I like this idea, though what's stopping some Chinaware company from just buying up a metric shitload of old phones, slapping in new batteries, and forming a new chassis with a built-in controller around the phone? That'd cut out the middleman and make it not such a DIY project.
Keeping it in a DIY form could keep the cost down, and allow users to just provide their own phones that litter their drawers. It shouldn't cost much more than a standard game controller for such a kit. Though, with how few phones can be completely flashed with a new OS, it would be limited. Still, however, being able to recycle phones like that would be a hell of a lot better than leaving them to rot in landfills.
Don't a lot of used phones get shipped overseas? Like they land in the hands of Africans who use them to... I dunno, break open rocks or something. I dunno if a little kit like that would be worth anyone's time to actually recycle their own phones, when they'll already wind up polluting Africa, which frankly is a win-win for everyone (except the Africans).
Maybe, maybe not. I don't know. Africa is not of my concern, and it's not yours, either. The point I'm trying to make is, smartphones have been plenty powerful enough for well over a decade to run most consoles you'd want to emulate, and they tend to have very nice screens, to boot. How much is an OLED Steam Deck? Well over $500? Ah, but if you provide most of the components yourself, you'll have a luxurious little handheld for pennies on the dollar!
Dogg I'm sorry but I am not prying apart my old janky ass Galaxy S4 and sticking it in a Mad Catz controller chassis so I can play the bing bing wahoo. I get what you're saying, I like little DIY projects, but there's just so much that can go wrong. All it takes is for one doofus to stab a battery with a screwdriver, he blows himself to kingdom come, and the whole project's dead in the water. I figure if it were really viable, we'd see more homemade game console kits for things like Raspberry Pis. Those do exist, but they're more, like, designed around getting an understanding on how you'd assemble a prototype game system rather than one you'd actually want to use day-to-day. I'm sure there's a lot more that can go wrong that I can't think of at the moment, but I'm just not feeling this idea.
First of all, a Galaxy S4 wouldn't work. Take for instance, the compatibility list for GrapheneOS. It only supports Google Pixel phones, but not Samsungs. My vision entails a complete phone OS replacement, so the platform can be entirely controlled by external (replacement chassis) buttons. Your worries of a doofus stabbing shouldn't ever bare fruit, as such a project would be out of the grasp of your garden variety overenthusiastic idiot. The aim is to provide a quality pocket-sized gaming experience at a considerably low price, with a fun little project that makes its construction all the more satisfying.
I dunno, man. There are plenty of smartphone manufacturers out there that crank out phones in all price ranges, yet not a single one is making an Android-based handheld game system. If there were money in it, I'm sure Samsung would be pumping out those A50-something models as game systems. But they're not. And speaking of replacing the chassis, have you ever actually dismantled a cellphone? Those sons-a-bitches are held together with very strong glue. Disassembling them inherently compromises their strength, destroys their waterproof seals, and there are so many tiny little screws, there's a reason so many people take their phones to repair shops and give some pajeet a hundred bucks for a new screen.
You really are Gene Shalit, aren't you?
That is true.
Behold, the Logitech Powershell:
How do you like the specs for the RG35XX-H? The price point of RG35XXSP puts it fairly in the "sure, fuck it, why not" through I would like to get a better understand of the D-pad.
I like the d-pad. The specs are good for the price point, but you should only expect to reliably play up through PS1/GBA and the lower range of N64, with anything beyond that being a bonus. There’s also Portmaster for native ports of newer low-spec games, just don’t expect to play every game with that kind of power.
As I said before,
Grossly overpriced, it looks like way too much of a pain to use on the software side, it looks uncomfortable, and the bottom screen is tiny.
https://www.estarland.com/product-d...-Component-Refurbished-System---Grade-A/58943
SNES has a pretty safe library, and I'd suggest Kirby and Mario. If you get some translated games there's pretty cute Japanese games like Miracle Girls and DoReMi Fantasy.
Or be a cool gamer and play genuine gemerald kino like Claymates or Rendering Ranger R2, who the hell wants to play trooncore like "DoReMi Fantasy" what pack you smokin rn
