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Post by NeoGeoNinja on Nov 10, 2012 9:24:51 GMT
NICE 'Ai' WORK ZENTRON... It's certainly an interesting looking device. I'm not sure if I could call it nice looking, but it certainly looks bad-ass/cool I suppose, I never really thought about it before, but for all intents and purposes, I suppose you could base (or may have based) this design on a 6-button Dreamcast controller with LR triggers (like on the Analog Pad)... with the screen at the front and the VMU/4MB cart slot at the back. Good luck with the battery & CD drive aspect btw! I reckon that'll be pretty tough, along with resizing the MB...
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Post by Zentron on Nov 10, 2012 10:58:22 GMT
I did partially base my design upon the Dreamcast controller, you'll be able to tell if you turn a DC pad upside down and compare with my design, though the LR triggers did not feel right when I was sketching, so they are now almost like 2 buttons on the side of the back grips. The only thing I'm not really happy with, is the speaker holes! I'm definitely going to do them smaller and lots more of them!! There's something of a nod to most SEGA related console and controllers in my design, which I felt like I should do
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Post by captainkael on Nov 11, 2012 7:11:50 GMT
its looking like it has alot of potential zentron. You definetly have me interested in seeing how this turns out I especially like the look of the white one, as Neo said it looks pretty bad ass
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Post by DarkSlim on Nov 11, 2012 10:08:19 GMT
Looks great! you can also creat an image of the back side
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Post by Zentron on Nov 11, 2012 13:41:58 GMT
Looks great! you can also creat an image of the back side Done! ;D Not 100% how I wanted it to come out, but I was at the mercy of the limitations of Photoshop Also, to see how it will be in its full, real life size, this is about right: And from the looks of things, my sketch was a little bit out with regards to the size of the memory cart... will amend later
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Post by captainkael on Nov 14, 2012 0:38:06 GMT
these are looking pretty sweet zentron
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Post by mancity on Nov 14, 2012 8:38:08 GMT
How/ where would you get the plastics from mate?
When I was creating my MAME machine, I couldn't find anywhere that could help me create a bespoke plastic casing to my size requirements (unless I requested a 'prototype' and paid them circa £600).
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Post by DarkSlim on Nov 14, 2012 8:46:26 GMT
There are all kinds of methods you can try at home, google it and look at youtube for stuff like these: Link Edit: oops, fixed it!
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Post by mancity on Nov 14, 2012 8:51:12 GMT
That link doesn't appear to work mate?
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Post by prabmire on Nov 14, 2012 11:31:37 GMT
I think another good option would be to do it laptop style and craft a fat PS2 screen onto the top of the saturn that folds down, not sure what to do power wise though!
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Post by Zentron on Nov 16, 2012 1:14:27 GMT
I have done some plastic moulding in the past, though it was a looong time ago, but that's something I will have to figure out properly, after sorting out the motherboard, controllers and buttons, etc, then I'll get worried about any plastic moulding!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2012 1:44:15 GMT
You could try a portable STV instead of a portable Saturn. maybe you would save space because you wouldnt need a CD drive?
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Post by mick_aka on Nov 16, 2012 10:40:25 GMT
Have you seen the size of an STV board? lol
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2012 16:01:31 GMT
Hey, it would be big as hell, but at least it would be shock-resistant! Haha
Maybe you could get a spot in the Guinness world record book with having the worlds largest handheld game console?
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Post by Zentron on Nov 16, 2012 20:43:03 GMT
I think I'll stick with a portable SEGA Saturn
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