DarkSlim
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Post by DarkSlim on Oct 29, 2012 10:07:30 GMT
Here is Evil Nod's portable Saturn: I agree it can look better hehe but it does have everything you need I think that there are even more controller ports underneath or maybe those were for a\v cable and such I've always wanted to try and build a portable console myself but it takes a lot of time and precise design, on the other hand, it's fun and you can learn a lot from it, also you get an awesome portable Saturn (which we all agree is a great console) hehe, good luck! p.s Try lookin in moding forums like benheck.com, you can find many useful tips and ideas there ^^
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Post by zyrobs on Oct 29, 2012 11:52:58 GMT
That looks like someone taped a bunch of crap together.
No offense.
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DarkSlim
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Post by DarkSlim on Oct 29, 2012 15:45:33 GMT
That looks like someone taped a bunch of crap together. No offense. LOL it does unfortunately, don't know why the maker decided to do it like that tho :X
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Post by mancity on Oct 29, 2012 19:50:50 GMT
That, is hurrendous!
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Zentron
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Post by Zentron on Oct 29, 2012 21:02:23 GMT
|Yup, and it was when I saw how terrible it looked, yet how nice the Dreamcast mods were.... I couldn't get it out of my head, especially the notion "Christ, I can do better than that!!" I came across Ben's site too darkslim, when I searched for the portable Dreamcast's that I had seen, I think I'll be joining the forum sometime soon Lastly..... anybody know where I can buy myself some blue extruded polystyrene around Manchester? I went all around Bolton yesterday and couldn't find squat, even in the craft model shops OK, scratch that, I managed to get my hands on some from B&Q... pity it's such a big sheet..... and orange
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ghstzch
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Post by ghstzch on Nov 2, 2012 5:01:15 GMT
If Sega was still making hardware they might of been crazy enough to do it seeing that they made the Game Gear ( basically a portable MS) and the Nomad (portable Genesis).
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Post by zyrobs on Nov 2, 2012 12:37:02 GMT
If Sega was still making hardware they might of been crazy enough to do it seeing that they made the Game Gear ( basically a portable MS) and the Nomad (portable Genesis). Both of those were much simpler devices, requiring only 1 or 2 ICs. The Saturn has never been simplified to that much.
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Post by Yart on Nov 2, 2012 13:25:07 GMT
I do like how the guy put the NiGHTs stick into it.
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Zentron
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Post by Zentron on Nov 2, 2012 20:31:22 GMT
I do like how the guy put the NiGHTs stick into it. That is the only thing about it that I do like and it is the stick I was thinking of incorporating as well, I've always liked it. That said, it seems I missed out the D-Pad/Analogue Stick choice slider from my design, though that's an easy fix, I just need to add it above the two, no biggie I'm off to a couple of retro games shops in Manchester city centre tomorrow, hopefully, they'll have what I need... at a good cheap price Lastly, to inspire things along, here's a little SEGA wallpaper I mocked up:
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Post by mancity on Nov 3, 2012 21:15:17 GMT
Doubt you'll find anything from a 'retro' games shop in Manchester.
Apart from the shite place at the top of Afflecks palace, there's the place near the indoor market, but their prices are higher than e-bays.
There's about 1 charity shop and cash converter has a Dreamcast keyboard that they've had for about 2 years and nothing else retro.
Shit in Manchester for gaming.
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Zentron
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Post by Zentron on Nov 3, 2012 21:47:27 GMT
Doubt you'll find anything from a 'retro' games shop in Manchester. Apart from the shite place at the top of Afflecks palace, there's the place near the indoor market, but their prices are higher than e-bays. Shit in Manchester for gaming. I actually got a Doraemon DVD boxset from the retro game shop in Afflecks, rather than a Saturn, as the only one they had for sale was about 45 quid! Still, I managed to get several Blu-Ray movies, a Frankie Boyle DVD and several Gabber/Hardstyle compilation CDs, so the day wasn't a complete loss ;D
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SEAOFWOLVES
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Post by SEAOFWOLVES on Nov 4, 2012 13:07:06 GMT
Check out this forum: forums.benheck.com/That's where a lot of the home modders go to show off there stuff, I'm sure a few of you have heard of Ben Heck before. Not much Saturn stuff as people have a lot of trouble with it but some great examples for other consoles!
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Zentron
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Post by Zentron on Nov 4, 2012 13:52:49 GMT
Yeah we were discussing the forum before, that said, I am not finding a registration link anywhere
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Post by Zentron on Nov 10, 2012 3:07:55 GMT
It's been a few days since my last post, and as I will be getting around to producing a solid version, not to scale, but what the heck, I can get that sorted later, I thought I'd best do a quick computer generated image first. So here it is, in a full black, plus a grey and black variation, I also added the D-Pad Analogue Pad selection switch: Hope you like
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ghstzch
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Post by ghstzch on Nov 10, 2012 3:21:54 GMT
That is the sexiest thing I've ever seen. You should open a kickstarter. I'd fund it.
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