PlayMad finished! (page 7)

dman762000 · Post by **dman762000** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 4:47 pm

I gotta say that that thing is looking really slick dude I hope that my ps2 portable looks that slick when I get around to making it, btw: those polycase cases are awsome aren't they?

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:25 pm

please dont go showing this off on make well end up with another huge wave of newbs like after you put up your nes in a nes controller thing lol its really great though and im really impressed like ive said earlier my favorite ps1p ive seen though i dislike the lack of a disc cover but thats just a personal preference

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:15 pm

I'm happy to say, that The PlayMad is DONE!

With my mighty, non-dial-up internet, I have uploaded videos for your viewing pleasure.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GNZzyxcB_J4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vn8XDRt9r6M

More pictures here if you want to see different views.
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v510/gtd6288/PB/

I even found a neat controller to go along with the player 2 port. It's a square block that folds out into a controller. Didn't measure exactly, but its' about 2" by 2" unfolded.

Only changes since last update was I had to do an LED mod since the normal screen backlight kept dieing.

A capacitor was added to the 5V out line on the regulator to help clean the picture up too.

And other than that, it was just some rewiring on the d-pad controll board since some leads slipped together.

With connections that tiny, and all the moving around, stuff can slip.
The only hard part of doing that, was getting the board out of the hot glue. I ended up heating a knife blade with a lighter, then cutting around the hotglue, that way I didn't have to build up all the hotglue again.

@bmire1985: Yeah, the customer requested that it looked something like his PS1p, only black. So I tried to go with that, only much cheaper.

Well, it's been shipped to the customer, onto the next project.

And any questions are always welcome!

Retromaster · Post by **Retromaster** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:28 pm

cartman- "KICKASS!!!!!!!!"!!!!!

jesus christ.............that is awesome............it is MUCHbetter than a psp!! you are a genious!!!

Rellizate · Post by **Rellizate** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:42 pm

That is fricking amazing! I want your skills... *Goes to work on my ps1p*

minkster · Post by **minkster** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 4:14 pm

amazing! simply amazing! Great work.

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:34 pm

no words justify this.

just wow.

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:41 pm

Utterly amazing!!! I like your PS1p better than ben's, why the extra buttons near the Analog sticks?

God I want THAT Portable, to bad that I could never afford it with no job.

Retromaster · Post by **Retromaster** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:53 pm

Jongamer wrote:Utterly amazing!!! I like your PS1p better than ben's, why the extra buttons near the Analog sticks?

God I want THAT Portable, to bad that I could never afford it with no job.

that is probably for brightness and volume.

Gump-in-space · Post by **Gump-in-space** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:57 pm

It's great but, why are the two sets of buttons different colors?

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:57 pm

awesome g-force best psp ever

the buyer is gonna love it

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:12 pm

Thanks all!

Yeah, those are the leftover buttons from a controller for the volume and brightness (which is actually contrast, since the brightness of the backlight never changes) buttons.

Some people like the buttons, some don't it seems. I really like it, since it matches the start, select and analog buttons above, and with the lighter buttons inbetween, it sort of balances it. Plus it adds a more retro feel, with the original buttons all on it. They also look great with the PS logo, almost a if they're just there for decoration, but they work.

I did want to add a "playmad" logo on the top, but I couldnt find any stickers other than black, and painting them didn't work, so that didn't work out. It would have helped balance the color of the buttons and PS logo I think, so its too bad.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:15 pm

Nice job. That mini controller looks cool, add analogs to it! (you might be able to if you use PSP analogs...)

Website · Post by **Life of Brian** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:49 pm

Wonderful, absolutely wonderful!

On a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the hardest, how difficult did the construction of the case seem to you? Your time and effort certainly shows since things like the shoulder buttons on the back look seamless with the case.

jedi knight · Post by **jedi knight** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 9:02 am

In my opinion, this psp is right up there with the L64. Great job!