I saw that photo in a magazine when I was twelve and went straight to the store asking for it. The employee stocking the shelves thought I was nuts. Thank you for making this real!
I'm sure he printed it for many other use cases and just included it in the bit. I mean, the usefulness of a 3d printed loaf should never be underestimated.
and you know the best part ? they are actually pretty possible, especially with the recent single board computers that are as powerful as high end phones and even some gaming pc's. a good example would be the orange pi 5 and the lattepanda delta (but its very expensive)
Sir, you've tapped into a gold mine of actually creating, mostly old, rumored "next gen game consoles" from the past, while informing the viewers the entire history and context of said rumored console, also, while showing the viewers how you built it....Sir, you just gained a new subscriber. Great job! Looking forward to more. 👍
I remember seeing this mockup back in 2005 and thinking how cool that would be. Watching you actually build it so many years later makes me genuinely happy :D
5:56 this design actually looks comfy to hold but i understand you went with a boxier design and built in the end. it fits the "Cube" part of the GameCube very well. im happy someone made an effort to replicate a design from years ago THAT ACTUALLY GAMES!
@@BHNative for rich people who need a useless trinket for no other reason than just to have it, yeah. You can easily just get a controller and emulate those games on a cheap laptop, but nooo Fucking westerners. Wish we could get socialism going in the world
I wonder if there is a way to completely Frankenstein the disc reader to make it fit. The Wii's size of it might be because it supports standard large disk sizes, but who knows
@@BHNative he's spoken about this before and it unfortunately wouldn't be legal to sell without nintendo's permission because it is still their patent property copyright or whatever.
18:05 HE MADE THAT!? I remember wanting that PSP to be Reality! It was such an amazing idea! Now the only thing I can see running it would be with Switch internals lol
For anyone wondering, if you calculate the average of every square centimeter of white plastic bits, and multiply it by the area of the workbench, you get approximately 22573 white plastic bits. I'm awaiting my used Bass Pro Shop gift card eagerly.
The weird round corners are for the 'laptop' style lid to be easier to open - in the renders, it's pretty clear that the top front edge is straight across, and UNDER the top edge is where the lip starts to dip in. Like the little notch on the bottom half of a macbook, except allllll the way across. I don't know the technical term for it but it's a very common design in folding devices, a spot for the thumb to catch and pop it open much easier in comparison to, say, the SP/DS Lite, which had no such thumb notch.
@@GingerOfOz I think it's interesting how the worlds of visual design / mockups and physical design / prototypes clash so strongly. As you mentioned, the shape makes it unusual to hold, and it definitely was designed by someone focusing on aesthetics. Perhaps it's preaching to a choir to say this, but I feel like it would actually be incredibly interesting to see you, Shank, or someone similar take a crack at re-making this, but with the focus leaning heavily on modernising/optimizing it, rather than trying to realistically copy the original look. This would certainly make some things easier - the hinge comes to mind for sure (and as someone who's built/owned/modded over 2 dozen DSes, that hinge nintendo uses is absolutely dreamy haha)
All I can say is this is the most awesome video I've ever watched. I am now a follower of you man can't wait to see more. Sad your not selling this one but maybe someday.
@Dizzy Gear It's weird to hear that, because I've modded/owned over a dozen DS Lites (still have one from launch and 2 from within a year after that) and literally none of them have had hinge failures, maybe you're just being too damn hard on your equipment?
@Malice Yeah I've never had my 3DS hinges break with all the shit that happens to them. They got squeaky after I dropped it but that just went away after I stopped using it for a while then went back to it.
Thanks man! I don't plan to sell more of these, mostly because this portable is pretty garbage utility-wise compared to my other portables. An hour of battery life is really rough and this thing isn't built to withstand anything but incredibly gentle care.
Yeah, we should collect all the mock-ups possible and have youtubers make them. Then show the gaming companies so that we can get our hands on some as well.
