reverse portablization ?

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:34 pm

i was thinking about this for quite a few years now and felt this is the best site to bring this up on. Would it be possible to turn a gameboy (or other handheld) into a console. Of course without the help of another console (no super gameboys or gameboy players.)

dman762000 · Post by **dman762000** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:43 pm

hasn't this already been discussed several times before? try doing a search.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:45 pm

project_failure wrote:i was thinking about this for quite a few years now and felt this is the best site to bring this up on. Would it be possible to turn a gameboy (or other handheld) into a console. Of course without the help of another console (no super gameboys or gameboy players.)

It would likely be called Project Failure, because as far as I know it would be pretty hard.

Sword_Gun · Post by **Sword_Gun** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 4:49 pm

Some guy did it, It was like "something somthing's Not so portable- Portable"

It was a GBA with with a ps1 screen, You can get a GBA A/V Adapter and plug that in, hook it to the Ps1 screen.. and CHA-Ching GBA on a big screen.

For controlls.. I do not Know.

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 5:12 pm

There is a GBA with a transverter and a PSone screen on PoD somewhere.

As for using something else, that's not feasable for the average member here, next to impossible for the rest. That would require engineering a board to convert the digital signal to an analog on ethe TV would understand.

It would be possible to rig up the gameboy in a dark box with a couple LEDs shining on it, and a composite-output capable video camera. (maybe something to put in front of a camcorder...) For the newer backlit GBA SP (I think it's basically a DS Hevy screen), you wouldn't need the light source. Either way you would have to make up an external controller.

For the majority of us, it is easiest to use a Super Gameboy, or a Wide Boy 64, or a Game Boy Player.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 6:18 pm

The name project_failure is started out as a motivational thing. I was going to keep tha name until i completed my first project than change it. But I liked then name so i just decided to keep it.

The idea came up because a friend of mine has a broken game boy color (screen doesn't work) and wanted to do something cool with it. So I felt I would ask about it.

sorry, I should have done a search.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 9:51 pm

There is a site that has a 3 foot Gameboy on it. I don't know how they managed to get the video signal out and have it work with an LCD, but they seemed to. Here's a link to a site talking about it. Beyond that I don't know much about that kind of idea.

The only other thing I could say you can do to play Gameboy games like a console, involve just that, a console. There is the Super Gameboy for the SNES, and some Gameboy player for the N64.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:23 pm

yeah, I saw a picture of it on funny junk.

http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures ... nt+Gameboy

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:25 am

Miracle Ray (GBA Console)
Segasonicfan's GGTV (Game Gear)

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:36 am

so it is possible and maybe require less work than i thought.

thank you.

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