God-tier console mods
this looks like shit
that looks really stupid
A bunch of folded up copper? Why so steampunk...
Ugh. Why hasn't "steakpunk" died yet. There are still faggots attaching pipes and glueing gears to everything, tipping their copper fedora and goggles, spouting "good sir".
It's embarrassing as shit.
>>2962817
>steakpunk
>>2962817
>steakpunk
>>2962817
>steakpunk
brb glueing some sauce bottles and fake sausages on my SNES.
I can't see past the cancerous Zelda fanbase ramming it down everybody's throat like it's the best thing in the world.
If Zelda was a D&D setting rather than an above-average NES game, nobody would be playing.
It's bland garbage and the fans are all superficial meme-spouting reddit trash.
Nothing really god tier about that. They put it in ugly housing. I guess if you're into making your gaming setup look like a dungeon in a Jim Henson movie this is pretty cool.
>destroying classic console's for hipster cred
Where are the buttons?
>>2962835
That's actually pretty snazzy.
>>2962832
>Acting like plastic objects created in the millions and owned by somebody else is sacred and demands respect
People like you are ruining what should be a fun hobby. Stop trying to dictate what people can't do with objects they own.
![imag1210[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/moxmmP0.jpg "imag1210[1].jpg")
Going to attempt to redeem this thread
>>2962820
That's not impressive. It just looks like their N64 was in a house fire
>>2962860
>That bottom bit of the screen
>Every time makes me think about a finger cuticle being pulled back too far until it bleeds
UUUUGH
>>2962858
So what is this used for?
>>2962861
thanks asshole
>>2962817
It's so weird about Steampunk. It was this super niche thing for a long time. You would see one or two steampunky things at a convention or the like and that was it. Then all the sudden it got widely popular for about a year before 90% of everyone started bitching about it. One of the quickest trend flips I've ever seen. Slightly sad because I've always dug the aesthetic, but I'm used to most people disagreeing on what I think is cool.
![amiga_usb[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7twnlC3.jpg "amiga_usb[1].jpg")
>>2962820
![Sega2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ySH0Q3A.jpg "Sega2[1].jpg")
>>2962863
Well, it allows for expansion audio and to use Famicom expansion port accessories like 3D glasses but it also adds network and keyboard functions for eventual Internet compatible games and mods.
>>2962871
thats a computer and does adding a floppy emulator even count as a mod?
![rhea-closeup[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/aRXgNB8.jpg "rhea-closeup[1].jpg")
>>2962890
It's an Amiga and obviously emulating drives is considerably more of a mod that smearing Sculpy all over the case.
>>2962883
What the hell is the purpose of putting a composite video jack on the back? Shit, what's the purpose of doing A/V mods on a genesis, period? It already outputs crystal clear RGB.
>>2962894
S-Video!
>>2962896
Thanks for all that valuable insight.
>>2962873
is this a gore thread?
![nesrgb_board[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/8JVO5Ta.jpg "nesrgb_board[1].jpg")
>>2962894
Not everyone has an RGB monitor.
I swear /vr/ has become absolutely polarized as "/v/ tier retards" vs "obnoxious elitists" and those pretending to be one or the other just to troll and bait. What happened? What have we become?
I'd rather answer fifty "what is that?" questions from newbs who want to learn than to justify a good mod to some neckbeard 2bqhfam
>>2962808
off to a terrible start
>>2962817
![consolized9agosto2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/tiHQ9b8.jpg "consolized9agosto2[1].jpg")
>>2962860
What's even funnier is that some soldier decided to bring directly to the battlefront its game boy with tetris and he somehow did it.
>>2962871
Underrated
>>2962832
Techpriest pls go
>>2962835
>>2962894
Americans can't into RGB, and the MD does not output "crystal clear rgb", you need to add caps and resistors inside the plug, and fuck with the sync pin on the console side.
The purpose of the composite and s-video jack is so the machine can be used with standard cables instead of those uncommon U-style 8-pin din plugs you have to solder your output to.
