PSP2, the pictures « Akihabara News

Published on May 19th,2005 at 9:30 AM
By >Daimaou - G.G-B

PSP2, the pictures

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E3 has not unveiled everything yet!
In a world exclusive premiere, AkihabaraNews unveils the first pictures of the upcoming PSP2!

No! I’m kidding, this is not the PSP2

The real news

A bunch of Japanese DIY’ers had a useless old Famicom console and decided to build their own PSP. They started by tearing the console apart…

After dismantling the beast, this is what they kept: the motherboard and the CPU.

They started looking for a cheap screen… and managed to get their hands on an old pachinko screen (a vertical Japanese flipper).

Then there was the joystick problem. The solution: cut the Famicom’s controller in half.

A bit of glue, a plastic casing, lots of wires to connect everything…

And finally the batteries… and there it is, the Poor man’s PSP :-p

Quite cool, no?

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Anonymous

do you think there is a tutorial on how to do a thing like that
Anonymous

dumb nerds. make me one!!!!!![/list][/code]
Anonymous

more like:a portable famicom, and tath is a famicon clone
Anonymous

thats the ugliest thing ever
Anonymous

Can you still buy Famicoms in Japan? I know it sounds a stupid question, but do you seen them in Akihabara for, like 15 euro?
Daimaou

teknotom said:
Can you still buy Famicoms in Japan? I know it sounds a stupid question, but do you seen them in Akihabara for, like 15 euro?

Oh yes ! You can still buy some Famicom…
Anonymous

Great! I always wanted to own one, but I always had Sega machines when I was a kid (mostly my parents buying wrong christmas presents!) How much would one cost in Japan now? Also, is it tru that the first version doesn’t actually have inputs for non-Japanese TVs?
Cyclotron_burst

Im thinking I would definately take a trip to Akihabara if I didnt live on the other side of the world.
teknotom

Well I’m off to Japan next may, and I’m in England… Seriously hoping they bring the Nintendo Revolution release forward
teknotom

someone said:
more like:a portable famicom, and tath is a famicon clone

Because you’d really chop an original into pieces – an AV maybe
Cyclotron_burst

teknotom said:

someone said:
more like:a portable famicom, and tath is a famicon clone

Because you’d really chop an original into pieces – an AV maybe

That is so true. If I had an original Famicom it would be in a glass case or something. But sadly I only have a front loading Nintendo Entertainment System that I got with the Light Gun and the Powerpad when it came out in the states. But it still works to play Super Mario Brothers 3

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