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What's the point of modding up a GBA? It's already a portable gaming system.

This is, officially, the dumbest mod ever. ]]>Sep 17th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/
I do admire the guy's pride, though. I love how he covers up the the crappy paint job (because of the paint not adhering properly to the plastic), by saying that it's the rippled texture that he was going for.]]>Sep 17th 2008 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/
He spent near a minute telling you WHY he did it. So he could hold it. Comfortably.

*sigh*.]]>Sep 17th 2008 8:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/
off topic: thank goodness comments aren't faded out by default anymore. I feel like I can see again!]]>Sep 17th 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/Sep 17th 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/
ryan - Thanks!

Ryan Trevisol - ...you mean like mobile phones? No, the onus on games companies is to make handhelds fit in the pocket rather than being easy to use or comfortable to use - eg GP2x, NeoGeo Pocket, GBA, GBA SP, GBA Micro, Gizmodo, PSP, etc. Personally, I don't want my hands ache like you get with a PSP or eyestrain with GBA, etc from focussing on a small screen for any period of time. My mod stops this - big buttons, big screen, easy to hold comfortably, etc.]]>Sep 17th 2008 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/Sep 17th 2008 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/Sep 17th 2008 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/
ryan - Thanks!

Ryan Trevisol - ...you mean like mobile phones? No, the onus on games
companies is to make handhelds fit in the pocket rather than being
easy to use or comfortable to use - eg GP2x, NeoGeo Pocket, GBA, GBA
SP, GBA Micro, Gizmodo, PSP, etc. Personally, I don't want my hands
ache like you get with a PSP or eyestrain with GBA, etc from
focussing on a small screen for any period of time. My mod stops this
- big buttons, big screen, easy to hold comfortably, etc.]]>Sep 17th 2008 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/Sep 17th 2008 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/
A wired controller would be a pretty cool addition/mod to this if I was using it. As you said, it was to fit your needs though, so spot on. Well done.]]>Sep 17th 2008 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/
They look terrible.

"Ripple Effect" indeed.]]>Sep 18th 2008 2:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/Sep 18th 2008 3:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/All props to you for building the actual electronics and case and so forth... I just don't like your aesthetic choices.]]>Sep 18th 2008 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/17/bacterias-mini-platform-gets-gbad/
Don't let any negative comments get you down either. Your work is very impressive!]]>Sep 19th 2008 2:29AM