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Maybe I just have had a few bad experiences and I'm by no means a CAD expert, but that one is close to the top of my list and I have used 5/6 CAD programs over the last 15 years.
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>I expected something closer to the size of the Switch I see where you're coming from here. I like playing the switch handheld but it's way too big for true portable gaming. >part of that was because the back was somewhat contoured It's got very slightly elevated grip pads on the back and the build quality is high so it feels solid. https://main.retro-handhelds.com/content/images/2021/09/RG35...
I'm increasingly tempted to grab one of these! Might have to just pull the trigger.
I found the Retro Game Corps YouTube channel to be a big help when getting everything setup.
I ended up modifying the behavior to hide everything on the launch screen except for 1-2 games I'm playing and made them always launch from save states on boot.
I absolutely adore the Game Boy modding scene that’s exploded in the last few years. Case overhauls like this or the Boxypixel slab pictured in the article, numerous backlit high-res IPS screen replacements, mods to improve sound, Li-ion battery packs with USB charging. And that’s to say nothing of Analogue or the MiSTer project, creating full FPGA reimplementations of the hardware. It’s a really cool example of what…
I've gotta take the GBA apart again to fix a d-pad issue but other than that they're perfect. Slowly building up a collection of games for them again, too.
I lived down the block from that NYU makerspace and walked my dog past it every day. I'm also a self-taught dev who's wanted to go back to college and get a degree for posterity. So naturally applying to NYU made sense, get started on the education stuff I was putting off, get access to a really cool makerspace, etc. I talked to someone from admissions at the school, learned more about the process, but then we got to…
I love projects like this because I learn about new materials or gadgets. I'm filing them away slowly in my mind hoping to put together an Ex-Word clone in the future. I didn't know you could order flexible PCB, and now I do. I thought the hinges were perfect, too, but now I realize that the SP hinges don't also act as a power switch. I just love that the Ex-Word would switch on and off automatically when you open an…