Mac mini inside an NES -- what could be more beautiful?
By Paul Miller 
posted Mar 1st 2006 12:57PM
posted Mar 1st 2006 12:57PM
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The only question I have is, when will I be able to buy one? This idea is too good to not make money off of.
More Beautiful?
an NES in a Mac Mini case!
FSCKING AWESOME!!
Girls. Girls are more beautiful than Mac mini + NES combo.
That is freaking awesome....but I do shed a tear for the poor NES that had to be torn apart. Although, put the NES in the gutted Mac Mini case, and you'll have TWO sweet mods!
munboy....anyone that has time to hack this up doesn't know what a girl is.
It is f'ing cool though!
Why butcher something as beautiful and iconic as a Mac Mini?
Poor shiny Mac...
I would certainly be the last person to be called a mac fanboy, but that is beautiful. Even I would buy one.
That...is......awesome! It would be pretty cool if it also played emulated NES games.
People did we break Brent Housen's website?
With an IR sensor that would be the greatest media center ever
I think this is absolutely brilliant. Adding a USB to NES converter should be pretty simple, but to have functional ports would just cinch the deal.
"5. Why butcher something as beautiful and iconic as a Mac Mini?
Poor shiny Mac.."
Duh dude, what about the NES? Seriously the Mac Mini is iconic, but the NES is one of THE most iconic pieces of hardware in the passed 20 years. Learn your tech history man.
Was I that stupid and overlooked it, but where's the How To's for this mod?
This is lame. It's not that impressive to put something small into a bigger box. Should I wait for someone to stick a mini inside an Apple ][ box? Yawn...
I'd be more impressed if the mini was a dual core intel and it fit into a Game Cube, Nintendo DS, PSP or a iPod Shuffle case.
Pretty awesome. Not the only one of course.
This one was done in 2002, with a (much less powerful, but cheaper) Mini-ITX board:
http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/nespc/
Oh, this is completely amazing: The power button turns the system on and off. The cartridge door opens automatically. There is the possibility to use actual NES controllers to control NES emulators.
Just amazing. This is about as perfect a job that can be done.
In the article it says he found a circuit to use the NES controllers, but has not installed it yet.
"i found a circuit to enable me to plug in any NES peripheral and use it in emulators."
I plan to completely steal the idea as soon as my friend finds his non-functional NES in his closet somewhere, except mine will have a FW drive inside (instead of an external DVD burner.)
I made sure my friend's Nintendo was NON-FUNCTIONAL, though... I couldn't kill a working one!
That is sweet!! How bout putting an iPod in a NES controller???? =O)
Awesome!!
i think it is pretty cool. i like the ipod in the controler idea
What's a NES? And can this guy put a mac mini in my cell phone? That's what I'm waiting for...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but would this not be the "MiniS?
go 4>.
theres a certain kinda mint out there thats in a case that looks like an NES controller and is about the perfect size (but quite a bit longer) for an ipod nano. It was at hot topic, check it out :)
Nintendo Entertainment System - Ebay price $30
Mac Mini 1.4 GHZ - $499
Merging the two into a object of Geek Beauty - PRICELESS
In life some things are games
Others a nice tool to hack
for everything else there is Modding to the Max
Known the world over since 1989.
So... do you have to blow on it to make it work properly?
#9... There are emulators out there for Mac OS X to play NES, SNES, Genesis and Playstation games on the console. Simple google search will find it.
Not console, I meant computer
I have done the same thing only with out having to open the mac mini case check it out at http://tomtux.biz.tm/~tomtux/nes.php
mom, tell me again why you put my nes out in the garage sale? along with the atari 2600?
dammit, mom,
thats a mixture of old school and new school. theirs not much i can say but people have a lot of free time on thair hands. but codos for bring the old school look back.
Hey, I will be putting the Mini NES up for sale on ebay soon. Keep an eye out!!
The recent post that I loved was the Mac Mini - NES mod: http://gaming.engadget.com/2006/03/01/mac-mini-inside-an-nes-what-could-be-more-beautiful/
That thing looks so cool. Thats just one example but I love all the posts here.
I've now posted a full guide at applefritter.com
a good Emulator for any version of OS X is RockNes