A couple of months ago, we shared a video from YouTube user smackedsam that showed off a fully working, portable Nintendo 64 console design. We thought it was a pretty cool creation at the time, but this new take has taken things up a notch.
Dubbed the 'Slipstream 2' by its creator, the console has received a bit of an upgrade since we last saw it with a new, shiny blue casing, a GameCube control stick, a series of menu buttons along the top, and coloured face buttons reminiscent of the N64's real controllers.
You can check it out for yourself in the video below; smackedsam shows a couple of games running on the system, as well as the Controller Pak slot on the back, headphone jack, and more.
What do you think? Would you like a portable N64 to enjoy at home? Share your thoughts with us down below.
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The likeness is uncanny... 😅
In all seriousness it's a wonderful feat. Not that much larger than a Game Boy Advance!
"Is this even legal? What could we do to avoid incurring into Nintendo's wrath?"
"How about we rip off the PlayStation's D-pad instead"
"Brilliant"
lawsuit incoming, everyone [email protected]!
Wrong D-pad, dumb button layout and the buttons seem way to cramped. 👎
That damned impressive considering it has an entire N64 inside, an expansion pack, at least some of the innards of a controller and a battery pack!
It looks to be about the same size as my Nomad, I'd happily play on something like that. If only Nintendo could make it happen...
Why aren't these being mass produced? I love N64. I would buy a portable one in a heartbeat.
@HexagonSun likewise, however the N64 had one key feature nearly Every owner utilised. 4 controller ports. N64 was the couch multiplayer King. It's main rival was Micro machines on PS which needed a Multitap.
@HexagonSun That's the correct question!
Imagine a Hyperkin Supaboy 64 or something like that.
worried about the longevity of the system holding the mem and the game ports...
I’d buy this. Yes I would.
Why the hell third party companies like hyperkin for example haven't jumped on this idea is beyond me.
Looks so uncomfortable.
Sucks for the guy that bought his previous iterations on ebay for $1000 each
Amazing! As a kid this would have blown my mind!
But now, it just makes me want N64 games on Switch.
@AlexSora89 Haha yeah. That's because it's a Vita under that thing.
DAMMIT I THOUGHT THIS WAS OFFICIAL
There won't be any legal challenges from NIN since they don't make a portable N64. Alot of Trolls can't seem to stumble over themselves being NintenDoomed fandom. What he is doing is something called Innovation which alot of Trolls seems to forget. He should make this for sale this would insure the Retro games keep stay alive.
Wrong size screen ratio
I could possibly get one if it was official. But if Nintendo didn't approve it then no
With the amount of NES and SNES handhelds there are, I'm, surprised there's no mass market portable N64s especially since the cartridges are slightly more portable than either of those systems.
@Toy_Link I think there are still some copyrights issues for the N64. Another reason why you don't really see any clone systems of the console anywhere.
I feel like, if Nintendo were to push something similar to this to market, it may actually stand a chance. It's something to think about, even if it's unlikely.
@AlexSora89 This is a custom one off, you aren't violating anything so long as you aren't marketing and producing it.
GOD i want one of these
That button layout looks terrible. I'll keep waiting on N64 NSO.
This things pretty cool, but I'm not too sure about that button layout, with the C buttons being offset instead of all in a line with A and B.
@FargusPelagius That's the truth. I have never played as much couch multiplayer as I did with the n64.
That's one way to solve N64s blurry visuals, put it on a tiny screen, still I think I will stick to my Switch for portable and my N64 can keep working on collecting dust.
There's a few things I don't like about it, like I would have gone with a 4:3 screen from something like the Neo Geo Mini arcade console and done the button layout differently. It definitely looks like a home build deal but a lot better than I could probably do.
This is honestly really tempting given how stingy Nintendo has been with classics (outside of NES/SNES) this generation.
Can't plug in an transfer pak, the cartridge is in the way.
Ever since the Trump administration everyone has been focusing on hating him instead of being innovate and doing things otherwise I'm sure their would be alot more creative 'Rom hacks' and other stuff. The way the internet is so censored it wouldn't do any good as they'd never get seen unless you know to look.
