For most of us, having dreams of creating an ideal gaming setup is easy - you can probably picture how it would look, and even the various items you'd need - but the dream ends right there and then. There's no way you could actually make it happen, right? Well, that's not the case for everyone as you're about to find out.
Marcel J. de Haan, the man who is also responsible for the tabletop gaming machine Starforce Pi, has now created a new bit of kit dubbed the 'Nintendo Snack Pack - Dedicated Oldschool Entertainment System (D.O.E.S)'. Using a 1970 Sony portable 7” TV for the casing, and hosting circuit boards taken directly from the NES and SNES Mini editions, this tiny TV box has been transformed into an adorable gaming machine - and it looks excellent.
The project didn't end there, however. The SNES Mini's PCB was loaded up with Sega titles, allowing the user to choose between their favourite Nintendo and Sega classics, a huge battery was installed to take the thing on the go for a couple of hours at a time, and it even supports RCA video in, essentially allowing the system to be used quite literally as a TV monitor to display other consoles via their natural inputs - now it can play PlayStation games, as well!
So, how can you get your hands on one of these? Well, unfortunately, this was a one-off project - which is understandable considering that it took Marcel 5 months on-and-off to complete. If you're interested, though, you can check out his full blog post which lists all of the components and how it was put together - just be ready to commit an awful lot of time!
Are you in love with this portable gaming setup? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below.
[source starforcepi.wordpress.com]
Comments 11
Neat. Some people can do pretty cool stuff.
This does look ultra cool. Now, if I could do something similar but keep the actual CRT screen and hide a real SNES with flash cart inside, that would be my ultimate retro mini console! Not sure it would be very light and portable though 🤨
Wait, that TV still do Exist ?!
Looks great. I want
Very cool.
@GravyThief You described a Sharp Super famicom TV, they exist. Go and buy one.
@YANDMAN I know of that TV. Not really comparable to this though. A 7” portable CRT has a chance of being portable if you have the biceps for it.
It would also be illegal for him to sell this because it's committing copyright theft from dozens of companies.
@TJSpyke he should just find a way to allow it to play past games, no need for emulation, and can then sell it- Retrocon or whatever those handheld systems are the play them are apparently legal to sell, because they use different internals than the machines originally did (some kind of loophole similar to how Coleco was able to allow Colecovision to play Atari 2600 games).
@GravyThief In all seriousness who actually wants to carry a TV around with them? This is cool for the concept, although as i said that part already exists, but thats it.
@GravyThief CRT monitors are notoriously heavy, but a small one like that shouldn't be too bad.
This is a cool concept, I think there is a potential market out there for 4:3 gaming TV's, I could play my lightgun games again!
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