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Hobbyist Turns Nintendo 64 Console Into Nintendo Switch Dock (polygon.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the ultimate-nostalgia dept.

adosch writes: Polygon reports that a Reddit user "modified a broken Nintendo 64 and transformed it into a functioning Switch dock." The modder, who goes by the handle "Tettzan Zone," has "been keeping fellow Switch fans updated on his adventures in console customization on Reddit, sharing the steps he took to making the entire Nintendo 64 workable as a dock." The original post about full mod details can be found here.

20 comments

  1. NES by Dan+East · · Score: 3, Funny

    He was going to use an NES console for the dock, but he didn't want to have to blow on the Switch every time he went to dock it.

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    1. Re:NES by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He could have used a banana peel as a dock. Or correct me if I'm wrong, but he isn't using any of the electronics of the N64. It's just likea cup holder. An N64 cup holder.

      I don't see any impressing aspects in this. One could make a Switch stand out of a cardboard box and it would have a similar level of complexity as this one.

  2. Anything similar for PS2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have 3 or 4 broken PS2s sitting in the garage, a fat PS2 and a few slim ones. All with broken optical drives.

    1. Re:Anything similar for PS2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Then throw them in a garbage can. Now they've been modded into rubbish.

    2. Re:Anything similar for PS2? by Megane · · Score: 1

      At least with fat PS2s, they might just need the "white gear" adjusted. Sony used a cheap nylon gear for (IIRC) a lens height adjustment, and it would go out of adjustment with time.

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    3. Re:Anything similar for PS2? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You could drill a hole in your PS2's and turn them into cup holders. It would be a feat comparable to this N64 mod.

    4. Re:Anything similar for PS2? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 1

      A slim PS2 would make a nice case for a RetroPie console.

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    5. Re:Anything similar for PS2? by Wulf2k · · Score: 1

      Get a FMCB memory card done up and use them without drives.

  3. Re: On a related note... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I modified an old broken nintendo into landfill refuse once.

  4. Why? by pjbgravely · · Score: 1

    Why would a hobbyist even have something as new as a switch? He sounds more like a hipster hoping it will catch on.

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    1. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Actually YOU sound like a hipster "bro, the NS is sooooo mainstream".

  5. Re:Poop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I turned my poop into a switch dock!

    Now to post on reddit about it.

  6. Didn't see a N64 in the picture by caseih · · Score: 2

    The pic he posted on the thread looks like he used an old N64 powerbrick as a chassis, not the N64 itself. Also it appears he just stuck the innards of a real Switch dock into this, perhaps because it's a more convenient form factor or something. Does not appear to be anywhere as interesting as the /. summary indicated. He's not modding N64 hardware to somehow be used by the Switch. Correct me if I'm wrong.

    1. Re:Didn't see a N64 in the picture by gl4ss · · Score: 1

      it's still hipsterific.
      meaning, boring as fuck.

      boring why? just look at the teardown of the dock. it's literally just a breakout box and a charger.

      now if he modded the usb connector to be on the side or the top or the behind of the switch then yay...

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    2. Re:Didn't see a N64 in the picture by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Good callout & good question. I have your answer.

      His 'mod' (as you rightly noticed) is hardly a mod at all BUT what he did was his version to a lot of folks complaining about one thing:
      - When inserting the switch into its native dock, the screen would get scratched because of very tight spacing tolerances.

      --> So he used an N-64 body to hold the dock's electrical innards, and drops his switch into the cartridge slot's much wider spacing. That's it. --

      Now what made it so 'viral' and hipster, etc, is less an effort on his part and more like the natural reaction the internet has to any thing ever. In other words, the internet upgrades any story into mega-story :D

      Oh, plus the matching greys make it more attractive & 'sick' than say, a decorative plastic tissue-box frame.

  7. Re: On a related note... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I modify food into poop on a daily basis.

  8. Re: On a related note... by Blaskowicz · · Score: 1

    I could suck the tip of my penis at age 14 or 15.

    (not anymore)