GAMING CONSOLE PORTABLES!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!

baazigar_2000 · Post by **baazigar_2000** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:24 am

Hi people..can you tell me how and where I can purchase (online preferably) the following portables created by Benjamin:

-PS2
-Nintendo Gamecube
-XBOX

Thank you very much!!!

Kind regards

Baaz

Rellizate · Post by **Rellizate** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:26 am

Contact him by email. I think he said he will not build any more PS2 portables though. Anyway, that will cost a lot of money. Around $700 - $1000 per portable.

EnterTheHatrix · Post by **EnterTheHatrix** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 6:39 am

Ben hasn't made any Xbox or Gamecube portables (to my knowledge)... He might if you throw money at him, but there are people on these forums who will make them cheaper.

I myself have made a portable Gamecube, and will make more if someone pays me to.

You're from the UK aren't you?
So am I, it would be cheaper on postage if you wanted one. Plus my name is Benjamin

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:20 am

EnterTheHatrix wrote:Ben hasn't made any Xbox or Gamecube portables (to my knowledge)... He might if you throw money at him, but there are people on these forums who will make them cheaper.

I myself have made a portable Gamecube, and will make more if someone pays me to.

You're from the UK aren't you?
So am I, it would be cheaper on postage if you wanted one. Plus my name is Benjamin

He's helped to make a portable XBOX before, he made the case then sent it to a guy who did the guts. But he's already said he won't make any more of them.

Post by **bicostp** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:09 am

-PS2
Ben has said there's no way he's going to make another PS2p. They're apparently really tricky.

-Nintendo Gamecube
As of this post he hasn't made any. (At least any he's shown us...

)

-XBOX
He made the case and shipped it off.

If you custom order a Gamecube portable or Xbox portable, be prepared to spend upwards of a thousand dollars. If you want the PS2 portable he built a couple years ago, tough luck buddy. You'll have to hope it winds up on eBay, since it's the only one. (And was sold a long time ago.)

EDIT: @ benol:

EnterTheHatrix · Post by **EnterTheHatrix** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:09 am

Ah, I didn't know about the Xbox case..

Anyway, he's from the UK, so he'll still be paying upwards of $150 to get the portable from USA to UK promptly and in one piece.

EnterTheHatrix · Post by **EnterTheHatrix** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:44 am

He messaged me asking how much to make him a PS2 or Xbox emulator.

In regards to a portable, he said he'll get back to me.. I gather he only was expecting to pay like Â£70 or something for a PS2P.

I've had a couple of people messaging me and only expecting to pay like Â£70 for any kind of portable, so I wouldn't be surprised..

Why do people think portables are so cheap?

benol · Post by **benol** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:46 am

bicostp wrote: -Nintendo Gamecube
As of this post he hasn't made any. (At least any he's told us about... )

If you listen to the podcast, he HAS told us about a GCP he is making for Jones

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:45 am

I want a GCp

Post by **Sparkfist** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 8:56 am

EnterTheHatrix wrote:Ben hasn't made any Xbox or Gamecube portables (to my knowledge)...

Well if you take into account the backwards compatibility of the 360 and the Wii, he has.

Yeah Ben's portables are not cheap but as the old saying goes "You get what you pay for". Ben's creations are some of the best, the cases are still many of the best and the skill Ben uses is like that of professionals.

And yes when Ben finished the PS2p he said, "Never again!" The PS2p was as he put it his most difficult portable creation to date.

EnterTheHatrix · Post by **EnterTheHatrix** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:23 am

Sparkfist wrote:
EnterTheHatrix wrote:Ben hasn't made any Xbox or Gamecube portables (to my knowledge)...
Well if you take into account the backwards compatibility of the 360 and the Wii, he has.

Yeah Ben's portables are not cheap but as the old saying goes "You get what you pay for". Ben's creations are some of the best, the cases are still many of the best and the skill Ben uses is like that of professionals.

And yes when Ben finished the PS2p he said, "Never again!" The PS2p was as he put it his most difficult portable creation to date.

The Wii and the 360 weren't portables though, they were laptops, so even through backwards compatibility, he hasn't made them.

Anyway, if Ben did make them I think it was out of this guys price range, especially since he was more interested in getting a PS2 emulator than a portable PS2 (at least, that's the impression I got since it was the first thing he asked for), Even if Ben made one, there's import problems, PAL / NTSC conflicts. It just probably isn't worth it.

One thing I don't like about Ben's portables though, they're too blocky. He may be good at making portables, but hand crafting a case is a lot harder than machining via PC. Professional is a subjective definition.

EnterTheHatrix · Post by **EnterTheHatrix** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:58 am

He just messaged me...

He wants me to build him a PS2P, sent it to him, and if it's good enough, he'll pay me for it then.

Considering he's only got one post, we can't really trust him, so I'd sooner he pays for the project as it goes, but definitely not after I've sent him the PS2P.

ATOMICMAN · Post by **ATOMICMAN** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:33 am

lol $5k for a ps2 port from ben. you can get one from him then.

Rellizate · Post by **Rellizate** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:40 am

Lol he seriously thinks you'd say yes to that? Now that is amusing!

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:45 am

Rellizate wrote:Lol he seriously thinks you'd say yes to that? Now that is amusing!

"Send me something worth several hundred dollars, and I'll decide if I want to pay you for it." Yeah, I'd do business with that guy.

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