GE Handheld?

[Jagmaster]

the 3d printer idea is good too... but i don't have one. and don't have ANY parts to make one... oh well... life's not perfect...

Check out the shapeways link above - you can upload a 3D file, then pay shapeways to print it out for you, and then they mail it to you. You pay them per cubic centimeter, which can get expensive depending on what material you use. Plus, you'd have to learn a bit of 3D modelling in order to make your design. So, in any case, you would probably leave that for the last step (after you got else everything working). Someday, I'm gonna try this printing service out myself.

And about the sega genesis, do tell me if you actually find one for around 25 bucks, a lot of the comments on amazon said that's what they got them for at the dollar store (even $50 dollars seems a bit steep). those comments were from last November, so I don't even know if that price is still applicable.

[Goomba]

the link u gave was about 50 bucks and looks awesome... and as for the shapeways... i dont see link but i will check it out!

[Goomba]

my word makslane! i was extracting the main .zip file that withheld ge's code and the window said: 34,7XX(i cant remember after the 7) items discovered! and also, when i tried to right click the .zip to extract it it froze my com up! still looking at it anyways.

[Goomba]

sry about the blnk pic... didnt mean to post that... now what i was orginaly going to say: ok... i think i found a good place to start.... i found this thing that uses raspberry pi to play games off an emulator........ i can use that, and see if i can find the code for it and mebbe edit it a little bit... of course though imma going to have to look at ge's code too... or mebbe i am over-thinking this entire project... btw: i think i might use an actual gameboy instead of the sega thing... why? because 1. it's cheaper and 2. it might be easier to use... nothing is concrete until i buy the pi... i need to save my money up but in the mean time i will do the coding...

[Goomba]

any questions?

[hunter84]

How is it coming along?

[Goomba]

not that well... i have finals at school so i have paused...

[Goettsch]

hi,i had the same idea as you but i don't want to make a handheld but a portable console(there isn't much difference)(probably it's the same thing)
and i found two videos about making a raspberry pi portable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUZjzQuTNX4 part1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DVyHE8MJLY part2

hope this help

[Goettsch]

sorry Goomba but you can't use raspberry pi to make your handheld since raspberry pi can't work with any OS(operating system)there are only 4 os you can use and they aren't good for a handheld (others will be ported like Android(actually it is very very very slow))


http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads

[Goomba]

i watched a video where a guy used an emulator(said before) for a gameboy.... i COULD use Linux.... that was part of the original plan...

[Goomba]

oh! I ALMOST forgot: I have some unfortunate news.... D: I have too many projects in my mind right now... so i need to organize them and do them one at a time.. i have like four games, one video, art stuff, and of course the handheld.. i am going to stop production till i figure it out....

[Turon]

How are things going with the "GE Pocket" It seems like it could be better than GP2X!
GP2X HAS NO D PAD! But the GE Pocket has, Big Thumbs up for GE Pocket!

[Goomba]

THanks! I haven't started due to not having money to do it and also I have been trying to figure out how it'lll all fit together... however, recently I have begun to make games and im still working on this! IT WILL BE MADE ONE WAY OR ANOTHER!!!

[Zivouhr]

Best of luck with the handheld system. For funding, if you can gain enough support ahead of time, kickstarter or those funding sites would be a good way to fund something like they did with that Ouya Cube project, which I'm not sure how well it turned out, but sounded like a good effort.

[Goomba]

really? Interesting..... Something I'm DEFINITELY looking into.