look, so I'll play around with it.  If I can find an NES that can't be fixed, I'll try that as well.

Had a ton of fun testing MAME on this with my kids. We played four player Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Simpsons, and X-Men.

Added new pictures to the flickr page

Black + white (like I've seen on the net) works for me.

Edit: Send me a transaction whenever you'd like, btw!