Off the hop, we love portable consoles. To be clear, we don’t just mean handhelds like the 3DS, or RetroPie builds, but when a maker takes a home console from generations past and hacks a childhood fantasy into reality — that’s amore. So, it’s only natural that [Bill Paxton]’s GameCube re-imagined as a Game Boy Advance SP has us enthralled.
Originally inspired by an early 2000’s imagined mockup of a ‘next-gen’ Game Boy Advance, [Paxton] first tried to wedge a Wii disk drive into this build. Finding it a bit too unwieldy, he opted for running games off of SD cards using a WASP Fusion board instead. Integrating the controller buttons into the 3D printed case took several revisions. Looking at the precise modeling needed to include the L and R shoulder buttons, that is no small feat.
Sadly, this GameCube SP doesn’t have an on-board battery, so you can’t go walking about with Windwaker. It does, however, include a 15 pin mini-din VGA-style port to copy game saves to the internal memory card, a switching headphone jack, amp, and speakers. Check it out after the break!
Before you cry “Nintendo Switch did it first,’ remember that makers have been at this for years, and years, and years. Keep them coming!
That is a beautiful build, but the fat power cord! Now I want to build one with my old GC!
This just makes me giggle madly.
Keymu – open source keychain-sized gaming console, with a battery and charger, no required power cord, fits in the palm of your hand:
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Tiny pi, the world’s smallest pi based gaming device
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But neither are relevant to this post
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Thanks for the pic!
Sweet build! I wish the shots of the back buttons weren’t so blurry, but it definitely has me looking at one of my beatup GCs. My wife would love it!
Hey, really nice build. I’d like to do a GCp some day. One of my favorite consoles.
Glad to see the GC disc-drive replacements are viable for these things.
For sale? Like to make offer if so
Was wondering if you can make me a GameCube advance sp and if you could give me a reasonable price
How much do I have to pay do get one of these made for me? The only other things I’d want are game boy game comparability and an on-board battery. Too much to ask? idk
How much for the gamecube advance sp?