SNES portable worklog

[Joeyjoe9876]

hey guys. getting a retro duo for christmas and i got a zn-40 and got a few spare Li-ions so i'm gonna be making a Snes and Nes portable!

heres the specs.
-Retro Duo (snes side)
-4250mAh Li-po
-Sony Psone
-ZN-40 case

not really gonna be able to post pics or any updates until christmas so this won't be very active for a while..
i do have a quick question though! i know the screen and consoles won't last long with those batteries i got right now but how long would both the SNES and NES sides last with the two screens? as long as i can get an hour or so of gameplay i might as well use them..

 

[Argelfraster]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!

Relocated slot carts.... No idea what that is
Why don't you finish your N64p before starting another project?

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!


i plan on having the N64 done either on christmas or a few days after it, then i'm starting this
oh wait.. i just realized i don't have a switch for the power
oh well, i got an old guitar amp that is broken beyond belief, i can just steal it from that

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!

quick mockup for the portable

(does any of that look familiar? )

 

[pLover]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!

(does any of that look familiar? )

No, I have NO idea WHERE you could have thought of such a great design!

 

[XCVG]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!

I hate you.

JK, nice design, but North American buttons? BLARGH!

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!

if i can find some famicom buttons i may use them. all i have is a north american controller :/

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!

decided not to use the NES side, i never really play nes games and i don't got many :/
also started working on everything! got the screen, battery, and Retro Duo Snes side hooked up. i also decided to use two 4250mAh 3.7v li-po cells so i can get more game time. all running off one voltage, also the psone screen has been LED modded. i will be using RGB as i'm not getting good results with composite :/
pics in a few

 

[themadhacker]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!

you can just get the colored buttons from a third party controller. I think madcatz made one with colored buttons.

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!

i already got some being sent to me

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

Re: starting a SNES/NES portable soon!

ok i'm having a slight(major) problem with the video that is being outputted from my RD, i have removed the nes side and have wired everything up right but when i tested it on my PSone screen and my TV i get this

i know it's not the screen because i tested my dvd player and it worked perfectly. so what might be the problem?

 

[zeturi]

You sure you relocated the cart slot correctly? Also, check that video hasn't been accidentally bridged to something else.

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

i haven't relocated the cart slot yet. and i checked, nothing is bridged...

 

[zeturi]

The only thing you did was remove the NES half, right? I believe there was something that needed to be rewired when you tear out the NES half, but I can't recall. There is some info in the SNES sticky on benheck, though.

 

[Joeyjoe9876]

ok, i'll take a look again..

 

[zeturi]

Hm... skimming through, I don't see anything about even cutting it in half. I know I've heard about it somewhere, it's probably buried underneath a couple of pages of stuff.

 

[themadhacker]

It's in a sticky