It's rough but almost endearingly so. And honestly for the price, you can't expect it to be completely clean anyways. The biggest knock I would have against whoever made it is that they didn't package it correctly, which for electronics is VERY important imo.
Yeah, it was packaged very sadly lol. It’s amazing how many packages I get that aren’t packaged well. I do think they should have wiped off the console though. It had dirt that could’ve just been wiped off with a wet paper towel
@@diddlez2 I totally agree, I can’t seem to understand this concept that just because it’s homemade it’s justified to have flaws that aren’t skill related like something as simple as cleaning and polishing. For 300$ I expect at least proper part cleaning🤣that’s just me though
All things considered, that’s a great deal. The builder just needs to refine his skills a bit but overall not bad. It could also be the case of working with what you got. 8/10
@@MonosShenanigans $300 is a heck of a deal for the handheld itself; that would take a lot of work to cut down the board and do all the soldering and building the thing. The guy probably spent at least a week or two putting it together if I had to guess.
For $300 that's honestly a steal considering that is all custom, the effort put into that probably would cost $300 alone if you provided all the materials to a modder willing to do this type of project.
@@cosmicsvids Why bring up emulation? Lol. the kind of person that would spend hundreds/thousands on a custom handheld; already knows about emulation. Believe me.
Man I remember getting a Nintendo 64 Christmas of 96... I was 15 and I remember thinking the graphics were so amazing. A portable one would have been 😎
I was about the same age as you and I remember how disappointed I was with the foggy, blurry graphics, especially with all the pre-release hype they put out, back when it was called the "Ultra 64". They misled us into believing that we would have an arcade perfect port of Killer Instinct 1, with the arcade machine even announcing at the game opening "available ONLY on ULTRA 64!!!" In reality what we got was the a much less graphically impressive port of the sequel; Killer instinct gold. I felt conned.
Only detail I would mention is that the Z button could be designed bigger since it's so used in many games (maybe like a PlayStation L2) but all in all it's def a good purchase for casual playing.
I really like that!! They coulda definitely smoothed out around the screen and other places but very unique and cool!! Whoever built it put a bunch of work into it. Good Score!
Yeah, came to the comments just to say this. How do people play these games all stretched like that? If it was my only option, I'd manage. But man, the platform gets weird when you distort the view that much in games like Mario, banjo, and so on.
7:43 For a second when he's flashing through screen settings it shows a way to change the aspect ratio. So maybe if you wanted to you could switch it to 4:3.
I'm sure you know this, but an ED64 cart costs $80 and has every N64 game on it from every region. I know some people like to collect carts but the ed64 is killer.
It doesn't look half bad, really not a fan of the wide display though. I know in this day and age 16:9 screens are far, FAR easier to source but so few N64 games support widescreen.
That's actually a pretty decent system considering the price. I really want to find a decent guide that would help me cut down my extra Wii consoles to make a portable Wii/GameCube.
Both NTSC versions of the N64 can play each other's games, the only thing stopping you from doing so is a plastic attachment inside the console that corresponds with your region's cartridges, you can just remove/replace this piece and it will accept both US and JPN games. Japanese games tend to be a lot cheaper secondhand than their western counterparts so it's not surprising they went this route with the included titles. It is worth pointing out the PAL and NTSC versions are incompatible with each other's games due to the difference in refresh speed between the regions. PAL and Japanese titles actually have the same shaped cartridges but obviously putting a Japanese cart in a PAL system or vice versa doesn't amount to much.
I mean for 300 i'd call that a pretty good deal, fair amount of empty space but with a PCB that big and with so few trimming options it's a solid portable
14:54 Actually, you do. Saw you had WCW vs nWo in that collection. That used the D-Pad for movement and the stick was used for taunting and doing specials. But, maybe you've figured that out by now. xD
I would have sent it straight back when I saw the dirt and then the cart slot to top it all off. But one thing I don't understand is why you were surprised he hadn't removed the screen cover.. That's the RIGHT thing to do for shipment. But that trigger.. Assholes like this deserve returns cause they need to learn the 50c they saved in shipping cost them their sale and repair costs and return costs (here in Australia the seller must pay for return by law, not sure about US).
now that I see the inside... I'm just... amazed. I don't see any care for one's craft inside. Not to mention it simply looks filthy. Like they wanted to put the minimum in effort and materials into the thing and maximize price. I would want to make sure the thing was going to last for quite a long time before it EVER left my hands. Mechanical-style buttons, better analogue control, make sure the buttons don't stick for christ's sake, better display, more ergonomics (I would model a better case in blender then 3d print that), cooling system should be a bit more thought out... that cart slot, I can't get that out of my head... I'm going to have nightmares about this thing now, you know that?
I made a couple of N64 Portables a decade ago. and tbh this is a pretty shoddy job at one. Its functional yes. But the board can be trimmed a lot smaller. resulting in a thinner and half the size overall console. The wire length on that cartslot relocation might give issues with a lot of games aswell.
I've come to the Switch scene quite late, won a working Switch for £17 and immediately put Nintendo Online+Expansion on it and been rocking the N64 games, abs love SM64 and the Switch version is awesome... def recommend that route
I made a portable N64 out of the original N64 case. It's not pretty but it works reminds me of one of those arcade machines but tiny. I don't have fancy tools too trim it down or make a case. I also left pretty much everything intact. Just threw on a screen, Audio Amplifier and A battery
why nobody makes a 3d printed handheld case? this way it would look decent. the layout from this one looks pretty good. and for selfmade its pretty cool!
