Modder takes hacksaw and sizzling glue to authentic Xbox to create a gaming handheld — ‘portable monstrosity’ has uncovered spinning DVD within the heart and loads of duct tape, however works as meant

YouTuber James Channel set himself fairly a problem: to transmogrify the “biggest, heaviest, power-hungry console anybody had ever seen” right into a handheld. However, as you possibly can see from the video beneath (h/t PC Gamer), his quest was successful. It may not be essentially the most elegant conversion we’ve seen, with the cut-up and pared-down console largely held collectively utilizing duct tape and sizzling glue, however it’s a sight to behold. The naked DVD, spinning at ~10,000RPM, that sits central to the design, provides a little bit of a danger-thrill to the retro gaming expertise, too.

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The video begins with James grabbing an authentic Xbox from his cabinets stuffed filled with iconic consoles in varied states of disrepair. But the chosen black and inexperienced field from Microsoft isn’t able to be transformed, simply but. It has a variety of faults that want repairing whereas it’s in its native state, earlier than the hacksaw and sizzling glue-driven modding begins. Starting with a identified working pattern will simplify any troubleshooting additional down the road.

Once repaired, the unique Xbox is lower down with a view to portability by James, who tosses undesirable elements and shards of case to the ground. This isn’t going to be a mod that solely depends on the unique Xbox, although. James additionally pillages an previous iPod transportable video dock for display screen and audio system, replaces the “huge heavy” 3.5-inch HDD with a Compact Flash drive resolution, and saws Xbox controllers in half to flank the central display screen/console space.

James gave up on this venture for 3 weeks, however reenergized, returned to it to finish the job. A hurdle that had stubbornly stood in the best way of successful was overcome when he discovers that seven out of eight Xbox drives he purchased as donors for this venture have been DOA… After placing this unhealthy luck within the used elements lottery (and a miss-crimped IDE connector) within the rearview mirror, the admitted “portable monstrosity” can come to life.

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