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[evilteddy]

Nice work.

[marshallh]

Workmaship is great. Like the translucent case.

[jdmlight]

Wow. That looks amazing. I haven't seen a portable with clean casework like that in a while. I like the translucent purple, you can't hide anything behind bondo. Nice work!

[limpport]

This is a fantastic looking portable! The translucent purple reminds me of the GB Colors!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKJ-1fqLy0
Video^ Can someone help me get this to embed?

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[yt=640,480]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpKJ-1fqLy0[/yt]

^^^Just copy+paste that, and it should be all set!

[Life of Brian]

I'm jealous of your design! Awesome work! I love the hinge that the tackle box gave you, and the fact that the Nintendo logo fit by chance on the screen bezel - it was meant to be

My wife loves purple and I've promised her for the last couple of years I'd make her a purple N64. If she comes across this portable, she's going to insist I make one immediately for sure!

[Pkmnjunky7]

Thanks! Hopefully your wife sees this and forces you to make an n64 portable, I would love to see your take on it!

[Falco]

Yum, purple. I love the translucence, it shows how well and tidy it all fits in there.

[Life of Brian]

Thanks! Hopefully your wife sees this and forces you to make an n64 portable, I would love to see your take on it!

Okay if I just make an exact clone of your portable? 'Cuz... that's what I want

Where did you get your heatsinks? And with what did you attach them? The plastic surrounding the Z buttons - are those original controller parts or molded plastic you made? And the black plastic below your screen with the N64 logo - what is that and how did you make it? I am inspired, sir

[Pkmnjunky7]

Okay if I just make an exact clone of your portable? 'Cuz... that's what I want

Fine by me! I nearly cloned your snes portable when I built mine. haha. I didn't do it on purpose, but you were a big inspiration!

Where did you get your heatsinks?

I got them on ebay. They were like these, Idk the exact seller though. You'll need to buy two sets of 8 to cover everything. It takes 4 to cover the CPU

And with what did you attach them?

A small dab of super glue on the bottom of each heat sink. Works really well and doesn't show any sign of letting loose.

The plastic surrounding the Z buttons - are those original controller parts or molded plastic you made? And the black plastic below your screen with the N64 logo - what is that and how did you make it? I am inspired, sir

The plastic surrounding the Z buttons is the original controller plastic, just cut up and sanded to the right shape. I bought a bunch of controllers at a flea market, so I had plenty to experiment with. The cartridge cover was a black project enclosure box from RadioShack. I just took an n64 game with me and looked for one that would do. I think it was this one.

Good luck! I really look forward to seeing you tackle the N64! If your curious about anything else I did just let me know! I'm not an N64 expert by any means, but I do what I can to encourage others!

[Life of Brian]

What I meant was this black plastic on the front:


Great info, by the way. Thank you!

[Pkmnjunky7]

Woops! Haha, I must have read that wrong. I somehow missed the part about being under the screen. That plastic started as a sheet of 1mm thick plastic from a "For Sale" sign that I picked up at walmart. I just cut a long rectangular strip and glued it to the front with super glue, then i bent it around and glued it to the back as well, After it was glued down on the front and back of the case I cut a slit in it so that the case could open back up again.

[Life of Brian]

Ha! That's great!