Nintendo handheld packs 76 old games behind one tiny screen
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted May 29th 2009 12:44PM
posted May 29th 2009 12:44PM
Ben Heck forum member Brian has built us a sweet little Nintendo-on-a-chip handheld that puts a Super Joy III KIRF TV game, a 2.5-inch display, a controller, and 4 AA batteries under the same roof. This bad boy not only allows you to play 76 games on the go (though, sadly, not at the same time), but it looks great doing it as well. Hit up that video after the read link and see for yourself.
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Very NICE!
Digging the Contra shot at the end too.
Beautifully done project.
It looks like a very neat concept and all but I just have one complaint, that screen is to damn small!
My old "nes" even when wasn't portable but came with 999999 games in 1. ;-)
http://www.ladyada.net/make/gamegrrl/index.html
Ladyada's project was my inspiration.
I would have given this guy a million internets if he had been able to build it into an original gameboy body. That being said this is still pretty cool, great craftsmanship.
http://www.ladyada.net/make/gamegrrl/related.html
He can fix that bright spot by "grinding" the round tops off the LED's ( being careful not to grind into the "guts" ) and sanding the external plasic of the LED. This will allow the light to diffuse and lessen the effect of "hot spots" in the backlight.
DS with a R4 packed with a NES emulator for the win!
Shhh... you mean your "backups" of your legally purchased NES games right? RIGHT?!
Of Course! Probably the same backups this guy is using!
Emulators are more practical, but, as a technical exercise, building a portable is way cooler.
Agreed.
My Dingoo A320 rocks all KINDS of emulation, but dosn't hold a candle to this in DIY awesomosity.
anybody else notice that red pen in the background that looks sorta like it has something satanic coming out of the end of.. lol sorry had to point that out.
It's just solder :D It makes it easier to apply.
I bet if those 76 games were all WebOS web-apps they could be multi-tasked simultaneously, right?
Signed,
Pre Fanboy.
The hack I want to see is being able to edit said list of games. Remove the dupes, the knock-offs, and add ones that are missing.
You could pair up a RetroZone flash cart with one of these and it would work exactly like you described. Downside is that it's kinda expensive...
very nice hack
this thing is uglier than the old BRICK gameboy.
very cool to see the video, would be nice to find a larger screen and the ability to add more games.
Nice project and all, but these exist for under $50 out of Hong Kong markets. I'd be impressed if you could make a SNES handheld, which don't exist in the same markets.
And if you look REAL HARD, you can see the screen.
pretty neat... nice work!
It looks like it could be a prototype for the original gameboy, except for the color screen of course. Job well done!
If It only had 80, I'd be sold!
Does it come with an OLED screen?
Thats amazing, and very beautifully done A + indeed :)
Brilliant LOB! Now show me a good place to get a SJ3 ;)
And to the guy who said this thing is uglier than the brick gameboy, try building one yourself! This thing is amazing compared to POS that I made.
Thanks for sharing this information. I found it very informative as I have been researching a lot lately on practical matters such as you talk about...