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Worklog 8” 4:3 N64 build

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Figure I’ll make a start to my build log. I’ve always liked the partybox from Wess so this is inspired from that style of a portable.

Ideally I wanna have quality video out, 4:3 aspect ratio, and potential 4 player capability but I got no one to play with so it’ll just be me haha.

So far it’s as follows:

- 8”4:3 ips 1024*768, it’s an rtd board so I have composite, vga, and hdmi capabilities

- multiple versions of the n64 board old revisions to new so I can do the ram swap and mini jumper mod

- n64 amp from Gman so digital audio ftw

- I have a n64 advanced so vga is doable

- power is up in the air, I can use pms2 + pd board so thanks to 4layertech for that, the other option is buck converters and a pd trigger board for 12v and do a battery bank or wall plug in setup

For now I’m content with case design and have a mini mock-up
 

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Progress: LCD top portion should be done now, easiest piece since i'm reusing one from a previous project but toss the idea of keeping the cartridge slot and the portable grows in size a hurry
 

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Tested out a sample of what I have so far to get the idea of the feel of the whole setup.
 

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Well might as well update some cad stuff, tossing around the idea of the cartridge vs embed an ed64
 

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I'll always side with the real deal, otherwise it just feels like an emulator. I vote cartridge because you can always insert an everdrive lol
 
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Well I suppose I can go ahead with a cartridge slot now, I have something that actually test printed ok and is pretty solid. Took a few tries but it’s there
 

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