{"id":24264,"date":"2026-10-18T09:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T09:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=24264"},"modified":"2026-10-18T09:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T09:20:16","slug":"gamer-turns-original-nes-into-working-desktop-pc-with-keyboard-mouse-and-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=24264","title":{"rendered":"Gamer Turns Original NES Into Working Desktop PC With Keyboard, Mouse and Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/18021602\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod.jpg\" alt=\"Original NES Console Turned Desktop PC Mod\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"\/><br \/>Throaty Mumbo has spent the past year chasing projects that most people would dismiss before the first soldering iron heats up. This time the target was a standard Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), the same gray box that once needed a cartridge and a CRT television. Instead of another emulator sitting on a modern computer, the goal was to keep the original console hardware in the loop and still end up with something that behaves like a desktop machine from the late 1990s.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-261687\"\/><br \/><iframe title=\"Turning My NES Into a Desktop PC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0s7tRcqsOs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><noscript><iframe title=\"Turning My NES Into a Desktop PC\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o0s7tRcqsOs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nAn Everdrive N8 Pro sits in the NES cartridge slot, providing both storage and a Cyclone 4 FPGA in one neat package. That FPGA runs a Next186 x86 emulator fast enough that the NES no longer has to grind through every instruction on its own 6502 processor. A custom BIOS boots the system and presents a simple desktop with icons, a taskbar, and room for a few applications. Minesweeper works. A clock pulls the real time from the Everdrive\u2019s onboard RTC. Files on the SD card can be browsed and opened without leaving the console.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n<div class=\"aawp-product aawp-product--horizontal aawp-product--ribbon aawp-product--sale\" data-aawp-product-asin=\"B0HGGJZ92H\" data-aawp-product-id=\"261179\" data-aawp-tracking-id=\"tec02e-20\" data-aawp-product-title=\"Apple 2026 Mac mini Desktop Computer M6 chip | 12\u2011core CPU and 12\u2011core GPU 16GB Unified Memory 256GB SSD Storage\">\n<p>    <span class=\"aawp-product__ribbon aawp-product__ribbon--sale\">Sale<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__thumb\">\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aawp-product__image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/11dTI-4+epL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"Apple 2026 Mac mini Desktop Computer M6 chip | 12\u2011core CPU and 12\u2011core GPU, 16GB Unified Memory...\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__content\">\n<p>            Apple 2026 Mac mini Desktop Computer M6 chip | 12\u2011core CPU and 12\u2011core GPU, 16GB Unified Memory&#8230;        <\/p>\n<div class=\"aawp-product__description\">\n<ul>\n<li>LITTLE DO-IT-ALL \u2014 Mac mini packs pure power into a small, five-by-five-inch desktop as the M6 chip delivers next-level AI capabilities. Mac mini&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>M6 CHIP \u2014 Everything you do on Mac mini feels more responsive with the M6 chip and its next-generation CPU. Fly through AI workflows with up to 4.8x&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>CONNECT IT ALL \u2014 Features three Thunderbolt 4 ports, an HDMI port, and a 2.5Gb Ethernet port in the back, and two USB-C ports and a headphone jack&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/18021528\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod-1.jpg\" alt=\"Original NES Console Turned Desktop PC Mod\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>\nYou can connect a keyboard and mouse to one of the original controller ports with a little adapter. This converter converts USB signals into the few pins already present on the NES controller ports using an RP2350 microcontroller. As a result, a cheap USB hub allows you to connect a keyboard and mouse at the same time. Even better, you can use a MIDI keyboard instead of typing letters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/18021537\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod-2.jpg\" alt=\"Original NES Console Turned Desktop PC Mod\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>Guess what? The same Everdrive and micro controller combo that powered Mumbo\u2019s previous NESCD project is back, and this time it\u2019s expanded to support DVDs. A standard IDE optical drive is housed in a 3D-printed foundation beneath the NES. The micro controller performs MPEG and AC3 decoding, as well as rudimentary DVD decryption, so the console does not have to deal with the heavy lifting. Games and music continue to load from disk as before, but the disk tray now also serves the desktop environment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/18021545\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod-3.jpg\" alt=\"Original NES Console Turned Desktop PC Mod\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>An ESP32-S3 module wired over SPI provides Wi-Fi connectivity. The micro controller handles the HTML parsing, leaving the NES to render the finished page using its restricted color palette. You can bookmark common sites from a list, and there\u2019s even a simple proxy setup to keep traffic under control. When the connection is stable, some YouTube videos will play back in chunky 8-bit frames. Because the NES has almost no free RAM, apps are swapped out via save states rather than real multitasking. Closing one window and reopening another just restores the prior state from the SD card.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.techeblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/18021554\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod-4.jpg\" alt=\"Original NES Console Turned Desktop PC Mod\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><br \/>The screensavers alternate between Mario tool-assisted speedrun footage and the iconic flying toaster animation. You may even alter the backgrounds and colors through the options menu. A small portion of the BIOS also includes two text-mode games, Pong and Tetris, to keep you entertained while the desktop refuses to load. To demonstrate the concept, Mumbo\u2019s version illustrates that the original NES can still sit at the center of the entire setup rather of being supplanted by it.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Gamer Turns Original NES Into Working Desktop PC With Keyboard, Mouse and Browser<br \/>\n<br \/>#Gamer #Turns #Original #NES #Working #Desktop #Keyboard #Mouse #Browser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throaty Mumbo has spent the past year chasing projects that most people would dismiss before&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2375,7755,5588,1749,700,378,3649,1449,4197],"class_list":["post-24264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech","tag-browser","tag-desktop","tag-gamer","tag-keyboard","tag-mouse","tag-nes","tag-original","tag-turns","tag-working"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod.jpg",960,640,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod.jpg",640,427,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod.jpg",960,640,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod.jpg",960,640,false],"covernews-featured":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod.jpg",960,640,false],"covernews-medium":["https:\/\/news678.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/original-nes-console-turned-desktop-pc-mod-540x340.jpg",540,340,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?author=1"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/news678.top\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">Tech<\/a>","tag_info":"Tech","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news678.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}