>>2962925
This.
RGB is really the best you can do, but RGB monitors are dropping like flies. Mine died recently so I picked up a XRGB mini and found a TV that gives me little to no lag with it. I'm aware I lucked out, so I don't sperg out on people that don't use RGB.
>>2963130
You can transcode RGB to YPbPr cheaply with no loss and there are still plenty of Component CRTs running around in the US but then even if you were a master of your service menus the neckbeards would still blindly give you shit for using consumer grade displays even though the tubes are the same.
Literally the cancer killing /vr/
Oh that NES cpu relay needed those heatpipes
>>2963096
I might be in love
>>2962808
Dual Raspberri Pi / NES system, restored from a junk NES. Turned out I could fix the NES parts as well instead of discarding the original PCB. My original plans were just to clean up the console and only keep the case.
>>2963154
Switch to select either the NES or the Pi. When in Pi mode, the power LED turns white instead of red.
>>2963154
It's a thing of beauty.
>>2963159
Quick comparison between NES composite (left) and Pi (right) on an uncalibrated LCD.
>>2963154
Cool mod anon.
>>2963162
Quick comparison of a real Megadrive in RGB vs Pi emulation using the same display. Try to guess which is which.
>>2963170
Gonna guess the right id megadrive as the dithering on the water looks better.
>>2963175
*Is megadrive
>>2963170
Left is Pi, right is NESRGB. Awesome mod Anon. It amazes me you put so much more work into it than you originally intended to but good on you for keeping the NES intact. Do you control the Pi with the NES controller port? Is there a hidden USB for when you want more buttons?
>>2962901
Okay, but why put the composite video jack there when it already does that through the AV cable?
>>2962925
I don't have an RGB monitor either. You are aware you can get a 50 dollar transcoder that will work with all your RGB consoles, right?
And this still wouldn't explain the need for putting a composite jack on the back.
>>2963170
Left one is the Megadrive because it has jailbars on the blue colour.
>>2963170
left is really genny
>>2962817
I wish Steakpunk was a real thing.
>>2962930
And it's getting worse now that the audio/video port fags have infested the thread
>>2963205
>those 9 pin dins
did someone cram a Mega Drive into an NES?
>>2962867
I think the problem is that people took it too far by glueing cogs to everything, painting them copper or brass then calling it Steampunk
>>2963212
This is a goddamn console mod thread. What did you expect? The vast majority of console mods are for getting improved A/V from your system. Other than that you have optical drive replacements and shit-tier cosmetic "mods", for the most part
>>2963003
The absolute madman
>>2963183
Single USB port hidden inside the lid on the other side, ETH on the back, and only one power supply is used (the NES one powers the Pi). I use it mostly for BT controllers.
I plan on eventually using the original ports as well for both the Pi and the NES but I'm not quite sure how to do that as of now, so it's on hold. I have a 4NES4SNES installed but currently powered not. Since the NES and SNES use the exact same protocol it will be fairly versatile (too bad they don't share a common port format, or that Nintendo didn't use DE9).
There's no NESRGB at all. Left is SCART and right is emulated. You can see a some faint rainbow banding (blue vertical stripes) on the SCART side.
One of these days I'll get around to making a custom genesis+32x all-in-one combo with one power supply and no extra cords
>>2963230
If you do, try 3D-printing a Neptune case
>>2963227
Why isnt the 4NES4SNES powered? You should just be able to solder it right onto the existing points for the controller ports since you have that kill switch and only one side ever gets power at a time right? You could just splice together some extension cables to make SNES to NES port adapters for when you want 6 buttons.
Really really fun mod you've got going on there, Anon.
>>2963236
for every 30 or so abominations like that, there is one absolutely amazing cosmetic mod
>>2963236
Probably because they have different opinions from yours and they like the way it looks.
>>2963257
>Why isnt the 4NES4SNES powered? You should just be able to solder it right onto the existing points for the controller ports since you have that kill switch and only one side ever gets power at a time right?
