Sega Gamepie 3
Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2018 5:20 pm
Hello all,
Ive been thinking about a portable retropie for a while now and I just happened to stumble across the perfect opportunity when I found a beat up gamegear at my local goodwill. The screen was said to not be working and but in my mind I was already looking ahead at a new screen to go with the upgraded pi3 internals.
So this project has been underway for a while now, its been a slow process so far, and likely will continue to be slow. This thread will serve as my WIP thread and will help me keep my project orderly, as I can be a bit ADD and scatter brained sometimes especially mid-project.
I'll try to keep the thread orderly and update as I go.
From the start; here is the orginal gear: Testing my Pi, running retropie: PS2 USB Controller and BW 3.5 Inch TFT LCD Monitor for Car Disassemble and Testing: Once, I made sure everything was working I started to mod the game gear case: I still have some more mods to come to the case, I want to include an L1R1 & L2R2 buttons as well but I dont know exactly how I want to implement them yet. I would like them to look stock and "original" to the case. Ideas are welcome here
The hardware will be discussed as a follow up. I can't seem to attach any more pictures so I will include those in the next.
Ive been thinking about a portable retropie for a while now and I just happened to stumble across the perfect opportunity when I found a beat up gamegear at my local goodwill. The screen was said to not be working and but in my mind I was already looking ahead at a new screen to go with the upgraded pi3 internals.
So this project has been underway for a while now, its been a slow process so far, and likely will continue to be slow. This thread will serve as my WIP thread and will help me keep my project orderly, as I can be a bit ADD and scatter brained sometimes especially mid-project.
I'll try to keep the thread orderly and update as I go.
From the start; here is the orginal gear: Testing my Pi, running retropie: PS2 USB Controller and BW 3.5 Inch TFT LCD Monitor for Car Disassemble and Testing: Once, I made sure everything was working I started to mod the game gear case: I still have some more mods to come to the case, I want to include an L1R1 & L2R2 buttons as well but I dont know exactly how I want to implement them yet. I would like them to look stock and "original" to the case. Ideas are welcome here

The hardware will be discussed as a follow up. I can't seem to attach any more pictures so I will include those in the next.