76000 Games in a Gameboy. I call it the MegaJoyBoy! BIG PICS

TheTooth · Post by **TheTooth** » Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:59 pm

did you use a special screwdriver to get out those damn weird GB screws or do you have an alternate method?

All4Sky · Post by **All4Sky** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:28 am

Thanks for the compliments! There is actually a lot of room inside the gameboy once you gut everything out. My favorite part about this project was being able to still use the original gameboy pad and buttons, I feel like I'm playing with a gameboy except there is a nice color screen and 76000 games! Seriously though, I really enjoyed making this portable, it took me about 2.5 days at about 4hrs per day. The trickiest part was probably getting the original gameboy controls to work with the glop-top controller chip in the NOAC. If you get familiar with the way the NES controllers work it won't be so hard.

TheTooth - I've used the same 4 AA batteries since i first started testing the unit (while it was still apart), they seem to still be going strong. One day I'll time the battery life and post my findings here. As for those pesky screws, I just used a flat head jewler's screwdriver and they came off quite easily.

I'm already starting my other NESp project with the cartridge slot, hopefully it turns out as nice as this "MegaJoyBoy"

Thanks again for the kind words.

TheTooth · Post by **TheTooth** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:53 am

It definitly is an awesome idea, and it looks great. Good luck with the cart slot.

ladyada · Post by **ladyada** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:50 am

nifty! if youd like, i can host your images off of my gamegrrl webpage..i think a lot of people who check it out would dig your 'remixed' gameboy version.

All4Sky · Post by **All4Sky** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:21 am

ladyada wrote:nifty! if youd like, i can host your images off of my gamegrrl webpage..i think a lot of people who check it out would dig your 'remixed' gameboy version.

That would be great! After all, it was your page that got me going on this! It's pretty much identical to your Game Grrl, except for the housing and the buttons. Thanks again.

icusdude · Post by **icusdude** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 1:01 pm

hey just in case you didnt notice, i sent you a PM

as i said though, one hell of a portable.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 4:20 pm

The black is very nice looking, and it makes NES into something cool and new. I'll have to do this sometime in the future.

All4Sky · Post by **All4Sky** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 5:26 pm

icusdude wrote:hey just in case you didnt notice, i sent you a PM

as i said though, one hell of a portable.

icusdude - I sent you a reply yesterday. Please let me know if you never got it. Thanks

icusdude · Post by **icusdude** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:36 pm

All4Sky wrote:icusdude - I sent you a reply yesterday. Please let me know if you never got it. Thanks

yeah, i never got a reply.

Post by **Gamelver** » Wed Apr 06, 2005 8:54 pm

very nice work

......I love the whole look of it all and it's cool how you got it all to fit

.....now you just need a cart. slot and you've got an actual NES portable (well, it's technically a NESp, although a normal one would play cartridges

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cennar · Post by **cennar** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 10:24 am

wow thats like one of the first new guys to do any thing realy cool.

Undisclosed · Post by **Undisclosed** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 8:26 am

You or ladyada should post a complete how to on this one....thats awesome.

ladyada · Post by **ladyada** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:01 pm

said images/text are linked off of http://www.ladyada.net/make/gamegrrl (in 'related projects')

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:44 am

I'm curious, how did you mount the screen? hot Glue?

Post by **bicostp** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:30 am

Maybe your next project could be a GOAC Nomad!