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This is pretty much my Espresso project repackaged in a new way. The shell is entirely made from PCBs.
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The 5 different PCBs layer up as 1222234445 making it 12.6mm thick overall.
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The buttons are clicky tactile ones with rubber caps as I didn't want to harvest the membranes from a real G&W.
Since it's running an ESP32, it boots in roughly a second and plays NES, GB, GBC, SMS, GG, and Colecovision with the default Odroid Go software.
The serial number graphic on the back was made slightly wonky to simulate how those stickers were never placed on straight, 28 04 1980 is the release date of the original G&W Ball.
The G&W logo on the front has the original & swapped for my '&' logo.
The PCBs are white and blue to emulate the two coloured halves of a real G&W.
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The front PCB has M3 brass nuts soldered to the inside so that they don't show on the front. The upper spacer PCB has a jig for ensuring the nuts go in the right place. The nuts can be broken off with enough force; however, the four nuts together provide a better grip, and the front PCB is also soldered to the PCB just below it, meaning there are 6 more solder points to keep it attached.
The M3 steel bolts are 10mm long with bolt heads that are 1.65mm tall. The bolt heads are recessed inside a 1.6mm PCB, which is soldered to the PCB just inside. This gives half a millimetre of clearance when it's placed flat so should stop it from being scratched.
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This isn't a Nintendo product and I won't be selling it, it's 'fan art'.