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Home-made Portable PlayStation 2

Posted by timothy on from the because-he-wanted-to dept.

astrokid writes "This guy has created a portable PlayStation 2, complete with screen. Just in time for Christmas!" Definitely for the post-model-rockets hobbyist.

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  1. bo more boringness by coreprime · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yay no more boooorring road trips !

  2. Bah... by LewsTherinKinslayer · · Score: 5, Funny

    After flipping through the site, and looking at the construction images, I noticed that he has integrated the controller into the unit. Interesting, but makes one thought come to mind:

    Its almost as big as the original xbox controller.

    1. Re:Bah... by Hott+of+the+World · · Score: 2, Funny

      You Know what they say!

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  3. Re:a plus, and a minus by asliarun · · Score: 5, Funny

    .but I can only imagine what it would be like to having someone playing Madden next to me for hours on end.
    Maddening, perhaps?

  4. Blast from the past by Stephen+Samuel · · Score: 3, Funny
    I remember looking at doing something vaguely similar with a Radio Shack Color Computer back in 1983. but using a 3" color TV and a motorcycle battery. The whole thing would have fit in something the size of a briefcase, weighed a few pounds and had about as much computing power as a high-end watch.

    Needless to say I prefer the newer technology.

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  5. He goes to all that trouble... by damiam · · Score: 4, Funny

    And he only owns two PS2 games, which he doesn't even know the names of?

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  6. Oh! The irony! by Dan+East · · Score: 4, Funny

    And here's an in-game photo. Sorry the only 2 PS2 games I have are both called Grand Theft Auto something, so it kind of limits the pictures I can take.

    The one person on the face of the planet with a PS2 portable appears to be the least likely to use it!

    Dan East

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  7. Re:Mirrordot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Mirrordot link in case it gets /.'d

    Thanks a lot, Karma Whore.

  8. Whoops, sorry guys. by Leroy_Brown242 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I viewed the first page, then by the second page it was broken. So I guess I broke it.

    **Hangs his head in shame**

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  9. Don't run you web site on a portable ps2 by acomj · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...

    See, there is a moral

  10. although impossible by Striker770S · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... the next step in their construction is to make an x-box controller able to fit in ones hand!

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  11. Re:Oh! The irony! by gazz · · Score: 2, Funny

    ....he could mount it on a car's steering wheel, fire up GTA, and try some Reality Morphing....

    or not

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  12. Re:Naaaaaah by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 3, Funny
    me thinks the guy is cool without working for the big corporations... he can keep his creative juice flowing this way, or he will end up commenting on ./ - like you, err.. and me..

    Then again, he could go to work for Sony and in a few years when you and me are still working 9 to 5 (or whatever), he will be picking out the hard wood floor in his place on The Sound, and thinking of taking a dip in the hot tub.

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  13. wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got a homemade skateboard as a kid and it was totally rad. All the other skaters at skool were possing but I had a true work of art.

    And wouldn't it be freaking cooler to take the PlayStation 2 to the next level of radness?

  14. Re:Design flaw by BasilBrush · · Score: 4, Funny
    Anyone else see the probelm with having the buttons way up in the corner away from the joy sticks?

    No.

    Regards,
    Shiva

  15. Re:Remember by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Remember when you helped put a joy buzzer inside a cigar tube? Did you work out what it was for yet?

  16. PSP by Muspell · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've heard Sony are actually working on a portable playstation already, and games are being developed as we speak; i know someone who is an artist for a company in here who are developing games for it at the moment. it's all very hush hush...

  17. In case it gets slashdotted? Ha! by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 3, Funny
    Here is exactly what slashdotting looks like, in this case:



    account suspended


    Your account has been suspended. We have sent you an email explaining why. This email should also contain information on how you can unsuspend your account.
    lol

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  18. The most disturbing thing... by gkuz · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, appalling, maybe ... from reading TFA. The schmuck drinks Miller. Bleh!

  19. Re:LCD screens for projects by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 2, Funny

    Eww..

    www.partsexpress can be read as either:

    "parts express" or "part sex press".

    After knowing of other domain-crashing pr0n sites.. I hate to know what it is.

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  20. Re:Wow! by MayonakaHa · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does anyone else find it rather sad that he can hack together a portable PS2 system with equal or better battery life than Sony's official PSP?