wraggster
July 17th, 2014, 23:23
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Ever wish Game Boys came in a slightly larger size? [John], aka [Bacteria] of Bacman, decided to try something different with this retro console mod — the BigBoy. (http://www.bacman.co.uk/bacforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4555)
In case you’re not familiar with the Bacman website (http://bacman.co.uk/), it’s a site dedicated to retro video game console modding — and our hacker, [John] is the man behind the scenes. We’ve shared (http://hackaday.com/2014/07/08/the-homebrew-xbox-360-and-ps3-portable/) plenty (http://hackaday.com/2014/05/07/plug-and-play-portable-console-saves-space-so-you-dont-have-to/) of their projects (http://hackaday.com/2014/04/30/a-masterpiece-of-3d-printed-case-modding-with-an-ouya/) before.
The BigBoy is basically a Game Boy Advance — with an 8″ display. It uses the electronics from a knockoff copy of a RetroBit in a custom case that [John] vacuum formed at home. He sketched out the proposed outline, built a mold out of plastic sheets and hot glue, and created a concrete dummy mold for the vacuum former — meaning if he ever wanted to recreate this project it would be a piece of cake!
http://hackaday.com/2014/07/12/bigboy-advance-a-giant-gba-for-big-hands/
Ever wish Game Boys came in a slightly larger size? [John], aka [Bacteria] of Bacman, decided to try something different with this retro console mod — the BigBoy. (http://www.bacman.co.uk/bacforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4555)
In case you’re not familiar with the Bacman website (http://bacman.co.uk/), it’s a site dedicated to retro video game console modding — and our hacker, [John] is the man behind the scenes. We’ve shared (http://hackaday.com/2014/07/08/the-homebrew-xbox-360-and-ps3-portable/) plenty (http://hackaday.com/2014/05/07/plug-and-play-portable-console-saves-space-so-you-dont-have-to/) of their projects (http://hackaday.com/2014/04/30/a-masterpiece-of-3d-printed-case-modding-with-an-ouya/) before.
The BigBoy is basically a Game Boy Advance — with an 8″ display. It uses the electronics from a knockoff copy of a RetroBit in a custom case that [John] vacuum formed at home. He sketched out the proposed outline, built a mold out of plastic sheets and hot glue, and created a concrete dummy mold for the vacuum former — meaning if he ever wanted to recreate this project it would be a piece of cake!
http://hackaday.com/2014/07/12/bigboy-advance-a-giant-gba-for-big-hands/