Sourcing motherboard for NES

[Nowak]

It's been one of my goals to get a working NES since my family's original one died 21 years ago. The closest I got was when my parents bought me a NES at a flea market in Pennsylvania a few years ago; it was fun playing games I never got to play during my childhood because the damn NES died before I could even play on it, but then a thunderstorm hit and the NES short circuited. While it seemed to live for a few weeks, the damage was done and it died soon after.

 

I've localized the problem to the motherboard, but finding a replacement motherboard has been hard, to say the least. The closest I've gotten is iFixit, but they're out of stock. Any leads on where to find a new motherboard, preferably on the cheap, would be appreciated ^^

[lonely_sata_cable]

It honestly sounds like you love the priginal aspect of the nes but have you ever thought about rigging a rasberry pi to it or something

[RadiatingLight]

why not get the NES classic...

oh wait, those are even harder to find than an NES motherboard.

 

legit though, you can probably just buy it off ebay.

[Cyracus]

well, you legit own an nes...why not just use an emulator? Or are you addicted to that non ergonomic controller feel

[Nowak]

Just now, Cyracus said:

well, you legit own an nes...why not just use an emulator? Or are you addicted to that non ergonomic controller feel

Nostalgia + can't play my NES carts with an emulator unless I dump them to a ROM.

[PeachyUwUSenpai]

1 minute ago, Daring said:

Nostalgia + can't play my NES carts with an emulator unless I dump them to a ROM.

you can just get roms that other people have dumped other wise it may just be easier to buy a full nes their only like 60 - 80 cad last i checked

[tp95112]

2 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

well, you legit own an nes...why not just use an emulator? Or are you addicted to that non ergonomic controller feel

Feel like emulator ruins the feel of the game. 

[Nowak]

Just now, Alaradia said:

you can just get roms that other people have dumped 

It's not quite the same.

[PlayStation 2]

Your best bet is probably just finding another NES, and if it's really of concern, replacing the motherboard from that into the shell of yours.

[lonely_sata_cable]

For a game that ever has compared or is played on a console like or is the nes the nes box controller is as the kids call it dope af

24 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

well, you legit own an nes...why not just use an emulator? Or are you addicted to that non ergonomic controller feel

 

[linkboy]

Another suggestion is to take a look at one of these

 

RetroUSB AVS

 

It's a FPGA based clone unit that uses original NES cartridges, but outputs at 720p over a HDMI connection. I picked one up a while back and, even at the $180, I felt it was worth it.The games look great and I haven't had any issues with compatibility.

[Nowak]

5 minutes ago, linkboy said:

Another suggestion is to take a look at one of these

 

RetroUSB AVS

 

It's a FPGA based clone unit that uses original NES cartridges, but outputs at 720p over a HDMI connection. I picked one up a while back and, even at the $180, I felt it was worth it.The games look great and I haven't had any issues with compatibility.

$170, that's a bit steep don't ya think?

[linkboy]

6 minutes ago, Daring said:

$170, that's a bit steep don't ya think?

I'll admit that it is, but it's due to the FPGA. It's not one of those knock off $30 NES clones. With a lot of newer TV's ditching RCA ports, and older games generally looking like crap on HDTV's or HDTV's introducing input lag, it's going to be a lot harder to play physical versions of older console games if you don't have a CRT (of which decent ones of those are getting harder to find).

 

I mentioned it more of a way to future proof your NES library.

 

Either way, I hope you find what you need to get your NES working again. It's a great system.

[Nowak]

Just now, linkboy said:

I'll admit that it is, but it's due to the FPGA. It's not one of those knock off $30 NES clones. With a lot of newer TV's ditching RCA ports, and older games generally looking like crap on HDTV's or HDTV's introducing input lag, it's going to be a lot harder to play physical versions of older console games if you don't have a CRT (of which decent ones of those are getting harder to find).

 

I mentioned it more of a way to future proof your NES library

I'll consider it.