wraggster
January 27th, 2015, 00:09
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About a decade ago, Nintendo released a Game Boy Advance carrying case in the shape of a Game Boy Advance. It was the obvious answer to the original brick Game Boy carrying case every eight year old had in 1990. This jumbo-sized Game Boy Advance case also makes a really good platform for a console mod, (http://www.bacman.co.uk/bacforum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5115) which is exactly what [frostefires] got when he put an N64 in one.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this bit of old Nintendo paraphernalia used to house an N64 (http://hackaday.com/2011/03/17/n64boy-advance/). A few years ago, [Hailrazer] used the same GBA carrying case as the body of an N64 build. There were a few shortcomings in that build, most importantly the removal of the D pad. [frostedfires]’ build fixes this oversight.
Inside the GBA enclosure is a 4.3 inch screen, a replacement Gamecube joystick, an SNES D pad, and of course the entire N64 circuit board with a few modifications.
[frostedfires] entered this into a ‘Shark Tank’-ish competition at school, and this build was so impressive he won first place. Link to the full build thread here (http://www.bacman.co.uk/bacforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4895&hilit=port64).
http://hackaday.com/2015/01/26/the-proper-use-for-a-gameboy-advance-carrying-case/
About a decade ago, Nintendo released a Game Boy Advance carrying case in the shape of a Game Boy Advance. It was the obvious answer to the original brick Game Boy carrying case every eight year old had in 1990. This jumbo-sized Game Boy Advance case also makes a really good platform for a console mod, (http://www.bacman.co.uk/bacforum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5115) which is exactly what [frostefires] got when he put an N64 in one.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this bit of old Nintendo paraphernalia used to house an N64 (http://hackaday.com/2011/03/17/n64boy-advance/). A few years ago, [Hailrazer] used the same GBA carrying case as the body of an N64 build. There were a few shortcomings in that build, most importantly the removal of the D pad. [frostedfires]’ build fixes this oversight.
Inside the GBA enclosure is a 4.3 inch screen, a replacement Gamecube joystick, an SNES D pad, and of course the entire N64 circuit board with a few modifications.
[frostedfires] entered this into a ‘Shark Tank’-ish competition at school, and this build was so impressive he won first place. Link to the full build thread here (http://www.bacman.co.uk/bacforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4895&hilit=port64).
http://hackaday.com/2015/01/26/the-proper-use-for-a-gameboy-advance-carrying-case/