Maybe if the disk was flipped with artwork on top the disk drive could be feasible, the OG concept design is flawed because it isn't possible with today's technology. At least I don't think is....
the slot for inserting the mini cd disks without having a function made me laugh, but then later it made me became unsettled, because you are scratching the disks that way lol
That mock up was what made me interested in portablized consoles, it made me look through Ben heck's site way back a whole lot. While I still haven't built my own yet I own a ps2 and a Wii portable now. ☺️
@@senseal5462 Hi Senseal, I figured I would check if this one was able to use a disc drive on a modern portable but at least it looks really cool. 😅 It's funny seeing you here too bro.
When life tells you you can’t play a GameCube on the go, tell them they’re wrong, all you need is a Flatscreen TV, GameCube, Controllers, a portable generator, and lastly, a Car. Now you can play your GameCube while on those long car trips! That or just have something like this video commissioned or something
Just to be clear: I love the Wii to death and whatever its specs were, it transcended them in sheer fun and sometimes technically as well: Mario Galaxy says what.
Wow! What a wild turn of events in terms of discovery. Especially when it turns out the dude who made the render was already follows you on Instagram. Huge props for the video.
Holy fucking shit. I remember being heartbroken as a kid when I found out it wasn’t real. Thank you for finally bringing this to life! Now all I need is the SEGA Phoenix
@@xdragoonzero0 I have an unfinished ps2 portable with a disc drive on the workbench, but it’s been a while since I’ve worked on it. It’s 100% possible, even if impractical
@@jonnyb9843 I think in this precise form factor this is virtually impossible. Needs a lot more space for the track of the laser, the small motor must take quite a bit of space as well. Plus add some physical overhead to be able to insert discs like the Wii does (and the extra mechanic to suck in/eject discs).. If the handheld opens, you may get around it. Maybe if you get rid of the battery, still not even sure. And more importantly, the alignment of the optics seems really easy to mess up if you are going to assemble such a small disc drive. Would be an amazing feat. Anyway, I'm baffled the Wii can be trimmed to that extent. That build is wild, and about the battery that's absolutely not a low-power device to begin with so 1h30 is amazing!
I honestly think it's possible, but the thing would probably be a bit *wide* Not necessarily thick though, you could probably cannibalize a disc drive from a Dell Optiplex, they come with some pretty thin disc drives. Only real issue would be to solve the problem of discs getting scratched while moving the handheld around, maybe sticking some small bits of foam in the drive to prevent the disc from hitting the top or bottom? They'd have to be really low profile. idk but that'd be the hardest part.
they exist! dvd camcorders have drives that already fit in a handheld device, I don't know if they can be made to read gamecube discs but it would be fun to try.
The issue would be game disc reading. If games were as simple to read as putting them in a disc reader, piracy would be much easier. That's one layer of defence gone. So yeah, you need the specific disc readers to read these discs.
if he made it a bit thicker, he could maybe put a small motor and laser to read discs and use a shrunken disc reader motherboard, i think it's possible, or make the disc reader behind the screen, but the challenge comes when sliding the disc in, he could do it psp-way and make it open when a button is pressed then put the disc.
I always liked the idea of making portable cd hardware more portable by using those small gamecube CDs. It's a shame the actual gamecube CD readers were too big. I get it though and this is still so neat.
Yeah that was the biggest drawback to the GameCube being "portable". It was definitely more compact than it's competition, but a lot of the hardware could only be so small. I do like the concept of this though.
@@mysticmind4563 any disk based haldheld in general, not only they are huge but also suck a lot of power, which means either you have to get a huge battery setup or have low battery life
With this, we're one step closer, my brothers and sisters. The day of the Xbox 720 will soon arise! Great video by the way, you always knock it out of the baby park.
You're genuinely hysterical and a brilliant person! I always wanted to make portable consoles to play games in the woods but I never had the technical skills for this kind of stuff.
The original Gamecube was portable with addons. It had a battery pack that attached to the bottom the same way the gameboy player attached, which powered not only the system itself but also the clamshell style LCD screen that attached to the top of the system. When you factor in Wavebirds and that it had a built in carrying handle, the system seems to have been intended to be portable in this fashion from the get-go.
