Emulator Box.

[B1gg3stN00b]

I'm thinking about making a box to run emulators and the such on. Does anyone know of any really tiny VGA, CPU, and MOBO form factors that could be fit into a small video game console shell? (You guys are going to love what I'm wanting to do!)

Someone make recommendations!

Height 2.83 in.

Depth 9.53 in.

Width 7.87 in.


That's what I need to fit it to!

Edit: Actually I found components so I'm going to spoil the plan -
Mini-ITX Board+mini radio power supply+some RAM+Super Nintendo/Sega Genesis chassis (can't decide which yet)

Epic or no?

[OzzmanFloyd120]

Very Epic, looking forward to seeing this build and mod. Please PM me a link when you start. :toast:
Good luck man.

Edit: If I were you I would find a matx board that has onboard video, oldshool roms don't need much visual power, so I would go with like an NF720/750 or a ATI780 series chipset. (or anything with simmilar onboard video capabilities.

[ktr]

The intel atom board with a pico power supply, memory, and perhaps a DSL on a thumb drive with all emulators and roms (I bet they are some emulators that runs on linux).

[OzzmanFloyd120]

I know off-hand that Knoppix 3.3 can run off of a CD-ROM disc and has emulators built into the OS
If you can run it off of the CD then I don't see any reason why you can't run it off of a flash drive.

[OzzmanFloyd120]

I was just looking at a PS2 and thought of your mod you want to do and I think you should go that direction rather than a genesis box, with the PS2 you already have a spot for a HDD, CD/DVDROM, and HDD. The only problem you might run into is finding a motherboard that's slim enough to fit in it.

[zithe]

The intel atom board with a pico power supply, memory, and perhaps a DSL on a thumb drive with all emulators and roms (I bet they are some emulators that runs on linux).

Yep. Some of them can be picky though. lol

That'd be a tiny PC! ><

[jbunch07]

epic!
I always wanted to do something like this!
Cant wait to see how it turns out.

[BrooksyX]

You should take a look at this:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=62311

Would have no problem fitting this in a small case.

[Pinchy]

Ive done something similar. Got a mini-itx + RAM + laptop HDD + external AC adapter (ITX board had onboard DC-DC converter). Also you can get an N64 + PS1/2 --> USB adapter for fairly cheap, lol.

Worked a charm, no cable management needed (as it was an external AC adapter powering it), and costed me $150.

Ive now turned it into a server though and going to make the htpc a emulator box.



BTW if you want to save even more space, dont get a HDD, get a IDE--> CF adapter and a 16GB compact flash card :)

[3870x2]

Ive done something similar. Got a mini-itx + RAM + laptop HDD + external AC adapter (ITX board had onboard DC-DC converter). Also you can get an N64 + PS1/2 --> USB adapter for fairly cheap, lol.

Worked a charm, no cable management needed (as it was an external AC adapter powering it), and costed me $150.

Ive now turned it into a server though and going to make the htpc a emulator box.



BTW if you want to save even more space, dont get a HDD, get a IDE--> CF adapter and a 16GB compact flash card :)

thats a very good idea.

[theJesus]

This is a pretty sweet idea, I'd love to do this with a sega dreamcast. Oh, and I think I saw someone manage to fit some form of pc into an original gameboy :eek:

[kysg]

Actually I would definately like to see this in action, even though the gp2x and pandora console already cover emulator territory pretty well, this is worth looking at.