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Post by shmagoogin77 » Tue May 10, 2005 3:25 pm

why does it say in the book that a SNESp cost more than a PS1p

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Post by bicostp » Tue May 10, 2005 3:31 pm

The Mini SNES consoles generally cost more than the PSone, to start with... right?

And it looks like the wiring is a bit more complex, at least he says it is more challenging to build a SNESp than a PSonep.

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Post by shmagoogin77 » Tue May 10, 2005 3:37 pm

in the book it seems to me that Ben think PS1 is harder. Skiping is a problem, high power requirments, and the shoulder buttons are hard to deal with

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Post by *o* » Tue May 10, 2005 3:40 pm

then make a snes
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Post by bicostp » Tue May 10, 2005 3:42 pm

This should be a poll. 8)

I am personally making a PSonep. It's cheaper for me. (I have something like 33 PS games, 0 SNES games. :P :lol:

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Post by shmagoogin77 » Tue May 10, 2005 3:44 pm

i have a few psone games but no system
i dont have any snes games and no system

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Post by bicostp » Tue May 10, 2005 3:55 pm

Then do a PSone. (and beware of the double-post! :wink:)

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Post by shmagoogin77 » Tue May 10, 2005 4:02 pm

it says in the book that the buttons are doublee as hard on the ps1

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Post by shmagoogin77 » Tue May 10, 2005 4:02 pm

it says in the book that the buttons are doublee as hard on the ps1. Is that true?

EDIT: sry about the double post

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Post by Sparkfist » Wed May 11, 2005 10:52 am

They might be. I'm still in the stages of getting basic wiring done with my PSp.

As for building the thing a PSone will cost you $25-35, not bad at all. You'll also be looking for a screen of which you can find out about.

Just do the PSp its less wiring, cheaper and the sooner you get a portable done the sooner you'll be able to enjoy it.
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Post by Radon199 » Sun May 29, 2005 1:53 pm

My PSOnep is up to about $90-$100 CAD.

Money went something like this. (All prices are in CAD...:P)

PSOne : $20
Extra Controlers : $30 (Buggered my other ones
Screen : $50 (I know but i'm canadian and its hard to find a PSOne Screen here in Canada)
LEDs : $5 (Found them at a local store dirt cheep)
Buttons : $0 (got them out of a old VCR)

All in all not a bad price at all :D
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Post by Triton » Sun May 29, 2005 3:08 pm

PSonePs are cheap, i think not counting the price of the psone and screen and stuff i spent about 10$ on mine just tact switches and a 5$ 3rd party controller (used controllers are even cheaper less than $2.99 at gamestop)

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Post by bicostp » Sun May 29, 2005 3:12 pm

I paid.. lemme see...

$30 for my PSone
$2 for a memory card
$0 soldering iorn, solder, braid
$0 case materials
$0 for information (thx, everyone. Gotta love the internet.)

and I still need to get:
-an Intec screenpad ($20)

Most of this has been paid with money I earned by doing yard work and stuff like that, so I have only paid about $10 out of my wallet.

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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 » Sun May 29, 2005 3:56 pm

the snes is actually pretty easy you just have to practice soldering if you are going to "Rewire All Those Darn Capacitors"

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Post by EvilnessNMyVeins » Sat Jun 04, 2005 7:03 pm

Hey if you go to wal mart, You can get(if they still stock it) a new PSone and Lcd screen for $70 compared to the $150 at places like game stop. that would probably be the easiest way to go, all easily compatible in one box

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