How to Make a Portable Game System

Step 2 Ordering Stuff

Before we start ordering things, you must remember this: eBay is your friend. Just commit that to heart and you're all good.

For the most basic model of a portable NES, you will need:

- An NES (Hopefully you figured that out on your own.)
- A screen (We will discuss these later.)
- A battery pack (We will discuss this later.)
- A controller.

You could technically make an NES "portable" just by powering the console and a screen off of batteries. But that doesn't look good, and it's not really handheld. The above things are the bare essentials. But for a decently good portable, you will also need:

- A Dremel
- Stuff to make a new case (Acrylic, aluminum, etc.)
- Lots of wires

And more. We will discuss these things in the next steps.

Comments

[Bad2Grim]

now what what should i buy a used nes or a new one?

its like only 50 bucks for a used one soooo i can use that rite?

[1up]

$50 used?! That's ridiculous. You shouldn't pay more than $15 for it.

[TheRealDutchOwner]

MANY professional sellers do sell them for those high prices. Visit thrift stores, they usually sell them for around €6. They don't truly know what the system is worth. One thrift store sold me a C64 with Printer, Disk Drive, 2 Datasette-decks, 2 boxes with floppies, a binder with the disk's index's, some tapes and a Assembly guide book with it's own tape, for €10.

[Bad2Grim]

then where did u get urs?

[1up]

A friend gave it to me years ago. You should be able to find one much cheaper than $50 on ebay or something, though.

[Bad2Grim]

okay i found one around like $28.50

also i saw this stupid price of $140 for one with two games. xD

[Sonicthehedghhog]

Guy: Say whut?

[1up]

Yes, that's a better deal.

[wolf1234link]

 dang i found my old nes down a hil near my housw buried under tree needles and i brought it up and try to fix it i had it wen i was like 7 so it was a good few years down there  but then we smashed it i wish i saw this firts and had about 130 bucks and 4 months of free time lol

[tmootsey]

How dare you smash a NES!

[Sonicthehedghhog]

Please be nice, tmootsey, and you, wolf1234link, why would you do that? :(

[aaronroe]

I got two Ataris and a NES at a yard sale for $5.

[geigue]

Instead of ordering an entire console, you could buy the individual parts from here instead:
http://www.nesrepairshop.com/online_shopping/index.php?categoryID=78