Let's goooo, I was a little skeptical when you first started asking around about that image but here you are with a perfect replica, I'm beyond impressed, good job ginger
i love how you adjusted the volume of the backing Lake Hylia track from Four Swords Adventures when you moved the volume slider lol. Amazing touch. Almost as amazing as the rest of the portable (Also sorry to nitpick but the bumps on the render dont potrude out the sides and the sides are completely flat... Not that it matters cause this is an incredible build)
I want you to know this is SO COOL, this render is literally in so many people’s subconscious that it is amazing to see it become actualized. Amazing job!
Props to this guy. This is the direction console technology should go in. Decrease in size and simultaneously making it very possible to make older ones portable. Well made vid
Trying to find a 4:3 OLED panel is hard still. The closest thing is the Microsoft Surface Duo 2, or a foldable, and at that point you might as well emulate GameCube, because those devices can handle it.
@@Shoeboxcat7 yeah I currently have 9 gamecube games emulated on my aya neo handheld pc: Simpsons hit and run, Simpsons road rage, Prince of persia sands of time, crash bandicoot wrath of cortex, wave race blue storm, vexx, tak, ty the tasmanian tiger, Donald duck going quackers
Honestly just making it wider for those with bigger hands (and installing the disk drive) and extend the battery life. Then again this was a mock-up of an artist rendition. If one was to make something like, a lot of things would be different
Id rather have it a bit bigger more like a portable DVD player, with bigger batteries and régular controllers connections to it, and with bigger size maybe the capacity to have the discs, but still an enormous job that was done here, and a good one
I remember seeing this image of the RedvsBlue forums while I was still in high school. It’s so amazing to see that someone actually came up with a functional portable GameCube.
This is so cool. I remember seeing that render of the camecube portable as a kid and I wanted it soooooo bad. So cool what one guy is capable of doing with some know how and the internet's help. Great, just great. 👍
I usually skip over these kinds of Videos, but this came up on my recommended and I'm glad I stuck around. Very likable guy, incredibly smart !! New subb
3:23 was really hoping this would tie into the bread joke as it looks like a slice lol _("ah dangit i made bread again")_ Was also really hoping that the disk drive worked, but hey, at least there's a place we can put the discs in. Incredible video, and absolutely amazing build!
I think the issue you ran into where closing the system made the screen bump into the controls at 6:50 is because your top half is flat, the bezles are flush with the screen. If you look on the render you can see the screen is actually recessed into the plastic leaving room for the controls, you can see this if you look a the edges.
I know I'm late to the party, but THANK YOU for NOT tearing a working Gamecube apart to make this. Wiis are plentiful, and the Wii board is perfectly fine for this project. Bravo not just for ingenuity, but for being mindful of how your source parts and materials.
I honestly love this channel! It's obviously about building handhelds and the like, but it isn't as boring as other channels, and even includes some humor here and there. You've earned yourself a subscriber!
I seem to remember seeing this render on the cover of a magazine quite a while back as well, it seemed to really resonate with people! Amazing build, I always hoped this would eventually be turned into a real device!
I'd honestly prefer this build to be much bigger but actually include a CD drive and a bigger battery. This would be much closer to the concept of the mock-up! Overall impressive job
I never had a Gamecube, or many of those discs, so I always imagined that mockup to be around the size of a portable DVD player, which was a bit larger. It's always shocking to see how much of a Wii board you can cut off and still have it work, though.
18:06 Holy shit... you found the source of one of my biggest "OMFG I WANT THAT THING IN MY HANDS RIGHT NOW" moments I ever had. I remember when that render was going all over GameFAQs, and... oooh boy I got hopeful.
Yknow I've always had a fascination of making my own custom game system, but I know it's very difficult and I didn't have the resources to print my own chips. I never knew you could just design your own chips with a software and then buy it from a company. I'm sure it's expensive as holy hell but it's definitely something I'll research
Wow this was so cool! I remember seeing this image and I saved it on my pc for all these years just because I thought it looked so cool. I still have it saved in a folder :D
The fact that someone have turned the mock-up project many years ago that was meant for fun into a real thing is really impressive. Keeping the disc drive was somewhat odd since it definitely defeats the purpose of portability with shorter battery life but for those with decent GameCube collection, it is still a real deal to play the original console that has been modded.
