Frankencases worth getting for portablizing!

blaze3927 · **Joined:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:36 pm **Posts:** 152

back onto frankencases
for my earlier more ghetto attempts at portables I tried using a vhs case for a ps1p and then a dvd case and genesis game cart case for a n64p

vhs case for psonep - would work ok for the scph 900x

dvd case for n64p - have to be external screen and external cart slot, not a chance of batteries epicly tight fit, have to relocat jumper pak

genesis game cart case for n64p - original analog stick would have to be off the side, very tight fit, i did manage to fit 6 AA's in the case though, external cart slot, external jumper pak* or relocated

*ties in with external cart slot cover shape

Kyosho · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:42 pm

I don't know if I'd personally recommend the DVD case route. I made a "GBA with bigger screen" thing out of one, as a quick project. Ended up dismantling it soon after. The plastic is just too flimsy. In a bag with books, it was getting crushed and screwed up constantly. I do see the advantage of it though, being thin material, easy to manipulate. I mean, I used scissors! So, yeah. Simple, quick, fun to make (just like a cardboard one, which I've done too), and yet pretty fragile.

I suppose theoretically you could reinforce the interior with some strategically placed stronger material. But if you're going to do that, you might as well use something else entirely.

Basement_Modder · **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2009 6:51 pm

Is perspex another name for plexiglass, because I cannot seem to find any anywhere. :neutral2:

Basement_Modder · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:58 am

bacteria wrote:

I believe it is the same stuff, yes.

If that is the case, then you could have sanded the surface a bit, hit it with a few coats of krylon, and your old "crinkle-case" portables would have been beautiful!

kylechu · **Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2009 2:25 am

Thinking about hacking up a leapster case. Any big reason why I shouldn't, seeing as nobody I've seen has done it.

Basement_Modder · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:35 pm

bacteria wrote:

No use without pics and details! :wink:

Leapster.

Ashen · **Posted:** Fri Apr 08, 2011 8:22 am

This thing is just begging to be frankencased.

kylerock96 · **Joined:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:23 pm **Posts:** 109

Sorry about the bump, been gone a while, I saw one of those at HEB plus, almost bought it. It would be really good if you were to frankencase a whole controller in the front, and not cut out holes just for the buttons

Frankencases worth getting for portablizing!

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