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atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:51 pm

The secret project I started long ago. A dream finally realized. Here it is. My DCP!

I'm holding it at a good angle for the picture, because for some reason my hinges "set" themselves at strange angles. I have to fix that.

Technically its a portable, but not a handheld. I chose to do the PSone style because:
1) Its really big.
2) I don't have a suitable case.
3) Playing with others looses its fun when people have to lean into your face to see.
4) I'm almost out of money (again)
Here is a shot of the back.

I guess second place isn't bad.
I guess nobody will ever see this one, because the DC forum is pretty much abandoned.

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:58 pm

nice job, maybe you could put handles on the side or something with buttons in them. Whats the play time on that thang???

daleighan · Post by **daleighan** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:58 pm

Oh that's awesome! How did you do the battery setup?

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:03 pm

very nice

kinda like cennar's

Zhooibaal · Post by **Zhooibaal** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:22 am

Very nicely done, but I think that at least you should make somekind of case for the batteries and attach that case to the main unit, that would make carrying it around a bit easier.

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 9:39 pm

Awesome job atka! That's four that you've done, that's almost 300, sorta...

Darth Fett · Post by **Darth Fett** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 10:22 pm

Very cool!

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:30 am

It's way better than any portable dreamcast I have...for now.

Good job! What is your play time with those batteries?

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:24 pm

cool, whats ur playtime with those batts?

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:32 pm

pretty neato torpedo you should work your bondo magic and give it a new smaller case one of these days

paul4990 · Post by **paul4990** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 9:21 am

i was just doing that the other day too, and i just ofdered a 3.3v reg.
ill have my own TC by having a 12v in at the back

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 1:38 pm

I love it! Looks just like the TreamCast (Uh, I think thats what it's called)
Did you just wire up a GC power supply and the AV connections then? Cuz that would be a great way to make an easy DCp.

lpjunior999 · Post by **lpjunior999** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 10:59 am

I was going to say if those batteries fit you could gut the modem and put them in there, but it looks like they wouldn't, unless you could really squeeze them in there.

atkafighter · Post by **atkafighter** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 1:31 pm

Ahh sorry for the late reply (even I forgot about the Dreamcast section).
Battery life is still untested, but I'm going to guess at just under an hour. I have an unmodded screen on it, so its probably about 45-55 minutes of playtime. If I modded it I would get about 1:30 minutes of play.
I may give it a paintjob one of these days, but it probably won't get the bondo treatment any time soon.
The batteries are nowhere near the size of the modem. But I think the best solution would be a "base" battery unit similar to the third part batteries for the GC, and PSone.
Thats all for now,
Atkafighter

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 1:24 pm

So was it as easy as hooking up the batterys in series to a GC PSU, and bam, it powered on?

For paint, maybe black? Like the special sports edition DC. Or you could paint only half the system black leaving the other half white, making a neat contrasting look. (well don't I sound designer-ish

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