Hey boy, it's the NES Boy!

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:39 pm

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:dang i actually read it and i am just amazed. the guts; they are so packed in. any chance of a small guide coming eventually on how it was all crammed in?

Well, I don't really have any pics of the process since my camera broke. I didn't think of using the scanner until later. I might be able to reuse pics from the first NES/GBO portable and make something decent.

x24 wrote:friggin nice.. why did u choose Green tho? and how long does it last with the led mod?

Mold. It was blue when I painted it

nah, I just liked green. It looked good with the purple buttons.
I've been playing it for two days now and it still haven't changed the batterys. I'm gonna hazard a guess that it lasts 8-12 hours, but I won't know until I time it.

ChronoTriggerFan wrote:WOW Shocked That's incredible. I mean, it's not like I wouldn't expect something so beautiful from you, it's just your portables never cease to amaze me. Could you post a video/pics of it running? PLEASE???

I know! It sucks that the scanner can't show the LCD playing. I will get pics and/or video of it running hopefully this friday evening (my friend has a camera AND broadband)

NES_fanatic wrote:Where'd you get the connector? I friggin knead too no (speak it out). I broke my original NES only for my portable and need a replacement. Where'd you get this one?

I dremeled the connector off a family converter that I bought from gannon (just PM him, I think his store is down). Works great! But you can still buy the original-type NES connectors on Ebay if you prefer their crappiness.

marshallh wrote:Me like. You should've followed gannon's naming scheme and called it the pNES Boy. Razz

Coach Z says: "Great jorearb!"

lol, I really considered it! It's not too late... I could still change it...

darkarrow52 · Post by **darkarrow52** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:15 pm

Man, the more I look at that thing the better it looks..

THAT THING IS AMAZING.

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:18 pm

i just looked at the rebuilt amp, any chance of a diagram. you did a crazy job packin everything so tight inside. did you cut the sides off the NOAC?

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:56 pm

Turbo Tax 1.0 wrote:i just looked at the rebuilt amp, any chance of a diagram. you did a crazy job packin everything so tight inside. did you cut the sides off the NOAC?

I'm downlaoding a circuit drawing program as I speak, guess what for

I did dremel a good amount off the sides and rear of the board. All but one side had all this excess board for one ground trace! What gives?

I just used two wires in it's place and voila, it was small enough to fit in the case.
Everything barely fit. The wires were pretty bulky. But I planned for that end left just enough space for them.

BTW, the NOAC I used was a Red colored Super Joy 3 from gannon. It dosn't have built-in games, but it's cheaper and legal that way. I'd reccomend buying one from him if you're considering making one of these. (I assume he still sells them)

Thanks everyone for the portable love and kind comments! I'm diggin' it!

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:16 am

i was lookin at the NOACs machina sent me and the one with built in games is a bit smaller and looks li8ke it would fit right inside theGBO with no cutting

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:27 am

Woah, portable=sweet!

We will always remember, the nes p0cket..

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:19 am

x24 wrote:friggin nice.. why did u choose Green tho? and how long does it last with the led mod?

Yoshi edition.

Fanboy · Post by **Fanboy** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:48 pm

That is hawt on a new level, even better than the first GBO style NESp you built!

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:13 pm

I'd kill Fanboy for that portable

Sweet, that is one awesome portable!

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 11:17 pm

Ahh my eyes like the candy that portable supplies!

Fanboy · Post by **Fanboy** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 6:37 am

I suggest that when you take it on vacation, keep it in your pocket, or in a hand-bag of some sort that stays with you the whole time... Prevent NES p0cketloss syndrome...

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:02 am

I would've, but I was snowboarding

wipeout=*crunch*
I think I may have found the guy who stole it though. He keeps asking me if I've found it yet every time I see him, and he and one other guy were the only people I showed it to. I REALLY hope he slips up and I find it in his bag or something. Not that I can blame him, that thing was hot... Like *o*

wallydawg wrote:Yoshi edition.

Yeah! Except I don't think Yoshi was on the NES. Oh well.

Sorry, but I never got a video up last week, we got too much into Halo 2 and I forgot. (found out my sensitivity settings at 1 are the best way to get headshots and thus win!) But tomorrow I really will take a video! I promise!

I'm still downloading the schematic drawing program for the audio amp. The download keeps getting locked up, but I have a fix for that.

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:58 am

G-force wrote:I would've, but I was snowboarding wipeout=*crunch*
I think I may have found the guy who stole it though. He keeps asking me if I've found it yet every time I see him, and he and one other guy were the only people I showed it to. I REALLY hope he slips up and I find it in his bag or something. Not that I can blame him, that thing was hot... Like *o*

wallydawg wrote:Yoshi edition.
Yeah! Except I don't think Yoshi was on the NES. Oh well.

Sorry, but I never got a video up last week, we got too much into Halo 2 and I forgot. (found out my sensitivity settings at 1 are the best way to get headshots and thus win!) But tomorrow I really will take a video! I promise!

I'm still downloading the schematic drawing program for the audio amp. The download keeps getting locked up, but I have a fix for that.

He was, just not in the mario games:

Yoshi Box Art

XavGon · Post by **XavGon** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:48 pm

Amazing. That takes skill.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:55 pm