Portable N64 is Done!
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it's done ! and just in time for vacation too (i leave sunday).
it may look pretty thick and ugly but it fits comfortably in my hands and i don't really care what it looks like as long as it works as you can see, you should see if your batteries fit in your case before you make it mine's an exception becasue the original batteries did fit inside the case but then they died so i got some bigger better ones. the screen has 6 ultra-bright LEDs and a switch so i can turn the brightness mod on/off whenever i want. it looks even better than the original backlight, the pictures don't do it justice.
here's some specs:
-bright PSone screen
-5000mah 8.4v batteries and built-in charger + TI dc-dc convertor
-all the controls (even D-pad and L)
-expansion pack
-relocated cart slot secured with a steel bracket
-relocated volume adjust buttons
-dip switch so i can control just about everything that goes on with the wiring
-it will have RCA jacks that i'll install after vacation, i just didn't have the time to do it before
-memory card slot
-stereo sound
it cost about $250 and took over a year to make. when i was getting close to finishing it, it seemed like everything that could go wrong did
but i eventually fixed everything and now it works it's unofficially named Gameboy 64
it may look pretty thick and ugly but it fits comfortably in my hands and i don't really care what it looks like as long as it works as you can see, you should see if your batteries fit in your case before you make it mine's an exception becasue the original batteries did fit inside the case but then they died so i got some bigger better ones. the screen has 6 ultra-bright LEDs and a switch so i can turn the brightness mod on/off whenever i want. it looks even better than the original backlight, the pictures don't do it justice.
here's some specs:
-bright PSone screen
-5000mah 8.4v batteries and built-in charger + TI dc-dc convertor
-all the controls (even D-pad and L)
-expansion pack
-relocated cart slot secured with a steel bracket
-relocated volume adjust buttons
-dip switch so i can control just about everything that goes on with the wiring
-it will have RCA jacks that i'll install after vacation, i just didn't have the time to do it before
-memory card slot
-stereo sound
it cost about $250 and took over a year to make. when i was getting close to finishing it, it seemed like everything that could go wrong did
but i eventually fixed everything and now it works it's unofficially named Gameboy 64
Last edited by daguuy on Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:33 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Very nice, glad to see you finally finished it. Now you can move on to something else!
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Well done, sir. I can only hope my future n64p comes anywhere close to being as good.
Perhaps some bondo first to give things a smoother look/feel.CronoTriggerfan wrote:I think that all you really need to do after you get back is take out the buttons and spray paint the gray parts black to make it all blend.
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eh i would, right now i'm working patiently on my snesp..but you know life is getting in the way cough girls coughdaguuy wrote:thanks for the compliments .
@minkster, you should revive it. i killed 4 N64s, 2 controllers, 1 battery pack, almost kill my screen, and almost killed my charger and look at it now
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Finally, I'm happy to see you're portable done and it looks not great, but then again it's what's on the inside, and I like to see those 'C-size' batteries sticking out . I'm joking, but nice portable nonetheless, that cart slot relocation looks great, have fun playing Zelda on the go
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