I don't like Trump myself but he is the ONLY one putting pressure on China (though far too late to be of any real effect) but since then I have been seeing things from non communist countries in the stores more and more. Stuff in the Obama era got a lot of bad reviews and often broke in 2 years. We had 3 microwaves unwarranty replaced for free during that time and household products were just crap both the cheap and expensive kind. Price don't matter when it all comes from the same awful factory!
Also China is going back to where they were in the 1960s when hundreds of millions were 'vanished' for speaking out. Known as 'Mousie Dung' era. It was a VERY awful time to be in over there. A famous Christian author did a book "Walk Across China" in the 1980s at the tail end of it all where the infrastructure was still left over from it. I saw the first chapter of it and it's pretty bad there.
The 90s they allowed 'limited' freedom and they had sort of a working economy but they put people to work making giant replica cities all designed to fall down in 3 years just to keep jobs going.
ADV China's (Two motorcycles that married Chinese wives) lived in China and showed what things are really like outside of the popular tourist spots going all over the place on Youtube. They are not allowed in China and were actually blocked from leaving they have a video about that. Their latest video here is about Vietnam and their factory situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YXRhyNPK7g (Who Is To Blame For This Mess)
They did motorcycle rides to these villages and broke into the 'cities' that were being built to house over a hundred thousand people where hardly any of it had people living in it and where their were people nobody fixed anything. Nobody in China has the mindset to 'fix' because if they do they are kicked out and the rich communist party people come in.
When ADV China was there where they lived had a elevator with no lights on it because the bulbs were broken. They had to ride in the dark feeling for the buttons.
He was willing to chip in and pay for the lightbull to be fixed and that freaked everyone out telling him not to do that because nobody there fixes anything because if they d all be kicked out.
The 'bike' sharing programs people when they are done just throw the bikes in this MOUNTAIN sized pile of broken disregarded cycles all over the cities. It's a very dangerous environmental hazard.
@Toy_Link These companies all freaked out and quit about the same time otherwise we would've had it by now. A lot of retail people got 'hidden' props and that's why we are where we are. It's all crooked from the bottom up and NOT what a free market is like. Quit the opposite actually. Corporate Fascism.
The retail crisis is a lot longer then when Amazon became any good but they were being politically protected. Payless Drugs were doing corrupt things that put themselves out of business, Montgomery Wars did,Mervens did.etc and they all paid the price. These collage idiots get 'pseudo' science to teach them to run a store.
Trump ended that with the Tarrifs and it's hurting these companies who don't want to break ties with China.
Tarrifs are not meant to be painless. They are meant to show reality of where we are and it's showing! It's up to us to get off our butts and make things. We can't keep relying on China to do it for us.
Get the screen ratio correct before anything else surely
@SortingHat I think you're on the wrong site for such rants
Listed on eBay and is gone now.....he/she should make more to sell. This will keep the Retro N64 market going for those wanting to take it on the road.
This is the vintage console every hard core gamer (or any) should invest in before they are long forgotten. Nintendo 64 had a min console which is more like a collectors item compared to something like this modded device. Nintendo should invest in a retro fitted console like this. Unless manufacturers and copyright owners come together to release all game titles on the Nintendo Switch, this is an option Nintendo’s CEO should consider. You see arcade 1 UPS, you see remastered games making way to new consoles, meeting new and old audiences; you don’t see a console like this reviving Nintendo 64, GameCube, maybe even Wii and Wii U licensed games all in one. Having something like this can combat the ever growing world of underground hackers that take it upon themselves to bring games, illegally. Maybe in the near future, instead of Hunting these people down; give them jobs that are tailored for designing all of the games we still love. It would profitable for everyone. I would buy this device, instead of waiting for one of my favorite games as a kid ‘Star Wars’ Rogue Squadron trilogy remastered if not, I would buy all 3 cartridges just for this device (and I’m not favorable to playing the STEAM version of the Rogue Squadron).
I would buy that for $99
can I buy one of them?
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