Comments on: Ask Ben Heck

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:55:48 +0000

What is two or three of the best consoles to hack or mod and why?I really would like to have a console that plays all game systems and have a gigantic hard drive to do it,even though I realize the old school games take almost no space on todays hard drives.I value your opinion and would like to know which console/consoles are best for turning into an universal console.THANKS & Looking forward to your reply!!!

By: smicbng

smicbng — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:27:50 +0000

i’ve got ps2 from my friend, and i want add hardisk to my ps2 but i don’t know how. pleeez give me the way. email me how to do it coz i don’t know everything… thank’s guyz…!!

By: DSdude2007

DSdude2007 — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:54:45 +0000

Hey ben :) I’d love to see some wonderful mods to the nintendo DS. frankly there are not any out there. And if anyone can do it, its you. so when are ya going to do some :P. Good job on the 360laptop, i’d love to have one of those. It came out so clean it looked as if it was ment to be that way. Keep up all your amazing work, i can’t wait to see your next project!

By: Pekar

Pekar — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:27:49 +0000

What were you for Halloween?
and
Have you done any interesting modifications to things other than game systems??

By: weirdguy0101

weirdguy0101 — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:13:05 +0000

I would really like to knwo his reasoning for even using a resivor on the x360 laptop…most of the time thye are just to look cool

By: mattyfu

mattyfu — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 07:19:38 +0000

Have you ever had any really ridiculous idea's like "man building a game and watch gallery into a hamburger would be perfect?" if so what are they?

Can you do a flip? How about a handstand? A walking one? That would be rad.

By: sgt_easton

sgt_easton — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 06:06:35 +0000

Can you share with us how to make a battery life indicator like the one on your PS2?

By: Ben Hou

Ben Hou — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 05:40:16 +0000

What is your favourite mod so far?
Which creation of yours do you personally use the most?

By: sgt_easton

sgt_easton — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:34:59 +0000

The battery you used for the PS2p: Your build story stated that the battery you used had an output of 9V. I looked it up at Wal-Mart.com, and there it says 7.2V.
Link: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=2350787

I don't think a PS2 can run off of 7.2V, so did you have a different battery, or what?

By: croz

croz — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 10:50:25 +0000

With your successes with making portable versions of home systems, have you considered making some home systems out of portables?

By: some person

some person — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:22:49 +0000

@8:
i was thinking of finding (or using a DS (or) Lite’s) LI-Ion battery and making a Wiimote charger, if only Ben Heck is reading this

By: elg0nz

elg0nz — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:06:20 +0000

First, what’s your favorite console and why?
Second, i’ll ask the same thing as David Perry, What would you do to bring the sony psp back to life, what design errors you see software and hardware wise? (i mean, such an poweful system ruined by drm and overpriced hardware)

By: Matt R.

Matt R. — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:10:48 +0000

What are your plans for the wii? With the novel new input device, portability doesn’t seem entirely plausible… So do you plan to do anything with it at all? I’m dying to know.

By: PKM

PKM — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:49:09 +0000

I was going to say “interviews with the hacking big names, like ben heck, would be shiny” in the podcast feedback… 8|
My question would be, what would you like to see in the new generation of handhelds/consoles, either for the unadulterated system or for hackability? and what potential do you see for novel interface gizmos like those in the revol.. sorry, the Wii?

By: monster

monster — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:33:12 +0000

can i have your children?

seriously though, is there a reason you chose not to do a gamecube portable? i have heard that they are difficult but you surely can do it. their small size just begs for a conversion