A forum member at benheck.com decided to make his n64 a little bit smaller. He modded it and made it portable (kinda of). Amazing job and you can check out out more screens at the link.

Hello everyone. Merry Christmas.

A present for you all...

The Nintendo Sixtyfree Lite-R


Vaccum formed from 2mm sheet polystyrene.
Features include: Dual 3D sticks, D-Pad, L button, headphone socket and expansion pack!
The N64 was trimmed down to approximately half of its original size.
The cartridge slot is soldered directly to pins of the RCP.
The screens controls are integral of the D-Pad. While the start button is held down, Up/down control the volume and left/right control the brightness. Release the start button and it reverts back to controlling the n64.

Analogue C buttons

I originally made the C buttons analogue by using an LED bargraph circuit to inject square waves of different frequencies into the digital inputs. The frequency would increase as you pushed the potentiometer which would achieve the same result as rapidly tapping the button.

But, I left this out of the final design because I wasn't happy with the result. The side straf in Goldeneye moves at a different rate to the 'look up/down' function and this made the stick feel somewhat inaccurate. If I have time, I may make a guide for anyone who wishes to attempt it.

So the C stick is digital and registers a button press about halfway in each direction.
There are no internal batteries! Absolutely no room. But it plays fine with an infolithium clipped to the back or any 7.2v supply.
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  • 2
    chautemoc Dec 28, 08
    Good god. I must have this.
  • 0
    xxxRockerxxx Dec 28, 08
    Wow, that's really cool to say the least.
  • 2
    Paper Mario Dude Dec 28, 08
    this is complete proof that God exists.
    i want this so much..
    he needs to post a guide on how to make this, if he does, i will buy another N64 and rape it to make it look like this
  • 3
    Koloth Dec 28, 08
    That fact that he built it without including an internal battery pack makes it rather pointless. He could easily have just made it a few inches bigger and fixed that problem easily. It is impressive to say the least. But I'm saddened by his poorly planned design.
    • 0
      Sayyed* Dec 28, 08
      True, he could have just added a detachable battery pack or something.
  • 0
    Spurs_Rule_And_Rock Dec 28, 08
    It looks.......awesome...
  • 0
    McClubbin Dec 28, 08
    Haha that's actually pretty awesome. It's not something I'd buy but it's pretty imrpessive what the guy managed to do. Although, I can't say that I'm a fan of the analog stick and the AB buttons' positions. It seems pretty uncomfortable.
  • 0
    Aussie Legend* Dec 28, 08
    I'd pay for that.

    Though the button configuration would make some games impossible...
  • 0
    Disillusioned* Dec 28, 08
    That looks awesome.. what a cool idea.
    Though the position of the controls does look some what awkward and would make some games difficult.
  • 0
    Spurs_Rule_And_Rock Dec 28, 08
    Ok. We've caught on the thought of the positions of the buttons are lame. But who remembers the first Game Cube Controller? That was REALLY uncomfortable
  • 0
    Shinobi_razor Dec 28, 08
    nice job, Ben would be proud!
  • 0
    Smiffers* Dec 28, 08
    It's been done, Darth 64 is way better than this, even if the screens smaller.

    http://www.lumenlab.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26766

    Check it out.
    • 1
      chautemoc Dec 29, 08
      It looks horrible.
    • 1
      Spurs_Rule_And_Rock Dec 29, 08
      The darth 64 ...it's....'orrible!!!
    • 0
      Smiffers* Dec 29, 08
      Has a better button layout than N64 Lite-R, and has a charger.

      I'd take the Darth over that.
  • 0
    Miss Razz Dec 29, 08
    DO WANT!!

    25 characters
  • 0
    Mia Dec 30, 08
    He should sell this idea to Nintendo. He's be loaded, and we'd be happy!
  • 0
    Dine_Agoti Dec 30, 08
    I'd actually buy this. No, seriously.

    Instead of remaking the GameBoy (DS, whatever) a few hundred more times, Nintendo should remake the N64! :]
    • 0
      Shinobi_razor Jan 1, 09
      they never will since they now want folks to buy N64 games on virtual console.
  • 0
    Aussie Legend* Dec 31, 08
    Portalable Perfect Dark...

    ...*orgasm*
  • 0
    Best Player Ever Dec 31, 08
    Portable Banjo, Zelda, and Mario.
    MUST. HAVE. NOW!
  • 0
    Aussie Legend* Jan 1, 09
    It would sell better than the PSP lol
  • 0
    XboxOmac Jan 7, 09
    Nice, this would be great for fans of oldies.

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