Adding to my list of worklogs is a project I recently decided to be motivated into doing. It's been done quite a bit before, but I want to do it, maybe with a little more class.
I have 2 Nintento Entertainment Systems (hereafter referred to as NES) laying about my room. One works beautifully, one is a husk of an old gaming system. Recently I had to tear my non-functional one apart to salvage the controller ports for a friend, and, looking at the inside of the case, I decided to begin scheming on an idea I'd had for a while now. I want to fit a very small HTPC inside of this NES case. I've been googling worklogs and related stuff, and I've found it's not very hard to do at all. Only I see a lot of... sloppy modding which compromises the "vintage" look of the case, which I don't want to do. I want this to look and feel like an old NES.. almost. At first glance, it will look like an NES, but once you really look at it, you should realize that there's treachery afoot.
I'm still researching hardware, as I'm not terribly familiar with the Mini-ITX form factor, nor am I really familiar with HTPC's, but this, as is the case with most projects, will be a learning experience. It's not going to need much in terms of power, it'll just be running DVD's, *maybe* a TV recorder, and hopefully a couple emulators. Hardware-wise I'd like to fit in a remote reciever of some sort, and a decent wifi hookup so it can access all my movies and shows stored on the home network, so I can avoid having a massive hard drive in this thing. I'm open to suggestions, as always, and I hope to have some pictures of the victim up in a couple days for reference (camera = broke
).