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Show off your custom NES consoles!

Shane — 2013-08-13T05:48:28 -05.00

Originally posted by: videogamehunter

I guess I show off mine. Even though mine looks crappy.

I liked this one the best, at least conceptually, before I saw the AVGN signature on it (which I didn't see until you pointed it out). I think it's one of the coolest ones on this thread. It would be cooler, in some ways, if it were completed with a higher sense of quality in mind (I mean, his is a pretty well made NES Toaster top loader, so you'd think he'd have others that were a bit less ghetto), but then again, it would be less cool in a lot of ways as well.

Anyway, I liked it immediately, and I like it even better now that I see the sig. There's no shame in your game...machine...you shouldn't be ashamed of it either.

Nice.

Show off your custom NES consoles!

Shane — 2013-08-12T23:38:54 -05.00

Hey guys. Sorry I realize this is an old thread, but I stumbled across this on Bing, and am looking for some help/advice. In working on modding an old Wii inside of an NES. First though, I'm painting the case. I want to get a glossy look on it like the Wii and paint it white, but wanted to know if any of you know what kind of paint/finish works best for this. I'm also wondering if any of you had ideas for how to integrate this disc slot light on the Wii on the outside of the case. I was thinking of putting some sort of plastic in the seam between the top and bottom half of the case, but again wasn't sure exactly what to use... Again, ideas? Also, I'm trying to figure out how to get the NES logo back on after I paint it... Does anybody know of a stencil I could buy? Again, thanks!

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Shane — 2012-07-16T17:14:17 -05.00

Originally posted by: bearcat-doug

Originally posted by: zeldaboy

Alright

I bought both of these from customnesguy here, love his work. I am still tempted to get a custom N64, we'll see!

NES:

That's awesome! Now if I just had one of those with my Cincinnati Bearcats logo avatar on it...

Im in Cincy all the time. I <3 Ikea (Well, I know its right outside Cincy =)

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Shane — 2012-07-16T09:26:34 -05.00

These are so cool looking!!!

I really like the lighting strike one.

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Shane — 2012-07-16T07:44:00 -05.00

I made a NEScube back in August 2002. I painted it and added a region switch. The memory card was painted to look like NES carts.

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Shane — 2012-07-14T17:48:55 -05.00

So I just met a guy from church when I was Home Teaching (once a month visiting a few assigned families in the congregation to see how things are going, it's a Mormon thing). We were discussing video games and he told me that when he was a kid, he saved up money for a year to buy an NES but shortly thereafter his cousin's house burned down and his mom encouraged him to donate his NES to his cousin, which he did.

In all the time since, every time he thought about buying another NES, he thought, "But I already have one." Years later, he approached his cousin about getting his NES back, but his cousin repeatedly refused and in the passing years they became enstranged. My friend, Alan, said that he'd always wanted to get another NES because he had never completed the original Super Mario Bros. game but he just never got around to it. He mentioned that he had the Mario Bros./Duck Hunt combo cartridge.

I decided to check out Craigslist to see if there was any NES consoles for sale, and right away I found a posting for the perfect package! It was the original NES with the power cord and cable cord, two controllers, Mario Bros./Duck Hunt cartridge and the light gun! Everything he had mentioned and for only $20! Needless to say, I went out that day and got it.

The first thing I noticed was that the system and one of the controllers was very yellowed. I didn't want to give it to him in that state so I posted in NintendoAge's Help forum and was directed to retr0brite. I thought it would be nice to remove the yellow but I didn't want to have to go out and buy all the supplies for the project. Instead I decided to paint the console.

This idea (shown below) came almost immediately, with the vented stripe on the right being the inspiration for the design. I spent another $10 on supplies but the results are well worth it. I coated each piece of plastic with two coats of the color and two coats of a clear gloss spray. Soon after working on the console I decided to also paint the controllers and the design came easily. I thought the yellow button at the bottom of the strap was a nice touch and then after painting it all, I felt I was still missing something. I ended up adding the M symbol at the end, which was done with white nail polish with my wife actually helping touch it up because it looked really sloppy when I did it. Also, while I had the console open, I went ahead and enhanced the connectors in the 72-pin slot so that the game reads every time.

I'm going Home Teaching again tomorrow and I've packaged all this up in bubble wrap and packing peanuts inside a package addressed to my friend. The return address is Shigeru Miyamoto, 4600 150th Ave NE, Redmond, WA 98052 (hint: Mario's creator and Nintendo of America Headquarters). I'm super excited to give this one of a kind system and I think I enjoyed this much more making it for someone else rather than just for me.

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Shane — 2012-02-22T13:10:42 -05.00

Are you emailing Robman or the other guy? Both seem like they'd be pretty cool; sucks to hear he isn't responding.

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Shane — 2012-02-21T20:38:13 -05.00

Man i want the mega man one happy console gamer got his freind robman. Dude won't answer his emails though.

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Shane — 2012-02-21T19:00:40 -05.00

Ah the infamous Guts Man, nice seeing you on the boards again!

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Shane — 2012-02-21T18:50:16 -05.00

Awesome looking machines! Keep 'em coming!