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Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

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Re: Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

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And for none gaming check out the hd1 and hd2 line from the odroid maker. Designed just for hard drives. Best home cloud / rsync hardware you can get for $45 bucks

I think you meant hc1[1] and hc2[2]..

[1] https://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_cod...

[2] https://www.hardkernel.com/main/products/prdt_info.php?g_cod...

Re: Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

#22

So Odroid came out with their own GameBoy zero eh? Not bad for Then once I got it I had to re-design all the 3D printed parts since they didn’t meet my standards: https://github.com/eltoozero/lol-gbz_3dparts

Is there a commercial version of this that doesn't require self-assembly? I found a few hacky Chinese ones on Amazon but I'm curious if there are any higher quality multi-platform ROM portable devices available.

Re: Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

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Of similar ilk and made by the community super star sprite_tm: https://pocketsprite.com

> PocketSprite has 16 MiB of flash, Is this from 2002? Why does it have such a laughably small storage size in 2018? The ESP32 should be able to address more than that, and it could be connected over SPI.. espressif even gives an example: https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/tree/master/examples/st...

Because real content lives on the microSD card?

Re: Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

#24
post #3

You should also check out the PSPI 1000 v4 which is a similar project built into a PSP 1000 case. It's had a few revisions and the work that's been put into it is pretty amazing.

https://othermod.com/pspi-1000-version-4/

Re: Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nintendo wants their customers to purchase games, because that's what drives their revenue. While the act of "making" is integral to Lego customers, the company hopes to sell customers more and more kits/bricks. A self-contained user-programmable video game device probably needs more support and offers less recurring revenue opportunity than mass market game consumption platforms. It's a terrible thing for a owners o…

I duno about the games focus. Nintendo loves selling the consoles too, over and over again if at all possible.

The combination of portability (at least the handheld devices) and the fact that many of the devices are owned by kids increases the chance that a device will be lost or broken, requiring replacement. Just like cell phones.

Nonetheless, if the expected profit from each game-maker device is less than the profit from each play-only device, why would a manufacturer of the latter make any of the former?

Re: Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

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post #11

Of similar ilk and made by the community super star sprite_tm: https://pocketsprite.com

Great to see Jeroen is still at it. I used to live across the street from him and it was always fascinating to see what he was up to. Hanging out at his place was the closest thing to what I imagine Silicon Valley must have been like during the heydays of hardware hacking. Probably why he moved to Shenzhen. His writeups at https://spritesmods.com are also good reads. I see he has also done a miniature Mac Plus: http:…

He is actually working for Espressif now I believe, due to his work on the ESP8266 framework!

Re: Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

#27
post #22

So Odroid came out with their own GameBoy zero eh? Not bad for Then once I got it I had to re-design all the 3D printed parts since they didn’t meet my standards: https://github.com/eltoozero/lol-gbz_3dparts

Is there a commercial version of this that doesn't require self-assembly? I found a few hacky Chinese ones on Amazon but I'm curious if there are any higher quality multi-platform ROM portable devices available.

Your best bet is a bespoke creation using the circuit sword, it’s quite a fine product.

If you’re interested, the pre-order for this year has already closed but I secured a large order to fulfill custom orders for the holidays.

lee@braains.net

Re: Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

#28
post #22

So Odroid came out with their own GameBoy zero eh? Not bad for Then once I got it I had to re-design all the 3D printed parts since they didn’t meet my standards: https://github.com/eltoozero/lol-gbz_3dparts

Is there a commercial version of this that doesn't require self-assembly? I found a few hacky Chinese ones on Amazon but I'm curious if there are any higher quality multi-platform ROM portable devices available.

Actually I forgot about the gp2x and the newer wiz one, never used it but looks snazzy:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GP2X_Wiz

Re: Odroid-Go Review: An Affordable DIY Portable Game Console

#29
post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a commercial version of this that doesn't require self-assembly? I found a few hacky Chinese ones on Amazon but I'm curious if there are any higher quality multi-platform ROM portable devices available.

Your best bet is a bespoke creation using the circuit sword, it’s quite a fine product. If you’re interested, the pre-order for this year has already closed but I secured a large order to fulfill custom orders for the holidays. lee@braains.net

> but I secured a large order to fulfill custom orders for the holidays.

You mean order of Circuit Swords? I wasn't familiar with this board until I googled it just now.

What about cases with buttons and screens?

I'd love to be able to pay someone for one of these 'Bespoke' pre-assembled. Like an Etsy for electronics hackers.

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