My first Portable N64!!! (With Pics!!!)

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heolo
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My first Portable N64!!! (With Pics!!!)

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Im Currently working on my very first Portable. I stumbled upon a article on Instructables.com about making a Snes Portable and that day i took apart my n64 with a dremmel(i only had a metal cutting bit which burned the plastic).
Ive ordered my batterys off ebay and my dc/dc converter from TI. I am currently working on the controller aspect of my portable which will be attached to the main unit. I need to make an Imageshack account or something of the like tomoro to upload the photos ive taken so far. Ive played around with quite a few electronic gizmos so im fairly handy with soldering and reading diagrams so it hasnt been too hard reading up on the forum to figure out what i need to do.

Photos UPLOADED!!! (sorry took them with iphone so they kinda small)

This is the case i will be modifying to use for my Portable!
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Now gutted case
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This is the screen ill be useing and where it will go
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The screen and screen controls in place(need to add 2 more holes for volume
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The cartridge hole has been cut on the top
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Sadly i had to solder the cartridge slot
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Conveniently the cartridge slot fits very nicely into the case
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Next Step is to connect the audio/video and wait for my battery from china. that and my free dc/dc converter.

Note: i did test the audio/video before i removed the power port and it did work tho i forgot to take a pic for you guys.
my batteries are 7.2v 3800mAh x2 i will be useing the second for next portable project if and when i do it.
Update: Got a temp battery from my brother that will last about 20 mins :( got my dc/dc converter and gonna finish the controller mods i needs to do



Controller is now about 50% done just need to solder them to controller board and glue them in place and ma battery just came in which i forgot about the fact that they take up space.....
so yea im either gonna tape battery on the back of portable or something else just as ugly.....
Actually just had a bit of a idea where battery sticks out of portable at a angle could look good ill set up some new pics tomoro.
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BENFTW
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Re: My first Portable N64!!! (With Pics!!!)

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great so far!
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Re: My first Portable N64!!! (With Pics!!!)

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Your cartridge slot wires look too long :|
Otherwise, nice job.
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Re: My first Portable N64!!! (With Pics!!!)

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If you pull this off, its going to ridiculously weird looking. I like it! Very unique choice of case.
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