themadhacker
Crazy Train
Ok, I have been working on this for a while now. I might as well put up a worklog for it.
So as the title says, I have been working on a portable nes. Now rather than that noac crap, I am using an actual nes. To hold this beast of a system I am using a polycase ZN-40.
might as well post pics now.
The bare NES happily sitting inside the ZN-40. As you can probably tell, I did a fair bit of cutting on the NES. It fit perfectly in the case originally, but now it has more space. More space= better.
My battery. It is a bit too big to fit in the case, so it will be mmounted on the back with velcro. The battery life makes up for the size, though. It is a 7.2v 3600 maH ni-mh battery that I pulled from an old portable DVD player. Should get me a few good hours of play time.
The front of my case. I have ABS cemented part of an original style playstation controller. I will get to why it has 4 holes in a bit. I need to redo the D-pad too, as it is too far over to the right. I'll ABS in a DMG d-pad tomorrow. The thing is ugly, but some sanding will fix that. Actually, I have another method of evening it out that I played around a bit with today. When you let ABS goop dry, it will usually be a bit blobby, depending on your skill. to fix this I have done the following. Start sanding for about a minute then stop. Blow off the plastic dust. Now get a paper towel and some paint thinner. Get the towel damp with paint thinner and rub over the area of ABS goop. The acetone in the paint thinner will smoothe out some of the rough spots in the goop. Now because of the towel and paint thinner rubbing across the surface, there will be some lines. Just gently sand them away and you are done. With a nice smooth surface.
On with more pics.
Yes, that is a heavily cut up cartridge tray from an original NES. Will be using this on the back of the unit.
This is a rough idea of what the back will look like.
Now, you may be wondering about the title. Why ULTRA?
Well I put the word Ultra in the title because I am doing some extra things with this.
For one, I am using an NES MAX controller. This explains the four button holes.
Also, I plan on giving it stereo sound, and possibly overclocking it with a switch to go back betweeen speeds. Also, i will probably disable the locout chip but that isn't saying much.
Oh, and in case you are wondering where the Heck the verge screen is, it is in the mail still.
More to come soon!
So as the title says, I have been working on a portable nes. Now rather than that noac crap, I am using an actual nes. To hold this beast of a system I am using a polycase ZN-40.
might as well post pics now.
The bare NES happily sitting inside the ZN-40. As you can probably tell, I did a fair bit of cutting on the NES. It fit perfectly in the case originally, but now it has more space. More space= better.
My battery. It is a bit too big to fit in the case, so it will be mmounted on the back with velcro. The battery life makes up for the size, though. It is a 7.2v 3600 maH ni-mh battery that I pulled from an old portable DVD player. Should get me a few good hours of play time.
The front of my case. I have ABS cemented part of an original style playstation controller. I will get to why it has 4 holes in a bit. I need to redo the D-pad too, as it is too far over to the right. I'll ABS in a DMG d-pad tomorrow. The thing is ugly, but some sanding will fix that. Actually, I have another method of evening it out that I played around a bit with today. When you let ABS goop dry, it will usually be a bit blobby, depending on your skill. to fix this I have done the following. Start sanding for about a minute then stop. Blow off the plastic dust. Now get a paper towel and some paint thinner. Get the towel damp with paint thinner and rub over the area of ABS goop. The acetone in the paint thinner will smoothe out some of the rough spots in the goop. Now because of the towel and paint thinner rubbing across the surface, there will be some lines. Just gently sand them away and you are done. With a nice smooth surface.
On with more pics.
Yes, that is a heavily cut up cartridge tray from an original NES. Will be using this on the back of the unit.
This is a rough idea of what the back will look like.
Now, you may be wondering about the title. Why ULTRA?
Well I put the word Ultra in the title because I am doing some extra things with this.
For one, I am using an NES MAX controller. This explains the four button holes.
Also, I plan on giving it stereo sound, and possibly overclocking it with a switch to go back betweeen speeds. Also, i will probably disable the locout chip but that isn't saying much.
Oh, and in case you are wondering where the Heck the verge screen is, it is in the mail still.
More to come soon!
At least you will have 100% compatibly 
