I Built a SNES Classic MAXI! 

Stupid SNES Mini/Maxi thing

We need to get Stez a 3d printer. Proper bodges done right with that.

If you wanted to make the front and back ports look cleaner, this is where a 3D printer comes in handy.

For future reference , most LEDs have a narrow viewing angle . So your red indicator pointing to the side makes the visible light dimmer . If you wanted it brighter , when you glue it in place or mount one somewhere , face the rounded end directly facing the lens you're lighting up .

Excellent as always. Hot tip though, remove the original led, otherwise they share the power comming that way witch makes them dimmer if nothing else.

Excellent work man. To keep in with the illusion of this being a proper SNES you could have took the casing from the plug end of some original controllers (broken of course) and hot glued them in with the cable of the mini controllers running through. Would be cool to take a repro game cart case cut the bottom off so it doesn't go all the way in. Hot glue it into place and have a custom label (the bar's logo possibly).

Loving the red dwarf tshirt😊

Love the T-Shirt fellow Red Dwarf fan.

Buy 2 snes controller extension lead and use the shell at console end to go round the cable to cover the control ports so it looks like they are plugged in

Lots of room in that case to add a USB hub for more connections and you can also easily add an SD card adapter to put a large internal SD card. Hakchi will also recognise and allow use of the SD card without needing to remove it to add games etc. I know you've got to do that in this case, as I managed to do it inside the original mini SNES

My OCD kicked in when you glued down the led like you did. It doesn’t fully illuminate the space it’s in. This was a really cool idea though. Kudos.

Loved it, only issue I could see is the original LED was drawing power, thats why the new one was so dim.

I love this but the only thing id change is 3d print spacers and splice the the wires so they aint just fed through a huge gaping hole

I still have my Snes & nes mini both boxed, never seen the light of day.

Hy for future reference. Next time you can desolder just one side of the original led an turn it 90° leaving it only with one side connectet to the pcb. This makes it still revertable and the current has not be shared by two LEDs. This will make the new led shine brighter. I really like your videos keep it up

I wonder if you could use those snes to usb adapters to keep the original controller ports entirely

loving the red dwarf tshirt my dude

Great work . However you should consider extending the ports and put them on the front so you can unplug the controllers and the hdmi easily

You or the owner should do the peroxide/uv light process on the aged plastic

Very cool retro fit! Nice job!

I used to be a wireman, I was trained to always “tin” the wire ends first, i’d love to see you take this on board Steve ;-)

Love the Red Dwarf t shirt 😂

i put a Pi in a real SNES case in late 2017...it took a LOT of work and figuring out where everything was to go...ended up costing like almost 60 pounds or 70 dollars...i used a lot of accessory leads and a ribbon extension for the TF card...i also used the original front ports and soldered female USB ports for USB controllers...rear HDMI superglued onto the rear plastic piece same as Steve desoldered along with the original power socket...and...it all worked...and of course a TF card with the operating system and a complete SFC ROM pack...i can't remember exactly how many days/weeks it took me...but i needed a holiday on the Channel Island to recover...i spent Christmas 2017 in Guernsey...much of it while the wind and rain hammered at the Hotel windows...i never saw the Pi build again...or the new owner...the co-worker i built it for resigned by that New Year...wow...6 years ago...probably exactly this month November

A major, and i mean MAJOR... Leaflet campaign

Nice work with the wires Steve, but about that other stuff, you should definitely buy an "untested" 3D printer, fix it, and make a follow-up video. :) It shouldn't be a problem to print a part that would be crewed to unused original holes in the bottom case and would hold the new board as well as LED, reset switch, and maybe a spring under that eject button. Also If you could find some original controllers that can't be saved you could use the original connectors to complete the illusion of a retro machine :) Love what you do and looking forward to future content.

Great work Steve👍

Love the retrofit video! ❤

The music reminds me of The Pompey Pirates or Automation menus on the Atari ST. Press T for Mega trainer!

Nice work, Steve!

Tin your wires first, it'll make everything easier and tidier. I find it super easy to do by dipping them in solder paste and then just touching the end with the iron.

You could have made it even better with a few 3d printed parts to cover up the holes, but im not even sure if you own a 3d printer 😅. Still a fun project.

One of more interesting things that you've done

I knew stupid game was coming with Barts Nightmare. To be in with a chance, you have to find a basketball and jump over it. Turns into a skateboard and then you have to try to stay on as long as possible as it extends your life (zzz) bar. Then look for pieces of paper blowing around on the street. There are mini games inside the pages that are pretty good. But who knew you'd have to do all that!!! 😂😂😂

You can map the controller as a reset function also, to save user from getting up every time they want to reset a game back to the main menu on those snes mini things. Handy function.

Even better, use the Hyperkin SNES mini to regular adapter, this way you can use original snes controllers. Also use a small HDMI extend lead, so you can mount it on the back to a 3D printed panel. That way you can (dis)connect the hdmi, same goes for power. For next level, use a aftermarket cartridge as a usb drive, and connect that through a usb hub inside. Plenty of room.

Is that Rimmer's shirt from Polymorph Steve? Excellent. Also I agree with everyone else to get a 3d printer! Excellent vid as always.

I did the same but with a raspberry pi. It was a bit ghetto but it works. I spliced a power cable to the power switch, reset to reset on pi, and controller ports to the gpio on the pi so original controllers work. I don't have a 3d printer so the back is just bare. I used tons of hot glue.

7:08 The bit-tuney song sounds familiar...

Nice!

