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Can someone point me to some good engraving/routing services? I would like to email my plans and have them routed in plastic. Also, what program do most of you use to make CNC plans? Thanks for your time.

Hey guys,

Sorry I havent been responding much. I've been so busy with work. I got the project box at Fry's electronics, it was much taller than it is now (probably cut 3 or so inches off the height). I used paint I had laying around that I use for my car projects (the dark grey is actually high ...

bazz wrote:Is there about a centimeter of space or a bit less anywhere at all? That's all I'll need.

You may be able to find some space where the cartridge slot used to go, thats where I found space to tuck the display adjust board. Good luck!

All4Sky I have another question, when you finished was there any spare room at all for Anything else? doesn't have to be a lot, as long as there's any space. thanks.

There wasnt so much space except for the edges around the screen. It seemed like the Gameboy case had JUST enough room for the hip ...

Thats about it for now. Currently I use headphones to listen to the audio. Can someone point me to a simple audio amp circuit I can use to power the original gameboy speaker?

http://www.rason.org/Projects/icamps/icamps.htm

That may be suitable or not, I'm not sure, but it looks pretty small and ...

Lucretius wrote:I'm curious...is the screen "too" small? Like can you read text and see small stuff?

Yea the screen is perfectly legible. I don't have a problem reading anything on it, and after a few minutes of gaming, you feel submerged.

Here's a quick update on the status of the unit. I finally got around to soldering on the 72pin NES cartridge slot (a very daunting and boring task). Here's a picture of the cartridge with the mess of wires on the bottom:

http://img255.echo.cx/img255/7130/all4skynesp0178xy.jpg

Here is a picture ...

Question: Are there any plans to add a player 2 port or an external Player One plug as well?

Also, VERY nice system. ^^

Thanks for the comments everyone.

I was planning on adding a player 1 & 2 port with my original design, but there is simply not enough room in there once a cartridge is ...

NICE NESp DUDE!, but, why is oyur name on your website gamegurrl if your a dude not a chick? did your wife do one?

BTW: could you write a how-to for the case for all of us?

That's not my website, it's Ladyada's site about her gamegrl, she just featured me under "related projects".

I plan on ...

great portable :D!!!! I love how you used and cut the project box :)....looks very well done....the only thing that might be wrong with it is that the controls are a bit low....how does it feel when you hold it?

Thanks, it actually feels really good, almost like a regular NES controller. I hold ...

Yea my wife was wondering why I left the root beer cans in the background. I probably consumed a few 12-packs while constructing this portable! I've decided to take a little break from this project until Monday. So I'll probably start soldering the cartridge slot then. I may work on my website this ...

gannon wrote:How wide is it? 5.25"
I'm making mine just as wide as the cart (4.75" if I remember right)

It's about 5" wide, 5.75" tall.

Looks great :)
A little wide for my taste, but still looks great :)

Thanks gannon, the slot I'm using is from a family converter I ordered from you. :wink:

Here are some pictures next to a NES cartridge, you can see that the portable is just a tad taller and wider:

http://img63.echo.cx/img63 ...

Thanks for the kind words! I really enjoyed making this one, and I can't wait to finish it. To answer a few questions:

I made the case using a project box as a frame. I then superglued/epoxied the hip gear and nes controller to that frame and filled in all the gaps with plastic body filler (bondo ...

Here are some sneak peeks at my NESp I've been working on. I just finished the custom case (original NES controller + hip gear screen housing). I'm wiring it up today and hope to have it finished by the weekend, unless something comes up. There is a slot to slide a NES cartridge into the top of the ...