Absolute madlad turns a PS1 into a handheld console and it’s beautiful

Gaming
is
awesome
and
so
are
the
majority
of
people
within
the
community.
They
are
capable
of
astonishing
feats
of
creativity,
just
like
this
one
from
an
enthusiastic
person
going
by
YveltalGriffin
who
has
taken
a
working
PS1
and
turned
it
into
a
stylish
portable
console.

“This
is
an
old-school
portable
with
lots
of
hot
glue. “

said
YveltalGriffin
on
the
BitBuilt
forums.

The
coolest
aspect
of
this
build
is
that
it
runs
on
original
PS1
hardware
rather
than
just
using
emulation
to
run
old
games
on
new
machinery.
To
do
it,
YveltalGriffin
took
the
original
PU-18
PS1
motherboard
and
massacred
it
so
that
it
could
be
cut
in
half,
folded
and
then
rewired.

YveltalGriffin
then
encased
the
whole
thing
in
a
printed
case,
along
with
a
very
stylish
strap,
then
packed
in
some
“beefy”
speakers
and
a
5″
640×480
screen.

Of
course,
running
discs
was
always
going
to
be
a
problem
so
Griffin
also
put
in
a
Xstation
ODE
so
that
games
can
be
run
straight
from
an
SD
card.

All
of
it
is
powered
by
a
battery
that
provides
about
2.5
hours
of
charge.

Griffin
is
humble
though,
and
does
point
out
that
it
has
a
few
drawbacks.
“No
heatsinks,
so
it
gets
nice
and
toasty
after
a
while”
Griffin
writes,
also
noting
that
it
doesn’t
have
volume
controls.
There’s
also
no
analogue
sticks,
meaning
a
couple
of
PS1
games
work.

Griffin
also
linked

to
a
fascinating
worklog
in
case
you
want
to
see
exactly
how
this
feat
of
brilliance
was
achieved.
In
theory,
you
could
get
a
hold
of
the
pieces
and
recreate
the
build
by
following
Griffin’s
worklog