Would it have been easier to use a RetroPi and build out from there?

nice jimmy saville impression lol

Absolutely love it. Now time to fix that snes and put it in that snes mini shell🤭

you do need a 3D printer and an HDMI cable adapter so you can have a nice port on the back instead of cable coming out from the inside , same with the USB cable and perhaps the same thing with the controller ports. other than that , great project

Should have "hot snot" or glued some brackets on the inside to prevent the slot from opening. I'm just imagining inconsiderate people stuffing things or trash inside the console. Otherwise I love how this turned out!

Very nice non-destructive mod.

I think you should add a stezstix dummy cartridge in it and some Chinese controller plugs at the front to complete it

having two led's on a circuit designed for one is probably dimming the one you want to see tbh.

They sell adapters to connect old snes controllers to the mini i bought 2 for my snes mini to use with the 8bitdo wireless snes controllersthey work great and would fill the front ports.

Good job on the video. Ok job putting it in the shell. But a piss job on the cosmetics.

Get an Elegoo Neptune 3 pro or 4, it’s one of the best budget 3d printers. I have a 3 pro myself and works wonders. It would help you too!

Swap it the other way and I'd be impressed, well the whole Cartridge slot would be interesting, I mean they chop a Wii main-board down to like 1/5 its original size and still boots. lol

Nice idea. Shame to sacrifice a rarer 1-chip model SNES though. I'm sure it's repairable, maybe try that in another video

I think for stability sake, you should have glued the button down to the shell and put the stand-off on top of the button. Either way works I guess.

Nice job but I was thinking you were going to put the Connections for the plugs in the back and front 😊

Definetly needs a dummy cartridge on top and some replacements for the controller ports. Still looks a bit prototype-like.

Any strain relief used on the controller cables??

You should have gotten wii to snes controller wire. And you could have hooked the snes port wires to the original snes port and it would have been seamless

Good work Steve, but the fact you didn't try to fix the colour of the original case using a retrobright technique is a big stain.

Should have bought 2 snes to classic edition adapters so you could retain the snes controller ports and full functionality of them

Gd job my friend😅😅

Good idea but could have been a bit more polished maybe with some 3D printed collars to go over the controller ports at the front to make it look like genuine controllers instead of a hole. Also I would have 3D printed the top of a game and stuck that in.

Dude. I was going to do exactly the same thing but with my Mega Drive Mini. I've got a spare genesis that I think I will use because I just prefer my original Mega Drive to remain as a real Mega Drive.

NICE. 👍

Good modding but i feel it's to prone to unplugging like if you pull a bit on it (I think you said it was going to go in a bar? And when you are drunk you may be a bit rowdy with console?) And if you pull the power cord/hdmi cable off from inside the console you will have to open it to replug it?

2:29 I love these little moments. Moments where we get the chance to see the gears spinning as you work out the problems in real time. It’s a neat little glimpse into your process

now if you can find a way to run SNES carts from it as well (and rip them, I know there devices for the SNES/NES classics that can be used here) we'd have a perfect bend of both

If the idea was to have multiple games in the original system, why not use an everdrive cart in the original snes instead?

@StezStixMix You can restore that case from it's yellowing with Peroxide, a clear plastic bag and an hour in the sun.

Hey dude, not a criticism but you should tin the wires before trying to solder them to exisiting components. Just makes it a lot easier. 😊 Overall though great job and I’ll second what everyone else is saying. Next purchase, 3D printer!

10:00 Should always tin the wires first, Stevie boy..!

That "worst games ever" theme tune also used by @TeamTripleJump really confused me for a minute.. :)

That standoff under the reset button looks too wobbly. You could've raised the switch with Lego and hot snot as well.

Lmao I guess you could just do a rassverry pie at this point

Picked a very difficult game to test

Nice

Lots of experts in the comment section in this video! Wow!

Did you test the SNES first, before taking it apart? It's the 1 Chip version of the SNES, those are a bit rarer than the 2 Chip ones and also a bit more desirable.

I'm sure I've heard power up in a game decades ago, maybe outrun or something?!

1 minute of silence for this sacrified SNES... please

Just do it James Channel style. :)

Would of used a Blue or Green LED for power, Why? So you know something is up once you power it on. :), Also a cordless glue gun? Buying one of those is as bad as buying a cordless caulking gun, and yes they make them. lol Great video really enjoyed it :)

But can it do the washing up ?

NIce, but why not making the Front and Rear Ports "nicer"?

How did I miss this one ?

Maybe glue that cartridge slot shut too, because the world and his dog will try to put shit inside it if it's in a pub.

replace the fuse on the original board. That probably will fix it.

I know you said untested…but…did you test it at all or just bought it untested? Would be a shame with that being a 1chip SNES. Pretty desirable among collectors. If you can get the board working would probably be worth recapping and recasting it, if just to sell it off for a tidy profit.

For the love of Bob, twist the ends of your wires!

Why not use an snes to usb adapter. The front would look clean.

Where’s the song? That’s my favorite part of your videos!

Put a cartridge in that says everything by Steve

The LED not being in the center is annoying though.

fun

Erm, I think we're all beginning to lose sight of the real issue here, which is: what are we going to call ourselves? And I think it comes down to a choice between "The League Against Salivating Monsters," or - and this is my personal preference - "The Committee for the Liberation and Integration of Terrifying Organisms and their Rehabilitation Into Society." Erm, one drawback with that - the abbreviation is C.L.I.T.O.R.I.S.

You should try to get that motherboard working. It's one of the better models, a so called "1-chip SNES". The others all die to PPU rot

Very nice work mate . It's like putting Kim Kardashian in a glittery gown.

Would look nice with a cartridge in it.

Can u make a video on how to add games to it

I would rather have the original Console and a Everdrive Cart....

If you plan on more such projects in future, definitely buy a 3d printer. It will make your life much easier when you want to keep things factory :) … nicely done though