http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/ Engadget Comments for The not-so-portable portable GameCube http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 27th 2006 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 27th 2006 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 27th 2006 11:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 27th 2006 11:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 27th 2006 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/
The internals consist of two boards and a compact optical drive tier, all three connected in a stack by a single vertical column. There are almost no wires to be found, whatsoever, except the ribbon cable which connects the front controller port panel to one of the boards. (Going from memory, so if I'm a little off, please forgive me). The inside of an XBox looks like a joke compared to it.

The only way to make the thing smaller is to miniaturize its components and boards, which is exactly what Nintendo did when designing the Wii (it's a more powerful GameCube), but it's not something a mere mortal can accomplish on his own.]]>Jul 27th 2006 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 28th 2006 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 28th 2006 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/
Or, better yet---this one resembles the keyboard-controller they made for the Gamecube (which I thought was really only useful for Phantasy Star Online).

http://www.planetgamecube.com/media/2389/1/9342.jpg

Really though, I'm gettin a dreamcast vibe from this. And I honestly wouldn't mind it, if you didn't have to plug it in. But they already sell several other Gamecube battery + screen attatchments (one of which I own). So, this design seems a little moot.]]>Jul 28th 2006 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 28th 2006 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/
How many of you could?]]>Jul 28th 2006 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/
With an exposed spindle and different cooler (modified VGA cooler perhaps?) I reckon the GC could easily be half the size.

The GC is also 12v so ideal to plug into a car; obviously a battery would be better]]>Jul 28th 2006 5:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 28th 2006 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/
Bit tricky eh? :D]]>Jul 28th 2006 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 28th 2006 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 28th 2006 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/Jul 30th 2006 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/27/the-not-so-portable-portable-gamecube/
To all the haters out there who claim it sucks or they can do better, put your money where your mouth is and do it. Unless you can do something just as good or better than someone else, cram it up your basement-dwelling pieholes, because you have neither the drive to the creativity to do anything half as good as this.]]>Feb 20th 2007 12:01PM