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And, topic creator, Did you follow the directions from the book exactly? <_< I woulda, but, you know. I sorta didn't when I tried to build mine. <_<

I followed them for the most part. I did have a couple of deviations. I wired up the controllers a little differently ...

Thanks for the great comments.

The volume icon looks similar to the one in Windows, but it's not the same one.

The book is well worth the money (it was $18 from amazon.com IIRC). The forums here are full of veteran portabilizers that have offered some valuable information that augment the book well.

In case anyone is wondering what the problem was - I did fry the IC by soldering it in upside down. I got another controller and it worked great.

I've been lurking on this board for a few weeks now while I've been working on my NESp. It's nothing special - basically straight out of Ben's book.

I only had a couple of problems to overcome in this project:
- Had trouble getting battery power to work
- System kept shorting out during play ...

Handmade NESp from Ben's book -

When I wire up the player 1 controller port to left PCB, the system stops working. I had inadvertently installed the controller IC backwards, but corrected it. Could I have fried the IC?

I notice that if I leave a certain pin disconnected on the controller, the ...