Grape64 FINISHED Pictures and Video on page 4

[pkmnjunky7]

I've been working on this for a few weeks now. I'm still making my case, but it's coming along well. I'm going to paint the whole thing transparent purple, thus the name Grape64.

I'm using a 3.5 inch ebay screen and an audio amp i picked up from kohls for 10 bucks. The case is a Plano brand case meant for fishing lures. I had to rip out the padding on the inside and scrub the glue off for a few hours, and then cover it in goo gone to get rid of the residue. The D-pad, Start button, and volume controls are all on a single board that I cannibalized from one of these Tank-Assault games, which I also snagged at goodwill.

The Nintendo logo on the screen bezel just by some random coincidence fits in there perfectly. I got that from one of the 10 broken GBA sps I keep lying around. I'm using the actual Z button section from two first party controllers as the R and Z/L buttons.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

 

[Thecawesomeone]

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Looks cawesome. Can't wait to see it done!!!

 

[βeta]

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That screen bezel. So *Can'tSayThisOnTV*ing sexy.

 

[Tchay]

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haven't gotten this excited since Sifufs sixty free lite-r.

So hot.

 

[Twilight Wolf]

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This looks badass and I eagerly await your progress.

 

[bentomo]

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Purple is mah favorite color!

 

[pkmnjunky7]

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Thank you very much! I'm pretty pumped at this point. Right now I'm in the middle of wiring the expansion pack up, then I've got some board trimming to do, and then on to the cartridge slot wiring.

 

[Hermaphroditus]

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Dat's sum sexy layout. It looks quite beautiful, and I eagerly await its completion.

Also, I'm not a huge fan of purple, but this just seems to work.

 

[mymixed]

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Looks Awesome! What controller are your going to use?

- mymixed

 

[pkmnjunky7]

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Looks Awesome! What controller are your going to use?

- mymixed

I'm using an original n64 controller chopped up. The joystick is a replacement n64 joystick that uses a pot like the gamecube stick but has the same look as the original n64 stick. It's available at Nintendo Repair Shop (click this).

 

[bud]

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I'm using an original n64 controller chopped up. The joystick is a replacement n64 joystick that uses a pot like the gamecube stick but has the same look as the original n64 stick. It's available at Nintendo Repair Shop (click this).

I CAME

@progress It looks amazing. Dat BEZEL

 

[ShockSlayer]

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It looks great!
It looks grape!

SS

 

[ToastBucket]

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This looks so sweet. Didn't even know they made transparent paint. Where did you get it? PLUS I want that bezel....Did you take it off of something?

 

[pkmnjunky7]

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This looks so sweet. Didn't even know they made transparent paint. Where did you get it? PLUS I want that bezel....Did you take it off of something?

I used the original bezel that came with the screen.

I painted it purple wish spray paint. Krylon X-Metals to be exact. Since this paint is meant to be painted over metal to give it color, but retain it's metal sheen, The paint is actually transparent, meaning that you can also use it on plastic as I did on the controller box to achieve the same look as the transparent N64 controllers. This paint also comes in Red, Blue and a few other colors. If you can't find Krylon X-Metals in the color you want, Tamiya makes transparent spray paint in a wide array of colors as well.

 

[zeturi]

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You make me love purple. What are the dimensions of the case? Using the screen as scale, it looks pretty small!

 

[pkmnjunky7]

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You make me love purple. What are the dimensions of the case? Using the screen as scale, it looks pretty small!

8"x5"x1"

I love this case so much. It's curved perfectly and doesn't have any dividers or anything ugly like most cases of its' kind do. It also comes in Small and Medium sizes. This one is considered Large.

 

[bentomo]

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Can't wait to see this project done, I wish I could find a case like that, you don't even have to use screws, you can just pop it open whenever you want and people will be like

 

[Hrduncan]

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i used tupperware and thats what i do to show people its insides ... i just pop of the back and they are like dang thats messy how does it even function? haha

 

[zeturi]

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Looks to be a slight chunk smaller than the ZN-40. One inch thin sounds awesome, plus, like others have mentioned, it's awesome to have that hinge.

Where did you buy that case?

EDIT: Never mind, these are pretty common on ebay. They even have one that is pretty much the same size as a ZN-40. It'd be nicer than having those Dang grooves on the top and bottom of the case.

 

[pkmnjunky7]

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I know it's been a while since my last update, but I've made a lot of progress!

Batteries all wired up to my 3.3v regulator.

Trimmed expansion pack, I am not relocating for this portable.



Test fitting before I install all the electronics...

I still need to decide on speaker placement and drill a few holes for those, also I need to decide on charge/play jack locations and drill holes for those as well. After all this is done I will need to start installing everything inside!