Yes Progress!
Lets see its chopped, cart modded, running off of 4 x AA rechargeable batteries, video working, audio working.
Flashback portable V1
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Rekarp
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Yes Progress!
Lets see its chopped, cart modded, running off of 4 x AA rechargeable batteries, video working, audio working.
The wood master
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Re: Flashback portable V1
Had to order some parts for the portable. Should be here next week. Until then I guess I will have to design the case. The Idea is to make it a gameboy layout with a metal band around the entire perimeter with wood front and back.
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Re: Flashback portable V1
Game boy's had two different layouts 
Which one are you talking about?
Which one are you talking about?
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Gameboy = Portraitargelfraster wrote:Game boy's had two different layouts
Which one are you talking about?
GBA = Landscape and not a true Gameboy.
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Re: Flashback portable V1
when i first saw the word "metal" i was like "Rekarp wrote:Had to order some parts for the portable. Should be here next week. Until then I guess I will have to design the case. The Idea is to make it a gameboy layout with a metal band around the entire perimeter with wood front and back.
no wood?" but then i kept on reading good luck!
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Ok have a WIP video.
well... here yah go
well... here yah go
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Re: Flashback portable V1
Working on the case right now. African Mahogany fronts and backs with Aluminum siding. Final dimensions will be roughly : 4.25" wide x 6.25" tall x 1.75" thick. I am not to happy with the thickness but the cart does slide down the back so its kinda hard to avoid that.
I bent the aluminum with my sheet metal break and then I am gluing the front panel on with liquid nails. Bottle says it bonds to wood and aluminum so I am hoping that it will provide a nice clean seal. It should be flexable enough to prevent cracking and the like. After it dries I will cut the shape of the front out with a sander then cut out the holes for the controls, screen, jacks, cartridge. The back panel will be removable.
Overall I am hoping the look and feel of the portable will be "beefy". Like when you hold it it will feel like it is bomb proof. So industrial looking with a wooden flair ? I guess that is a way to put it.
I bent the aluminum with my sheet metal break and then I am gluing the front panel on with liquid nails. Bottle says it bonds to wood and aluminum so I am hoping that it will provide a nice clean seal. It should be flexable enough to prevent cracking and the like. After it dries I will cut the shape of the front out with a sander then cut out the holes for the controls, screen, jacks, cartridge. The back panel will be removable.
Overall I am hoping the look and feel of the portable will be "beefy". Like when you hold it it will feel like it is bomb proof. So industrial looking with a wooden flair ? I guess that is a way to put it.
The wood master
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Re: Flashback portable V1
Om nom nom and progress!
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Not to many people interested in Atari portables eh?
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Re: Flashback portable V1
Not when they are that thick and have tiny screens
Its looking good though.
Its looking good though.
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Theres not much for us to say. We just wait and let the master do his work. 
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Re: Flashback portable V1
Yah I wish there was funding for a larger screen but you get what yah get. Originally the plan was to stick all of it inside of an Atari cart (minus the cart slot) but it never really fit that well. Unfortunately the screen was already bought but a 3.5" screen would be perfect for this case. We shall see how it turns out.argelfraster wrote:Not when they are that thick and have tiny screens
Its looking good though.
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Re: Flashback portable V1
atariboy? case looks good! small as heck screen though?
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Marked where a 3.5" screen would be....ordered a 3.5" screen...
The wood master
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Re: Flashback portable V1
Yes it is a small screen but maybe the Longhorn Engineer can craft for his AtariBoy, a Super Wide (like here and here) and that will improve it.joeyjoe9876 wrote:atariboy? case looks good! small as heck screen though?
The case does look sweet. I love the look of the wood, I hope the varnish or protective coating you apply doesn't change the color too much. Great work so far, I'm looking forward to seeing the video you have when it's complete. Keep us up-to-date in the mean time.
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