Tyler335's GBZ and more

[tyler335]

Hey guys. I'm new to the forum. This place is awesome. Keep up the good work!

About a month ago, I saw Wermy's video of his Game Boy Zero. It inspired me to build my own Game Boy Zero. Mine is pretty basic.

My GBZ contains the following:
- *Broken* Game Boy (case and internals)
- 320x240 screen
- UBS sound card
- +12V "buck" DC/DC converter
- Teensy microcontroller
- 2500mAH 3.7V battery with Powerboost 1000C power supply
- 4-port UBS controller
- Raspberry Pi Zero

The GBZ seem to get rather warm inside so I might modify the screen IC driver for +5Vdc input letting me remove the +12Vdc converter. I don't know if this will help remove any heat. The heat hasn't affected any performance of the RPi0 though. I'm more worried about Li-Ion battery getting too hot. Operating temp for the battery is 0-40°C. I saw where user Dirtybeagles is recording max temperatures of 51.7°C. That is very hot. I have my battery hidden in my cartage slot. It is not in direct contact with any components. I will just keep testing mine. I just don't want to damage my battery or worst... start a fire. If yall know of any solutions, please let me know.

Here are a few pictures of my GBZ. I didn't take any pictures when building it.












I grew up playing Nintendo 64. A few years ago, I though it would be cool to make a portable N64. After making the first one, I wasn't happy with the look of my case work so I made a second one. Here are both portable Nintendo 64s with my Game Boy Zero. Now I have both real and a retro emulator handhelds.







(I chipped the back of the blue one when moving.)



Here are links to youtube videos I made of the portable Nintendo 64s I made back in the day. I don't know how to embed them.

The Mississippi State themed "Bulldog 64"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmoICZz-oTE

The Blue Portable Nintendo 64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv_7KVZnTKU

- Tyler

[Kilren]

Good job on the completed GBZ, it looks really clean and well done from the outside.

Those portable n64 systems are pretty cool awesome! Thanks for sharing. If you have a build log, I'm sure someone would be interested in the other projects show off room!

[alien0matic]

Nice GBZ. Looking good from the outside.
What cases did you use for those portable N64s?

[tyler335]

The blue nintendo 64 handheld case was made from the bottom of 2 tupperware plastic bowls. The maroon handheld case was a zn-45 case from polycase.com (http://www.polycase.com/zn-45) and a piece of acrylic sheet that I bondo together to hold the batteries. I will see if I can find some pictures of these builds. I know the youtube video of the maroon handheld shows some pictures of the build.

[Robots86]

N64 is my all time favourite. Love what you have done with these. Amazing work!

[RetroRocket]

I grew up playing Nintendo 64. A few years ago, I though it would be cool to make a portable N64. After making the first one, I wasn't happy with the look of my case work so I made a second one. Here are both portable Nintendo 64s with my Game Boy Zero. Now I have both real and a retro emulator handhelds.







(I chipped the back of the blue one when moving.)



Here are links to youtube videos I made of the portable Nintendo 64s I made back in the day. I don't know how to embed them.

The Mississippi State themed "Bulldog 64"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmoICZz-oTE

The Blue Portable Nintendo 64
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv_7KVZnTKU

- Tyler

These look great! While I wait for parts to arrive I was going to jump into a skeletal N64 I rescued from a bin. Any advice or suggestions? Watching videos now...

[abrugsch]

Just take the code part of the youtube address after the ?v= (VmoICZz-oTE in your case) and hit the youtube button in the full editor and it'll look like this:

Code: Select all

[youtube]VmoICZz-oTE[/youtube]

And embed like this
[