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Portable Super Nintendo SUPERTENDO
Portable Super Nintendo SUPERTENDO
Hey, Marshall here. This is a portable Super Nintendo, which means it's battery powered, with a built-in 5-inch LCD, speakers, etc. It even has a headphone jack! Ok, now onto the serious business. Click the arrow to see how I made it. See how I made it
sleek, compact portable snes mod
sleek, compact portable snes mod
technabob.com — The Super Nintendo has been the target of some really sweet mods in its time, and this... latest portable fits right into that pantheon of excellent mods. Marshall’s Supertendo looks so good that you’d swear it was professionally made.  ... (more) sleek, compact portable snes mod
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SUPERTENDO portable SNES hack elevates an artform to something impressively commercial
SUPERTENDO portable SNES hack elevates an artform to something impressively commercial
engadget.com — Yeah, we're all been-there-done-that with portable SNESs these days, but we've never seen it done like this.... Marshall posted his creation, dubbed the "SUPERTENDO," to Ben Heck's forums, which seems to imply (along with the looks) that he took some ... (more) SUPERTENDO portable SNES hack elevates an artform to ...
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Supertendo: The Nintendo DS-Quality SNES Portable
Tech Blog — ... For a Nintendo DS-quality SNES portable that features a 5-inch LCD display, integrated speakers, and headphone jack, look no further than Supertendo. Continue reading to see it in-action. Click here for first picture in gallery. What really sets this one apart, however, is the vacuum-formed chassis and the instant "make me an offer" move to a sale, we like to see a guy who's out for a buck. [via Retroactive - Engadget] ...

sleek, compact portable snes mod
technabob — ... custom handheld, check out this picture from the point of view of the top of the portable, where the cartridge fits. The design works really well around the SNES game cartridge. And you can even follow along with the entire creation process on Marshall’s website. Even the wiring is beautifully done. It’s enough to make me want to build one myself, except I would probably manage to electrocute myself and then set the house on fire. [Supertendo via Ben Heck forums]

The Supertendo Portable SNES
CrunchGear — ... But instead this device was constructed with the help of a vacuum-former and a bit of hand wiring. Currently six AA rechargeable Ni-MH batteries power the device for about 2 hours. Want it? Well, you better hurry up before it gets more gadget blog coverage today and email the builder as he is selling it. I would expect the builder to make well over the $200 it cost him to construct it. Supertendo via technabob

SUPERTENDO portable SNES hack elevates an artform to something impressively commercial
Engadget — ... Yeah, we're all been-there-done-that with portable SNESs these days, but we've never seen it done like this. Marshall posted his creation, dubbed the "SUPERTENDO," to Ben Heck's forums, which seems to imply (along with the looks) that he took some queues from similar ...

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