Video: Check Out This Custom SNES Mini Raspberry Pi Project

Okay, that's pretty damn impressive. I'd buy this in a jiffy if I could.

The mini cartridges is what really sells me on this one. Oh what I would give to have Nintendo actually make those.

You can do some fun stuff with a Raspberry Pi, and this SNES sure looks cool, but non-official emulation always rubs me the wrong way.

Seen this before, but they didnt have the mini SuperGameboy, now those i would order.

I'm surprised Raspberry Pi enthusiasts have the time to make stuff like this in between their constant commenting on every SNES and NES Mini news story

I like pi

This is amazing.

Caution - pointing out how a Pi is way more versatile than a NES/SNES Classic rubs some people the wrong way...only it is.

Will Nintendo make an N64 mini? Probably. Should they? No. Give us these collections in a single purchasable Switch title or give us a proper virtual console and let us link purchases to our Nintendo ID and not the console itself.

@Heavyarms55 Honestly, I'm a fair bit annoyed with all this NES and SNES mini talk at this point, particularly because I feel like Nintendo is kinda 'rubbing it in' for Switch owners this way.

I never really expected a full-blown NES/SNES/N64/GC (Gameboy-GBA/3DS) VC ... I certainly did not expect to keep my purchases previously linked to my NNID on the WiiU ... but to have absolutely nothing available on the Switch (which I otherwise enjoy) after more than half a year is rather disappointing - to say the least.

Would I buy Star Fox 2 if it were available on the Switch? Yes, absolutely in a heart beat - even though it would probably be overpriced I'm just not down for adding ANOTHER Nintendo device to my collection just for sake of being able to legally play not-quite two dozens Roms.

There is just no reasons this should not be legally available to people who invested in a Switch (not to mention every previous Nintendo console back to the SNES/GC). I don't begrudge people their joy of the NES/SNES Mini, not at all - a friend of mine was delighted when he got yesterday - but ... well, it's just a severe case of relative deprivation

Worst of it for me though, is that the Switch and a good Nintendo VC seem like a match made in heaven. I don't doubt the device could easily run N64 and even GC game with some doing, so really it could open up the possibility of having thousands of brilliant Nintendo games on one device - portable no less.

Hell, someone might even feel cocky and argue they are holding back VC so they can make a quick buck selling these 'minis' more easily ... I don't think so, but I can't help but understand why anyone would get that impression.

I guess I shouldn't be surprised by some of the acting entitled complaining about the VC and it not on the Switch. I guess patience isn't a virtue? Nintendo clearly stated that they have some form of a VC library coming as part of the paid monthly/yearly package of online services when they're launched. In that fee if nothing changes you get the library, not having to buy each game individually week by week as they decide to randomly grace us with whatever is in the pipe.

There's no reason to get all hot and pissy blaming these little stand alone mini closed consoles for a lack of a virtual console. Anger and frustration would be better spent directly giving them crap for the disgusting delays rolling out a network that quite frankly should have been up and running day one or within the first few weeks/months. Now we're 6 months in and will be another 3+ before it rolls out most likely which is entirely unacceptable.

This guy is having fun. Really great work. Definitely a little envious of those little (ridiculous) cartridges. I mean, it's completely impractical, those little bits of plastic sliding all over the place and having to be stored. But the collectible cuteness overload is real.

I have a Raspberry Pi and it's okay. Plenty of potential... and plenty of time investment needed to get it anywhere near nice, and of course you can do SO much more than just make a little game playing device with it! Doing this much work to make a little SNES is WAY more expensive than spending an hour or two waiting in line for a SNES Classic, though, and it looks like they'll be quite hackable as well.

What I do like about this awesome project is that it shows how shallow the "just get a Pi" comments are when faced with NES mini and SNES classic products. This guy did a ton of work and it's all about how awesome it looks and feels and works physically. All of that is valuable to people, and an official offering from Nintendo that gets you most of the way there (with authentic feeling controllers) is for many, again, worth waiting in a line one day and shelling out about the same amount of money for when compared to a large do it yourself project (or a small one with a disappointing form factor).

Damn!! I am so jealous

@Ralek85 Couldn't agree more.

That's nothing. A good friend of mine made a RetroPi inside of an NES controller.

Controller can still be used to control the games. If you're playing something that needs more than two buttons, you can connect another controller, either wired-in USB or Bluetooth (even works with Switch controllers!) or WiFi if that's your thing.

Pretty neat!

@Ralek85 You're a bit more cynical than I am. But in essence I agree with your points. Even if Nintendo didn't link games to your account like I think they should. I am absolute dying to have up to Gamecube and GBA support on the VC. GBA carts are old and going bad and hard to play now, and most modern TVs don't even HAVE AV cable ports, let alone look good when you plug a Gamecube into them.

wow puts the nintendo ones to shame. Made so well think if nintendo had made mini consoles like this with changeable carts they would have milked it silly like amiibo. Think how good it would have been as well to use a mini sd card and be able to put new games on that where missing. outstanding.