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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. this guy is great by Internet_Communist · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I actually check his page pretty frequently for his mods. You should check out his portable NES and the vagabond atari, they're some of his smallest ones and are quite impressive. That PS2 one is not exactly pocket-sized...but still impressive none the less.

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  2. Re:Remember by n0tt00elite · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If your kid's a nerd they might. Besides how many of their friends can say they built their system? I would kill to have one of those (I know I could make one, but I don't feel like it...).

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  3. Impressive hacking... by bpd1069 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They guy has surely mastered the art of tinkering... I even get the feeling he is not going to be keeping that new portable for long... it is listed in his FOR SALE section, just email him and make him an offer...

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  4. Design flaw by pbaer · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Anyone else see the probelm with having the buttons way up in the corner away from the joy sticks?

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  5. Re:Remember by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I must have been a strange kid...in elementary I loved when my mother and I would make toys (they were usually not safety perverted and way cooler than that plastic-type nerf crap the other kids had)

  6. Re:Who here besides me... by CsiDano · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's not the fact that it's cool to own, it's the idea that there are people out there who would spend the time to answer the challenge. What one constructs does not necessarily need purpose, or be cool all that matters is this guy did something that many can't, for lack of knowledge or technical skill. Simply he did it because he can. Many inventions came from tinkering, better use of a product came from modding or hacking. This guys owns a portable PS2 before the portable PS2 came on the market.

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  7. Re:What I get for not pressing "Preview" by Geoffreyerffoeg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Unfortunately, the cache seems to have picked up on the "Account Suspended" notice and dropped the original article....

  8. Re:Also at ClassicGaming.com by Doppler00 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I might get modded down for saying this, but I've never been very impressed with any of these "mods". They essentially just take apart a mini color TV, and a game console, reconnect the wires, and stuff it in a different shapped box. Sure, it's a great achivement and all, but I don't really consider these mods in the computer/hacker sense.

    A true portable mod would be creating a new hardware system from scratch, and emulating the original system %100 perfectly. Of course, this would take a different technical skill set and the overall package might not be as attractive.

  9. Re:Naaaaaah by mmkkbb · · Score: 2, Interesting

    pshaw, i'll bet working for sony is more like working for EA than working for donald trump

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