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This was entered into the Dremel contest as this project used a Dremel throughout for cutting all the holes by hand, large and small. Used a lot of d...
Making a handheld portable is fun and the ability to play a console on the go is also entertaining. Having a portable also means you don't need to be ...
This video covers many of the tools you will need to make a portable handheld console system.
First things first, this video shows the opening of the N64 console and its parts, in order to get to the motherboard, which after all is what we need...
One of the general requirements of making a handheld portable console is to make it as light as can be reasonably achieved and also as slimline as can...
This section shows how to relocate the game cartridge port. Why do it you ask? Well, the system is designed to have the game at right angles to the bo...
It is not a necessary step, but if you want to make your portable smaller, it is useful to not only plan your layout well but also to trim off unneede...
This video covers powering the system and also providing audio and video for the system to work. Below the video is a wiring diagram I made that shoul...
Some people say you don't need to cool the three areas on the N64 apart from just heat sinks. In my experience, with using several N64 motherboards, t...
There are various screens you can use of course, the reasons the official Sony PSone screen tends to be favourite in the modding community is the imag...
There are many things you can make a case for a portable, use tupperware, a different case that you can make into what you want, or vacuum forming (al...
This video shows how to secure the two case halves together and strengthen them, spray painting and finishing the case. The video also discusses an al...
The fun starts here!! This video shows the principles of making a cart slot holder for a portable, parts I made to do it and them being installed, wit...
This video shows some of the choices with N64 controllers, joysticks, memory packs, rumble packs, combined memory and rumble packs; how to wire them, ...
Rather than having lots of holes for ports in a portable for things that aren't needed much, eg recharge the batteries, change the screen contrast and...
A fun part - opening up the screen, flattening the sides, installing into case. This video shows a technique I developed to ensure easy installation o...
This video shows some techniques I have developed, for installing a d-pad and joystick into a portable. The video shows how to make and build their as...
This video shows installation of the A, B, Start and "C" buttons, showing the techniques involved in stopping the buttons rotating and also building t...
In this video, the screen is tested and shown to work, different rumble motors are discussed and one is installed, and the controller board is put int...
General guidelines and tips on how to wire up an N64 controller; how to do it, what goes where, etc.
This video shows planning locating batteries into the portable, opening up the cells and wiring them up. BTW - the height of the cells are about the s...
This is the last but one video in the series (apart from final videos and demo, etc). This video covers removing the reset button, installing the shou...
In this video, I installed better heat sinks and show how, reducing expansion/jumper pack and a neat way to cool it, details about combined rumble/mem...
This is the demo of the system working, as also duplicated on the first page of this project. Please join my forum, share your project and we can als...
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