my Sweet64 progress thread!

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my Sweet64 progress thread!

Post by Master of Portables » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:22 am

after the completion of my first portable, the SNES Boy... i want to try something harder, you guessed it an N64. I have started collecting parts, and working on planning my case. it will be Vac formed, and i hope it will be at least as good as marshal's/turbos if not better :twisted: :mrgreen: I am also thinking of electric rain's idea of replacing the crappy joystick with a game cube controller joystick. also another note, i am writing a very in depth tutorial while making this portable to help n00bs world wide!or at least forum wide i guess... when i get stuff done and take pics for my tutorial i will post them in this thread as a log.

EDIT:updated status 7/19/07

*Case 75% I have <i>most</i> of the controller pieces bondoed in, but I have a little speed bump, as I can't seem to get a Game Cube controller open without killing the case...

*Wiring 10% Most of the things that are unnecessary have been removed from the N64!

*Power 30% Got my battery today, and opened it up!

*Controller 50% I have the controller gutted and the controller case dremeled.

*Screen 0% I don't have one :( .
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Post by ShockSlayer » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:31 am

Good!

Remember, The yobo n64 controller tutorial with diagrams I have is the bset way to go!

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Post by SpearMan74 » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:12 pm

Just...try not to... touch the board too much. I've had 3 boards stop working with no bang or pop or smoke or smell just stop working. Maybe because i was constantly fingering it while thinking but... yeah
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Post by vskid » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:17 pm

Don't do like me and arc the 7.2v to the 3.3v line, it doesn't like it.
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Post by Master of Portables » Fri Mar 02, 2007 9:08 pm

well, i just ripped out the c stick board, and the control stick plastic thing, man i hate it when the pen thing doesn't work and your dremel battery is dead and the charger for the dremel is lost.
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Post by Master of Portables » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:52 pm

ohhhhhh look something came in the mail! an n64! now, how does one remove the memory expansion pack?
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Post by vskid » Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:14 pm

I just pried mine out with a big flathead screwdriver, be gentle though.
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Post by Master of Portables » Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:35 pm

as of now it is out and working... i didn't even destroy the case! what i did was use my drill around each screw so i could put my pliers around it and twist it out. got to add a lot to my guide :P
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Post by Master of Portables » Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:27 am

ok, an update, i can't cut off the walls of the rest of the controller pieces because i accidentally dropped my dremel and the cut off disc broke :( :( :( :( i will post pics of my adventure!
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The controller guts and buttons
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The poor game cube controller i sacrificed :D :twisted: :twisted:
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muhahahahaaaaaa! the controller partially dremeled
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oh look, my N64 came in the mail..."no! i am screwed!" the N64 thinks
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the N64 exposed, proof I didn't have to rip the case open.
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The metal shielding torn off,I had to drill a screw off because it was stripped
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See! it still works!
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that is the controller piece for the analog stick and start button, after sanding it with 600 grit sand paper for two hours while watching my brother and his friend fail 94 times on their catapult project, it's smooth as hell!
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Post by jeroen » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:18 am

You do realise you need a 3rd party cntroller to replace it with a gamecube analog joystick. Right? (just making sure)

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Post by vskid » Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:45 am

Master of Portables wrote:Image
See! it still works!
Are you running that on carpet!?!? Do you want it to die?? Because if you run it on carpet, chances are it won't still work.
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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:09 pm

carpet is bad,



jeroen is right if you wanna use the GC joystick like i did you need a 3rd party controller.

I used a third party controllers guts and a GC controller joystick and a first party controller's pc board
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Post by vskid » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:15 pm

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:I used a third party controllers guts and a GC controller joystick and a first party controller's pc board
Whats that for? I thought you just needed a third-party N64 controller and a GC joystick. :?
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Post by Turbo Tax 1.0 » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:20 pm

vskid wrote:
Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:I used a third party controllers guts and a GC controller joystick and a first party controller's pc board
Whats that for? I thought you just needed a third-party N64 controller and a GC joystick. :?
i wanted to use the first party controllers pads and buttons so i wouldnt get the cheesy look of the 3rd party one
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Post by Master of Portables » Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:38 pm

i know that you need a third party controller, i am doing like turbo did and wired the third party board to the first party one, i ordered a super pad off baysoft games! i am not stupid,unlike my catapult faling brother! or at least about the controllers :oops: thanks for the tip on the not running on the carpet. hey it still works though, and i have returned from ace hardware and got all of the vac forming crap and new dremel cutting discs and bondo! yaayyyyy
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