It would be nice if there was a switch to adjust brightness, but even having one permanent backlight setting is fine enough. And what's the deal with adjusting the lugnut thing for picture quality?

That is something that I'll offer (2 levels of brightness). Just ordered a bunch of switches for that very purpose. I'll have pics once I have one modded.

That's a potentiometer, which is a variable resistor. Think of it like a dimmer switch in your house.

When you get light kits going I might buy one to try to cram it into my game gear instead of the damn light tube lol. I also picked up an original GBA a while back that would be nice lit up.

Any Idea what your price point is going to be on them?

If wiggy could improve the game gear weight issue that would be awesome. I would much rather have a light gamegear, than and gameboy system. As usual, I want 20% for the idea and a free unit when they go into production...and an official thanks on the boot up screen.

I actually love the game gear as is. Its a very a sega thing.
When I have my game gear with the screen magnifier and battery pack on I feel like a mad scientist. All I want is improved battery life =P

Originally Posted by SnesGuy When you get light kits going I might buy one to try to cram it into my game gear instead of the damn light tube lol. I also picked up an original GBA a while back that would be nice lit up. Any Idea what your price point is going to be on them?

I do, but I don't want to post anything until I have the parts in hand. I already get bombarded with enough requests, and having that info out there without the ability to actually follow through would sorta suck. I should have parts in about 2 weeks (Chinese holiday until the 7th, so won't ship until after then).

Originally Posted by slowdive21 If wiggy could improve the game gear weight issue that would be awesome. I would much rather have a light gamegear, than and gameboy system. As usual, I want 20% for the idea and a free unit when they go into production...and an official thanks on the boot up screen.

The batteries are the only thing about the GG that are heavy. The unit without batteries is pretty light.

Also, already working on lighting solutions for the GG

Originally Posted by SnesGuy I actually love the game gear as is. Its a very a sega thing. When I have my game gear with the screen magnifier and battery pack on I feel like a mad scientist. All I want is improved battery life =P

That's pretty much where I'm at with it too.

That's awesome Wiggy. Now I just need to get around to buying capacitors, at this point I own 4 or 5 GG's and only 1 works lol. I kept buying large Sega lots on eBay.

Is there a way to get back or front lit Neo Geo Pocket Colors?

Hell, I wonder if he can do it for Wonderswan. lol.

Originally Posted by SnesGuy That's awesome Wiggy. Now I just need to get around to buying capacitors, at this point I own 4 or 5 GG's and only 1 works lol. I kept buying large Sega lots on eBay.

I often do the same LOL!

Originally Posted by salt_peanuts Is there a way to get back or front lit Neo Geo Pocket Colors?

Originally Posted by detectiveconan16 Hell, I wonder if he can do it for Wonderswan. lol.

Will have kits for sale very soon...

I'm learning from this thread that if anyone asks wiggy if something is possible, he makes it possible.

So I wonder if he can give me super powers. Or an insta-ice cream machine. That's FRONT LIT. FRONT LIT. OR BACK LIT. WHICHEVER IS BETTER, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.

Haha! Well, I'll try most anything. I don't always succeed. Those wireless controllers are still kicking my ass.

Originally Posted by detectiveconan16 It would be nice if there was a switch to adjust brightness, but even having one permanent backlight setting is fine enough. And what's the deal with adjusting the lugnut thing for picture quality?

Just got one modded for this today (was waiting for parts). I'll post a vid or pics later


Also did these for a buddy on cover project. Had a gross Beast Wars and rough CBFD, so I canibalized a couple of lame sports games to make him these.





Didn't touch the original shells for these two games. Just in case game collecting evolves to a place like collectible cars have where "barnyard finds" are now often more valuable than restored models.

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Totally cool sir.
I'm guessing you probably modded a handheld system to accept the input of an arcade stick or game controller at one point like this guy:

Hmm, never considered anything like that. I do want to make a GBA SP mini arcade cabinet at some point, and that's actually really easy with a little soldering and some parts. I'm sure that 3DS mod is WAY more complex than that though. Might be out of my league.

Yeah, I tried to wrap my head around how that guy could've done such a thing. Maybe he did take the 3DS apart and soldered onto the contact points. What's even strange is that in a later video he built some kind of contraption that mimicked the circle pad.

Man, that guy made all sorts of wacky stuff LOL! I dig the 3DS street fighter stick, even though its totally giant and absurd, not to mention that you sit so far away that the 3D is useless :P

I'll have to check more of his stuff when I'm back at my computer. I don't believe that the 3DS has an input that would allow a controller to interact with it directly. I've gotta imagine that he's doing some soldering inside the 3DS's themselves, like you were saying with the original contact pads. I know that's what I'm doing with my Franken Gameboy phat SP. it's about the easiest way I can think of. Just don't know how he translates the analogue signal (if he has to at all).


Actually, now that I'm watching the vid again, the wacky wire loom that he has on the PS controller leads me to believe that he's done exactly that. You would need to wire directly to the PS controller board, and that would leave you with 2 wires for EVERY button used. He'd have to re-harness all those new wires.

Hey wiggy!

Is there any way to fix a game gear with a line across the screen that is halving the image and displaying it on the wrong x axis?

Basically there is a horizontal line across the screen and it is splitting the image, but the two halves of the image do not line up.

Wiggy, I've got a new project for you:
http://tinycartridge.com/post/337409...p-pro-canceled

Nyko dropped the ball and now you're our only hope!

Originally Posted by wiggyx Just got one modded for this today (was waiting for parts). I'll post a vid or pics later

Sorry this took a few days. Been SOOOOO busy.

http://youtu.be/E7AS_g3VXXE


I want to take pre-orders for these kits ASAP. Does anyone know where I should post about that on this forum?

edit: Here's a mockup package design

She's a beauty! I'm anxious to see the final price (and whether or not I can afford it). Also, is the box going to be recyclable or is it going to be coated in plastic? I would probably want to keep the box either way, but I like to know these things.

As for the appropriate section...I'm actually not sure. People will give you a hard time for sure, but there is the main Deals section, which is clearly the most popular. Maybe ask a mod beforehand if it would be okay. The Contest section is also fairly popular. You could run a small contest there to promote it. Either give one away and encourage/ask people to place pre-orders or, better yet, make it so pre-ordering is the only method of entering. Heh.



And, of course, don't forget to make me a circle pad battery pack...