Over five years ago (or exactly five years if you're in Japan), Nintendo launched the Super NES Classic Edition, an adorable and convenient miniature console loaded with some of the best games available on the SNES.
But what if you could take it on the go?
As spotted by the fine folk over at Time Extension, a fan-made portable SNES (or rather Japan's Famicom variant) has been created by modder NIWA Channel, incorporating a 4.3-inch LCD screen on the base of a Famicom Classic. To create the exterior shell of the unit, a Super Famicom controller was fused with a game cartridge for the rather paltry price of 400 yen ($2.70 / £2.40).
In addition to the standard games pre-loaded onto the Famicom Classic, the modder has also included a 64GB Micro SD card with support to run games from the Famicom, Super Famicom, PC Engine, Mega Drive, and Game Boy.
Obviously, this thing won't ever be commerically available, and there's a pretty severe downside in that you can't properly take it on the go; currently, with no battery support, a USB-C cable is required to boot the hardware.
Still, you can't argue against its authenticity!
What do you make of this creation? Do you hope to see something similar from Nintendo itself? Let us know!
[source twitter.com, via timeextension.com]
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I still prefer Supaboy as it still allow you to use legit SNES cartridge to play in handheld mode.
Surely you could take it on the go with a powerbank?
Yeah they already made a portable SNES thing. They exist.
So, someone basically taped a screen to a controller. I hate it...
Looks great, but not being able to be portable? What is the point?
Sure, it's another cool mini SNES, but ...man, I'd kill for an official GameCube Mini. I don't even care how much it'd cost. This just reminds me of that.
Looks about as comfortable and portable as a Virtual Boy. But hey, I'm always down for a just because you can project.
Can we stop with twitter API calls like this? They don't load nice in every web browser. Just copy and paste the tweet contents, especially the images, and re-upload them.
@wonderclassic I made a portable Mini NES with a screen and battery for the screen and system 'separate batteries for the system and screen' using Hakchi 2, it emulates NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, SEGA 32X/CD, Gameboy/Color/Advance, Game Gear, Atari 2600/7800, Lynx, PlayStation 1 on a 32GB USB. No soldering or modded shell required only velcro needed to assemble it.
Note: voids warranty but Worth it!
port·a·ble (/ˈpôrdəb(ə)l/) (adjective): able to be easily carried or moved, especially because being of a lighter and smaller version than usual.
Under that definition, yeah, this is portable in the same sense as my old PSP was portable, but only usable plugged in due to its battery wearing out to where it could barely stay on for an hour at full charge.
Also, I've seen better ergonomics on a portable gaming system.
@Pillowpants I taped 'Velcroed' a screen and battery bank to my NES Mini...
And hacked it. Hakchi 2 style!
It's cool. Stunning might be a bit strong of a word!
The lengths people will go to so they can avoid subscribing to Nintendo Switch Online, smh...
No, this is ugly.
I'm very mixed on this, on one hand the utter effort that needs to be put into this is astonishing and it's always awesome to see console games on the go. On the other hand... man, i would not play this in public.
Already have my Steam Deck, thank you
Already have my Switch, thank you.
Not sure ‘stunning’ is quite the word
I have a Switch. Which is kind of like a portable SNES already.
Not_Soos wrote:
As they should!
Damn that thing looks ugly and top heavy... I guess it nails the look i suppose
@iLikeUrAttitude Damn right!
I don’t think I’ve seen a person in my vicinity playing a Switch in public. To all the people crying about lack of portability for this modders work, do you actually sit outside in the public playing your Switch?
If you’re traveling it just gets shoved in a bag and you’ll get to plug it in somewhere, anyway.
Looks like something you could easily find in the Chinese market of AliExpress. Concept is cool but the idea has been done to death many times already. There's PS2 portable, GameCube portale, Dreamcast portable, RetroPi portable, etc., all with actual hardware inside but came with the worst control, batteries, and setup.
Shoulder button relocation is a deal breaker for me. Looks cool though
This is awesome.
@wonderclassic Yeah It will probably run on a powerbank.
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@Not_Soos
For me if you could buy the games for switch then i definitely would.
The issue is that there is no way to keep the games for switch.
Between that and the whole limited-digital thing with Mario 3d all stars and that one fire emblem game alongside the last remnants of the virtual console shutting down relatively soon it can feel difficult to purchase a lot of Nintendo's back catalogue.
I like how it's running purely PC Engine games.
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