The Queen of Bondo is back again, this time with an adorably small NES portable, the HandyNES.
When last saw [lovablechevy], she had just finished up her build of a Nintenduo, a build that stuffed an NES and SNES into a single box. The Nintenduo was such a clean build it would be a crime to let her talents go to waste, so [Lovablechevy] finished up one of the smallest NES portables we’ve seen.
The build is based on a top-loading NES with a 3.5″ screen. [rekarp]’s NES2 composite mod was used to get the NES and screen working together. Two LiIon batteries provide 3 hours of play time (with a low battery indicator, natch).
[lovablechevy] also included an AV out so she can connect her HandyNES to a larger CRT screen. Like our old Sega Nomad, this allows for a little two-player action – player one using the HandyNES and player two using an extra controller. Support for the Zapper was also included after modding the Zapper connection to a USB port.
Check out the video walkthrough after the break. To prove that her build isn’t a clone, [lovablechevy] also include a video of herself playing Battletoads past the point where the clones crash. Excellent work from the Queen of Bondo.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBQk3E_tEWc&w=470]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI_iek6mNfk&w=470]
USB Zapper what? Last thing I heard about the zapper and USB was from ZeroSoft and he hasn’t updated that for years…
i simply changed the player 2 port from the 7 pin nes port to a 5 pin usb port. and have a switch to allow for a controller or a zapper.
I’m not sure if “The Queen of Bondo” sounds hot or terrifying.
IS DAT SUM BATTLETOADS???!!!
Battletoads ftw.
Mine is not nearly as well put together, but it is smaller:
http://www.dashfest.com/?p=344
That is a nintendo on a chip not the full NES hardware. NOACs are not compatible with all NES games and typically have poor sound replication.
yes, as is stated about mine, it is one of the smallest original hardware portable nes’s in existence. noac clones can be made much smaller. my goal was to take an actual nintendo made by nintendo themselves, and make it as small as i could. and that is what this is. :)
Very nice work there; lovely portable, well made and the red and white looks super rad !
Ahh.. Teaches me to not read the article fully. Well, you’ve given me something to aim for then.. Must make it smaller.
:P
We must mate this woman with Ben Heck so we can breed a legion of super hackers, its the only way we can take on the Chinese!! (Sorry lovablechevy, you’ll just have to take one for the team. :)
ugh is this really that great?
What the hell does natch mean? naturally? If so, then just say that and stop trying to be hip.
Great hardware hacking! Aesthetics really make this exceptional!