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yeah, there is black. the classicgamesource types are floating around all over the place, all slightly off-color. but they do have a nice surface finish.
they oddly did a huge amount in dark purple too. not sure why, the other colors make some sort of sense (despite them being slightly off)
i *think* nintendo numbered or lettered each mold for later ID, but don't know that definitively.
waiting.
forever waiting.
someone on ebay about 3-4 years ago was making customs nes cases (the whole thing), but i have no clue who they were. they were doing them themselves, and they were priced accordingly. it might have been longer than that even, i loose track of time easily
well, that was a fun diversion!
not.
haha, lots of ninjaing going on here
just in case i wasnt clear enough, my idea is to remove the internal electronics of the nes controller and only leave the buttons with the blank board.
then wiring the 9 pins to a custom adapter on the gameboy, which leads to the gameboys corresponding buttons.
yeah... a new board housed in a nes controller would work well for this too! thats a good idea, totally misread you earlier 
yeah, still working on that, didn't want to mention it so not to derail the thread but, yeah, this summer. that feature has been swallowed up by a larger project, but thats going full steam ahead. that whole thing started from originally thinking about doing the simple adapter pcb. and it grew into a beast, you all will love it.
hmm. yeah, DMG-NES (just simply that) wouldn't be too hard, i'll get all my notes out on that relevant stuff and do something super simple in the meantime. originally the plan was DMG to nes/snes, but it grew, but doing just dmg-nes would be so much easier anyways (at least not having to add functions for the extra buttons)
so, yeah. but, OP, in short its not a quick 1:1 connection, you need to translate one to the other. there is no quick fix currently that i'm aware of.
here is the schematic for the gameboy, it shows the button layout:
in case image isn't displaying in your browser: http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electron … ameboy.gif
here is the button layout in a nes controller:
le bouton matrices pour ces deux dispositifs sont différents, il n'est pas tout à fait aussi simple qu'un banal adaptateur comme ça. même si il ya la même quantité de boutons, ils fonctionnent différemment en interne.
the button matrixes for these two devices are different, it isn't quite as easy as a simple adapter like this. even though there are the same amount of buttons, they operate differently internally.
ok! no problem, i'll start looking for the papers now
its been a little too long since I ordered them to remember, i'll need to dig up the itemized list for the kit and see what i can do.
the real work in that kit was/is the PCB, the rest is just bulk parts, so it won't be that big of a deal. thinking about this... i suppose i should post some info on the EL panels, the powder we used is a high quality for example for a longer life.
i'll just make a different product page and dig up the deets on the panels and get some info posted, won't be today for sure because i'm just getting back into town and have things piled up to do, so if you (or anyone else) is in need of those asap-ish just email/PM me and i can at least figure out a price quickly and get the ball rolling for you so you don't need to delay a project you might have in mind considering this.
having the contrast change during playback is normal (not fluctuating wildly or anything, but a noticeable change between whether its playing or not)
also. changing the batteries is the #1 solution to 'help!' emails we get. by far. soooo many times its just weak batteries. that or solder blobs
oh, you're welcome!
the bit about being careful with the bending is important, Chris said he actually tore one contact off the EL membrane when doing this, but with the little bit of pressure from the electrical tape got it working again. so if this happens to you pressure is the thing to try to fix this (not heat),
i'm also going to offer the EL panels just by themselves as an option because people have been wanting to experiment with other inverters. guess i'll just post here quickly when i get those up. the PCB is the more expensive component in the kit, this would let people not be so tight arsed about messing up their one panel in the kit, if they can get spares on the cheap side. hope so. want to encourage diy and hacking
I really like that copper-colored paint, good work. Somebody should grab this up, that's a really fair price.
totally this
(don't mean to be a spoiler, but the sample for approval for that style battery cover is arriving any day (tmrw supposedly) and then its a run of them to match the PIL colors... sorry! but do them too if you want, just wanted to be upfront about it so you don't drop monies into something and regret it afterwards (since you're looking for unique, niche type things)).
with that being said...... if you were ever wanting to get into making a mold or whatnot, loomis and I have done a custom batt cover project together and i'd love to do more collaborative projects like that so hit me up! or other things.
^ reminds me of minecraft creeper
somewhat related to this topic: Schmartboard is having a 33% of sale on their thru-hole arduino shields
http://www.schmartboard.com/index.asp?p … amp;id=668
enter the code "I Love Schmartboard" for the coupon during checkout
got an email about this just now, figured i'd pass it on since their is some work with shields going on right now (even though this isn't a sparkfun shield, or a midi shield). could probably be adapted easily
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