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Viewer challenge; plug and play portable

electricman12
electricman12 over 13 years ago

hey ben, i know i've already sent you a challenge, but i wanted to trow you another one, so it's a plug n' play portable, you can get for 9 bux or so, then you could replace the joystick with some other kind, like a ps3 joystick to reduce size, then probably 4 x 3 inch screen, you could make it fold, and thats all! please reply as soon as you can. thanks!

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  • benheck
    benheck over 13 years ago

    I don't understand what this is.

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  • rhyse302
    rhyse302 over 13 years ago in reply to benheck

    A plug and play is a game controller with games on it and plugs into the tv. I used to love those when I was little. That is a great show idea! It's a very simple and fun project.

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    e14 Contributor over 13 years ago in reply to benheck

    I think he means something similar to this http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Jakks-Namco-Plug-Play-TV-Game-Pac-Man-Dig-Dug-Galaxian-RallyX-/00/s/ODUyWDEwMjQ=/$T2eC16ZHJGoE9nuQgjq!BQvlI1mbyQ~~60_57.JPG where you just plug it into the TV and it is ready to play the game.

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    rhyse302 over 13 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    Yes. That's what I mean.

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  • electricman12
    electricman12 over 13 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

    yes, thats what i mean. i should have put a pic, thanks

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  • electricman12
    electricman12 over 13 years ago

    i made a photo of my idea, i used paint, and i cant use paint very well... so heres my example, it is really bad but... oh well.image

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  • dyuro
    dyuro over 13 years ago

    You can (easily) do this with the Raspberry Pi in a way. You could just hook it up to a rechargable battery for its power then put it in the TV and switch it on and ta-da! It will start up, but I'm not sure the code to tell it to directly open MAME4ALL or RetroPi. Oh and of course you'll have to add on the buttons or just use a (wireless) keyboard.

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