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Hack Like Heck - Andrew Miller - MilLs Dj - The Ultimate Portable (1972 to 2012, 50+ Gaming Systems, Movies, Shows, Music, Apps, and around 100,000 Video Games, All In 1)

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This video shows a walk through of the construction process, and a bit of showing it off of a portable Wii that's been soft and hard modded into a handheld system that boots to a custom interface that houses everything listed in the title and more. It involves software and hardware designing for it to become real and playable, so the video is FULL of information on how it's made, the steps I took, showing the system off, credited sources of help, and some funny tid bits to express my personality and how it would be like if I was on Ben Heck's Show. I focused on a bunch of aspects like play-ability (the controls, cause what's a portable if you can't play it?) It houses 4 controllers that can be switched for playing; and they are all for playing games the best way for the user. Another focus is the interface for a diverse library, making it easy to use, quick game booting, and all around stylish and completely beautiful art, icons, and originally composed music. The main idea of this system is an ALL in 1 that can not only run vast amounts of games from various systems, but you can PLAY them (hence the focus on mastering controls). I tried to cover everything I could in 18 minutes, Enjoy, Please like and share! and for more photos of the system and other info, check out this page with my audition video as well! Hack Like Heck: MilLs Dj

 

"I wish to apologize for this negativity related to amount of appropriate credit given to sources for this project. There is no intention of claiming ideas that were not mine. Since this is my first portable Wii and it was a very new build for me, any phrases like "I found out" are suppose to be taken as "I learned". There are infinite amounts of ways to see things as discredited, after all, we are all modifying and making adaptions of existing technology (aka Team Twiizers made HomeBrew for the Wii, which is a Nintendo game system, and Nintendo didn't invent Videogames, Ralph Henry Baer did). Please, comment appropriately, and if there is nothing nice to say, don't say it. I'd rather see no posts than negative ones toward anyone. Thank you."

 

This is my 1st of many portable Wii's.

 

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Watch the video, Its well detailed, but here are some other things I may have missed!

 

Specs

  • Holds built in movies, tv shows, music, games, and apps like Netflix, hulu, and internet.
  • 7 inch Raspberry Pi “touch” screen
  • WiFi
  • Bluetooth (Connects wiimotes and Bluetooth controllers)
  • Rechargeable
  • 3 Speakers
  • Complete Wii motion sensitivity
  • Battery life is ? Hours (last for at least 3, I havent timed this)
  • 5v Fan and heatsink for cooling
  • Painted 3D Printed Case
  • 2 USB ports Built in
  • 2 TeraByte Harddrive Built in
  • SD Card Built in
  • Gamecube Memory Card ( games saved on Harddrive too)
  • Internal Clock Custom menu for game selection
  • Menu music originally composed (chipmusic, by who else but MilLs Dj  )
  • 4 Controllers Built in!!!!
  • Screen/audio controls (not just your brightness and contrast controls)
  • Headphone jack
  • Low power indication ( controls start to glitch around, better save quick or plug in!)
  • Wii sensor bar built in
  • Hibernation mode
  • Control box put for 4 external players and tv output
  • Stylish curves
  • User manual for Software
  • User manual for Hardware (how to operate the buttons and things and stuff)

 

Controllers/Controls on portable worth noting

  • Gamecube
  • Wiimote
  • Numchuck
  • Wii Classic controller pro

 

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  • Reset Button
  • Wii Bluetooth Sync
  • Dual shoulder buttons
  • GameCube style joystick
  • 6 shoulder buttons (TRIGGERED)
  • 3ds slider
  • wii sensor bar

 

...you can also attach or sync... keyboards, a mouse, usb, bluetooth controllers, usb controllers.

 

Game systems that can be played on the portable!  ( amount of games )

 

 

 

 

{tabbedtable} Tab LabelTab Content
Page 1
  • Wii (686)
  • GameCube (321)
  • N64 (266)
  • Virtual Boy (30)
  • SNES (435)
  • NES (873)
  • Famicom (in NES)
  • PC engine (180)
  • Turbo graphx (in PC Engine)
  • Turbo duo (in PC Engine)
  • Vectrex (54)
  • Sega Cd (85)
  • Genesis (918)
  • 32x (In Genesis) Mega Drive (In Genesis)
  • Master System (351)
  • SG-1000 (91)
Page 2
  • Atari 2600 (307)
  • 5200 (47)
  • 7800 (29)
  • XL (463)
  • ST (In XL)
  • 500 (In XL)
  • Gameboy Advance (907)
  • Gameboy color (538)
  • Original Gameboy (699)
  • Neo geo pocket (35)
  • Atari Lynx (91)
  • Wonderswan (23)
  • Gamegear (91)
  • Cavestory
Page 3
  • Colecovision (91)
  • Creativision (14)
  • Intelvision (138)
  • Odyssey (42)
  • Odyssey 2 (In Odyssey)
  • MAME (84)
  • Retro Arch (large scattered amount)
  • Neo geo (285)
  • Neo geo CD (large scattered amount)
  • Capcom play system 1 (120)
  • Capcom play system 2 (224)
  • PlayStation 1 (12)
Page 4
  • MSX (172)
  • MSX 2 (In MSX)
  • Sinclair zx spectrum (6226)
  • Commodore 64 (14554)
  • Tandy color Computer (75)
  • ScummVM Amstrad (33)
  • Amiga (443)
  • Apple 2 (1260)
  • Dragon 32 (2)
  • Vg 5000 (22)

 

 

Music and Media is found on page 3 and a software user manual is found on page 4!

