Presenting: The Nintendo Stupendo - finished! For now!

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:44 am

timmeh87 wrote:
Kurt_ wrote:
-90 degree cartridge connector to help you pass trigonometry
So if the cartridge is X cm [up] and the SNESp is Y cm in length, would that mean the resultant vector from the top of the cartridge to one side of the case would be the sum of 1/2 Y + X?

Yay! It does work!
actually that would be a vector from the corner of the unit to the top of the cartridge

NERDS! That's okay though...

Sparkfist wrote: P.S. Leave me a note in the titles thread (Forum42) and I'll update your title.

Ah but I already did!

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:38 pm

AWESOMEZ!

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limpport · Post by **limpport** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 1:52 pm

It's just so damn sexy! It reminds me of Ben's handbuilt nes in his book, just a lot skinner. Wonderful looking portable, and I can't wait so see more!

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 5:42 pm

Why thank you my good sir. I highly recommend that template of Ben's for anyone's first SNES. It's just the right size to fit everything in without any headaches, and yet it's still very thin. I can't decide on whether to do my next SNESp with a similar shape or not. I have all the stuff on hand...

If I did do another very similar SNESp, the main changes I would make are:

1) Relocate the cart slot so the cartridge slides down the back
2) Li-ion batteries
3) Buttons a little bit lower (ergonomics)
4) Shoulder buttons on the back

Aside from those things it would be pretty much the same. I wouldn't mind, either. It was fun to build and actual construction time didn't take long at all.

poopiesman · Post by **poopiesman** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:30 am

the portable is one of the most gorgeous I have seen in a long time. do you mind me asking how you did the 2nd player port? I took the 2nd player port and just wired them back to their original places (as though they were still attached to the motherboard) but my wire is either too thin or SOMETHING, because, darn it. it doesnt work! how did you do yours?

hayabusafmw · Post by **hayabusafmw** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:37 pm

wow just saw what you did there

amazing man
totally amazing!!

woooow

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:36 pm

hayabusafmw wrote:wow just saw what you did there

amazing man
totally amazing!!

woooow

Why thank you. I actually have a couple more SNES portables in the works (one super sexy and one really simple), as well as a portable PSOne, so hopefully I'll have those done before the end of the summer! And just to make things more fun I'm teaching my younger brother how to make an Atari portable. Fun all around!

Sorry I didn't see your post earlier, um... poopiesman. All I did was wire it up exactly like it was before. Nothing fancy.

supersonic16 · Post by **supersonic16** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:06 pm

thats great but wouldnt the way the cartage gos in be in the way?

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:21 pm

supersonic16 wrote:thats great but wouldnt the way the cartage gos in be in the way?

This thread is a bit old; modders have since begun relocating the cart slot.

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:39 pm

Yes, it did get in the way and a bump would reset the game. This was my first portable, and my goal was completion, not perfection. Leaving the cartridge slot where it lay was a far easier solution than relocating it. For a first portable, I say it was an acceptable compromise.

techknott · Post by **techknott** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:21 am

Really nice poratble. Few questions though, how thick is the alu on the side walls and did you just bend it by hand into shape? Is that you in your avatar?

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:26 am

That's gotta be him in his avvy.

Wow, this thread is really old. Its got a retromaster post.

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Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:20 pm

I think the aluminum was 3/4" wide, 1/16" thick. Really easy to bend, and I did it by hand and also with a big pair of pliers. I also glued it down with hot glue here and there as I went along the shape of the front plate.

Yeah, that's me in my picture with a mutilated Atari 2600 board that's yet to be portablized. The case is taking a while to make, so who knows if it will ever see the light of day. It powers up and plays fine, though.

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:25 pm

Is it me or is this bumped?

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 5:17 pm

Yup. inb4lock!

Actually for a first portable, this is pretty good.

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