I am completely and utterly blown away. This is one of the very best Pi "retro" style mods I've ever seen and, as much as I love how the NES Classic Edition looks, this exceeds it in every single way. The NFC cart idea is... well... I'd say it was magical but that would be an understatement :D Well done, man, seriously.
From what I see, the device is running a program called Emulation Station which has an interface to scroll through the games list and play them from there. All the NFC cartridges do is load a game automatically without having to go through the Emulation Station menu. So a cartridge isn't needed to play a game, it just adds a cool feature.
+Daniel Salazar well i dont think it would be any different then what Nintendo is doing now. it's only the case and how the to access the games that's different. I'm pretty sure it would cost around the same for Nintendo to manufacture everything.
mini carts would have pushed the price tag up if sold as a bundle, or separately people would have complained about Nintendo being greedy, knowing they could fit the library on the console. Also the complaints that they are too small and easy to lose.
I don't think they wanted to compete with their own Virtual Console platform though. Plus, after offering 30 games for $60 (hardware included) it would have seemed overpriced to add new NES games for $5 each. I think they just wanted some quick revenue this holiday season to make up for the lack of software. It's also a nice reminder of why many of us loved Nintendo in the first place. I could also see them releasing new models of this like the Atari Flashback, which is now on it's 7th incarnation. They add more and more games each time.
videogameobsession compete with it? your buying THERE console how could buying a nintendo console to plaY nintendo nes games on it possibly hurt there virtual console series infact it would boost the sales of it cause people would have better access to it they could take this to hotels and other places and have access to there virtual console titles they could even later release a cheap portable to play them on if anything this would boost the virtual console sales by bring in those who want to play old titles but dont wanna fork out the money for a wii
Usually these type of projects have at least one flaw that lets them down.Not this, it's absolutely perfect - the detail, the functionality and the scope - brilliant!
That's awesome. Is it just me or does this seem way cooler than the NES Classic? With the NFC tag carts this is an amazing representation of the original.
Totally would buy one of these instead of what Nintendo is going to release!
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This is indeed one of the coolest projects I've seen using Raspberry Pi in my opinion! I know there are those big complicated stuff, but this one looks so simple and but so cool!!! I love the way it makes me feels like "Gosh! I could try to follow the tutorials and make one on my own!" But then you realize you have no access to all involved technology for an affordable price here in your country. Maybe we should pay more taxes to the government... oh wait... Too bad... No donuts for us Brazilians... ='(
This is amazing. I got a nespi 4 case witch looks like this but 4 years later even with all the case that are sold today, this build blows them out the water. Its the NFC reader that truly gives u that old school feel.
Love your concept of actually using cartridges with it. How does using those tiny controllers feel? They seem just too small to be comfortable, but they look neat
You sir, are a genius, the console was already incredible, but you went the extra mile and made NFC Cartrdiges. This is how Nintendo's NES Classic should've been made. We need more people like you in the world.
Don't exaggerate the tiny controller. It's a USB so you can obviously just buy a USB NES controller from like Amazon or even the USB SNES controller. NES Controller: www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-NES-Controller-PC/dp/B002YVD3KM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472284341&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+NES+controller SNES Controller: www.amazon.com/Super-Nintendo-Controller-Retro-Classic/dp/B016K11LVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472284362&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=usb+SNES+controller&psc=1
lman71drummer Nitendo already created an NES of there own and they have a strong stance against people emulating their games so they wouldn't give him the license to sell it. Check their website www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp
Absolutely brilliant! The working cartridge slot and the ease of the NFC writing were both pretty amazing. Now I want a 3D printer. And skills. Definitely need skills. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much I've started my build. it would be nice if you could get around to doing the guide for the DIYers. Since it is really hard to get into a batch. This is so much better than Nintendo's build. I really love the use of the cartridges though it's more for nostalgic reasons. I'll only make s few when I get to that point ( smb3 , Zelda etc. )
Do you accept commissions? Can I buy one of these? like, seriously. This is about the coolest thing I've ever seen. I seriously want one. Ballpark price?
This looks so much cooler than the legit NES Mini. Mind was blown when you popped out the nfc nes cartridges and mini controller. Awesome job. Almost looks like a legit Think Geek product!
AMAZING WORK!! I have a tech question for you. Why did you use the arduino for the light and switch controls? Couldn't you use the GPIOs from the Pi and add a few codes to make that work? I love the arduino and program them well, the Pi I have very little experience with. Thank you in advance.
I cover this a little in my blog post: www.daftmike.com/2016/07/NESPi.html The arduino controls the power to the RPi, it needs to read the switches in order to wake up from a shutdown.