Not that easy. You don't want the Pi to power on the NES through its controller ports for instance. You don't want the opposite to happen either.
I've tried experimenting with a few diodes in a effort to block current but I'm unfamiliar with how the traces actually work NES-side. Most of these wires should be unnecessary to begin with - the NES only uses one LATCH and one CLOCK, but for some reason they don't seem connected when tested with a multimeter. In my latest try, I decided to bridge everything because why the fuck not and because the 4NES4SNES will need a common solder point for both ports anyway.
So far I've only got weird behaviors out of my experiments. I'm not good enough with electronics.
The only good thing that came out of this is that Recalbox now supports the 4NES4SNES natively (gave the team some feedback and they added support very quickly). The 4NES4SNES is only seen as a single joystick with a fuckload of buttons by the Pi, if a quirk isn't patched.
>You could just splice together some extension cables to make SNES to NES port adapters for when you want 6 buttons.
Yep
>>2963308
Just change out your switch for one that has two sets of poles and run the VCC through it too
Actually I guess the controller ground would be better to switch
is this /vr/
>>2963269
>Probably because they have horrible taste in aesthetics and they like the way it looks.
Reworded it to be slightly more honest.
>>2963214
It's a shitty NoAC thing crammed into a cartridge.
>>2963329
Barren from a technical point, but still neat.
Would be cooler if it were a fully functional Super Mario Land cartridge that could swap to USB.
>>2963115
>you need to add caps and resistors inside the plug
No you really don't.
>>2963318
I'm already running VCC through the switch (and only that). I'm using the console's shield for everything that needs to go back to ground (Pi and switching regulator alike).
Isolating the NES ground would be doable but a bit tedious. It's maybe the easiest solution, still. As it stands now, having +5V come out from the Pi's USB and thrown at the NES board (controller pins) also means current will flow through the console as well.
>>2963162
It's amazing how much taller Mario looks in the Pi version.
>>2962808
Anyone or anything steam punk should be destoryed damn it's ugly as hell
people only mod their consoles to get upboat points on reddit
>>2962889
Isn't this a bit early for a 30th?
>>2962858
why not buy a famicom for $15?
>>2962939
Should have edited it to feature the OP mod and have it be the only one checked
>>2963536
This kills the console
>>2963154
That's really cool anon
>>2963096
>50hz 3ds
>>2963159
nice
>>2963219
This, I've seen some clean and tasteful steampunk stuff but too much that's just 'thing + gears and rust'
>>2963545
Kills it
Or makes it better?
>>2963352
This, or any cart that had the extra space in the top.
>>2963620
if those holes didn't look like they were cut by an amateur, maybe.
>>2963096
The inside and bottom look great, my only problem is the top with the power and reset "buttons".
>>2962817
I'm big into cyberpunk and while I will admit that it did get fairly huge, its got nothing on the levels of nausea induced vomitting that Steampunk has become
>>2963620
Well, you got rid of both RF and Composite, so - yes, can't argue here, it's an incredible improvement over the original design
>>2963620
That motherboard looks ancient. Was this made in 2006?
>>2963724
That's an incredible guess. The build was done in 2010 but centers on an 800mhz Via C3 mini-ITX board from... 2006 because it was the smallest, coolest-running thing the guy could get his hands on at the time.
>>2962883
whoa, network enables homebrew games on the nes? my mind is completely blown
what systems can have SD card readers installed into them for booting roms? I know alot have OK support but what are some systems that have near 100℅ support?
>>2963769
Ones with available flashcarts or drive emulators
>>2962953
Most of that stuff is a given with a consolised MVS+ unibios although what is white lightning
>>2963115
Nigga plz the md has awesome rgb
>>2964154
I always wondered if it was OK to paint the RF shielding.
I assume it is, and that it isn't even really needed. Mine's just getting a bit dirty and rusty and I thought it would look better in black, and get some new stickers and shit that really pop.
