A320 Advance

[3MZ]

I've always hated the design of the Dingoo A320, so I found a broken Gameboy Advance and decided to make a case mod for the A320 out of the GBA. So here's whats happened so far

Yes it was pink, but I (very poorly) painted it white along time ago and now I can't get the paint of

I was an idiot and used hot glue on this and it heats up and melts whenever I go to sand it

That was before sanding...

Upper right corner sanded...

Also, I started this out a while back and was stupid and used Mighty Putty in one of the corners and it is impossible to sand down...

(I had to bend back the start/select buttons so I wouldn't accidentally sand them off

left side sanded now its really difficult to sand one side without its goo spreading over to the other side...

It looks a lot better in person (sorta) these photos are taken with my phone. So, they suck pretty bad-ly...

 

[ToastBucket]

Looks sweet.

 

[3MZ]

thanks , this is my first "real" mod of a console. Not just painting it or changing the buttons or whatever.

 

[bentomo]

Gah, you stole my idea, not an advanced but still a shell replacement.

Oh well, looks good.

 

[3MZ]

Gah, you stole my idea, not an advanced but still a shell replacement.

Oh well, looks good.

What type of shell did you use?


if you ask me the GBA has the most comfortable (and coolest looking ) design out of all the gameboys.

 

[bentomo]

I haven't used it yet. I was planning to use a gamecube but I thought about how much I use my dingoo as my mp3 player and how unfriendly cube controllers are to pockets.

You can probably guess which controller I'm going to use instead.

 

[DK]

You can probably guess which controller I'm going to use instead.

Obvioulsy a Steel Battalion one

 

[3MZ]

I haven't used it yet. I was planning to use a gamecube but I thought about how much I use my dingoo as my mp3 player and how unfriendly cube controllers are to pockets.

You can probably guess which controller I'm going to use instead.

Snes?

 

[bentomo]

BINGO

At 3mz

Sorry DK.


It's no gamecube controller but it sure beats the dingoo's design. Plus I have some spares.

 

[3MZ]

BINGO

At 3mz

Sorry DK.


It's no gamecube controller but it sure beats the dingoo's design. Plus I have some spares.

Tru-dat The Dingoo's design isn't the best. And the shoulder buttons are horribly clicky.

Are you ever gonna make it?

 

[bentomo]

Sure I am, but I'm in the middle of moving and I haven't worked on anything in over a month.

 

[3MZ]

Sweet, can't wait to see it Also the Wingman is looking

 

[BoFoSho]

BINGO

At 3mz

Sorry DK.


It's no gamecube controller but it sure beats the dingoo's design. Plus I have some spares.

I am already 4/5ths of the way done with a Dingoo in a SNES controller.
Next is NES controller.

 

[3MZ]

I'm having to restart the project because the original gba case I was using is now destroyed ... So the project is on hold until I can get a new gba that I can destroy.

 

[ToastBucket]

Bo's selling one. Check his FS thread. Now that you're starting over, don't use hot glue this time

 

[3MZ]

Bo's selling one. Check his FS thread. Now that you're starting over, don't use hot glue this time

Yeah, I started this when I was just starting out so, I didn't really know what I was doing..

 

[3MZ]

Re: A320 Advance (starting over)

Okay, after 2 months of doing nothing I have a new GBA shell and am back to work on my mod! So far all I have done is take the thing apart and sanded down a little bit of it. This time instead of using the original layout for the controls (go see the pics on the first page to get what I mean) I am going to re wire the controls to fit where the GBA's were originally, also I am using the GBA's shoulder buttons in place of the Dingoo's. I am also looking for some decent speakers to use (the Dingoo's SUUUCK.) Also, if you want to buy this once I'm finished shoot me a PM and we can work something out.

 

[3MZ]

Does anybody know of some good small speakers I can use to replace the Dingoo's?

 

[3MZ]

So, I'm starting back on this project, and now it's almost done All I have to do is paint the case and rewire the shoulder buttons on the A320.

Can't find the A320, so... yeah.