This is pretty freaking sweet. I love the fact that you 3D printed the little cartridges too. I have seen people make nes like systems but yours is the first I have seen that has gone into this much detail. Definitely impressive!
To me this is so phenomenally cleaver, the skill involved to have made this is brilliant, hope some company see this and offers him something good. Clever chap.
The official mini NES uses a significantly cheaper and easier method of delivering its games to people than a bunch of tiny cartridges that require manufacturing/storage/shipping/shelf-display space at retailers.
I was extremely impressed up until you pulled the mini carts out. Then just blown away when they actually press down into the system. then there is a working mini controller too... you sir, are an artist.
Leave it to a fan to show the big boys how it's done! Nintendo is so worried about piracy that they fail to see how desirable having mini carts like this would be. Sure there would be people who exploit the NFC tag to play different games, but people already have that option now. What they don't have is tiny replica carts that are infinitely cool. As usual Nintendo can't ever make anything nice because they've always got their head up their ass. BTW AMAZING WORK!
I bet Nintendo could figure out how to encrypt the NFC carts like they did with Amiibos. They could even make it so that putting an Amiibo on top of it could launch a game!
To be fair, Nintendo doesn't own the rights to many of the NES library, which they would need to obtain before they could legally release them. I'm thinking the NES classic is a test product that they are releasing to see if other products like it will be profitable. If it does well, buying up the rights to more games may make sense to them.
Joe Snes Uh Nintendo only owns half of the games that are going to be installed on the mini NES. The rest are from Konami, Capcom, Tecmo, and Namco. They still need licenses to distribute digitally which they obviously have obtained. However the game selection has nothing to do with my complaint against the mini NES. It's the fact that it's just a relatively expensive plug n' play device that emulates the NES and can only play the games that are pre-installed. If they made something like the guy did in this video I wouldn't even think twice about buying it. But instead of making it nice like this, they took the easy, low effort cash grab instead.
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It's obvious you're only thinking for yourself and not the general audience which are the majority of people who will buy the NES Mini. What was shown here is cool yea, but the average consumer would probably see it as daunting and would be confused, they just want something simple which Nintendo's product is. I hope this post made sense.
MultiMrGi No if I were thinking about myself I would have just said screw Nintendo like I usually do. There is no question that the mini NES will sell. That much is for certain. But you can't tell me that consumers would find it daunting to have extra cartridges that can be bought. The mini NES is targeted at nostalgic gamers. I can't see many non-gamers or children wanting one. It looks like a NES for a reason and has a perfect replica controller for a reason. It's a cheap trip down memory lane for some, but other than that it will be on the shelves of hardcore collectors everywhere. Most of them will probably stay unopened. Nobody would be confused. We're not talking about the Wii U here.
omg I love this so much. Everything about it is just so well thought out. I love the little NFC carts and I love all the little details like the NES style USB connector on the controller.
Nintendo just announced an authorized miniaturized version of the NES with no less than 30 built-in classic titles! ...Something tells me this guy doesn't know about it.
I do know about that, but i meant about getting this one, no the one that nintendo is going to release or build one from scratch, I meant this one that this guy made, I emulate games from old consoles at my computer but is just not the same
Didtok Nan Nope! Never heard of raspberry (or this channel) 'til I saw this video randomly recommended to me. But I'm aware of the others you mentioned.
Can I ask what you had to study to be able to build stuff like this? I'd love to learn how to do this kind of thing, for whatever ideas I have, but I really don't know where to start the learning process: Is it basic engineering you studied first (computer, electrical, mechanical, whatever), or programming, or something else, etc. How were you able to know where to start on a path that has led you to a point where you know everything you need to know to be able to build a fully functioning mini-NES? It boggles my mind, and I'd genuinely love some tips on where to start learning the skill-sets required to do this kind of stuff-and not specific to making a mini-NES but just building hardware and stuff like this in general. Feel free to email me privately if you want. I assume you can do that directly on TH-cam, but if not you can just go to my blog and use the contact form to email me directly: www.inceptional.com/email_kirk/
I've always enjoyed tinkering and playing about with things to find out how they worked. Electronics has long been a hobby of mine and if you read enough/watch enough youtube videos on the subject, you'll end up remembering something cool that somebody did or wrote about, and that gives you a place to start looking for information. That's why I want to share the things that I make, because I've so often been inspired and learned from other people's work. It would be nice to think that someone else can do the same looking at something I made :)
daftmike So, is there a place to start that you could recommend, like beginner-level videos or books on electronic engineering or something like that? And I really do mean "beginner"-level-like, I'm a 40 year old child and don't know anything right now, but I want to learn. I'm so ignorant of what I need to know that I don't even know where to start. I mean, did you study circuit board design for example, so you'd know how to mess around with actual circuits and stuff? I'm trying to figure out how to be someone like Ralph Baer, where one day I'll be able to sit there and think of cool ideas for little gadgets and computer devices I'd like to make and then actually be able to go out and build working versions of them. Maybe part of the secret is having enough money to be able just try stuff and learn as you go (you know, buy circuits boards and all the equipment and tinker around soldering parts and stuff)-sadly, I don't have any money-and the rest is just a matter of doing it because you can and there's little to lose, I guess.
