Designing my own Game Console

Some time ago I built an arcade machine to play retro games, using a Raspberry Pi and RetroPie to emulate old consoles. Since then, I always wondered if I could also build a handheld game console from scratch, downscaling all the components until I could make it portable enough for the hands. This project moved fast and was finished long time ago, but I had a lot of setbacks. The camera I was using suddenly broke and I couldn't finish the last scenes until very recently.

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Timestamps:
0:00 First prototype
0:37 Display
1:05 Buttons
1:58 Battery
2:29 Wiring
3:51 Case
5:33 Reveal

[LeandroLinares]

I hope you enjoy the video!
I'd really appreciate it if you consider subscribing :)

[Bboreal]

What a time to be alive. The fact that anyone can build a portable gaming console that runs every game of my childhood never stops to amaze me.

[BuildItnow]

This is honestly one of the cleanest builds I've seen on a DIY console.

[handleneedscharactersormore]

The whole vibe of your cinematography+soundtrack is so pre 2015
I love it

[StuntedSith]

Man, I am beyond Impressed! I wish I had all the requisite skills needed to do something like this. Sure it is 3D printed and little rough, but the pride of playing on something you made from scratch has to feel incredible.

[chainsawhero]

You could give me all the tools this guy has and 100 years and I wouldn’t be able to make this. I’m always impressed when people make things from scratch like this. Very cool.

[JustOnlyOnePiece]

The sheer amount of knowledge, passion and patience this brother posses is mind blowing. Loved every bit of it.

[evren.builds]

Great build man!' Awesome cinematograpy, was a joy to watch ^^

[samsoow]

I don't know why companies can't just make such a simple design, if one man can do it. It looks absolutely gorgeous, it's perfectly sized and seems very comfortable.

[Kit_an_Code]

Beautiful. Immaculate. Marvelous. Thank you for sharing what humanity can accomplish when there is joy involved. This made me cry.

[dlikethis]

this is just a hidden gem, this is a truly understandable video with all the stages and development. and most importantly, even without a single word(!) everything is absolutely clear from the main idea of ​​the video

[luisa]

This project is just perfect, I really would love one day be able to bring to the reality my ideas as you. Thanks for this I really appreciate this type of content.
Te ganaste un nuevo sub:)

[starstriker]

designing a handheld looked more complicated than i imagined! Thanks for sharing it. Lets appreciate every console designer, factory assembler on handheld of their hardwork for our entertainment.

[the_game]

0:06 Ah, like every fun DIY project, it needs a Raspberry Pi

[tucka]

You did it so well that I really couldn't stop myself from looking at this handheld console. One of my biggest dreams is to design my own handheld console and thanks to this video I got more enthusiastic THANKS and good luck.

[trispi]

This is inspirational, the end product looks amazing. I'm building one based off a laptop, not quite as all out as yours (mine uses joycons rather than custom controls) but still taken more than a year to design and build, so I appreciate what went into this!

[potapich]

Nicely done! The more I look, the more the DIY aesthetics of it feels like a style in itself

[johnchiluiza]

This is literally one of the best builds and looks professional that I've ever seen, amazing and great job. Wow! Are you selling this case, I would buy it quickly.

[Whatsoeverlol]

man what a calming video no yapping no complaining no talking about useless stuff no unfunny jokes no useless dumb and annoying editing this the best console building video i watched matter fact i am liking this on both of my accounts unlike some other creators like jacob r and you deserve to be more popular

[KaioSteter]

Pretty awesome project, regards from Brazil ( in case if you read my comment inside all those about more than 930 comments)... Congrats about the genius work done in this projects, see ya!