I need YOUR help with the Blackbox

Mageslayer · Post by **Mageslayer** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:06 pm

MrTroy wrote:Just don't name it after:

An Animal

NAME IT THE ZEBRA! (always better when pronounced with a short "e" sound like in get or best)

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 7:53 pm

The AV cables that look like headphone jacks, but with three plastic divider rings instead of two, would work well. They're pretty standard, too.

@Teraflop: Mmmhmm. Well, back to the drawing board I guess.

I know, I know; I usually go way to far into the language theory part of marketting. I guess I shouldn't be shooting things down left and right after I myself told you "to do whatever the hell you want."

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:03 pm

Make it have a good abbriviation instead of a name... Noone wants to say:

"Hey, yesterday I was playing BB and I got a new high score!"
"Holy crap! You beat Micheal Jordan!?!"
"No."
"You shot up an army with a BB gun?
"No!"
"You were being a B?"
"NONONO!!!"
"WTF did you do?"
"I beat a game on my black box!"
"Xbox?"
"NO!"
"VCR?"
"damn you!" *walks away*

Think it through....

SS

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 9:22 pm

iam7805 wrote:Maybe, but don't hold your breath. RCA jacks aren't exactly 'small', so I would have to use a custom connector, and making a matching custom cable would just add to the cost of the system.

use a usb cable and make a cheapo junction box. usb extension cables arent expensive and are very small and for a small cable it shouldnt hurt the picture/sound quality too much.

Unidentified Assilant · Sat Jan 13, 2007 3:22 pm

ganonbanned wrote:PS: "and there dog" was stolen from another user, I think rellizate.

I think UA, and it is a common phrase.

A good idea, call it GameMan

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 4:20 pm

I've got it! You PLAY games, right? And GAMEboy is already taken.

So, name it Playboy!

Kyosho · Post by **Kyosho** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:20 pm

If you're going the portable route...

While of course you might want to make your own custom case for it to sell, etc., I think it'd be awesome if you sold "kits" to us here on this forum. That way we could all build our own custom cases, with the buttons, screen (hip gear vs. psone), etc the way we want.

Once you decide on all the features you want on it, you could even host a contest for us to design and build the "best" case for it, and then you could use that as the template for the one you mass produce. It'd be awesome.

Retromaster wrote:i've got an idea for a name and catch phrase....."b32"

Dude, when I first glanced at your post, my mind saw that sentence as "Catch32", which, now that I think about it, would be an awesome name. You know, like "catch-22" but 32 bit. Haha.

Then again, "catch-22" is generally not a positive phrase. Still...!

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 6:30 pm

teraflop122 wrote:I've got it! You PLAY games, right? And GAMEboy is already taken.

So, name it Playboy!

http://benheck.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=15841&start=0

LOL! PWNED!

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Sat Jan 13, 2007 7:28 pm

AEROSTORM
AEROBLADE (since it is portable like a blade, shiney black paint job whoo!)
AERO
AERO2
AERO3 (hey sony pulled it off)
AEROPALM

Porta-Storm
Vortex-in-my-pocket

here are a few names...

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 7:59 pm

Alrighty! Jeroen, Triton, and I have made a name AND logo!

Behold!

Also, some concept art to feast your eyes on:

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:11 pm

iam7805 wrote:Alrighty! Jeroen, Triton, and I have made a name AND logo!

Behold!

Also, some concept art to feast your eyes on:

Thats sweet! nice name to.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 9:04 pm

Now that is cool.

What did you design the schematics in? If they're in Eagle, any chance you could pass a copy to me? I'd love to beta this.

EDIT: nvm, I found em. So the portable version doesn't have an analog stick?

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 10:48 pm

I assume if you redesign my board using SMD components you can make it pretty small.

Post by **Triton** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 11:39 pm

dpad is exchanable with a digital stick much like the gp2x (goldmine electronics has em for about a dollar or 2 each i think http://www.goldmine-elec-products.com/p ... ber=G14071

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:40 am

@joe: My schematics are in ExpressPCB. VB has a copy in Eagle, but their pretty outdated now.

@vb: Yeah, I'm making the new board with SMD components. I think I could possibly make a portable board with thru-hole, but I don't want to drill tons of little holes for my home-etched version. And SMD can just be smaller.

@Triton: I was thinking about those. Do they have 'em at Digi-Key?