always wanted one of these, but the soldering work made me shy away from it, now I'm 160 dollars poorer but I'm finally going to have a minty pi to play at work.
For those that are wondering this will run you ~$160 USD for all parts plus or minus shipping costs. A bit steep for a handheld but understandable since it's a small hobby project and it's hard to scale with cost. It's brilliant nonetheless. I may get it. Maybe...
If he uploads the stl files for the 3d printed stuff, the price should go down to 110-20ish including shipping. *that is, if you have access to a 3d printer*
Hanz Azazel I recommend you look up “Game Pi 2”. It’s another raspberry pi project however it uses a 3b. It sadly doesn’t have a claim shell design tho.
True but you control the software going in and know the hardware. You can get a cheap Chinese made emulator handheld but those things are held together with Elmer’s glue and luck most of the time.
I just stumbled on your channel. This is absolutely amazing. you're a gift from god. instant subscribe... i cant believe ive never seen this until now. this needs to be marketed to the mass. Please keep doing what youre doing :D
soulja anything are basically heavily markup of cheap chinese junk thats on aliexpress which does not perform remotely well with even the most retro console emulation where a 5pounds pi zero can even emulate PS1 games by just dumping retropi in it.
About a year or two ago I came up with an idea to fit a raspberry pie into an altoids tin with some built in controls to play emulated games thinking it was a completely original idea. When I finally found out about this I was excited to see something I thought I came up with actually in the real world, and although I may not have came up with the idea, it’s sweet to see this!
@@pharaohavalon8566 according to my math if you get the battery also, it's 110 for helder stuff with shipping, and 50 for wermys stuff including the buttons if you choose. So as already said, it's indeed around $160 in the USA. Don't know shipping costs for international though.
The older versions of this looked like a nightmare to put together just because of how small it is. This on the other hand, has been made waaaay more simple compared to the previous versions. Great work as always.
Holy. Shit. You go and make the whole thing a hundred times better, then you add that hall effect sensor and just blow it up even further above and beyond! Amazing!
I'm really loving this thing, I have yet to order the parts but it makes me want to build it real bad. Somethings I would like to see is movement pads like in the 3ds.
$100 - pcb $43 - printed parts $13 - buttons $15 - battery, I'm guessing $5 for shipping $15 - Pi =186 + SD card and Altoids tin I am so excited for everything to arrive. Also for the build video. I want to cut a hole for the HDMI and use USB controllers so I can play on the big screen when I'm at home. It is some money, but this thing is so unique I think it's worth it. You simply can't have one unless you buy the parts and put it together. Coolest thing ever!!
Exciting stuff you guys! My only two complaints are the price and I personally am not much of a fan of those soft rubber buttons. Apart from that, lots of cool improvements, especially for the assembly! Integrating all of those parts on a single board seems like an obvious choice, and it looks like you guys did it well. It'll make the project accessible for more people. It's too bad it costs a lot. I'll have to stick with my v2.5 for now :)
Hi this is wintergreen4z's grandson. during christmas when I got the package with all of the mintypi stuff I was super exited . I have been watching your videos ever since your mintypi v2 came out . Then for 2 months the only thing that I talked about was a mintypi I thought it was the coolest thing ever Thank you so much from Wintergreen4z's grandson
I can't wait to see the build video for MintyPi V3! Thank you for the announcement! I would be very interested in seeing a video for that 3D printing filament splicer machine as well. That sounds like the best tool for multi-color printing I have heard of.
mushy buttons? nope nope nope nope! those on their own they are not responsive, they need to be solid on the user end like any respectable controller. Also on the pcb cut the interior half of the contact circles for the dpad, this way it becomes way way way more precise. I may sound super critic but I am because this is a very good project and I like it!
I've had the good fortune to try those new buttons and they are not mushy at all; They are like a rigid silicone, they are fantastic to use. I also do some tinkering with boards and the method used for the PCB contacts is probably the best way you can make it responsive, each finger interlocks from the opposite side meaning you'll get a connection no matter where you put the button.
Wow I'm shocked at how far this project has come! But regarding the preorders i have two question in mind: How long are the parts going to be able to preorder? And how approximately long would it be until the parts are sold out? Thanks for your time!
It says on the website that preorders end January 20, I'm not sure when the parts will be sold out, I'm pretty sure that depends on how many people will buy it and how fast they buy it.
@@tnai819 That would make sense but at Helders website (heldergametech.com/shop/mintypi/mintypi-v3-pcb-kit/) it says that there is a certain number of circuit boards on sale (only like 900 left)
@@jeremymercado8599 I started a number of 1000 to be easier for me to keep track but if it does sell out before then I can always add more to get a final tally. If you buy it before the deadline then you will get a kit.
Wow, I did not expect that incredible transition! And this is the best present for a retro gamer. Btw I don't like the type c usb but it's not a problem. Merry Christmas :)
This looks like such a fun project to do. I wonder if even someone like me can make something like this? I've modded my systems to play different games such as my NES Classic, PSP, Wii, WIi U, and PSVita but modding something and making a system are two different things. It's different than just dropping files into an SD card. It seems kind of fun even though I don't need something like this at all. It's so cute though! haha. I love seeing people make stuff like this!
I’m so excited! I honestly can’t wait to get it I’ve been thinking about this project since I found about it when the v2 came out but I missed the orders by a month
Looking forward to building this in my Penguin Cinnamon tin. The cutout guide is a little bit small for the tin though, so I'll have to mark one side at a time with it.
If you do more with multi-colour 3d prints, please consider a collab with Devin from Make Anything. He's made some multi-coloured prints recently and you wouldn't even need the machine you mentioned.
wow looks cool. So glad you are gonna include a headphone jack. Some day I will build one of these. Thank you for your amazing and inspiring videos and keep it up. I may not be able to afford to build one now but someday I will get back track and get one together.
This is gonna cost me so much money. I have no real experience soldering, so I bought soldering equipment, basic starter accessories, etc. Then I preordered the mintypi3 and some practice boards cause I wanna get good. I also bought a 3d printer cause I've wanted to get into the hobby for a while...AGHH Even if I break the mintypi making it, it'll be worth it though, seems cooler to me to do a little work making something myself VS some of the gameboy-clone kits that all you do is just assemble. Any knowledge/skills gained would just be a plus, too.
In for mine, going to wait as I think I'm getting a 3d printer next year but not missing out on the PCBs this time, already made that mistake once lol. On a side note, +1 to the holy shit that was amazing comments for those transitions, best video I've watched today hands down
@@cazyarth2703 Because they only produce a low amount of parts. I had to make a Frankensteins Game Boy Zero because all custom parts are expensive and because I broke the screen and hopefully not the button board I had to freeze the project. But I might try to make a minty pi out of a 3d printed shell and the parts of my game boy zero project.
I was watching the v2 tutorial like “man this is gonna be a pain in the ass I don’t even know how to sorer” then seeing this was like a dream come true
I just saw this and went to preorder the parts to realise I missed the preorder listing by a few hours Damn you RU-vid algorithms that didn't make me find this sooner *clicks bell icon* Also, would you happen to know when the next run for PCBs would be?
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I think pressing the button should load and holding the function button and pressing it should save. People will be saving once they get past difficult parts in a game and will be loading when they die. Loading should be easier and quicker, but that's just my opinion.
