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
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Tyler335's GBZ and more
Tyler335's GBZ and more
Check out my latest GBZ build: http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 779#p35779
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Re: Tyler335's GBZ and more
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!
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!
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Nice GBZ. Looking good from the outside.
What cases did you use for those portable N64s?
What cases did you use for those portable N64s?
Re: Tyler335's GBZ and more
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.
Check out my latest GBZ build: http://www.sudomod.com/forum/viewtopic. ... 779#p35779
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N64 is my all time favourite. Love what you have done with these. Amazing work!
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Re: Tyler335's GBZ and more
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...tyler335 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:45 amI 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
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Re: Tyler335's GBZ and more
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:
And embed like this
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[youtube]VmoICZz-oTE[/youtube]
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