thinking about making a portable

cyanidetaco · Post by **cyanidetaco** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:12 pm

how hard is making a dc portable? what do I need (already have solder-er, dc, and a ps1 screen).

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:23 pm

go for it no matter how hard it is, i dare you

! you'll need to get 3.3v, 5v, and 12v. gamecubes have a thing that can do that for you

. get a 3rd party controller unless you want a huge controller board. i don't know what the insides of 3rd party controlers are like but i've seen official ones and they're pretty big

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 4:48 pm

*begins chant* do it, do it etc.

warbaby · Post by **warbaby** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:50 am

so that hardest part of a DCp is the power?... 3 voltages?... not all that bad, similar to the n64, except it needs 5 as well. nothin sum DC-DC adapters cant fix.

is the draw on the DC pretty hefty?

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:53 am

id encourage you, but be careful, DC mobos are rare and kinda pricy

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:07 pm

they aren't that rare and they're a lot less expensive than than the current 3

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 12:13 pm

meh, ive checked almost every game, thrift, and pawn shop in a 100 mile radius of my house, but no dreamcast, there was one at a pawn shop, but the price was........ 79.99. I thought of buying it, but then, ebay is good too.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 1:10 pm

You can get them off of ebay with a collection of accessories and games for 20-30 dollars if you get there at the right time.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:01 pm

www.lik-sang.com

2 controllers, 3 games, a VMU, and an import modded DC for roughtly $110 US, $130 Canadian.

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:12 pm

i got a dreamcast, 5 VMUs, 4 controllers, 1 AV cable, 1 RF adapter, 1 power cord, dreamcast web browser, mouse, and 27 games for $105

. the bad thing is dad stole 9 games and the web browser

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:15 pm

i found a Sega Dreamcast all nesasary cables, 5 games, 2 controllers and 2 VMUs for $20

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:35 pm

wow $20 is good

but i prefer 27 games because then i don't have to spend even more money getting more games because i already have them

gamer2 · Post by **gamer2** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 2:47 pm

well if you have an amazon.com gift card you can get a few games for a penny or 2 PSO and others

daguuy · Post by **daguuy** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 3:14 pm

warbaby wrote:so that hardest part of a DCp is the power? nothin sum DC-DC adapters cant fix.

acording to gamelver, power shouldn't be to hard

Gamelver wrote:you could also use a GC dc-dc converter (there's one in every GC!!!)....it outputs 12v, 5v, 3.4v, and 1.9v ....(and yes, it works...I've tried it and I believe dkap01 used one on his DCp)

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Jul 10, 2005 4:17 pm

Dreamcast - RARE?! I think NOT!

Gamestop or something was giving them out for free*!
*with the purchase of # games