Hacking an Etch A Sketch eto -- Suggestions

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Hacking an Etch A Sketch eto -- Suggestions

Post by com64 » Fri Dec 24, 2010 5:13 pm

I've got a couple of Etch A Sketch eto TV games laying around. I want to do something with them, but I don't have any ideas. It appears to have either a cartridge or serial port on the bottom. I think they were $4 at Toys R Us.

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Post by cennar » Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:27 pm

do they etch and sketch?
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Post by com64 » Fri Dec 24, 2010 9:31 pm

cennar wrote:do they etch and sketch?
Well, you can draw stuff with the d-pad and it has some backgrounds and clip-art. It also has a maze game which is damn hard. I've managed to play through three levels of it I think. You know, if I had a PS1 screen and a roll of duct tape, I could make this into a portable console, Lol.
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Post by mako321 » Sat Dec 25, 2010 10:08 am

Looks like what hailrazer used to make his first portable.

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Re: Hacking an Etch A Sketch eto -- Suggestions

Post by nightwheel » Sat Dec 25, 2010 2:35 pm

mako321 wrote:Looks like what hailrazer used to make his first portable.
you would be right. He used it's shell as a case for a Radica portable.
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Re: Hacking an Etch A Sketch eto -- Suggestions

Post by hailrazer » Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:15 pm

Yep works alright for a Radica with 2.5" screen.

Still have my Etch-a-sketch portable here with me. It almost cost me a thumb so I'm holdin on to it until I have the feeling back in my thumb tip. :)

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Post by com64 » Sat Dec 25, 2010 3:19 pm

Sweet! Though I can agree that the d-pads are terrible with this... hey, maybe I can make a portable Virtual Boy :P I don't really have anything on hand that I can mod into it, but I might eventually order a Dingoo a320.
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Post by cennar » Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:29 pm

from north van right on. I just moved from Vancouver and Victoria a few months ago. Spent ten years there. In london for now, in ottawa as we type.

D-pad Sketching... well if that's what you want. I think it would be a cool addition to a console mod. Flip a switch and your playing starfox, flip it back and your etcha sketching.
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Post by com64 » Sun Dec 26, 2010 10:53 pm

cennar wrote:from north van right on. I just moved from Vancouver and Victoria a few months ago. Spent ten years there. In london for now, in ottawa as we type.

D-pad Sketching... well if that's what you want. I think it would be a cool addition to a console mod. Flip a switch and your playing starfox, flip it back and your etcha sketching.
Hmm... Maybe I can fit another TV game into there, or I could hack the etchasketch game into two joystick TV games. I'm going down to Value Village in Victoria tomorrow.
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Post by cennar » Mon Dec 27, 2010 12:52 pm

Oh sweet say hi to Arron! and steal any thing you can get your hands on. trust me they don't need the money!!

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Post by com64 » Mon Dec 27, 2010 2:36 pm

cennar wrote:Oh sweet say hi to Arron! and steal any thing you can get your hands on. trust me they don't need the money!!

(PS, Arron calls me Earl, or Beboe... I can't remember)
lol, I just got back, and bought a $10 toshiba t2100 laptop.
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