The Carnage Begins

Well, I have gathered my major components and started tearing down the consoles. I have found that the motherboards of the N64 and Retro Duo are quite small and should fit well. I have also ordered some smaller parts. A few original NES power/reset switch assemblies that I will relabel as power buttons for each console, I think I will just have one reset switch hooked up to all of them though, and at 20 cents a piece I had to get 10 of them (you know, i could accidentally break one and need a spare....or find other stuff that needs retro Nintendo push buttons). I also ordered a 12"x24" sheet of 1/16" aluminum panel that I will cut into the mounting board for the cartridge based systems so they are completely separate from the Wii...hopefully this will also act as a bit of a heat shield.

Here are some pictures of the motherboards, I think the next step will be to rewire the switches.


Here is the Retro Duo board. Controller ports look like they will be easily extend-able since they are not attached to the board directly I just need to extend the cables. The power switch (upper right) and the reset switch (just south of that) will need to be moved, I think I will also pull the A/V out so I can consolidate them with the N64.

I was surprised how small this was. The PCB is only 6.5" wide. I will have heat sinks attached to those chips though since they put off a good amount of heat.

--Dan