TH-cam is a great resource, watch videos that interest you and search for the things that you want to learn more about. I didn't formally study anything like this, I'm not an expert in anything. I just read about things that other people have done and play around, it's just my hobby.
Very cool project. Really enjoyed the fact you took the time for the very accurate 3D printed cases for the system, games, and controller. The addition of the cartridge slot is amazing too. Never seen that done before. Great work. Keep it up
Wow... just wow. I was gonna say that card reader should be inside cart slot, but then you whipped out those minicarts. Bravo sir, you have my jeallousy.
I barely found out about the mini and was brainstorming how to fit a Pi3 in there...now here you are all out, with NFC cartridges to boot! I hate you, yet at the same time, your awesome.
With all the energy and effort to make such a remarkable retro NES you might want to consider putting the finishing touch of making a full-sized, usable NES controller. Your console is nearly perfect!
Wow! I am astounded! No, really! This is quality work, eye for detail and very creative work on the mini-NFC cartridges. Absolutely amazing! I modded an original SNES console with a Raspi inside (video in my channel). I'd like to think i did a decent job, but compared to this i look like a neanderthal holding a rock in one hand and a club in the other trying to create something. Mad props for this stunning piece of work!
Amazing, Just amazing!! Great job mate and I thought the NesPi was the best...No this is absolutely the best mini I have seen by far! Didn't even know you could do this with NFC tags - ingenious!
This is so cool! Nintendo should've done this with their Mini NES! Imagine, you can get an amiibo NES cart of Super Mario Bros. and put it into the Mini NES! I admire your work on this. Well done!!!
The cool thing about the nfc tags is that it is universal. You could make an android application so that if you touched the cartridge to your cell phone, you would open the manual of the game on your cell phone or open a walkthrough (and bookmark until where you read). It could really enhance the gaming experience.
Now this is just very cool indeed. And, in all honesty, it's actually closer to what I imagined when I often talked about Nintendo re-releasing its old and classic consoles but with a few small tweaks here and there to make sense in modern times (like making the actual consoles smaller, adding display connections for modern TVs, and that kind of stuff). It all makes great sense to me, other than scaling the controller. Just go with a normal-sized controller, because you actually have to use that thing to play the games, and you'd obviously want it to be comfortable and practical. Aside from that one niggle with the overall idea, it's pretty frikin' awesome.
I'm in love with the little NFC carts. The whole thing is so good I actually cringed every time you took a cart out without turning the power completely off even though I know the carts are just using NFC and aren't actually connected to anything inside the console.
WOW!! Better than the future NES Mini one!!! The only problem is the controller, must be regular size, but about the NFC cards and the reader, ITS AMAZING!!
I am so glad someone had a similar idea to one I had back when they announced the NES. But this version is definitely better than the one I thought of, because unlike me, you remembered NFC exists. I was going about it a stupid way involving QR code reading. Though here is a suggestion, from my take, have it check for the NFC tag after powering on to jump straight into the game. Seriously though, I'm really glad to see someone do this. And even put detailed information to build your own. Heeee~! If I ever do get around to doing my own version for the Niece and Nephews, I'll probably use those instructions as a base. Though I'll probably go with my original idea to have cards instead of mini-carts. I'll definitely use the NFC, cause I think that is better than my original idea. I say I'd go with cards because to me it would be better for a large library. Plus it'd be fun to have a bunch of pretty cards in a card binder for them to choose from. So thank you for doing this!
Way better than the Classic Edition! Amazing work!! I appreciate your keeping things in scale, but I might need a full sized controller for those games.
This is just amazing! I would pay a good amount of money if this was a commercial product. This is how Nintendo should have done it. They even could have sold those cartridges separately.
This is ingenious stuff! Speaking as someone who finds electronics confusing, it's amazing to see what some flsk can d with the right hardware and knowledge.
Now I just want to make something running this in the broken NES I have in my wardrobe. I would skip the carts though, just run everything internally from the SD-card. Really cool project man, very fun and inspiring.
