Game grrl: a gameboy-sized NES
Looking for some retro gaming goodness and a day's worth of productive tinkering for less than $75? Check out the game grrl portable gameboy-sized NES, brought to us by ladyada via our pals at hackaday. Made of a Power Player III 'Nintendo on a chip' game controller, a PacTec HP-4AA enclosure, and an original NES controller, this little DIY gadget has a 2.5-inch screen with CCFL backlight, headphone/line out jack, built-in battery compartment and will run about 12 hours on 4 AA alkalines (6-8 hours on NiMH rechargeables). Check the complete assembly instructions on her site and make your own inexpensive, pint-sized NES with built-in games for less than 75 quid. Now that's entertainment.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
aloejuiceisgood @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM
75 quid? how does $75 US dollars = 75 quid?
more like 40 quid... yea what's my point? sorry i don't have one
Lago @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM
"less than 75 quid"
40 < 75
TECHNICALITY WINS
Right @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM
Umm.. why bother when you can go to the store and buy a GBA and then get an emulator to play NES Rom's on it?
Seth @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM
Nice Morrissey reference.
Jeff @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM
Or you could just play NES games on your Treo...
www.kalemsoft.com
CrystalGeyser @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM
You can play NES on any Smartphone (Symbian 60+ phones). A Nokia 3650 now only costs about $50. Why spend money when it can only play games.
YesIAmAnIdiot @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM
You do it because it's cool, and you can say "Hey, I made this!"