Oh my goodness, I love the vibes this gives off. It has that good ol' home-crafted style and deadpan humor that almost makes me cringe just a bit, but laugh my ass off at the self awareness. Thank you for this amazing content, you reminded me of the good old days of the internet. :,)
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I saw that photo in a magazine when I was twelve and went straight to the store asking for it. The employee stocking the shelves thought I was nuts. Thank you for making this real!
Do you remember the magazine?
@@PowerTower694 I think it was Nintendo Power.
@augustschiffli7482 BRO SAAAAAAAAME
@@zoltanstudiosain’t no way Nintendo put that in there
@@SensibleDuck I’m in agreement, I doubt it was Nintendo World but it’s my best guess. :3
The fact that he spent the time to print a 3D loaf of bread just for a 2 second bit is very commendable
Plot Twist: It's bread
I think he made that bread years ago when he was a noob in 3d printing
I'm sure he printed it for many other use cases and just included it in the bit. I mean, the usefulness of a 3d printed loaf should never be underestimated.
@@brahtrumpwonbigly7309 world hunger solved
I thought that was actual bread, but I’m just dumb sometimes
You brought the legend to life. Great build, and best video yet. So proud of you dude :)
random kid at a micro center : dad why is this man in a toy car ?
the dad: well .. you see...
lol
🔪 mods
Hi Shank
You sure it was fake, I know Lucky Palmer inventor of the Oculus platform made a portable gamecube.
this needs to be a series. making those fake concepts from that famous video to reality
and you know the best part ? they are actually pretty possible, especially with the recent single board computers that are as powerful as high end phones and even some gaming pc's. a good example would be the orange pi 5 and the lattepanda delta (but its very expensive)
search up Ashida you'll be star strucked :3
I AGREE
@@rusty1253time to make the wii phone
I need a Wii phone asap
Sir, you've tapped into a gold mine of actually creating, mostly old, rumored "next gen game consoles" from the past, while informing the viewers the entire history and context of said rumored console, also, while showing the viewers how you built it....Sir, you just gained a new subscriber. Great job! Looking forward to more. 👍
Lol. Gee in sure he didn't know he was doing all that🤣🤣🤣
consels*
@@papabasar nonono consoles
Lmao you sir have earned a sub. You're a walking L
@GH0STST4RSCR34M i don't think you watched the video..
Also, it's called "gaslighting" it's pretty funny to be honest
I cannot believe that the person who made it was already following you, that’s incredible!!!
Crazy coincidence
Small world huh
His ps2 handheld video is popular too
This is really impressive, you rendered your hands and the GameCube so perfectly no one can even tell its fake
"It looks good in pictures, and for 2 seconds after you open it. Anytime after, welcome to fingerprint avenue"
-Scott The Woz
I remember seeing this mockup back in 2005 and thinking how cool that would be. Watching you actually build it so many years later makes me genuinely happy :D
Same
Ahhh it hurts
so many years is still an understatement
it was made in2006
Imagine being Demond and finding out someone made your art a reality years later. So cool. Not just that but also a popular channel and one you follow
I like how he shows how hard it is to fit everything in a handheld divide. It shows what designers have to deal with.
Indeed
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i was thinking the original art looks like "The GameCube 720" and then you played bodies by drowning pool
ayo sc6ut i love ur edits
no one today no one a year ago and likely no one in the future @ZCHD36CKJFR57VKK7RFK
hi scout
Let the bodies hit the floor
W EDITS
5:56 this design actually looks comfy to hold but i understand you went with a boxier design and built in the end.
it fits the "Cube" part of the GameCube very well.
im happy someone made an effort to replicate a design from years ago THAT ACTUALLY GAMES!
It's basically a Game Boy Advance SP (design wise).
