Fascinating build. I would be very tempted to sacrifice one of these rare controllers for the job & your use of a prebuilt battery controller was neat, I have a bunch of those exact controllers in my parts bin. Well done, it’s a great device. FYI: 9:20 the Raspberry Pi Zero 2 is a standalone SBC, not a compute module.
Well, it looks nice and seeing this coming to life was great, but that's it. It's mostly about the fun of building, than actually using it for anything. :)
Loved the intro Tito! I love DIY projects that turn consoles into handhelds but destroying an obscure and rare controller is not one of them. I think nowadays there's more and better options of doing a project then this route you choose.
Here you go, spending my money again, Tito! 😄 I bought one of these controllers today before the price surge from your video hits. I'm super excited to make one of these. I've been toying with the idea after seeing HaiHaiSB post one a year or so ago, but watching your video made my mind up for me. Thanks for the awesome content!
This looks like an awesome project that needs a 2.0 follow-up with more time. Adding a 3d printed case with relocated triggers and more space for the screen and batteries along with stereo support looks very doable for those with the skill to design such things. I look forward to seeing if that happens.
I think swapping the speaker and battery could have been the ticket especially with the high quality small speakers that are out there. Also you could probably down clock the cpu in the raspberry pi since it's overpowered for PS1 and squeezed more playtime out of a 1000 - 1200 mah battery sitting where the speaker now lives. That being said, you all did a great job designing this thing. I could see people using this board with 3D printed shells to replicate this project and tweaking the design to perfect a great concept.
The intro is just outright awesome. So good. The production quality is amazing and the project looks cool, and it makes for a beautiful piece of what-if art, but I think that's it. I don't think it's worth it. Let me explain: in order to do a low-resolution, short-battery-life, monoaural (you'll be mocked in Metal Gear Solid for it) emulation machine that runs noticeably worse than the original, you have unnecessarily destroyed a complete-in-box, pretty rare controller that could be a gem in anyone's collection. I love the fact that you have your own work in the modding / maker space, but I believe that in this case, the grand total is less than the sum of its parts. And with the 3D files to make or print a shell yourself! I honestly think the controller looked better than the final console. It had that cheerful, colorful 90's weird Japanese vibe that I love. And let me reiterate: as a what-if, it's most certainly a cool project. It's almost like what could have happened if Sony had made a big Pocketstation.
This is cool! I would love to see an updated version of this build with the round screen and bigger battery life w/ the compute module. I wonder if adding in 3D layer in between the shell would thicken it up just enough for more space to allow for that.
Improvements I wish I could make: -Expand back for better grip and room for bigger battery -Upgrade to a CM4 for more emulation options -Swap to a thinner display with a ribbon cable
A special designed 3d-printed lower shell would be nice, for a more comfortable grip, „back-triggers“ and a bigger battery. But in this short time frame it’s pretty cool!
This is an amazing build! I’m just a little bit dissapointed that no original hardware is involved. It looked so geniuine that I thought it will run on the real PS One chips!
As a concept, it's cool. Despite it flaws, I definitely would have wanted one as a teen back in a mid-90's. Would love to see what a 2.0 build could be like with the custom shells and more effican't screens and components. Even a few more millimeters of extra space in the shell could afford a much bigger battery.
I agree with the idea of a spacer to increase the thickness and the speaker being way too big. I'm wondering why you didn't use a switch speaker and maybe had it fire from the side or something. Maybe get stereo in there? About the battery, I think you can buy ultra thin lithium batteries. They're really flat, but have a lot of surface area. One last idea. I'm not sure it would work. Could you make the pcb flexible and fold it to make extra room? Or have it follow the contours of the shell for extra space that way? That would be pretty sweet. Anyway, I really like this build. Maybe you could do some revisions and have a follow-up video. I think this has so much potential. This is one of my favorite things you've done. Anyway, I'm rambling. Happy Halloween!
this is sick, Hario although making cool stuff is notorious for his gatekeeping nature. Glad someone has recreated it and make it open source, great job!
Ever think how wild it is that this Pi powered contraption runs a bright screen and emulation off a rechargeable battery but the Sega Game Gear ate up 6batteries in an hour. What a time to be alive.
Yeah but do realize emulation is not like native hardware so it doesn't eat through batteries like crazy. Emulation is just software and software usually don't consume battery that much. Both the Game Gear and Sega Nomad was 100% native hardware in portable form so both will consume batteries much more than an emulation handheld.
A spacer between the 2 halves would be more ideal to fit the larger battery. I think what would set it off as being an unreleased console would have been the incorporation of a psx memory card reader, unnecessary sure but just that added bit of "from the era" feel. Sweet build either way!
It's like that guy who brought that handheld Gamecube render to life. That was so cool. Edit: Wait, you know the guy who built it? Why couldn't you ask him? That GC render to life one, the guy had to hunt down the creator of the Render. GingerOfOz is the YTer's name. Cool video, much like this one in style.
you should do that thing with the spacer, battery and some back buttons. also you could redo the front buttons for vol. and brightness settings after you replaced the shoulder buttons.
Its a cool setpiece, to show "what could have been". Of course its completely obsolete and impractical, since a Miyoo Mini, with custom buttons performs better and has way more battery.
Thanks for the video! I love your content, it's a pity that pcbway stopped shipping to my country (Russia) and I can't make builds like yours, but your quality videos are like building such cool consoles for me :D
9:00 "Tito don't worry about it, there is more to being a good person than just having a stereo television.. erm handheld, you can do it just the way you are." I would love to see a V2 of this, preferably resin printed with a bigger battery and with that round OLED screen, I am not a big fan of cutting up usable/rare and obscure hardware.
Great project overall. You could have saved some depth by removing those screen connectors. I don't think you'll get a lot of runtime on that battery either. but the screen not being centred in that circle would bug the heck out of me!
I think you can use the same screen that the Analogue pocket uses, and the remaining space in the left and right you can use it for small iphone speakers so you get front stereo audio insted of back mono audio and also i think you can use 2 Dualsense batteries in the back.
I have an idea that has 2 pros, but at the cost of 1 con. Try finding the right positioning on the back to put shoulder triggers just like a PS1 controller. This would also allow a gigantic battery. Unfortunately, it would be very ugly.
I am one of those collectors who want to preserve objects as they were created. These things, honestly, make me feel bad, especially if they are useless (barely playable like Resident Evil) like this.
Looks amazing but those rubber buttons must be horrible use, like playing with a TV remote control... i think the battery could be behind de screen lens, the plastic could sit a little higher
Ok this is really cool. Part of me wishes you actually tried to use a PS1 but I understand. I maybe would have tried to fit a sony watchmen LCD If possible. A new rear half of the shelf would probably need to be made.
