Nintendo NES

[goldenbaby]

Hey, I scored a free NES system and games a few months ago.  Wondering what projects you have seen or know that are possible.  I especially like was Casper Electronics did with it, but I prefer something more to do with audio than video.  Any ideas?  I'm also open to chiptune composition, although I have no clue when I'll have time to compose, hah.

Anyways, this is just a general NES bending thread, for whatever the project may be.  Want to show what you got?  Have a video to link?

[shimshon]

this site has some crazy NES mods and bends with schematics and videos. audio reactive video glitches and whatnot... seems pretty sweet.

[goldenbaby]

That link didn't work, for me.

[Circuitbenders]

I've just fixed it

[computer at sea]

That site is the really amazing work of Phil Stearns.  Last I knew, a couple of people have tried to duplicate that circuit and the success to failure ratio has been about 50/50.

They are pretty fun, though, just to make video glitches.  And the glitches will be different for every game you use.  For instance, I bent mine with Mighty Bomb Jack in there, so the glitches, in my opinion, look best with that game but I get an entirely different palate when I run something dumb like Faxanadu or Amagon.

So yeah.  There's a few unpopular Nintendo games.

[LoFi-Ninja]

I just marked some stuff on the schema can anyone explain whats going on..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lofininja/3349632485/

i wish to just use the layout in the red box.. no problems right ?

also i circled the parts i dont get.. whats the npn's going to ? leds ? and the power thingie in the top ?
because i have a video painter i wish to bend and have audio input bend control..

[goldenbaby]

50/50?  I hardly feel confident trying to succeed at such a project then.  I guess my NES and games are gonna sit around a little longer until I find my skill level and a project idea meet head-on -- either I gain some skills, or another, more attainable application comes to mind.

[Gordonjcp]

Or you could just play Final Fantasy on it.

[goldenbaby]

I don't like NES games.  My favorite is SNES.