 

(I know, if you add up the numbers it doesn’t equal 100,000. But there are minigames inside games, hacked versions of games made by fans and other groups, and Media is infinitely changing. Its more of an abstract thought to say 100,000 videogames becasue there is no definite number, but it is the closest amount I can relate to in the WiiSearch process)

 

Movie Clip from Juggarnaut

 

Songs used

 

Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine 2 Player Vs. Mode theme

Lil Uzi Vert - All My Friends Are Dead

 

(my songs, 3 haven’t been released yet, but check out more songs by me here! https://chipmusic.org/MilLs+Dj )

Believer

 

RoBoTiCal

Facing the Wall in Bed

Feelin’ Alive

Like A Kid Again

 

Any questions, ask me, I probably have the answers

 

And follow me on Instagram!  mills_dj And facebook and youtube

 

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000879936046 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw9qlCJwbLPzh2SegK681yg?view_as=subscriber

 

Thank you Element 14 community, I am new to this site and I would love your vote to carry on the legacy. With builds like such, I know I’d keep it more than interesting! (psst... Ben...it plays a ton of atari generations too... )

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  • Jan Cumps
    Jan Cumps over 8 years ago +19
    I wish that the lot of you 'd go back to your own community.
  • shank
    shank over 8 years ago +15
    Hello millsdj I go by the online alias of "Shank" and as you probably know, I played a major role in Portablizing the Wii. For 3 years, I spent thousands of hours working on properly reverse engineering…
  • shockslayer
    shockslayer over 8 years ago in reply to shank +7
    Just pointing out this is the same Shank from my video(yes, the goofy looking guy strapped to a mattress at MGC.) He's absolutely the key contributing factor behind the greatness of Wii portablizing, and…
  • shabaz
    shabaz over 8 years ago in reply to ogorman.amela

    I do not understand how one can allege plagiarism based on a visceral reaction.

    By the way, English is my first language, and to use 'discovered' in the manner that he did is perfectly valid - it does not imply a claim to the discovery.

    Maybe he deserves an apology? He might not ask for it, but it still doesn't make it right with no evidence.

    "I discovered there are billions of stars" does not in any way imply a claim to be the source of such a fact.

    "I discovered Shakespeare" does not imply that others have not done so before me.

    You might not like his project, but how did you go from that to actually state that he plagiarized?

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  • airbornesurfer
    airbornesurfer over 8 years ago

    That's a beast of a machine, but it looks well-built!

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  • ogorman.amela
    ogorman.amela over 8 years ago in reply to shabaz

    I just didn't like how the project was composed and presented. My visceral reaction told me something was off. He clearly did a lot of work for this and I give him credit for that, but I didn't like that he took someone else's research and made claim to it. These are just my 2 cents...

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  • ogorman.amela
    ogorman.amela over 8 years ago in reply to luislabmo

    English is my second language. A better phrase to say when using someone else's research is to say "so and so discovered" or "this person discovered" and then go on to say what it was.

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  • brentwilliams2
    brentwilliams2 over 8 years ago in reply to davedarko
    His attitude seems a bit cocky

    I think that plays a big role in this.  If he didn't come across that way, I'm guessing that the community wouldn't read his phrasing quite so bad.  Plus, Rory's attempts to defend him aren't doing him any favors.

     

    I think in the end, people are judging not just by the build, but also by the idea of replacing Ben, which has a personality component to the job.  So I'm guessing a lot of the low ratings are focused more on his attitude rather than the build.

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  • tariq.ahmad
    tariq.ahmad over 8 years ago

    Really cool build and attractive finish!

     

    That's a lot of wiring...  really love you did when you did the time lapse and music!

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  • luislabmo
    luislabmo over 8 years ago in reply to ogorman.amela

    Non-english speaker here -serious question- so what would be the best term to use here?. If I find something on the internet, and use the translator from my language "I discovered" is what I'm going to get, and probably what we are going to use first.

     

    Luis

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  • makerkaren
    makerkaren over 8 years ago

    Really cool project. Loved the integration of all the different controllers. Lots of great explanation of what you did, but would have liked to have actually seen you building the project rather than just the finished product.

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  • rocits
    rocits over 8 years ago in reply to jgriswold

    privately. no pe.

     

    Hack Like Heck Terms and Conditions

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 8 years ago in reply to mayermakes

    Me too I suffered the lack of some more details here and there. But in the logic of the BHS, this is a (sort of) very well done promo, worthy to develop in more than a single week.


    Enrico

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