Here are some sneak peeks at my NESp I've been working on. I just finished the custom case (original NES controller + hip gear screen housing). I'm wiring it up today and hope to have it finished by the weekend, unless something comes up. There is a slot to slide a NES cartridge into the top of the unit.







The back of the portable showing the two battery packs that hold 2 AA batteries each, total of 4:



I'll be sure to post more pictures of it running, I've already done a dry-run with the built in games and it works fine so far. I still have to solder the 72 pin NES cartridge slot. I plan on having a switch to switch between the built in games and the NES cartridge. Let me know what you guys think! Thanks for looking!

Wow. That looks like a legit, factory-issue machine! How did you make the case? (Vacumn form, mold, enslave the Keebler elves and have them make it?)

wow,

really fine housing, looks pretty good

Mind telling us how you made/ found the case? I'm pretty interested too.

Awesome! Awesome! Friggin' Awesome!

That's AWESOME! Very professional looking! I assume it's vaccum formed? When do expect to finish it?

Very nice! That things awesome.

Thanks for the kind words! I really enjoyed making this one, and I can't wait to finish it. To answer a few questions:

I made the case using a project box as a frame. I then superglued/epoxied the hip gear and nes controller to that frame and filled in all the gaps with plastic body filler (bondo). Then I sanded, and filled MANY times. This takes a lot of time and patience, but if you know what you are doing the end result is worth it. I took a lot of pictures of the construction that I plan on posting on my own website (I don't want to load this thread up with pictures).

G-force: The only things I have left is to install are the switches (on/off, cartridge or built-in games), and the 72pin American NES cartridge slot (I REALLY don't look forward to doing this). After that, I just have to touch up the case a little bit and clean up some areas.

The sound works perfectly through the two original hip gear speakers, and I can still use the original volume, color, brightness, and contrast knobs.

Here are a few more pictures.

After painting the case, before mounting internal electronics:


Running a built in game as a dry run to test the controls, sound, etc:


The bottom of the portable, where I plan on installing swtiches, and maybe a headphone jack:


Last picture, a comparison to my other project (MegaJoyBoy):


There is barely enough room on the inside for the cartridge to slide in and out, hopefully I can get this done soon! Thanks again.

Looks great
A little wide for my taste, but still looks great

Thanks gannon, the slot I'm using is from a family converter I ordered from you.

Here are some pictures next to a NES cartridge, you can see that the portable is just a tad taller and wider:

How wide is it? 5.25"
I'm making mine just as wide as the cart (4.75" if I remember right)

It's about 5" wide, 5.75" tall.

Your portable looks amazing! I can't compliment you enough on how professional your casing looks... I like the size comparison with the Gameboy, looks very good! You also must have a pretty decent camera, because your shots have awesome color!

Can't wait to see the page you said you might be putting up!

I hate to put a post up here that just repeats what everyone else said but...

That is really amazing. Great job. It is very professional looking... and relatively inexpensive to make, I would assume: NOAC, Hip Gear screen, NES controller, project box, various pieces, parts, and construction material. My guess is under $75 (maybe close to $100 depending on shipping costs for each of those items). Not too shabby!!

You should sell me one <3