my Sweet64 progress thread!
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- Master of Portables
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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 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 .
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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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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ohhhhhh look something came in the mail! an n64! now, how does one remove the memory expansion pack?
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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
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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!
The controller guts and buttons
The poor game cube controller i sacrificed
muhahahahaaaaaa! the controller partially dremeled
oh look, my N64 came in the mail..."no! i am screwed!" the N64 thinks
the N64 exposed, proof I didn't have to rip the case open.
The metal shielding torn off,I had to drill a screw off because it was stripped
See! it still works!
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!
The controller guts and buttons
The poor game cube controller i sacrificed
muhahahahaaaaaa! the controller partially dremeled
oh look, my N64 came in the mail..."no! i am screwed!" the N64 thinks
the N64 exposed, proof I didn't have to rip the case open.
The metal shielding torn off,I had to drill a screw off because it was stripped
See! it still works!
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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i wanted to use the first party controllers pads and buttons so i wouldnt get the cheesy look of the 3rd party onevskid wrote:Whats that for? I thought you just needed a third-party N64 controller and a GC joystick.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
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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 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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