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SNES Portable
Tha_Zanthrax writes "This guy is really good: the same dude that built a portable PSX a while ago and has also made some really old Atari 2600 portable has did it again. This time he 'compressed' a Super Nintendo System. The comicbook-like intro is nice to."
Really, isn't the Gameboy Advance as powerful as a Super Nintendo? I'm happy to see some great SNES games coming to Gameboy Advance, like Breath of Fire and Mario Cart.
But the continued akwardness between Nintendo and Square will probably keep classics like Final Fantasy II & III and Secret of Mana from the Gameboy Advance. What a pitty!
Maybe this project is just the thing to take these great games on the road.
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Or a portable Apple ][.
Hey, I have an old Mac Plus sitting around in my basement. I should convert that to a portable system and play Police Quest on my way to work (no, I won't be driving too)
Seriously, I would be interested in making a portable Dreamcast though. Now that the price has dropped it may be a fun and not-too-expensive project.
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We can play games on our cell phones now.. and have been able to for some time. With games on our PDA's, GameBoy Color... Why would someone want this? I guess if SNES is more addictive for you than heroin, maybe this'd be up your alley.
Now, PS2, XBox, those are at least current. I wouldn't mind seeing one of THEM in a portable model.
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Not only is he a sick designer/engineer, but a funny bastard as well.
My favorite line:
Like Timmy T, I had to give it one more try
What an amazing obscure reference. Anyone remeber that old joint from about 10 years ago?
One more try,
Let me show how much
I love you.
One more try,
Let me put my arms
Around you.
Livin all these lonely nights
Without you.
Oh baby, can we give it
One more try?
The comic styling of this guy is quite hilarious, but the lighting on that isnt done very well. Is there anywhere with a parts listing and instructions on how to do this. I wouldnt mind doing something like this. It would free up room for newer consoles on my wishlist ;D and im sure more than just I wishes to attempt this obviously dangerous feat of heroism. Now im off to find a somewhat dusty Atari to prevent any further alarming !
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Even if you do preview you still have to read.
I know of a guy who built his own helicopter in his garage. Thing's got a VW engine and a big rubber belt to drive the tail rotor. He actually flies around in the thing.
Gotta tell you, when I heard about that, my first reaction was not "So what? You've been able to buy helicopters for decades now!"
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It depends on what you mean by portable. If a laptop is "portable", then you can run SNES, old dos games, NES, gameboy, SEGA, PS2, etc. emulators on your laptop.
If you mean a gameboy is portable, it's only a few more iterations until we get there. Right now, I run PocketNes and it works great! Genesis and Lynx emulators also exist. I haven't tried Lynx but the Genesis one is still too slow. If you are willing to run Linux on your iPaq, you can run SNES. As for people who want XT, there is even an 80186 emulator! That means you can run DOS on top of WinCE! They even have screenshots of Windows 3.0 running on a PocketPC.
In short, I am amazed at my iPaq. These things are actually powerful enough to be classified as PC's. These 200Mhz handhelds are what sat on desktops in 1997. Check out Gateway's homepage as of 1/1/1997, they are selling P166's.
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Besides the 'geek factor', this guy has once again done somthing ingenious. He obviously knows what he's doing, and even routes out his own cases, and they look professional, i think the latest SNESp (his word) is very well done.. I think a console company should hire this guy to help design the next portable..
...alt tags.
I swear the comic is funny enough, but get read the alt tags for a bigger laugh... Montezuma's Revenge... Hehe
Hmmm...
I have one of these for my SNES. It is awesome, i have probably about 200 games for it. you just dump the cartridge onto 1 or 2 floppy disks and thats it! Im currently mucking around trying to get rid of the floppy and instead use a HDD but that project died in the arse when I saw the Doctor V64. Hmmmm... N64 cartridge backups? tasty!!
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I was going to post a story on Ben Heckendorn's SNES portable, but I decided to wait until he is finished with something far more interesting.
The Gamecube is already a very much portable unit, considering it's external and internal size, carrying handle, and detachable screen. This is Ben's next un/confirmed project over at his site. I found his comment on this in the forums. While the portable aspect of the Gamecube is nifty, Ben focuses on making consoles into handheld units (so yes it is portable already, but not handheld). The SNES is interesting, but I'm waiting to see how this turns out.