Making a Famicom portable

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 11:05 am

So what? I don't have a job, and I build portables. If you don't have the cash, then you really can't build, duh

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Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Fri Apr 07, 2006 12:11 pm

Well you could but it wouldn't be very effective you would have to find "broken" things in the dumpster which would take forever.

King of Bling · Post by **King of Bling** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:18 pm

You could get a used portable TV and modify that because they are slightly bigger than a GBC screen and are backlit.

A Famicom portable sounds like a great idea, but I reccomend you use the AV Famicom, which was released later and has several advantages to the original for the purposes of portabilisation. Firstly it gives off composite video as opposed to the RF-only of the original and it's controllers aren't hardwired, so you can have a 2nd player port.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 1:24 pm

For the money dilema:
ebay.com

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:01 pm

Nick wrote:For the money dilema:
ebay.com

Ebay can put you into more of a money dilema if you like to buy everything you see.

You can make a fortune if you sell the right stuff, though.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 2:04 pm

Yeah, sell old yugioh cards! That's what I do!

Big-O · Post by **Big-O** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:19 pm

If you need money do what a lot of people do, cut grass.

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:04 pm

And how old are you? Mostly everyone here has a job (unless you use gift money) to supply cash for their portable. I know that i will make around $4000.00 over the summer (2-3 days a week) and that isnt much. If you don't have $40.00, or even $100.00 for that matter, don't try to build a portable, m'kay

demonofaj · Post by **demonofaj** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:24 pm

I sell old crap and disguise it as 'Intel hidden motherboards'

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:39 pm

Harshboy wrote: I know that i will make around $4000.00 over the summer (2-3 days a week) and that isnt much.

Can I have it then?

sweetsuzuki · Post by **sweetsuzuki** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:25 pm

Metroid fan wrote:
Harshboy wrote: I know that i will make around $4000.00 over the summer (2-3 days a week) and that isnt much.
Can I have it then?

That's a lot more than I will make.

On another note... I'm building an NESp for $95, I guess that isn't too bad

Then you could sell 'em for around $150, build another, repeat. I may try this .

StuntMonkey · Post by **StuntMonkey** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:23 am

If it's on the shelf, it's in someone's trash.
Dig around behind office & electronics stores. You can always sell what you don't need.
Not sure what the scavenging laws are like in Poland though, you may want to try this in broad daylight just to look innocent.

arfink · Post by **arfink** » Wed May 03, 2006 12:58 pm

sorry to hear that man. I also have very little money to work on my project. So far I guess I have spent about 50 bucks on it total (max), over the course of about a year and a half. I have not been using a famiclone since my pocket change has made getting a cheap one elusive, but I payed 30 bucks for my screen and spent various other amounts of money on an extra controller, some super glue, solder and flux, and other misc. things. 30 bucks was the very least I could get the screen for. Its the part that kills in this kind of project. I intend to make a special case just for the screen so that I can plug it into other portables I make. That way I don't have to buy a new screen for each one. (If I ever make more than one, well see. ) As for getting money I say "good luck." I know your situation.

Unidentified Assilant · Wed May 03, 2006 2:17 pm

Skyone wrote:I wouldn't bother, extremely hard...

Here are some screens that we use around here:

2.6" Hip Gear Screen Pad - $30

5" 1st Party PSOne screen - $40

If you're Niall Wilson then...

Kickass Casio Portable Tele - Â£Free