The cartridge functionality is genius! Artsy and cool! I love it. Why Nintendo didn't pay you a handsomely friendly amount and then market your whole deal as their own is weird to me, cause your idea is way better than theirs. :) The hardware is easily available and they could have just sold the mini cartridges like collector cards. 1$ a pop to "catch them all" or something like that, with Nintendo branded special made boxes for them - miniatures of the accessories you could get back in the early 90s. They could have all the NES games already technically available in the console already, out of convenience, and if people "hacked their way" into all the games, then so be it. Hackers still wouldn't have all the neat cartridges, and there would be nothing hackers could do that normal cartridge buying people couldn't do. All in all that seems a lot smarter for Nintendo. But as it is now, people hacked their NES Classic Minis and got the whole library on them, without any physical marks to tell that they are hacked Minis, besides having more than 30 games, of course.
The cartridges are so cool from a technical standpoint & so cute from an aesthetical standpoint!
Agreed
I am completely and utterly blown away. This is one of the very best Pi "retro" style mods I've ever seen and, as much as I love how the NES Classic Edition looks, this exceeds it in every single way. The NFC cart idea is... well... I'd say it was magical but that would be an understatement :D Well done, man, seriously.
Sabin1981 i agree. this thing blew my mind
That NFC mini cartridge system is such an adorable solution. I love this.
From what I see, the device is running a program called Emulation Station which has an interface to scroll through the games list and play them from there. All the NFC cartridges do is load a game automatically without having to go through the Emulation Station menu. So a cartridge isn't needed to play a game, it just adds a cool feature.
heres the thing it has that by default the os hes using lets you scroll games as you normally would he added the cart funcionality in himself
Dammit Ebeeto, make new Hitman videos!
ebeeto you shouldn't be commenting on videos you should be making videos :-)
can you write games into the amiibo nfc chip?
this is what the new nes classic should be like. i really do love the mini carts. great job.
yeah I totally agree on this!!!
it should, but they have to worry about profits and licensing. unless they still have the rights to reproduce all those games!
+Daniel Salazar well i dont think it would be any different then what Nintendo is doing now. it's only the case and how the to access the games that's different. I'm pretty sure it would cost around the same for Nintendo to manufacture everything.
mini carts would have pushed the price tag up if sold as a bundle, or separately people would have complained about Nintendo being greedy, knowing they could fit the library on the console. Also the complaints that they are too small and easy to lose.
Yes!!!
This is absolutely amazing! Makes the official NES Mini by Nintendo look like a complete piece of shit in comparison. I wish you would sell this.
I would buy it.
I agree that this is impressive, but how does that make Nintendo's official NES Mini a POS?
It is because they didn't add every NES rom?
no but the ability to be able to add more games even if by buying them froma onlinne store would have been nice
I don't think they wanted to compete with their own Virtual Console platform though. Plus, after offering 30 games for $60 (hardware included) it would have seemed overpriced to add new NES games for $5 each.
I think they just wanted some quick revenue this holiday season to make up for the lack of software.
It's also a nice reminder of why many of us loved Nintendo in the first place.
I could also see them releasing new models of this like the Atari Flashback, which is now on it's 7th incarnation. They add more and more games each time.
videogameobsession compete with it? your buying THERE console how could buying a nintendo console to plaY nintendo nes games on it possibly hurt there virtual console series infact it would boost the sales of it cause people would have better access to it they could take this to hotels and other places and have access to there virtual console titles they could even later release a cheap portable to play them on if anything this would boost the virtual console sales by bring in those who want to play old titles but dont wanna fork out the money for a wii
Usually these type of projects have at least one flaw that lets them down.Not this, it's absolutely perfect - the detail, the functionality and the scope - brilliant!
That's awesome. Is it just me or does this seem way cooler than the NES Classic? With the NFC tag carts this is an amazing representation of the original.
Chris Dodd totally agree. it has a cartridge compartment. this thing is dope.
Genrey Lino Gonzales I know right!!!
Chris Dodd Its like the original NES shrunk down and upgraded with new tech
This is by far the best version of this project that I've seen anyone make. The cartridge slot solution is especially inspired.
Totally would buy one of these instead of what Nintendo is going to release!
This is indeed one of the coolest projects I've seen using Raspberry Pi in my opinion! I know there are those big complicated stuff, but this one looks so simple and but so cool!!! I love the way it makes me feels like "Gosh! I could try to follow the tutorials and make one on my own!" But then you realize you have no access to all involved technology for an affordable price here in your country. Maybe we should pay more taxes to the government... oh wait... Too bad... No donuts for us Brazilians... ='(
Finally a console where you can blow on the cartridges without damaging them! Not quite so daft this Mike character is.
This is amazing. I got a nespi 4 case witch looks like this but 4 years later even with all the case that are sold today, this build blows them out the water. Its the NFC reader that truly gives u that old school feel.
