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  • Author Author: tariq.ahmad
  • Date Created: 2 Apr 2018 7:53 PM Date Created
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Watch as I turn a cheap, compact NES system in to a sleek looking portable! You'll soon see how easy this system is to hack and hopefully newcomers to the hobby will be inspired to try their own projects!

 

 

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  • Yobo game console
  • HitLights 12V DC / 5V DC (USB) Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery Pack
  • 4.3" car backup monitor (seemingly brandless)
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  • one original GameBoy 8 Ohm speaker
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  • andywest
    andywest over 8 years ago +1
    Magic smoke bad. Wow, good ears picking up on those audio imperfections. I really like the Famicom look. Nice work!
  • nobble
    nobble over 8 years ago +1
    Dude this is so cool! Your build gets an instant like for starring your cat! I encourage you to fix the graphic errors and post an update video when you get it set! This was such a functional build using…
  • makerkaren
    makerkaren over 8 years ago +1
    Great presentation. Loved the cat bit. The presentation in front of the white board reminded me of a college professor, but in a good way and I thought it had a lot of great information and was presented…
  • keitaro
    keitaro over 8 years ago in reply to rocits

    made the video public, good call! Thanks for the kind words image

    the thing about the 75% sounding identical to the 25% option is because they're proportionally inverse. Think of it as the same wave form, flipped upside down. I honestly couldn't tell you what the practical use would be for that, since using it together with the 25% option could potentially cause phasing issues, though I'm sure there's some games that might have used that to create some kind of cool chorus effect by detuning one of the channels. It's actually pretty wild what kinds of things people can do with such basic hardware. I guess limitations forces you to really think outside the box!

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  • rocits
    rocits over 8 years ago in reply to makerkaren

    Thanks Karen. Added ! Dunno what happened to this video added/commented /subbed 3+4 days ago! [180 playlist views ..tumbleweeds for comments ...just cranky coffee hangover distractions?]

     

    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUqSARZt5KdHgwbSAJD8x3nZE05krEsjl

     

    It also needs to be publicly listed for a Youtubo search ! keitaro

     

    [ While here, Karen , When you paste text/a link in these comment text boxes all the text disappears, you can just press space to see the text again. I think there used to be a issue in tinymce you just needed to add an additional  manual refresh of the text formatting JS ]

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    makerkaren over 8 years ago in reply to rocits

    I think your playlist may be missing this one.

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  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 8 years ago

    The presentation is great. I am sorry for my - maybe - too criticizing approach to the videos due to one of my jobs but I should say that the only defect is the discussion is a bit slower than what the audience usually expect while seeing this kind of presentations. The idea of the cat is a great "deus ex-machina" improving a lot the flow of the entire story. From the point of view of the project thumb up for this hacking; it is very affordable to a wide audience of makers and the result is great.

     

    Enrico

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  • makerkaren
    makerkaren over 8 years ago

    Great presentation. Loved the cat bit. The presentation in front of the white board reminded me of a college professor, but in a good way and I thought it had a lot of great information and was presented well. Great project video. Would love to see a follow up of how you trouble shoot figuring out which wires got swapped.

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  • nobble
    nobble over 8 years ago

    Dude this is so cool! Your build gets an instant like for starring your cat! I encourage you to fix the graphic errors and post an update video when you get it set! This was such a functional build using minimal parts. Perfect for anyone wanting to start a build but doesn't know what to do. I have yet to make a NOACp but I will be very soon now!  

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  • andywest
    andywest over 8 years ago

    Magic smoke bad. image Wow, good ears picking up on those audio imperfections. I really like the Famicom look. Nice work!

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    rocits over 8 years ago

    Nice One ! Fun build.. interesting info about the audio channels.. what's the story with the 75% being practically the same sound as 25% .. stereo channel?

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