I also considered painting the inside of my cab so it doesn't show as much dust, and maybe put a light in it, but that's probably never going to happen.
I also kinda wanted to switch to a 1 slot board, my 4 slot has some issues mainly with sound in 2 slots, and the graphics are fucked up in 1 slot so I really only use 1 slot of it anywyas.
>>2962817
>copper fedora
holy fuck rofl
>>2964154
white lightning is cocaine anon
>>2964194
No, that would be moonshine.
>>2963157
That is the shit.
>>2963715
I kind of think the fifth generation consoles have a vaguely "cyberpunk" quality to them in and of themselves.
>>2964352
>RFU DC out
What is this for?
>>2964358
It sends a voltage signal to the RF adapter to switch from antenna/cable to the console.
>>2964393
Why does the PS1 RF modulator require a dedicated power source when I've never seen any other RF boxes that require one?
>>2964402
Dunno. As someone in PAL land, all my consoles automatically switched the TV to a/v when turned on without further ado.
>>2964402
Some devices actually utilized the same setup with the dedicated voltage. I still have an old JVC camcorder that can use that.
>>2964352
when the PS1 first came out I remember it was very much advertised as something cool from the future.
>>2964173
Not really the best photo but this is my MVS. I just lift the glass to change the game (1 slot)
![s-l1000[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/dDvVTzN.jpg "s-l1000[1].jpg")
>>2964402
5200 literally gets its system power through its rf adapter. There's no DC in on the console.
>>2962860
heh, I remember this from an old Nintendo Power article back in the early 90s.
>>2964552
that's what I remember it from. had no idea they had it on display like that. how cool.
>>2964431
Thats pretty sweet. Can we get a shot of the inside? I must admit I'm jelly as fug.
>>2963210
I do too, it sounds awesome.
>>2963096
>PAL version
What a waste.
>>2963157
>"X" series Megaman on NES
I really hope whoever made this case mod regretted not putting original Megaman on it
>>2964691
At least they didn't make Obama's arms blue
>>2963809
do all flashcarts have near 100% compatibility though? Same with drive emulators.. I know the Dreamcast has one but that it has low compatibility too.
>>2962808
>>2963157
Pic Related is the right way to it
https://youtu.be/TuEBKV6T5aU
I always thought this was a neat mod, color scheme aside its quite nice.
>>2966850
>one controller port
Literally why, N64 is the best for 4-player multiplayer
>>2963715
Cyberpunk is doomed to become what steampunk is today. With that ghost in the shell movie, blade runner sequel, and that cyberpunk 2077 game, cyberpunk will see a soar in popularity
>>2962808
>shit-tier hipster shit
FTFY
>>2967795
People in general don't react badly to cyberpunk the way they do to steampunk though. Cyberpunk can easily be looked at as just gritty near future sci-fi that most people are comfortable with.
Steampunk mixing high tech and victorian aesthetics is a much steeper hill for people to climb. The style has been around for over a hundred years now, but aside from that short blip in the mid 00's has never had a widespread appeal.
I've always really liked the look of steampunk stuff and was at first disappointed when it's popularity turned out to be short lived and the backlash was as harsh as it is. But now I'm cool with it again. If it pisses someone off that I think gears, ether tubes and copper steam vents are cool looking that's now just funny to me.
>>2967782
You're dumb.
>>2962860
It'd be even more impressive if it wasn't so obvious that the screen has been replaced.
>>2967883
>nigga doesn't know about Nintendium
>>2968268
He means it's obvious the screen has a backlight mod installed. There weren't a heck of a lot of backlight mods in 90 so it's clearly been altered after the fact.
>>2968279
I think it's just being lit by the camera. I used to think the guts had been replaced to but now my guess is the thing was hit by brief, intense heat (typical for an incendiary bomb) that was enough to do that to the surface but not penetrate to the guts then the melted plastic "lens" was removed to show the intact lcd.
>>2962817
Steampunk is retarded.
People are retarded.
