Of all the things to simply duct tape an amp inside of, why a Dreamcast?

And why not build a speaker into the CD part so that you can open the top and it will act as a sound reflector? That way you get cooler integration for the trouble you’re going through to mod something.

Cool idea, so-so thing to put it in, incomplete implementation.
6 stars out of 10.

~Why not build it, but leave the Dreamcast guts in? I’m pretty sure It’ll all fit with a little work. Who uses the third and fourth controller ports anyways?……oops did I just make my lack of friends disgustingly aparnt?

It was a good idea but it is kinda lame because the dreamcast doesn’t work. You may as well just use the amp alone. If you wanted to make something stylish you could take a converse allstar, pull out the metal holes in the side, and wire it all up in a shoe… sure you can’t wear it but that way you can still play dreamcast.
I think your project is a 6 out of 10.

“Of all the things to simply duct tape an amp inside of, why a Dreamcast?”

Yeah I agree it is pointless.. get a proper plastic encloser for this kinda stuff.

To #3: the DC is really cramped inside if I remember correctly, not much space, youd have to make it a really flat amp.

I was pretty excited about this until I read the instructions. any asshat can tape an amp inside a case. I wanna see you make the amp out of the dreamcast innards.

You people are too rough on him… Geez! Sure it’s simple, but not all hacks have to be complex and tedious to do. He simply had a dead dreamcast, and instead of chucking it into the trash, he now has a neat conversation piece. I mean look at it, it’s pretty cool seeing a guitar hooked up to a dreamcast where the controler normally plugs in.

He shouldn’t stop there though. Why run it off 9V battery when it isn’t that portable to begin with? He should install a 9V power supply, or use a wall wort and make a jack on the back. I would really play around and add a lot of stuff since you really have a lot of internal space. Distortion effects, lights, headphone jack, ect….

Okay integration and idea. If it stopped reading discs, just replace the mechanism. There’s too much trouble having bored people with x amount of duct tape gutting out of good things, use screws and a Dremel tool.

7/10 for idea
3/10 for (current) results

Like #11, there should be loads of effects and some sort of covert switch; otherwise, try to integrate a tube amp and some of the former Dreamcast’s parts (fan to cool, power supply, etc.) If needed, the battery should be located where the modem/broadband slot is located, just gut that out or find a cover for it, all for convenience.

hey man it is a neat hack and all. you saw an opportunity to do something cool out of something less cool and you did it. thats what hacking as all about, but i don’t think this is worth a day at hackaday. if i posted every case mod i did this site would be boring. i think of this site as a place to come and check out the high end hacks, and simple case mods don’t cut it sorry.

Somebody here with way more skill than me should try to make an amp using a Dreamcast’s (or other system’s)innards–maybe like that other Josh said way back in post 10–instead of just complaining about the level of this particular hack. Then, they should have THAT hack ran on hack a day! Yes… that would be waay sweet.

There are a billion case mods sites out there. Lets not make Hackaday one of them. The Altoids series of hacks are interesting because there is usually some building involved. This is just taking one thing and putting it in the case of another. Boring. He didn’t even put the plugs from the controller around the guitar plug, then it would at least LOOK like a legitimate Dreamcast controller. I thought this was some kind of bemani thing when I looked at it.

That’s a little disappointing. Why not forget about the dc case and go for making it as small as possible?

Altoid amp?

I’m forced to join the chorus: this is one bloody lame “hack”. You’re dropping an amp into an empty video game case for, err, wbat reason again? It certainly doesn’t make it any more portable.

Smokey amps are cool enough as is, without gutting them. And I can’t imagine dropping one in an empty DC box will make it sound better (quite the reverse given resonance issues).

Tomorroy on HackaDay: Making a bong out of your old Atari 800. Woot!

commenters,

i appreciate all your comments and feedback. i like some of the ideas you’re having. especially the one with having the speaker in the CD-ROM drive. Also, maybe some lights and other cool things would be cool. I’d love to hear what you’d like and then I can bust out a version 2 that will please you all.

Thanks again, – Vince

My dreamcast stopped reading discks aat one point, and kept resetting rather frquently. I ripped it apart, and apparently there were 6 power pins that needed poking. I poked them, put it back together, and proceeded to play PSO for 6 hours straight. Without a hitch!

Though if the GD reader unit’s bust properly, you could always just get on eBay for a working one… I’d have three DC’s by now. But I don”t have uses for them tbh… :(

How about making a small box that’s stuck to the guitar somewhere. Plug in, pick up your guitar and rock your way to the school bus, longhair. That’s portable.

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Those smokey amps are realy small and you have alot of unused space why not put a real amp in there.