If you ever decide to sell that handheld hit me up, I also was making a portable n64 but gave up after wiring everything when it came to the case haha. If I were you I would go in and quickly swap out the composite screen for something with svideo if you can manage it.
I have a portable 64 of my own that I bought off Ebay years ago. It works for the most part, but the insides we're a HUGE mess. Must have been built over a decade ago. Seeing the insides of your device was very satisfying compared to mine. lol. Good buy man.
I’ve had experience where the seller sold me something clean he showed me a video of it but when i got it it was dirty so i think when it goes through customs it may go through a few people and some of those people do play around with your belongings i know they do because my cousin was a customs officer and he used to tell me stories of playing around with peoples stuff to get over the boredom its not on but they do
Dang, if people are paying $300 for this, I should start making portables again. This was pretty rough...although the inside looked surprisingly good, the outside definitely needed some work though.
A console and expansion pak would be over $100 by themselves on Ebay; add in the controller that was torn apart to add, and the big amount of work to cut down the board and solder everything together correctly, and this could have easily sold for double that to the right buyer. That's a lot of work for maybe $100-$150 in profit, and keep in mind Ebay takes a cut.
@@inputfunny True, but regardless, it doesn't matter how much work you put into and how much materials cost if you make a sub par product that no one is interested in buying. Obviously, there is a market for this type of things, however, hence my comment. I don't see $300 of value in this because I would definitely want a more polished device personally. And if people are willing to pay $300 for this, I would make a decent amount of money from mine I think. I'm not saying this as someone who is like "Oh I could do that better!" without any experience, I've made portables before.
Who cares about what's inside of it when it looks like it took someone 30 minutes to construct the case, its sloppy looking. That's not $300 worth of effort, another $100 and you have a perfect formed Steam Deck so ya......
Can you believe I have never played Mario 64 - I had a SNES when I was younger and then my parents bought a game boy pocket and eventually a PSone - I need to invest in something to try out some of those N64 classics I’ve missed out on!
Wow you missed out on a ton of good stuff. Not so much RPG but tons of good action platformers and classic shooters. Solid racing and sports stuff too.
n64 doesnt have traditional region locking, the motherboard has never cared what you plugged into it, although pall/ntsc can give issues and is not recommended to try, the only actual region locking is the plastic indents in the cartridge socket attached to the upper shell, i made my n64 region free by just drilling those out
Whoever make this could had it trimmed the board even smaller the person who did this only cut the edges where the ground was it pretty much put the whole board in there,I have some experience trimming the board smaller, I think the blue board is the battery protection that’s where the battery is connect to the switch and to the N64 board and also the led indicators for when the battery is low, you can see the three colored wires that are soldered in the board,I don’t see the audio amp maybe is under the N64 board I wonder what kind of audio amp was used here,they could had put some air vents that way they didn’t needed to put the fan and could save some power from the batteries,it’s not a bad portable for the price you paid but it could had been better
This is cool. 3D print a better shell for the thing, maybe a better screen and it would go from just cool to fantastic. Using an original N64 thumbstick is a requirement imo.. Ive never liked any of the alternative replacements like GameCube style sticks for N64 games.
Actually the region lock on N64's are based on the plastic notch in the cartridge slot that is inside the system that don't let Japan cartridges fit in US N64's same for Japan unit N64's US cartridges don't fit in Japan N64's. Ain't that some crap? I grinded the notch in my n64 so Japan games will fit in it.
I see people talking about the screen ratio, I actually prefer the wide-screen display. I just think he should have put a slightly bigger screen in it. The handheld is huge and he used a very tiny screen.
Look i was raised with these consoles and the N64 is my all time favourite one,but over 400 is ALLOT of money,you can buy a second hand ps5 / xbox series x for that money or even a NEW xbox series S. I believe it could be done for way cheaper,but who ami to talk i don't know mechanics that well.
The right trigger is definitely a bummer for a from the package experience, other than that not terrible for the price. Screen definitely isn't 7" but for the overall build not terrible. A misstep not going simply taller though using more real estate and a bigger screen. Nintendo 64 obviously does fine with a 4:3 resolution, maybe finding a cheap little lcd panel or whatever was a pain.. who knows. Not bad though! I'd give it a 7!
Thing that really annoys me is the diagonal video interference, it's horrid! Even though it's most likely composite video going into the LCD, I'm sure it could be cleaned up a bit by using better shielded wiring.
Great video. Would you mind sending me some pictures of the guts of this at all. Might want to try the good old Golden eye for the Z button etc. Great video
I can't believe that "packaging" job. There's nothing worse than sellers who make cool things only for them to be destroyed by insufficient packaging 😥
That flat surface isn't very ergonomically. This whole console could be so much better if the case was fully 3d printed. This is rly something you could do to improve this build.
You know.. there's a thing called CeX(meaning:complete entertainment exchange) I'm the UK, there's two i know one in Eastleigh and one in Winchester but there's alot of CeX shops in the UK where you could find working used consoles which are kinda cheap and good for ur money
@Jacob R don’t a lot of cartridge based games have some type of battery in them that if the battery dies it stops the game from working or saving. I do recall watching a video of someone saying the if the battery is dead in the older Pokémon game cartridge that it doesn’t allow u to save and I want to say something else also. But does that apply to all cartridge based games that has the flat watch battery.
7:08 I have played it on emulators but not on an actual n64 or virtual console because I don’t have an n64 nor a console with a virtual console library that still works
