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THATS IT!!!

Post by twilightprincess »

I have been on this site for too long, and havent made anything!
Well it's about time i started. So im thinking of making a portable, and i'm wondering what i should do.
I have a N64, a psone (the massive one) and a wii (dont think about it... maybe a mod).
soo... what should I do? ( I could also do a mod, but i would prefer a worthwhile thing.)

Thankyou dudes and dudette.
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Post by Ramon »

Buy a SNES and stick with it. Then portablize it.
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Post by Jongamer »

Nothing you have is good for a first portable, you would AT LEAST need 2 N64s to make a n64p.

Dont worry, I have been here for over 800 posts, and I hav'nt done didily squat.
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Post by HotDog-Cart »

I suggest buying a Radica or a PLUG N PLAY, buy a screen, and convert it to batteries.

That's what I did.
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Post by Sparkfist »

HotDog-Cart wrote:I suggest buying a Radica or a PLUG N PLAY, buy a screen, and convert it to batteries.

That's what I did.
Radica is only easy if you don't do the cartridge slot. However if you can't change out games it's really kind of limited.

I would suggest either an SNES or an NOAC NES. Both are very easy to get to run off batteries, require little change or modding. Fair warning that if you go with the NOAC NES, you could be drawn into a lot of soldering if you choose to solder an adapter in instead of just leave it as a plug-in adapter.

Good luck.
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Post by Kurt_ »

Haha dudette. Nothing female will ever be pluralized here!

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Post by gamer2 »

GIRLS! I pluralized Girl. What are you going to do?


I have an idea....Start simple. like a Plug and Play console that you can get for $20 at wally world.
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Kurt_ wrote:Haha dudette. Nothing female will ever be pluralized here!

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Haha, whats sad is that its the truth, there has never been any time with two active girls at the same time that I know of.

And Kurt_, the pic of Samus in your avatar is HOT! You have a bigger one? :wink:
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Post by daguuy »

I checked out a PSphat to see if it was worthy of portablization, and it looks really easy. The 8v line works with a normal 7.2v or 8.4v battery, and the same DC-DC convertor used for getting 3.3v for N64s feeds the 3.6v line perfectly. And it has plenty of room for guts and stuff and doesn't fry easily. go for it.
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Post by twilightprincess »

Ok something really worth the time, effort and money that goes into it.

Any ideas?
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Post by peedekk »

I read somewhere (on the forums) that your first should be your favourite console, that way you have more modivation to finish.
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twilightprincess wrote:Ok something really worth the time, effort and money that goes into it.

Any ideas?
That's a matter of option really. Some people see the work going into a Neo Geo as totally worth it, and the thing is more expensive to build and just get the system and games. Really think of a system that you gamed a lot on, be it the NES, SMS, Genesis, SNES, Playstation, ect. If there are game you love playing on it, that is the system you'd likely get the most out of by portablizing it.

If your pick consists of the Atari 2600, NES, SNES or the Playstation, I would suggest spending the money in buying Ben's book. He overs all four of those and offers two different case styles for them (CNC or hand-made). IT's an investment of something like $30-40 and it's a walk-through on how to do everything, very clear to understand.

Well good luck deciding what console you want to make portable. Post again if you have any questions.
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Post by gamemasterAS »

Jongamer wrote:Nothing you have is good for a first portable, you would AT LEAST need 2 N64s to make a n64p.

Dont worry, I have been here for over 800 posts, and I hav'nt done didily squat.
I dunno how many posts I have but I have done nothing. I dont plan on doing much either, maybe someday.

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Post by twilightprincess »

Bad news is my favourite portable is... The N64. Well i do have one, and there everywhere in australia. Plus games are easy to find, but i know you will all say don't do it, but it may be a good experience. Besides it's good to start off hard right (guitar hero post!).

So what do ya think, N64 or not.
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Post by Ramon »

If you are confident enough to do the N64, why don't you do it? Go ahead. Knock yourself out. :P
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