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Thanks for the comments and queries, guys:
SteveJ - No, not for sale. Took months to make this and will take several days / weeks to add each additional console; mostly for case making of the system half. It all has to be very precise and it is all cut from tough 2mm perspex. My previous systems needed mains, this one is entirely portable. It can be made to work off a 7.5v car adapter of 3amps (most systems will only need half of this though), although there is no point as I should get about 5.5 hours playtime on a set of batteries: I have two sets of batteries!
Benson - Thanks for the comments. Dimensions are 27cms x 21.5cms; handheld area about 3.3cms only. This really isn't large, as you see in the pic it is all in proportion.
Jake Tobak - No need, this system has all the controls needed to run all the systems I mentioned, built in. Some systems need all, some only some.
Lloyton - The aesthetics (definition: "An artistically beautiful or pleasing appearance") are euronomic rather than beautiful. All the components have been placed in their relevant and exact positions as I have taken the time to test where my fingers rest on the case, buttons have been placed in the right places therefore. I think the system is quite attractive; i'm not fickle enough to consider aesthetics to be more important than functionality and practicality. Sure, I have had to make some compromises, as is usual for inventions, isn't it?
I will sand the sides again and re-paint them, and sort out the shoulder buttons to look nicer though.
fistpittingnork - The A and B buttons (blue and green you mention) were from a third party N64 controller. The other parts - joysticks from GameCube, 4 button pad from a serial PC controller, D-pad from SNES.
Hooterman - Sure, I was going to upload it to YouTube today anyway.... Have a look later today!
Yor1001 - Same way as I stopped overheating in the N64 system, using heatsinks and fan to suck out hot air.
cDub - No emulator plays all/many games without slowdowns, audio glitches, graphical glitches or wrongly; anyway, you are circumventing the Sony design by making it work on such emulators and using illegal ROMS on it, I bet. My system is entirely legal as it uses original hardware and game cartridges, and runs 100% of the games as the software houses intended them to be.
ShadowKain - All "fugly" means is that you only value looks and not functionality. A bit like someone who buys a new mobile phone often as it "is no longer cool". Claptrap! By the same token, all the games consoles, new and old, are also "fugly" - they are hardly georgeous to look at (possible exception of the Wii or maybe PS3, at a push).
Lars - Thanks!
Striker - Yes, the PSP gives handcramp after only a few minutes playing it, it is hardly easy to hold or comfortable to use - same as the GP2x - buttons not in right place, easy to press the wrong one, joystick too small, not in right place, too slim to hold nicely, etc: they are built not as functional, but to look "cool" and fit in your back pocket (but don't sit down!!).
Hooterman - Indeed, I will be using the system at work (quiet time) and home; it isn't tiny enough to take everywhere, however I will put it in a case I got for £1 at a car boot sale - for a hairdrier, nice size, I just need to foam pad it to fit my system nicely and protect it.
imnotshockslayerbacteria! - I agree with your sentiments entirely, ShockSlayer; oh yes, "imnotshockslayerbacteria!". As you say, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and thou hath beheld it not."