Hailrazer's N64Boy Advance

[hailrazer]

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I finished my latest N64 portable.

I've been wanting to do this for a while. I'm kinda tired of all the epoxying , sanding, bondo-ing, painting, etc. So a while back I bought a GBA carry case.



But real life got in the way. Anywhoo a few weeks ago while cleaning, I found it and decide to give it a go.

Here's the specs :

Case -- Gba carry case
Screen -- 4.3" Ebay screen with brightness controls
Batteries -- 5600mAh Li-Ions
Buttons -- 6mm X 6mm tacts with colored caps
Joystick -- Gamecube
Expansion Pak included
N64 board cut down to fit
Battery life -- 5-6 hours
Custom laminated screen surround with N64 logo

Well here's the pics :

[hailrazer]

Here is a bit of a work log for you.

I wanted to do buttons that were like Bacs. Simple and permanent.
So I used plexiglass. Cut to size. Super glued tact switch to it. Then I super glued spacers between the plexiglass pieces. Then the button assembly was Plexi Welded to the case. The L and R tact switches were put in the thick plastic that makes up the "bumper" around the case.













The Z buttons were a bit harder. I first mounted them to a piece of plexiglass. Then I used a heat gun and bent the plexiglass into a Z shape. Then I Plexi Welded them to the case.

[hailrazer]

Speakers were taken from a speaker for an ipod. Holes were cut using perf board taped to the case and then all 36 holes drilled.



Here's a pic of the cut down N64 board. I used oversize heatsinks from a Cpu cooler/combo pak off Ebay for the Cpu. Ram heatsinks for the ram :



And though I usually don't show it, here is a pic of the insides.

I'm quite proud of the fact that the only hot glue that was used was to hold the batteries in and on a few of the wires to hold them to boards/case.

All the rest is either epoxied, super glued, or Platic Welded in.

[Bradtemple87]

This turned out great

[Hobie-wan]

Sevin had forwarded me a few pictures last night, I was trying to figure out why the shell looked a little funny but it makes sense now that it's a GBA carrying case. Looks great.

[sevin0seven]

a very Awesome job indeed!

[dedalusdedalus]

Using that GBA carry case to house the N64 was a genius move. Most homebrew portables look too utilitarian and soulless, but this actually looks like something Nintendo might have made.

It's gorgeous. GOR-JUS.

[grittykitty]

Using that GBA carry case to house the N64 was a genius move

agreed!

this looks amazing! i would love to play one of these on a japanese train and see how many people stare in awe

[Inazuma]

Wow, that is fucking hot. Great work!

[YoshiEgg25]

Amazing stuff!

But one question I have to ask: how did you get the GameCube stick to work with the N64? I've always heard that they're incompatible because one's analog and the other's digital.