1 very important question, can you blow on the cartridges?
well, you can blow anything if you really want to. it wont due anything but yeah, sure, go ahead
Comment of the year.
so true lol
This comment is dumb, I feel bad about it....
you could use an invalid filename and the game won't work, so you can blow on it and then you can use a correct name and it will work.
Love your concept of actually using cartridges with it. How does using those tiny controllers feel? They seem just too small to be comfortable, but they look neat
DUDE I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL
He totally could have bought actual USB modded NES controllers from RetroUSB, but then I guess that wouldn't have matched the "micro" aesthetic.
You sir, are a genius, the console was already incredible, but you went the extra mile and made NFC Cartrdiges. This is how Nintendo's NES Classic should've been made. We need more people like you in the world.
THIS is how the MINI NES should have been done!
*classic
i don't want to play with a fucking tiny controller
Don't exaggerate the tiny controller. It's a USB so you can obviously just buy a USB NES controller from like Amazon or even the USB SNES controller.
NES Controller: www.amazon.com/Classic-USB-NES-Controller-PC/dp/B002YVD3KM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472284341&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+NES+controller
SNES Controller: www.amazon.com/Super-Nintendo-Controller-Retro-Classic/dp/B016K11LVY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1472284362&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=usb+SNES+controller&psc=1
Jason Lee i already have it, now i need the PI mini nes
KreshPlays If you already have it, why were you complaining about the tiny controller then?
Wow, this is genuinely some of the nicest design and cable management I've seen for a while and the execution is brilliant!
That controller.. Holy shit.
I never thought the design of the NES controller could get worse, but somehow you managed.
Its a really wank/bent Game A for effort though or 10 out of 10 for having a 3Dick printer
ama gonna dive in me arseteara hears 10p for the bus
This is possibly the best RetroPie setup I've ever seen. Highly impressed! Well done!
i think my inner child just cried a bit...............hope Nintendo don't hit you with a copyright strike.
They can't if he's not selling it.
It would get sued by Nintendo if he sold it
what if he was selling it for nintendo
lman71drummer Nitendo already created an NES of there own and they have a strong stance against people emulating their games so they wouldn't give him the license to sell it. Check their website
www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp
Absolutely brilliant! The working cartridge slot and the ease of the NFC writing were both pretty amazing. Now I want a 3D printer. And skills. Definitely need skills. Thanks for sharing!
Holy cow this is amazing man, Nintendo should hire you 😎, it looks so cool. Well done!!!
Love how you made your carts actually click in it's what I've been looking for. Printing mine right now
Excellent work!
The build itself is already really cool, but the twist of the NFC reader/tags really puts this over the top. Kudos!!
Thanks so much I've started my build. it would be nice if you could get around to doing the guide for the DIYers. Since it is really hard to get into a batch. This is so much better than Nintendo's build. I really love the use of the cartridges though it's more for nostalgic reasons. I'll only make s few when I get to that point ( smb3 , Zelda etc. )
Mark Pagliaro
And? Did you make it?
The NFC carts are a fantastic idea! The whole build is amazing. Very nice work.
this is actually need to be the next MINI NES.
This is the coolest mini reproduction I have ever seen! The attention to detail is mindboggeling!
Kudos my friend!
Do you accept commissions? Can I buy one of these?
like, seriously. This is about the coolest thing I've ever seen. I seriously want one. Ballpark price?
This looks so much cooler than the legit NES Mini. Mind was blown when you popped out the nfc nes cartridges and mini controller. Awesome job. Almost looks like a legit Think Geek product!
FAKE!!!!!!! This guy is clearly a giant who is playing with a normal sized NES console :)
lol
Haaaa
+unfussylobster What ???
what's with the phone and the monitor
No, actually, Wrestling is fake! =3
Great engineering of the console itself. I'm obsessed with all the concept of NFC carts. Congrats on your work!
AMAZING WORK!! I have a tech question for you. Why did you use the arduino for the light and switch controls? Couldn't you use the GPIOs from the Pi and add a few codes to make that work? I love the arduino and program them well, the Pi I have very little experience with. Thank you in advance.
I cover this a little in my blog post: www.daftmike.com/2016/07/NESPi.html
The arduino controls the power to the RPi, it needs to read the switches in order to wake up from a shutdown.
daftmike I will check out the blog. Thanks for the reply and once again , GREAT JOB!
I have a similar question is it possible to map the light on/off to a button on the controller?
coolest mod I have ever seen. The little added extra details such as the nfc game cartridges really make it awesome.
That crisp audio doe, what mic do you record with?
Just the built-in mic of my Galaxy Note 5 that I used to film the video
daftmike damn, sounds like a studio mic
Once I recorded something with my Galaxy Note 4, I was wondering too ;D
I love your pic
This is an amazing recreation of the NES in mini scale. I love how you used cartridges on such a small scale.
