10 hours of hotglue...

ladyada · Post by **ladyada** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 6:50 pm

1 'superjoy 3 / 120000 in one' +
1 original nintendo controller+
1 'hip gear screen pad' +
1 Pactec HP-4AA enclosure (available thru pactecenclosures.com or mouser.com) +
4 NiMH batteries +
hotglue, soldering iron, some resistors
=
GameGrrl ghetto-stylin' portable nintendo

(time: 2 hours friday, 6 hours saturday, 2 hours today...)
(cost: $25 noac + $10 case + $40 screen = $75)

http://www.media.mit.edu/~ladyada/make/ ... issing.jpg gamegrrl_back.jpg gamegrrl_innards.jpg

no cartridge slot (~20 good built in games), no speakers (will have headphone jack, will probably have built in battery charger. runs off of alkalines (7hr) or nimh (5hr)

limor

MM007 · Post by **MM007** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 7:35 pm

Not bad...maybe with the data these guys have, you could add a cartridge slot... ^^

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:09 pm

Very nice, save for the missing buttion it looks like a black version of the gameboy. I also commend you your the first to successfully use the Hip Screen, congratulations.

P.S. You really should register.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:55 pm

All I can see is the top half of the screen. Could someone post it or something.

ladyada · Post by **ladyada** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:40 pm

umm yeah i dropped the second button on the floor and then my cat ran off with it i think. i replaced it with a yellow button for now. i didnt really want a cartridge slot because i dont actually own any of my old games, they're all back at my parents' and even then i might have given them away but if i make another one, i was thinking of maybe of making one thats landscape instead of portrait, then i can fit a cartridge slot on the top.

limor

Post by **gannon** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:54 pm

Good luck on any of things you plan to make. I think I speak for everyone when I thank you for your exploration with the hip screen pad.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:59 pm

Looks cool! What did you use for the case?

I prefer lanscape to portrait myself because I have big hands so I have trouble holding the things like the GBA SP.

If you want to use cartridges you could make a port on the case where you could plug in an extension cable that goes to a cartridge connector. That would be cool, you could put the cart in your pocket and play that way.
You could also add a speaker real easy if you want to.

Edit: Never mind about the case I saw this http://benheck.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/ ... php?t=1479