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by megalon
Sat Nov 30, 2013 4:29 am
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: NES inside Gameboy DMG Shell (ideas? Not Raspberry PI)
Replies: 21
Views: 9577

Re: NES inside Gameboy DMG Shell (ideas? Not Raspberry PI)

I'll probably stick with FPGA I think. It should not be very expensive an might be under $50. But it's gonna be fun :)
by megalon
Mon Nov 25, 2013 5:50 pm
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: NES inside Gameboy DMG Shell (ideas? Not Raspberry PI)
Replies: 21
Views: 9577

Re: NES inside Gameboy DMG Shell (ideas? Not Raspberry PI)

qbradq yeah, I'm trying to look at all the pros and cons of each variant. PI is cheaper indeed, and FPGA is a bit of an overkill for the job either... What's definitely the "cleanest" way to do that is to hack a clone. But in this case I'm gonna need to remove the cartridge slot and conne...
by megalon
Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:48 pm
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: NES inside Gameboy DMG Shell (ideas? Not Raspberry PI)
Replies: 21
Views: 9577

Re: NES inside Gameboy DMG Shell (ideas? Not Raspberry PI)

It's true that GB has splash screen. But NES does not :) And most importantly GB splash takes mere seconds, while Raspberry PI takes some time... and it takes some time to launch an emulator. PI's problem is that it's a PC. DMG has 8 buttons. PI is capable of Keyboard, mouse, networking, HD output e...
by megalon
Mon Nov 25, 2013 4:38 am
Forum: NES Hardware and Flash Equipment
Topic: NES inside Gameboy DMG Shell (ideas? Not Raspberry PI)
Replies: 21
Views: 9577

NES inside Gameboy DMG Shell (ideas? Not Raspberry PI)

Hi there, It's a really old idea - make an NES inside Gameboy DMG and there are some implementations. But it's usually either a bulky monster with a cartridge slot attached to the back or a raspberry PI. The former is not very portable anymore and the latter... well, I think it's like killing the fl...