This is pretty freaking sweet. I love the fact that you 3D printed the little cartridges too. I have seen people make nes like systems but yours is the first I have seen that has gone into this much detail. Definitely impressive!
Dude MIND=BLOWN holy shit this is the best raspi emulation station mod I've ever seen. I love the NFC tag cartridges. Total cost for this?
Very well done! This is probably the best RPi console I've seen on the Internet so far! I love the cartridge NFC tag idea.
This guys beat Nintendo's own Classic Edition! I'd love to do stuff like this what did you do to learn how to do this?
Such high quality build work, can't believe the cartridge bay clicks down. I take my hat off to you sir.
The way the Nes mini should have been done.
To me this is so phenomenally cleaver, the skill involved to have made this is brilliant, hope some company see this and offers him something good. Clever chap.
Shut up and take my money
But is probably easier and cheaper to have people rebuy those games digitally.
The official mini NES uses a significantly cheaper and easier method of delivering its games to people than a bunch of tiny cartridges that require manufacturing/storage/shipping/shelf-display space at retailers.
The carts are just there for show and for fun; there are ethernet and USB ports, plus Wi-Fi. He could put roms any way he wants.
I think that the roms are already on the system, the nfc tag only tells to the raspberry wich game should be loaded.
I think I see a 64 GB sd card, could be a "G4"?
I was extremely impressed up until you pulled the mini carts out. Then just blown away when they actually press down into the system. then there is a working mini controller too... you sir, are an artist.
Leave it to a fan to show the big boys how it's done! Nintendo is so worried about piracy that they fail to see how desirable having mini carts like this would be. Sure there would be people who exploit the NFC tag to play different games, but people already have that option now. What they don't have is tiny replica carts that are infinitely cool. As usual Nintendo can't ever make anything nice because they've always got their head up their ass.
BTW AMAZING WORK!
I bet Nintendo could figure out how to encrypt the NFC carts like they did with Amiibos. They could even make it so that putting an Amiibo on top of it could launch a game!
To be fair, Nintendo doesn't own the rights to many of the NES library, which they would need to obtain before they could legally release them. I'm thinking the NES classic is a test product that they are releasing to see if other products like it will be profitable. If it does well, buying up the rights to more games may make sense to them.
Joe Snes Uh Nintendo only owns half of the games that are going to be installed on the mini NES. The rest are from Konami, Capcom, Tecmo, and Namco. They still need licenses to distribute digitally which they obviously have obtained. However the game selection has nothing to do with my complaint against the mini NES. It's the fact that it's just a relatively expensive plug n' play device that emulates the NES and can only play the games that are pre-installed. If they made something like the guy did in this video I wouldn't even think twice about buying it. But instead of making it nice like this, they took the easy, low effort cash grab instead.
It's obvious you're only thinking for yourself and not the general audience which are the majority of people who will buy the NES Mini. What was shown here is cool yea, but the average consumer would probably see it as daunting and would be confused, they just want something simple which Nintendo's product is. I hope this post made sense.
MultiMrGi No if I were thinking about myself I would have just said screw Nintendo like I usually do. There is no question that the mini NES will sell. That much is for certain. But you can't tell me that consumers would find it daunting to have extra cartridges that can be bought. The mini NES is targeted at nostalgic gamers. I can't see many non-gamers or children wanting one. It looks like a NES for a reason and has a perfect replica controller for a reason. It's a cheap trip down memory lane for some, but other than that it will be on the shelves of hardcore collectors everywhere. Most of them will probably stay unopened. Nobody would be confused. We're not talking about the Wii U here.
Dude, that's one of the most awesome projects I've seen on a pi! Great work.
this is the "true" mini. this is how its done nintendo!
Great job - really impresive. I also love how well you thought through the different functions, especially with the cartridges.
You could just buy the NES Classic just for the housing and gut it and do this with a Raspberry Pi 3.
it would much cheaper to use a 3d printer like he did
yeah, sure. it is totally cheaper to buy a $3000 3D printer to make one of these things
+Yerm Terragon (blagu10) People will print you 3D designs on etsy.
3D printer's aren't that expensive anymore. You buy the 3D printer NOT just to do 1 thing, you can be creative and make more projects
Most average 3D printers costs the same as a normal paper printer. You could afford a decent one for just 200 bucks.
omg I love this so much. Everything about it is just so well thought out. I love the little NFC carts and I love all the little details like the NES style USB connector on the controller.
where can I get one!?
Nintendo just announced an authorized miniaturized version of the NES with no less than 30 built-in classic titles!
...Something tells me this guy doesn't know about it.
something tells me you really don't know about raspberry, emulation station, 3D printing, hobby, etc.
