I propose a challenge to all porta-makers!

benol · Post by **benol** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:14 pm

Okay, here's the challenge. Instead of turning a console into a portable, how about you turn a portable into a console? Use your imagine what you could make! (I personally suggest a Game Gear or GBA console).

Good luck!

P.S. The winner will get a supakewl uber gif to put on their signature, website, blog, or whatever.

P.P.S. A PSP console would be neato too.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:17 pm

benol wrote:Okay, here's the challenge. Instead of turning a console into a portable, how about you turn a portable into a console? Use your imagine what you could make! (I personally suggest a Game Gear or GBA console). Good luck!

P.S. The winner will get a supakewl uber gif to put on their signature, website, blog, or whatever.

P.P.S. A PSP console would be neato too.

Already done: see here.

benol · Post by **benol** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:20 pm

vb_master wrote:
benol wrote:Okay, here's the challenge. Instead of turning a console into a portable, how about you turn a portable into a console? Use your imagine what you could make! (I personally suggest a Game Gear or GBA console). Good luck!

P.S. The winner will get a supakewl uber gif to put on their signature, website, blog, or whatever.

P.P.S. A PSP console would be neato too.
Already done: see here.

but that is a portable. I mean a TV hook up Console

Post by **Triton** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:50 pm

consolized gamegear! what do i win?

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:50 pm

Trust me, it's been thought of, planned out, and done before. It's a funny little idea and all, but an old one, nonetheless.

benol · Post by **benol** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:56 pm

Triton wrote:consolized gamegear! what do i win?

You win this!
<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/ben ... heater.gif" border="0" alt="I Cheated!">

Post by **bicostp** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:15 pm

Wow this thread turned spammy fast.

Go to Portables of doom, our compnion resource site. There have been a couple "anti-portabless" before. Go <a href="http://portablesofdoom.org/portables.ph ... order=desc"> here</a> and scroll down to Reaperman's GBA Somewhat Less Portable. That's as close as it comes here.

Really, there is no point in making a handheld system into a console. You need 2 of them for multiplayer, and there are adapters out there for Game Boy (Super Game Boy for SNES) games and GBA (Game Boy Player for Gamecube) games. I think there's a unit that lets you play Game Gear games on a Sega console, and an n64 thing for GBC games.

It's not even possible to get a composite signal out of a game boy, except for the thing they made for the original GBA a few years ago. They simply do not have analog video hardware in them; everything's digital. You would have to make a board that converts the signal into composite, which is a lot harder than it sounds.

Just stick with your Super Game Boy and Game Boy Player.

We're generally more interested in making consoles into handhelds.

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:35 am

Somebody could make a PSP a console by using one of those PSP-TV things that replace some of the PSPs circuitry (not the camera kind), and let you use a PS2 controller. Just take the screen out and all the other crap, and put it in a neato case!

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:40 am

And... What's the use of doing that again?

Trampoline · Post by **Trampoline** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:41 am

There are gameboy players that attach to the bottom of a gamecube and it hooks up to a tv. I have one of those, they're pretty cool.

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:49 am

Was that a joke?

Trampoline · Post by **Trampoline** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:57 am

Yes they suck.

Lucretius · Post by **Lucretius** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:44 am

No one seems to remember who, not that I'm any better, but someone, not dkap, made their GBA a console with TV output and external controlls. I'll bet gannon remembers or has the site address. But as I said, it's been done, and it isn't too "awesomez!"

josh · Post by **josh** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:53 am

i'll atempt it since i have a game gear that displays sound but not video
EDIT: i've decided not to

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:03 pm

josh wrote:i'll atempt it since i have a game gear that displays sound but not video

O rly? What does sound look like?

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