PC Engine GT... sorta dead

[ChadTower]

So, in my endless box of dead consoles, tonight I pull out a PC Engine GT.  This is the handheld version of the PC Engine, the Japanese TurboExpress.  Very cool system with a screen that was superior to any handheld until the PSP came along.

But, alas, this one seems to have a cracked LCD.  The glass was babystabbed.  The motherboard still works and I can fire up a game but the LCD is no more, cap'n.

Now to find a use for a tiny PC Engine.  I figured WTF, go right to the masters, and posted looking for ideas at benheck.com.   

[4Aaron GE]

Think you could integrate it into one of those cheap portable DVD players? Maybe hide the controller and cord where the DVD drive is supposed to go?

[ChadTower]

There's no controller or cord... what you see in this pic is a wrist strap.

[4Aaron GE]

There's only the d pad, 4 buttons and the two rapid fire switches.  You could easily hack a gamepad port onto that.  Unless you wanted to hold the entire assy while playing.  I suppose I should have used "a controller" rather than "the controller" though.


One thing that's got me curious though, does the PCEGT use the regular game cards?  If so, think you could get it to support 2 player?

[ChadTower]

I don't know if it has the capability of supporting two player... I would assume not but I didn't look very hard at the motherboard last night.

I could hack a gamepad port onto it but I wouldn't want to.  I'll either put another screen in, possibly from a GBA SP or an LCD TV, or I'll add output ports to make it a plug n play like the ones you buy for $20.

It takes the same cards as the PC Engine.