I do know about that, but i meant about getting this one, no the one that nintendo is going to release or build one from scratch, I meant this one that this guy made, I emulate games from old consoles at my computer but is just not the same
Didtok Nan
Nope! Never heard of raspberry (or this channel) 'til I saw this video randomly recommended to me. But I'm aware of the others you mentioned.
Whoosh
This is beyond awesome dude! The working cartridge slot blew my mind.
Can I ask what you had to study to be able to build stuff like this?
I'd love to learn how to do this kind of thing, for whatever ideas I have, but I really don't know where to start the learning process: Is it basic engineering you studied first (computer, electrical, mechanical, whatever), or programming, or something else, etc.
How were you able to know where to start on a path that has led you to a point where you know everything you need to know to be able to build a fully functioning mini-NES?
It boggles my mind, and I'd genuinely love some tips on where to start learning the skill-sets required to do this kind of stuff-and not specific to making a mini-NES but just building hardware and stuff like this in general.
Feel free to email me privately if you want. I assume you can do that directly on TH-cam, but if not you can just go to my blog and use the contact form to email me directly: www.inceptional.com/email_kirk/
I've always enjoyed tinkering and playing about with things to find out how they worked.
Electronics has long been a hobby of mine and if you read enough/watch enough youtube videos on the subject, you'll end up remembering something cool that somebody did or wrote about, and that gives you a place to start looking for information.
That's why I want to share the things that I make, because I've so often been inspired and learned from other people's work. It would be nice to think that someone else can do the same looking at something I made :)
daftmike So, is there a place to start that you could recommend, like beginner-level videos or books on electronic engineering or something like that?
And I really do mean "beginner"-level-like, I'm a 40 year old child and don't know anything right now, but I want to learn. I'm so ignorant of what I need to know that I don't even know where to start. I mean, did you study circuit board design for example, so you'd know how to mess around with actual circuits and stuff?
I'm trying to figure out how to be someone like Ralph Baer, where one day I'll be able to sit there and think of cool ideas for little gadgets and computer devices I'd like to make and then actually be able to go out and build working versions of them.
Maybe part of the secret is having enough money to be able just try stuff and learn as you go (you know, buy circuits boards and all the equipment and tinker around soldering parts and stuff)-sadly, I don't have any money-and the rest is just a matter of doing it because you can and there's little to lose, I guess.
TH-cam is a great resource, watch videos that interest you and search for the things that you want to learn more about.
I didn't formally study anything like this, I'm not an expert in anything. I just read about things that other people have done and play around, it's just my hobby.
daftmike I think I must be terrible at learning. lol
So, full kudos to you for what you have managed. :-D
You are a self taught genius ! End of the story :)
Very cool project. Really enjoyed the fact you took the time for the very accurate 3D printed cases for the system, games, and controller. The addition of the cartridge slot is amazing too. Never seen that done before. Great work. Keep it up
Tfw this is what Nintendo should've done.
There are no words for how talented you are. This is beyond amazing!
you should work for Nintendo. they should have made these instead!!
Oh this is just AMAZING! I'm in love with your tiny cartridges!
10/10
Send me one and ill show it on my channel, you will have so many orders man.
Wow... just wow.
I was gonna say that card reader should be inside cart slot, but then you whipped out those minicarts.
Bravo sir, you have my jeallousy.
Ok the mini controllers took it a bit too far LMAO!
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I barely found out about the mini and was brainstorming how to fit a Pi3 in there...now here you are all out, with NFC cartridges to boot! I hate you, yet at the same time, your awesome.
shut up and take my money!!!!!
mine too
With all the energy and effort to make such a remarkable retro NES you might want to consider putting the finishing touch of making a full-sized, usable NES controller. Your console is nearly perfect!
Shut up and take my money.
OMFG... Genious.... that Wireless game programming on the card... You my man deserve a round of beer
Shut up and take my money!!!
Such an awesome project. Pure awesomeness. It's also not just an emulator, but a Linux PC too, if you want. This thing blows my mind.
You sir, have won the internet for the day. The clicky cartridge load and the mini controllers made my day. :P
Wow! I am astounded! No, really! This is quality work, eye for detail and very creative work on the mini-NFC cartridges. Absolutely amazing!
I modded an original SNES console with a Raspi inside (video in my channel). I'd like to think i did a decent job, but compared to this i look like a neanderthal holding a rock in one hand and a club in the other trying to create something. Mad props for this stunning piece of work!
Wow, dude... This is amazing attention to detail. Wish Nintendo had done this with the mini.
Amazing, Just amazing!! Great job mate and I thought the NesPi was the best...No this is absolutely the best mini I have seen by far! Didn't even know you could do this with NFC tags - ingenious!