Steampunk won't go away until people go away, which is never. So. Unfortunately, this is life now. If it was steampunk it'd be jackson pollock consoles or popsicle sticks or one made out of boogers and drool.
>>2967883
The screen was the only thing replaced. So what? Still impressive. It's also been turned on for a long as fuck time.
>>2967829
Steampunks backlash comes from sticking useless doodads on everything like a random gear spinning on a pipe for no reason. It wouldn't have had such a bad backlash if shit was designed in a proper fashion. You don't need gizmabobs and doodads hanging off every fucking piece of shit and a pipe that's soldered onto the thing that doesn't do a damn thing at all. That's really the how it god as bad as it is. If they had more conservative and considerate measures it'd be appreciated more. The worst of it is that it glorifies engineering yet relegates engineering to the backseat. It'd be like scifi throwing HTML with a MS visual basic interface on random LCD screens literally just slapped on shit. Like oh here's a tablet with another LCD screen sticking out of it running HTML visual basic for no reason. It should aesthetically appear as if it has a god damn point. Frill for frill sake should look like frill for frill sake - one might say something like the Atari VCS would be akin to how you'd want to sell frill for steampunk. No one needs that wood paneling or grooving on the paneling, but it looks nice, it's simplistic, relatively cheap to do, let's air out of the vents thus practical and wood is fairly solid as well as good color scheme. There's frill but it's not goofy and it plays into practical. Or things like automatons with gears and all sorts of shit hanging out of it, like air, dirt/dust, hair and all sorts of crap isn't going to get in and foul that whole shit up. No you'd cover the fuck out of that shit largely not just leave it out in the open. Any maintenance doodads you'd have behind a paneling and protected from damage. No you do not need a gear necklace, no that gear does not need to be on your fucking hat unless you're some wackadoo crazy as fuck character in that world. It's full of art whores and pretentious fags who hate actual technology.
>>2962820
The buttons on that seem like they'd give you that crunchy feel. You know when there's some tiny little thing in between the small gap between button and controller blocking that you gotta press through.
>>2962817
Do you think Tesla would have gave up if he knew his legacy would be retards using his coils as an excuse for why their cog covered Nerf gun can shoot fire?
>>2968376
>>2968376
>You don't need gizmabobs and doodads hanging off every fucking piece of shit and a pipe that's soldered onto the thing that doesn't do a damn thing at all.
The whole point of steampunk is that it's fantasy with a victorian sci-fi aesthetic. The idea is the the doodads are supposed to look like they might do something or would actually be important in whatever alternate world they're from. What you're saying is the equivalent of a fancy rock and some feathers not making sense on a wizard's staff because they don't do anything.
All that said, quality is bound to vary. Sure just sticking gears coming out of your top hat is stupid, but I still really like a well done steampunk design. To each their own though.
>>2968402
You ever notice that all the people who dress up in steampunk always cosplay as assholes. It's steam punk, there's punk. Which means the source of gritty underworld is also charged with steam technology. But every motherfucker you come across is some aristocratic top hat douchebag who probably spends his days pasting gears that cost a month wage for the regular folk onto his hat.
It's not steampunk it should be called steamplut.
>>2968432
>The idea is the the doodads are supposed to look like they might do something or would actually be important in whatever alternate world they're from.
And they fail to do that horrifically so. Except we don't know what a fancy rock or feather is meant for how it works with magic, so that argument is actually bad. We know how gears work and steam and that's point. A gear that's sticking out and turning on a stick for no reason serves no purpose thus isn't useful at all. It's not a magic gear, it's not meant to be magical fantasy. It's meant to be a world where steam is the major driver for energy delivery in conjunction with mechanical outputs. I'm not saying I have a problem with the steampunk aesthetic, I'm saying I have a problem with the "not steampunk aesthetic" and what gets called steampunk is really just shitty cosplay that doesn't understand the conceptualization of the genre..
