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Re: Game Gear Portable - Raspberry Pi
« Reply #40 on: September 25, 2016, 08:44:58 pm »
First coat of color. Wet sanding with 800 before this step really helped get rid of the plastic weld spots. I'm not going to go for a mirror finish on this one, so maybe another round of wet sanding with 1000, then clear it and polish. Then I can get some shots of the actual build.

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Re: Game Gear Portable - Raspberry Pi
« Reply #41 on: October 06, 2016, 03:15:57 am »
This project is really cool, and will be an inspiration for med doing something similar with a broken Atari Lynx later on  :applaud:
But why did you go for a widescreen monitor (that didn't fit and doesn't make any sense if you will not play modern widescreen games)?!?!
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Re: Game Gear Portable - Raspberry Pi
« Reply #42 on: October 06, 2016, 08:55:58 am »
that paint job is top notch.  Got any details on the screen? I have a pi and a broken Gamegear (and 2 working ones)
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Re: Game Gear Portable - Raspberry Pi
« Reply #43 on: October 06, 2016, 09:21:28 am »
Casework is the hardest work. and looking good.
I have build myself a few portables. They are listed here https://www.facebook.com/akiramods/
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Re: Game Gear Portable - Raspberry Pi
« Reply #44 on: October 27, 2016, 12:09:23 am »
Here is the monitor i bought. Although it was only 12 bucks when i bought it.https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006JY4TQW/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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But why did you go for a widescreen monitor (that didn't fit and doesn't make any sense if you will not play modern widescreen games)?!?!
Basically just to get the largest screen i could. The game gear is a pretty large system so something smaller would have looked even worse. the native resolution is very low so the games look great on it even with widescreen. There isn't a noticeable stretch effect like you get when playing on a large monitor.
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Re: Game Gear Portable - Raspberry Pi ***Finished***
« Reply #45 on: October 27, 2016, 12:29:01 am »

Here are some update pics


Painting:





Wiring Mess!



Less of a mess



view of the rear with the added buttons.







some game pics. The screen has such poor resolution that most old games look great on it. I know boo console games, but i was just testing it out and didn't have my mame romset uploaded yet.





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Re: Game Gear Portable - Raspberry Pi ***Finished***
« Reply #46 on: October 27, 2016, 09:05:16 am »
That came out great.
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Re: Game Gear Portable - Raspberry Pi ***Finished***
« Reply #47 on: October 27, 2016, 09:08:07 am »
I agree, looks perfect.   I think thats better suited for console stuff than MAME anyway. The gamegear version of Mortal Kombat is painful to play.
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