'PalmPSOne' Takes PlayStation Into Handheld Domain

Anonymous Coward writes "'Some believe it was brought to Earth in the belly of an asteroid. Some believe it was created in a mad scientist's lab. Some believe Tom Brokaw's name is pronounced Tom Broke-off. These pages contain the real story. The unofficial PalmPSone, a custom-made portable PlayStation, was created over the course of about three months with a few hundred dollars (two units were made). Most would consider the cost of both time and materials to be far too high. Maybe, but it had to be done.'" This project is similar to Ben Heckendorn's PlayStation Portable, and there's an interview with Brian Gardiner, PalmPSOne's creator, over at IGN PS2, in which it's noted: "Gamers shouldn't be too disappointed since the nickel metal hydride batteries that power the PalmPSone provide a whopping one and a half hours of continuous gameplay."

Comments

Cool!

[Hank Reardon]

Two trademark violations in one name!

That's gotta be a record!

Re:Cool!

[stienman]

He may have more serious problems with PETA.

From disclaimer:
Several animals were maimed during the production of this website, including this hamster. [picture]

-Adam

I hope the games are short.

[Cecil]

Gamers shouldn't be too disappointed since the nickel metal hydride batteries that power the PalmPSone provide a whopping one and a half hours of continuous gameplay

Is that sarcasm, or does he actually believe this?

My laptop can do twice that. Don't even think about comparing that battery life to an actual Gameboy, it's not even in the same league.

Re:I hope the games are short.

[MMaestro]

This is an UNOFFICIAL project, you're comparing a multimillion dollar company's laptop with a fan made cheap "done just for kicks" handheld.

If nothing else you can call this project Sony's PSP version 0.1 . The PSP is supposed to have the hardware to match the PS2, if a PS1 hardware config gets 1 1/2 hours of battery life, wouldn't you get concerned about the PSP's battery life?

Re:I hope the games are short.

[Kris_J]

But can it do that while running a PSX emulator?

Interestingly, it was mentioned that 2300mAh AA batteries were used. Assuming that they're NiMH cells, there's some 2500mAh cells available now. That should add another seven or eight minutes of gameplay.

best CV I've seen in a while

[bhima]

Seriously, it is!

If this guy was one these self thought, didn't go to college types or got a degree in some weird liberal arts topic, I'd really consider hiring him anyway having seen this. This sort of thing is very, very similar to the sorts of things we do when developing medical instruments.

Recent college grads take note! This is more effective than a Résumé

Another portable playstation

[ghastard]

This guy has converted several different consoles into handheld units, including a PS1. My favorite is the wooden VCSp "Special edition" portable atari 2600. Very cool!

Re:Spinning CD of death

[_hAZE_]

How about the "Exposed laser of death"? I don't see a "Class 2 Laser Product" warning sticker anywhere on this thing.

emachineshop

[Hadlock]

I believe he used emachineshop.com for the machining of the case. Pretty slick. Some other people have used their services to make bits and pieces for their automated telescope mounts.

If you have to ask...

[Dr. Manhattan]

I ask myself why?

If you have to ask why, you're not a member of the intended audience.