This is the greatest idea I have ever seen for such mini NES devices.
A working cartridge slot!! You already put the Classic mini NES to shame. Would by this in a heartbeat!
this is probably the coolest raspberry pi build i've ever seen
Incredible build - I love the functional tiny cartridges
This man could’ve just bought the console but he said no I’ll make my own😂 crazy. Ur a genius
This is so cool! Nintendo should've done this with their Mini NES! Imagine, you can get an amiibo NES cart of Super Mario Bros. and put it into the Mini NES!
I admire your work on this. Well done!!!
This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. Kudos to you on an awesome build!
The cool thing about the nfc tags is that it is universal. You could make an android application so that if you touched the cartridge to your cell phone, you would open the manual of the game on your cell phone or open a walkthrough (and bookmark until where you read). It could really enhance the gaming experience.
Now this is just very cool indeed.
And, in all honesty, it's actually closer to what I imagined when I often talked about Nintendo re-releasing its old and classic consoles but with a few small tweaks here and there to make sense in modern times (like making the actual consoles smaller, adding display connections for modern TVs, and that kind of stuff).
It all makes great sense to me, other than scaling the controller. Just go with a normal-sized controller, because you actually have to use that thing to play the games, and you'd obviously want it to be comfortable and practical.
Aside from that one niggle with the overall idea, it's pretty frikin' awesome.
Incredible build, very nicely polished and feels like a consumer grade product.
This is seriously the best RPi Project i have ever seen :D
If you can do a N64 like that that would the best thing in the world
I'm in love with the little NFC carts. The whole thing is so good I actually cringed every time you took a cart out without turning the power completely off even though I know the carts are just using NFC and aren't actually connected to anything inside the console.
WOW!! Better than the future NES Mini one!!!
The only problem is the controller, must be regular size, but about the NFC cards and the reader, ITS AMAZING!!
I am so glad someone had a similar idea to one I had back when they announced the NES. But this version is definitely better than the one I thought of, because unlike me, you remembered NFC exists. I was going about it a stupid way involving QR code reading. Though here is a suggestion, from my take, have it check for the NFC tag after powering on to jump straight into the game.
Seriously though, I'm really glad to see someone do this. And even put detailed information to build your own. Heeee~! If I ever do get around to doing my own version for the Niece and Nephews, I'll probably use those instructions as a base. Though I'll probably go with my original idea to have cards instead of mini-carts. I'll definitely use the NFC, cause I think that is better than my original idea. I say I'd go with cards because to me it would be better for a large library. Plus it'd be fun to have a bunch of pretty cards in a card binder for them to choose from.
So thank you for doing this!
Way better than the Classic Edition! Amazing work!! I appreciate your keeping things in scale, but I might need a full sized controller for those games.
Man, could Nintendo learn a thing or 2 from you. That NFC card functionality is amazing. The whole thing is fantastic!
Omg, my heart burst from a nostalgia overload :') This is so fantastic, you are amazing.I wish you could sell me one.
This is just amazing! I would pay a good amount of money if this was a commercial product. This is how Nintendo should have done it. They even could have sold those cartridges separately.
This is ingenious stuff! Speaking as someone who finds electronics confusing, it's amazing to see what some flsk can d with the right hardware and knowledge.
Holy shit. Amazing. 3D printing the cartridges. I mean, damn. You are awesome. I built an arcade cab which works well, but this is above and beyond.
I'm always amazed at the talent ppl have to do things like this. Well done :)
Now I just want to make something running this in the broken NES I have in my wardrobe. I would skip the carts though, just run everything internally from the SD-card.
Really cool project man, very fun and inspiring.
Amazing! I was blown away by the mini carts.
This is the best thing I've seen all year
The cartridge functionality is genius! Artsy and cool! I love it. Why Nintendo didn't pay you a handsomely friendly amount and then market your whole deal as their own is weird to me, cause your idea is way better than theirs. :)
The hardware is easily available and they could have just sold the mini cartridges like collector cards. 1$ a pop to "catch them all" or something like that, with Nintendo branded special made boxes for them - miniatures of the accessories you could get back in the early 90s. They could have all the NES games already technically available in the console already, out of convenience, and if people "hacked their way" into all the games, then so be it.
Hackers still wouldn't have all the neat cartridges, and there would be nothing hackers could do that normal cartridge buying people couldn't do. All in all that seems a lot smarter for Nintendo. But as it is now, people hacked their NES Classic Minis and got the whole library on them, without any physical marks to tell that they are hacked Minis, besides having more than 30 games, of course.
@daftmike I'd like you to build more of these consoles so I can have this tiny model of console in my collection. Excellent job!
I'm just speechless over how epic this is.