Raspberry Pi 3 NES Classic Mini Project

The Raspberry Pi 3 NES Classic Mini Project was in our mind from day one when the new New Classic Mini arrived 🙂

After so much time there is a company from new york making small pi cases looking like this:

Perfect case for our project , so here is the full list what you need:

• Raspberry Pi 3
• 16GB MicroSD Card
• HDMI Cable
• NES case for Raspberry Pi 3,2 and B+ by Old Skool Tools 
• Power Cord with Switch by renkforce
• Nes30 Pro Controller by 8bitdo
• BLACK DUCKTAPE!!! The most important , trust us 🙂 😉

Optional:

• NES Classic Controller USB Cord
• Original NES Classic Mini Controller
• Nes30 Pro Controller Famicom Design
• Power Supply with USB Cord

Setting up the Raspberry Pi + Case Assembly

We got this nice PDF Document from oldskool.tools that shows very nice how to assemble the case right.

Here is the Download Old Skool Tools Setup Tutorial

Needs:

• Controller
• HDMI/DVI monitor or TV
• HDMI cable
• Laptop or PC with SD port
• Micro SD card
• Raspberry Pi case + Raspberry Pi
• USB Keyboard
• USB micro power supply (preferably the official Raspberry Pi power supply)

Downloads:

• Extraction program (for example, 7-Zip)
• RetroPie image( For this setup we use version 4.2)
• Win32DiskImager (Windows) / ApplePi-Baker(Mac)

TRANSFER ROMS

TRANSFERRING ROMS TO RETROPIE

You are almost ready to begin your journey back in time. Now that you’ve dealt with the setup of RetroPie, it’s time to transfer your favorite games to your Raspberry Pi. There are multiple ways to transfer your ROMs to your Raspberry Pi, but we’re going to show you two methods:

– Transferring ROMs via a USB stick
– Transferring ROMs via SCP

USB METHOD

Needs:

• USB stick (formatted to FAT32)
• Raspberry Pi (powered on)
• USB keyboard

Setup:

1. Insert the USB stick in your computer
2. Make sure that your USB is formatted to FAT32
3. Create a folder called retropie on your USB stick
4. Remove the USB stick from your computer
5. Plug your USB stick in your Raspberry Pi and wait for your USB stick to stop blinking (If your USB doesn’t have a light just wait 5 minutes to be sure)
6. Take your USB stick out of your Raspberry Pi and plug it into your computer
7. Add the ROMs to their respective folders (in the retropie/roms folder on your USB stick)
8. Plug your USB stick back into your Raspberry Pi
9. Wait for your USB stick to stop blinking then remove your USB from your Raspberry Pi
10. Refresh emulationstation by pressing F4, or choosing quit from the start menu

SCP METHOD

Needs:

• Ethernet cable (wired)
• Raspberry Pi > = 3 or Raspberry Pi < = 2 with a WiFi dongle (wireless)
• USB keyboard

Downloads:

• WinSCP (Windows)
• Cyberduck (Mac)

Setup:

1. Open WinSCP or Cyberduck
2. Setup the following
   File Protocol: SCP
   Host name: the IP address of your RetroPie.
   (To find the IP address of your RetroPie, go into RetroPie options from the main menu, and select the last option [ Show IP address ] )
   Username: pi
   Password: raspberry
3. Drop the files in the ~/RetroPie/roms/$CONSOLE folder, where $CONSOLE is the name of the target console (e.g. snes or arcade)

After Setting Up your Retro Console the next thing to do and last thing is the black ducktape, for the true NES design 😉

Here are some Photos of ours finished , with controllers and all you need:

And now you know what the black tape is good for ^^

We hope you liked our small and quick project, follow our other channels. Thank you for reading.

Sources: http://www.8bitdo.com/

http://retro-bit.com/

https://www.oldskool.tools/