It took a little over a year (with some breaks, and building 3 mintyPis as groomsmen gifts) but I finally got my gbz up and running perfect! I went with a translucent blue case and groovy buttons from kitsch-bent:
It has 2 analog sticks, and I had to dremel down the casing around the x and y to make the buttons more accessible. I like the color scheme of the buttons but they don't have the nice 'click and bounce back' feeling of stock buttons, unfortunately.
I offset the positions of shoulder and trigger buttons to accommodate my left hand being farther down on the system when using the analog stick.
A little difficult to view pic of the pi3. As I'm sure people have documented, modifying the pi3 to fit into the dmg case is a scary endeavor, and I'm shocked I didn't kill it. This little board can take a real beating.
Using a pi3 instead of a zero was daunting, especially since it required adding the analog sticks and extra trigger buttons, but I'm so excited to play my favorite psx and n64 games on a dmg retro system:
At long last, my 80s-themed pi3 gbz is complete
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Re: At long last, my 80s-themed pi3 gbz is complete
As Ya-ya mentioned they can be bought from kitsch-bent, but I think I may replace them soon. As oppose to most buttons which are plastic pieces pressing down on silicon(I think) base pads, these are all silicon and thus only once piece. It makes installation easier, but they don't feel as responsive, a little rubbery, and button mashing has a weird feeling to it. I may switch to stock buttons soon, even though I don't think they look as cool.Nice one! How do you did those buttons?
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Re: At long last, my 80s-themed pi3 gbz is complete
so theyre basically all the same as the regular gameboy start/select buttons?
That would irritate the hell out of me. Those feel like you gotta mash them to get'm to work.
That would irritate the hell out of me. Those feel like you gotta mash them to get'm to work.
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Essentially yes, and it is frustrating. I'll likely go back to the stock buttons.so theyre basically all the same as the regular gameboy start/select buttons?
That would irritate the hell out of me. Those feel like you gotta mash them to get'm to work.
Re: At long last, my 80s-themed pi3 gbz is complete
Hi petran1420.
Nice build.
How did you did the battery on screen mod?
i don't own a All-in-one board. but i think i saw the mod still being sold seperatly somewhere.
Nice build.
How did you did the battery on screen mod?
i don't own a All-in-one board. but i think i saw the mod still being sold seperatly somewhere.
petran1420 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 7:34 pmIt took a little over a year (with some breaks, and building 3 mintyPis as groomsmen gifts) but I finally got my gbz up and running perfect! I went with a translucent blue case and groovy buttons from kitsch-bent:
It has 2 analog sticks, and I had to dremel down the casing around the x and y to make the buttons more accessible. I like the color scheme of the buttons but they don't have the nice 'click and bounce back' feeling of stock buttons, unfortunately.
I offset the positions of shoulder and trigger buttons to accommodate my left hand being farther down on the system when using the analog stick.
A little difficult to view pic of the pi3. As I'm sure people have documented, modifying the pi3 to fit into the dmg case is a scary endeavor, and I'm shocked I didn't kill it. This little board can take a real beating.
Using a pi3 instead of a zero was daunting, especially since it required adding the analog sticks and extra trigger buttons, but I'm so excited to play my favorite psx and n64 games on a dmg retro system:
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Re: At long last, my 80s-themed pi3 gbz is complete
this build has a SAIO, so the battery monitor is built in
there no seperate mod that i'm aware of.....
but this might help you....
http://sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=4585
have a good look in the forums, most things have already been asked for or answered....
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