Mass Producable N64P...Coming soon!

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:30 pm

Okay guys, I have a few questions for ya (don't forget to include "What is" before your answer

)

Would the case look better without painting the HG case (leaving it black and still having the Volume, Brightness, Contrast, etc labels) and just paint the VHS case satin black to match it?
OR
Would the entire thing look better painted a custom color? (the volume, brightness, etc labels would be painted over.)

Also, if I do paint it, what would be a good color? I was thinking metallic blue or maybe that color shifting paint that I've been itching to try out...

daleighan · Post by **daleighan** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:49 pm

you should have a variety of possible colors to select from like say silver, blue, red, black

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 4:58 pm

it's kinda hard to decide on a good color if i don't know what it'll look like. you have any concept pics?

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:11 pm

daguuy wrote:it's kinda hard to decide on a good color if i don't know what it'll look like. you have any concept pics?

Good point. I'll throw together a drawing in paint tomorrow.
I would take a pic since it's about 1/3 done but I still have no camera. Thankfully my mom said that if I checked a bunch of reviews and made sure it's a good camera, she will buy one for me

Yeah! I never thought I would say this, but mom, you rock! (she'll never see it anyways)

psychotic_mechanic · Post by **psychotic_mechanic** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:27 pm

Clear VHS tape cases would be cool, then everyone could critique your soldering.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 12:07 am

That's a good idea, thanks. I will keep that in mind.

I drew it this up real quick since I don't really care for concepts. (And technically it is tomorrow, at least where I live)

It's a bitmap so you can paste new colors into it and see how they look. So throw your ideas my way

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:15 am

Very cool! I like the cart slot placement and the folding screen. Nicely planned.

daleighan · Post by **daleighan** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:17 am

I want one!

bioniclebert · Post by **bioniclebert** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 8:48 am

Well that took a while. Here you go...

I dont think its too cool, but its just an idea. i can do more of them too, and I probably will. Mabye have the colors selectable upon request.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 5:43 pm

looks like the GBASP layout, maybe you could copy a good color/design from a GBASP you think looks good

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 6:29 pm

G-Force, are you sure a N64 mobo will fit in the VHS case? Don't want to rain on everybody's parade but don't want yu to start making a design if it's not going to fit. Good luck on your N64s G-Force.

usbcd36 · Post by **usbcd36** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:30 pm

I think he may have you there, but I haven't tested the size of a VHS case. Just a secâ€¦ouch. Yeah, sorry to ruin the idea, but you'd have to cut off a lot of the board to get it to fit, including the controller connections. This doesn't necessarily destroy your plans, but it does make them harder. You'll have to solder the controller to the caps on the board.

G-force · Post by **G-force** » Thu Sep 01, 2005 7:50 pm

Guys, guys, guys... It's me

Of course I made sure it fits before I set this up. Several traces had to be cut, but it's fairly easy to recconect them. The cutting and rewiring of the cut traces only adds maybe 15-20 minutes onto the build time.

Bought some paint, heatsinks, blue paint, and glue today. It's coming along great. I'm estimating it will be done by at least sunday next week.

Post by **Gamelver** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:09 pm

sounds good

....of course, now I'm a bit less motivated to do my semi-mass produced N64p.....oh well

Turbo Tax 1.0 · Post by **Turbo Tax 1.0** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:44 pm

yeah but gamelver you already seem to pump out N64portables it seems like it'd be easy for you