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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. Remember by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Kids don't like homemade versions of real stuff. Your kid doesn't want a homemade skateboard, or a homemade Playstation 2. They want to be like all of their friends.

    1. Re:Remember by Karma+Star · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Kids don't like homemade versions of real stuff because you let them sit in front of the TV all day, absorbing ads. Turn the TV off, give a kid a couple of plastic bags and a ball of yarn and watch them create stuff.

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    2. Re:Remember by Cryptnotic · · Score: 4, Insightful
      Turn the TV off, give a kid a couple of plastic bags and a ball of yarn and watch them create stuff.


      Either that or they will put the plastic bags over their heads and tie the yarn around their necks.

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    3. Re:Remember by Citizen+Gold · · Score: 4, Insightful

      They want to be like all of their friends.

      Shoot them now.

  2. 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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  3. Also at ClassicGaming.com by calibanDNS · · Score: 4, Informative

    This wonderful mod is also covered at Classic Gaming. They have links to several consoles that have been turned into portables, including the famouse Playstation and SNES conversions.

  4. nice... by toxickiwi · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is awsome... it's always nice to see some people with a bit on imagination and talent... maybe Sony (or MS) should give him a job.

  5. 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 databyss · · Score: 3, Informative

      He didn't remove any buttons.

      the directional pad is still there, the two analog sticks are there.

      The R1/R2 and L1/R2 are on the back of the box.

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  6. 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?

  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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    1. 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

  11. LCD screens for projects by nolife · · Score: 3, Informative

    You can get decent LCD screens from www.partsexpress.com. No need to hack a portable DVD player. In the past they've had quite a few choices, it appears they only have one model showing online right now.

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  12. 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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  13. Re:Mirrordot by Peyna · · Score: 3, Informative

    Be nice if the mirror actually had more than the first page....

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  14. Server is dead by Djupblue · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mirrordot link:
    http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/b6b859a6452a7cbd8 1986d9ba172b231/index.html

  15. bandwidth limit exceeded by Sparr0 · · Score: 3, Informative

    vDeck (his host) just suspended him, for exceeding his bandwidth allotment I am sure.

    google cache link should be easy to find, but I am lazy so here is a different one

  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. What I get for not pressing "Preview" by BSDevil · · Score: 4, Informative

    Coral'ed at http://www.benheck.com.nyud.net:8090/Games/PS2p%20 1.htm.

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  19. Re:PS2 by Grey_14 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Right, lets rephrase that, Anyone have a WORKING mirror? With more than the first 2 pages?

  20. 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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  21. Site down? Cached link... by anethema · · Score: 3, Informative

    Coral Cached link..

    Not sure if its been posted yet but i didnt find it..Coral got most of it, only a couple images missing.

    Hurry and see! might be swithcing to cache the suspended link any time! :D

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  22. Re:bo more boringness by SpookyFish · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah, that's great, just wonderful. The gamecube can do that *only* because it uses a wall-wart style power supply, which are annoying as *^&#.

    I, for one, far prefer the power supply being inside the box. It would be trivial to modify a PS2 to bypass/replace the power supply and work off a 12v feed.

  23. 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?