Brian Gardiner's homemade portable PS2: the palmPS2

Not one to let the prolific Ben Heckendorn get all the attention, fellow modder Brian Gardiner has fired a shot across the bow with his latest creation, the palmPS2. While it's a generation behind Heck's most recent mod, it certainly looks to hold its own in the usability department, with the fit-and-finish to match. Gardiner even went as far to include as many original PS2 parts as he could manage, and kept the size down by opting for an external battery pack. The only downside, apart from being far beyond the skills of most of us, is that the screen apparently suffers from a bit of a green tint due to the PS2's RGB output. Of course, you could just wait for that PSP download service, but that wouldn't be nearly as satisfying now, would it? Come to think of it, you might just be better off sticking with Heckendorn and his two-year-old take on this same project -- sometimes you just gotta go with what you know.

[jonathan @ Sep 11th 2006 3:45PM]

The PSP download service is for PS1 games...so your statement was pretty dumb and made no sense.

I likey.

[AceMilo @ Sep 11th 2006 3:48PM]

"Gardiner even went as far to include as many original PSP parts as he could manage"

Why would he use psp parts for a ps2 mod? I think this is a typo.

[dj @ Sep 11th 2006 4:32PM]

Seriously, why aren't these losers exercise their rare skills in something productive?

[mattie @ Sep 11th 2006 4:38PM]

what do you exercise you're rare skills in?

[mattie @ Sep 11th 2006 4:39PM]

damn ... i ruined my witty retort with bad grammer

[Zallman @ Sep 11th 2006 5:06PM]

awesome!!

[Zadillo @ Sep 11th 2006 6:03PM]

"damn ... i ruined my witty retort with bad grammer" and to top it all off, you misspelled grammar. ouch...:)

[tzaar @ Sep 11th 2006 6:10PM]

Yes, but so did they. It's a wash.

[dj @ Sep 11th 2006 6:27PM]

@mattie

yea, on top of misspelling, your retort isn't really witty dood!

anyway, the point is, if anybody cares, that there are plenty of problems in this world to solve that guys like Ben or Brian can put their time in to. so in my view it's a waste. esp when there aren't many who can do the same.

and yea i'm doing my part. i've got patents to make sure i got paid for that too.

[dj @ Sep 11th 2006 6:28PM]

*get paid for

shiiit

[fukyourmutha @ Sep 11th 2006 6:29PM]

your patents will never stand against my wicked voodoo magic beeeyatch!!!!

[mattie @ Sep 11th 2006 6:34PM]

@dj

oh yeah? well you got a 4 year old girls name

oh snap!

[dj @ Sep 11th 2006 7:26PM]

@mattie

oooh mattiieeee...how macho!

[mattie @ Sep 11th 2006 9:46PM]

lol

[Mark @ Sep 11th 2006 10:11PM]

There is only one way to make a PS2 cooler, and its not shrinking it down into a portable size. Just pick up your PS2 and go to your local used game store and trade it in for an Xbox. Sony sucks ass.. end of story.

[F*kXbxFb @ Sep 12th 2006 12:00PM]

There is only one way to make a Xbox better, that is smash it into pieces, put the all the pieces in your mouth, digest, let it transform into what it was original made from

[Seth @ Sep 12th 2006 3:59PM]

Not sure why Donald likes the Heckendorn version of this better. This one has a much nicer fit-and-finish. I mean, look at the beveling around the analog sticks, the raised area for the buttons, the speaker cutouts. I would definitely grab this one over Ben's if I was given the choice.

And no, doing this is definitely not a waste of time. Flaming in a gadget blog is a waste of time. Let these guys have fun with their toys. At least they aren't killing things or vandalizing or any of the other hundreds of destructive ways bored people pass the time.

And, DJ, get off your high horse. Patents? Whatever. If you really wanted to make a contribution, you'd let your inventions, if you really have any, go free so others can use them too.

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