Ta-Daaa! My NES p0cket

Includes Atari 2600, Nintendo 8-bit, Sega Master System, MSX and more!

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Ta-Daaa! My NES p0cket

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Camera is broken so I had to use my scanner. Looks better in real life.

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Authentic NES buttons and labels 8)

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Here you can see the brightness adjusting pot, and the Player 2 port. Also the neat little velcro tab for keeping the battery lid shut.

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Of course it has to have AV out :roll:

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I managed to use the original GB volume controll with the Hip Gear audio amp. Above it is the power switch.

It really isn't done yet. For some reason the P2 controller went on the fritz and it needs messed with. The only button that works is the A button, even pressing B triggers A. But for some reason the light gun works perfect! (using AV out on a TV of course :wink: ).

And of course I need to fix the video on it. The NOAC video is blurry, and I need to put some trim pots for the color and contrast on the LCD. I will get a scan of the insides when I open it up to fix all that.

Fitting the audio amp. the screen, the SJ3, the cartidge connector, and all that other crap was unbelievably tricky! Mostly cause of all the wire involved with it.

One really cool thing about this is it has two switches on the side of the cartridge connector. When they are open you play the 76 built in games, but when they are closed (the cartridge pushes them closed when it is inserted)it plays the cartridge! It's pretty much an automatic game switcher.

if any of you are interested, I will be making a page with a small how-to for it on my site when I get the time. (hint: the more support, the faster I work ;) )

[UPDATE]
New pics. I just wanted them to be on the front page. They were originally posted on page 4 of this thread, with explanations of what they are and all that jazz.
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[UPDATE #2]
I never put up the pic of it playing a cartridge, so here it is
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(clickable thumbnail)

Also, this sweet little portable was stolen from his daddy on a skiing trip in jan-feb (exact date escapes me) of 2006. If you see it on ebay please PM me! I would love to catch whoever stole it.
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YESSSS!!!glory halleluyah! finally. looking good my man...
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Post by bioniclebert »

Thanks for the pics. Looks great. I like how it fits inside the gameboy, and can play carts.(unlike game grrl) Much better than a lot of other ones Ive seen. Nice job!
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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 »

i love it
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That is THE....precious :D
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Post by Gamelver »

beautiful :)...almost as beautiful as ben's NOACp ;)
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Post by bicostp »

Sweet! 8)

Can't wait to see the web article! :D

(Just a little more support to make the site come along faster. ;))
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Post by G-force »

Gamelver wrote:beautiful :)...almost as beautiful as ben's NOACp ;)
For functionality I think I beat his. This has player2 with lightgun support, AV out (did his have that?), built in "crappy games", and a neat-ass paint job.

BTW, I am going to redo the black electrical tape on the screen protector. For some reason it "scrunched" overnight and no longer fits right

Also, I want to thank everyone who helped with it. Ben for the pinouts and inspiration, ladyada for the screen info, bubblez and all4sky, and gannon for help with the audio amp. Thanks to anyone I missed.

Now to beat Ninja Gaiden once and for all :twisted: .....
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Post by demonofaj »

Didn't you make another one with a well GameGear :? , but really awesome though.
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Post by gannon »

looks nice. How stable is a cart in it? From the way the cart slot is set up it actually looks like it'd be fairly stable at the standard playing angle of a GBO.
I just got another hip screen and an old gbo, so I might try something like this :)
I think I'd either stay grey or go with red/white though ;)
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Post by Lucretius »

He mentioned earlier that it's rather stable...nice plus...
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Post by Metroid fan »

Thats awesome does it use a real NES board? Still awsome.
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Post by usbcd36 »

Neat! You definitely outdid Ben on this one, even the case is better than his.
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Post by LethalMeatball »

That looks awesome! PLEASE post everything you did for it! I want to know how to do something like this for myself! :D
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Post by The Hacker »

i love it great job realy nice
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