>>2968443
It's only called steampunk as a reference to cyberpunk which got the name first. The aesthetic has been around for a lot longer than either cyberpunk or either of the names though. It's usually been aristocratic looking people in top hats, as evidenced here >>2967829 in a painting from 1902.
>>2968453
> Except we don't know what a fancy rock or feather is meant for how it works with magic, so that argument is actually bad.
"steam" is the era, but in a lot of fiction it's ether, phlogiston or some other imaginary thing. The majority of it really is far closer to wizard magic than early machines powered by steam specifically.
I agree that the random gears on a necklace is just lazy, but weird pipes and seemingly pointless vacuum tubes are cool when done well.
But anyways, as I was saying I'm cool that most people hate or don't like it to whatever degree.
>>2968471
Of course, because the term steampunk didn't exist then. That's what I'm explaining. It's based on victorian and close era sci-ci. Jules Vern and the like. That aesthetic got slapped with the pretty stupid label of "steampunk" because cyberpunk got big and it caught on. That's just how language is sometimes (metroidvania says hi) but the aesthetic has been around for over a hundred years.
>>2968489
Is that from the same guy who hotglued the hell out of some guy's NES and then started talking shit about other console modders?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QMH-xp-WtI
>>2968542
Drakon and skips going at it
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=47910&sid=045539f0c624608b8136984a6ae65258
>>2962808
cringe inducing steampunk shit.
>>2968745
I remember them getting into a back and forth recently. It was funny to see Drakon constantly calling Skips "Skips" as opposed to using a pronoun, like he was trying to make sure that anyone googling for Skips's mod work would find Drakon's criticism of the guy. Maybe I was misinterpreting, but it was to the point that it seemed rather awkward.
>>2968745
>>2968745
God damn it I thought this was some weird fever dream I had after I couldn't find information about it anymore a few months back.
>>2968832
Don't worry, Anon. You're not alone.
No one wanted to believe it was real.
>>2968806
I would play this.
>>2964187
The fuck did you call me? A heater?
>>2968806
>>2962825
>sauce bottles
>steak
>putting sauce on steak
I fucking knew steakpunk shit was cancer.
>>2962889
sexy
>>2968745
any pic of that "melted famicom" ? The links are dead.
C'mon guys. This is a freaking retro games board. The average age is low, and most everyone has abysmal aesthetic sense. Nobody is taught about art or design anymore, unless you are the 1% of 1% that go to art school or something insane like that.
Yes, the initial steampunk console is over-the-top terrible. It's crushingly sad that somebody imagined this to be worthy a thread. I mean, it's terrible. Terrible. Obviously terribly. Not even "in poor taste to sophisticates" terrible but just flat-out "I don't know what I am talking about" terrible. That said, some steampunk stuff is pretty imaginative, and copper-colored anything is usually pure win. But that, that.. God no.
And yeah, I have better taste that you and yes, it matters, and yes, you should educate yourself. Good luck.
![iljn_steam-powered_steam_machine[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/weGffYU.gif "iljn_steam-powered_steam_machine[1].gif")
>>2969707
I don't know if I've ever seen a good steampunk mod to a retro gaming console.
>>2969707
If you'd actually bothered to read the thread you'd realize that no one in it agrees that Steampunk mods are good.
>>2967643
I actually adore this
>>2962817
>steakpunk
Toasting in epic bread
>>2967643
Looks so cheap and disgusting
>>2963142
>same tube
>knows nothing about aperture grille tech.
>>2969707
>>2963505
Are you an idiot, anon?
>>2962871
Gotek is great, but cutting out the side of an Amiga deserves a beating.
![171f1ba8-e055-40ee-b3b5-eab6e0e03086-1024x768[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/nAjHnNc.jpg "171f1ba8-e055-40ee-b3b5-eab6e0e03086-1024x768[1].jpg")
>>2969976
>Thinks consumer Trinitrons don't have aperture grilles
>>2970150
Meh, like we're ever going to put the fdd back in it
>>2974024
As cool as that is, modding it to play gameboy games would have been cooler
