GAME BOY 1UP (Florian Renner concept)

[ICMF]

Will do. Currently trying to figure out a power solution: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2734

[ShadowFax]

Oooh boy, this design is awesome.
I am thinking to build one as well once my 3D printer is working.
Keep it up guys!

[inches]

Will do. Currently trying to figure out a power solution: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2734

Thanks for sharing! Definitely would be cool to print your case off. Did you do those touchups you mentioned before putting it on Thingiverse yet?

[ICMF]

No. In fact I spent most of yesterday afternoon pretty much entirely re-doing the case. Still not sure I'm happy with it, but it's getting there...

[Lpoolm]

has anyone made any progress on this recently?

[ICMF]

Pretty much stalled while I wait for components. Still. Just got some USB connectors this week after ~90 days in the mail. I gave up on the package with... everything else... and re-ordered everything with expedited shipping, so hopefully it'll be here in a couple of weeks.

I've made some more adjustments to battery location and can post some current renders in my WIP thread, but I want to have all the interior components before I finalize my case design.

[Lpoolm]

Pretty much stalled while I wait for components. Still. Just got some USB connectors this week after ~90 days in the mail. I gave up on the package with... everything else... and re-ordered everything with expedited shipping, so hopefully it'll be here in a couple of weeks.

I've made some more adjustments to battery location and can post some current renders in my WIP thread, but I want to have all the interior components before I finalize my case design.

thanks for the update, i am interested in this build as it is so different to the millions of gameboy zeros in the show off, this is making me say wow again

[RetroRocket]

Looks super slick; I love the ridges kept along the back, but they look a little deep. You could save yourself a lot of material just making them half a mill like the DMG.

Keep it up! I'm actually cracking on with my Orange Pi PC monster with a scratch-built design.

Looking forward to seeing your progress!

[Rabin]

I truly adore the spotless outline of this case and on the off chance that I had a 3d printer I would give it a shot. One of the issues I'm seeing would be making sense of an approach to get the cartridges like that. I expect it is conceivable to utilize a cartridge, for example, the r4 or a modded ds amusement and one of the spring cartridge spaces to enable you to boot retropie specifically off of it. Unquestionably a fascinating idea and I would love to investigate this all the more once I complete my GBZ extend.

[ICMF]

It would definitely be possible to have a "functional" cartridge, using something like the PRS cartridge board as an SD extender. That does functionally the same thing - extend the MicroSD out to a removeable cartridge, which the Pi reads through a cartridge socket.

The problem is space. That takes up a big chunk of room inside the case, and without a custom AIO it would be tough to carve out enough room for all that *and* keep the thin form factor of Renner's concept. Although to be fair, it's hard to squeeze in a battery and keep the thin form factor of Renner's concept.

Oh, and @RetroRocket. The ridges are the same dimensions as the DMG. Actually, adding the ridges saves a bit of material, as they're removed them from the shell's thickness - I designed the overall shell, then cut the grooves and details from that.