GBA addon completed for Mini Platform System

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 4:03 am

Have a look please: YouTube

Comments welcome!

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:40 am

nice work. maybe next, you could make a neo geo pocket color addon

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:03 am

I could do, if there was a TV out card for it (if there is, please post links and details!).

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:06 am

I was also going to mention game gear, because lovablechevy hooked it up to ps1 screen, but the game gear is too big

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:23 am

Yes, too big. If I ever added this to the system it would go in the Multi-Platform System comfortably, too big for the Mini-Platform System.

Weren't too many good games on the NeoGeo Pocket, but if it has TV out and I can get the card to do it, I might have a go!

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:27 pm

Sonic Pocket Adventure and the pixel-perfect arcade port of Pac-Man make it worth buying.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:57 pm

If you are referring to the NeoGeo Pocket, there weren't many good titles but there are a few. Without a TV out option there may be no way to project the image onto a PSone screen.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 3:43 am

bacteria wrote:If you are referring to the NeoGeo Pocket, there weren't many good titles but there are a few. Without a TV out option there may be no way to project the image onto a PSone screen.

I beg to differ good sir! The Neo Geo pocket is in my opinion the best commercial portable ever made. There are very few titles for it that don't bring me hours of enjoyment.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 6:20 am

Does it have a TV out card (PAL)?? Can't seem to find one. If there is one (or the console can be hacked to output RGB or composite to the PSone screen) please let me know and I will make it for my system.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:50 pm

Awesome! It matches the system, too!

You gotta make me one of these

Too bad I'm US and not PAL.

SS

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:25 am

ShockSlayer wrote:Awesome! It matches the system, too!

You gotta make me one of these Too bad I'm US and not PAL.

SS

Thanks for the compliment.

I would probably take a commission for making one of these, or something else; however the cost of the postage to and from USA to UK, parts, and my cost for time would be expensive.

Components:

GBA - cheap enough, have a couple, ($4)

TV out GBA card - can't get any these days, you would need to source one. ($60?)

PSone screen or similar - whatever the USA ones cost, the UK ones are really hard to get; I have two unused ones and two from old projects remaining (and also a PS2 screen) - future projects.

Shipping of top two parts to UK - expensive to be tracked and insured.

Shipping of system from UK to USA, tracked and insured, think it is something silly like about $70-$80 or more (otherwise about $20 but if lost, it's lost).

Perspex (3mm and 2mm), components, switches, wiring, hot glue, d-pad, paint, etc etc about $20-$25

My time - sensibly, given time it takes, etc, even if I only charged about $5-$10 an hour, on the cheap; we are looking at about $400-$450 to make it worthwhile for time (no point doing the work for nothing).

That means if you add this all up, rather expensive.

I would suggest, if you look on my website, there are step-by-step guides to make your own. You are a skillful portablizer, SS, so you could make your own system, I know it. If you do, please post your project progress so we can see how you get along.

This is one of the reasons I post my how-to-make step-by-step guides; anyone who wants to make a system can follow them and make their own for just the cost of parts, and a bucketful of time.

themadhacker · Post by **themadhacker** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 6:45 pm

I had a great idea, bacteria. what if you made a radica genesis cart for the mini multi platform system. then, you put a genesis cart slot on the radica board. That way, the mini multi platform system could also be a pGenesis.

Nurd! · Post by **Nurd!** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:08 pm

Cool, Just saw this on Hackaday.