This is impressive, I don't think I could ever do this can't wait for you to make a portable Switch.
lol
Hajajajaja I haven’t laughed so hard in days
HAHAHAHA! Impossible!
XD
Dude, for real? The switch is already a por---🤔...🤫
Imagine if he actually designed it bigger so he could fit the disk reader. I'd buy it.
Exactly, this product is so purchasable.
@@BHNative for rich people who need a useless trinket for no other reason than just to have it, yeah.
You can easily just get a controller and emulate those games on a cheap laptop, but nooo
Fucking westerners. Wish we could get socialism going in the world
I wonder if there is a way to completely Frankenstein the disc reader to make it fit. The Wii's size of it might be because it supports standard large disk sizes, but who knows
also if you tilt the device at all you might end up crashing the disc.
@@BHNative he's spoken about this before and it unfortunately wouldn't be legal to sell without nintendo's permission because it is still their patent property copyright or whatever.
18:05 HE MADE THAT!? I remember wanting that PSP to be Reality! It was such an amazing idea! Now the only thing I can see running it would be with Switch internals lol
Same 😅 psp go is ugly than this prototype
Same, that PSP looked like the epitome of portable gaming.
@Lucas Gonzalez Not even close, mate
You’ve never seen or had a PSP vita?
@@HobbitOfChaos PS Vita
For anyone wondering, if you calculate the average of every square centimeter of white plastic bits, and multiply it by the area of the workbench, you get approximately 22573 white plastic bits.
I'm awaiting my used Bass Pro Shop gift card eagerly.
did you get it?
@@jomilee6148 I don’t think he got it chief, what an outrage!
@fleckensteleworm4889 i demand he post an apology video
the more instruments, the better.
@@jomilee6148 unfortunately not :(
@@fleckensteleworm4889 it's a scandal!
I love that it’s in the shape of a GBA SP. Makes it feel like something out of an alternate timeline.
No he didnt attemt that he just did what the photo did
@@DOGEKB what are you even talking about
@@-howtomake999 i mean that he did the exact design like the photo
@@DOGEKB yeah the fake design looks like the GBA, genius
@@Brush421 🤬🤬
The weird round corners are for the 'laptop' style lid to be easier to open - in the renders, it's pretty clear that the top front edge is straight across, and UNDER the top edge is where the lip starts to dip in. Like the little notch on the bottom half of a macbook, except allllll the way across. I don't know the technical term for it but it's a very common design in folding devices, a spot for the thumb to catch and pop it open much easier in comparison to, say, the SP/DS Lite, which had no such thumb notch.
Interesting, that makes a lot of sense. I thought that the shape was based on the N64 for some reason, but your logic makes a lot more sense.
@@GingerOfOz I think it's interesting how the worlds of visual design / mockups and physical design / prototypes clash so strongly. As you mentioned, the shape makes it unusual to hold, and it definitely was designed by someone focusing on aesthetics. Perhaps it's preaching to a choir to say this, but I feel like it would actually be incredibly interesting to see you, Shank, or someone similar take a crack at re-making this, but with the focus leaning heavily on modernising/optimizing it, rather than trying to realistically copy the original look. This would certainly make some things easier - the hinge comes to mind for sure (and as someone who's built/owned/modded over 2 dozen DSes, that hinge nintendo uses is absolutely dreamy haha)
All I can say is this is the most awesome video I've ever watched. I am now a follower of you man can't wait to see more. Sad your not selling this one but maybe someday.
@Dizzy Gear It's weird to hear that, because I've modded/owned over a dozen DS Lites (still have one from launch and 2 from within a year after that) and literally none of them have had hinge failures, maybe you're just being too damn hard on your equipment?
@Malice Yeah I've never had my 3DS hinges break with all the shit that happens to them. They got squeaky after I dropped it but that just went away after I stopped using it for a while then went back to it.
I know this probably isn’t for sale but I will pay big for this! This is exactly what I’ve wanted for like 20 years! Would you make another?
Thanks man! I don't plan to sell more of these, mostly because this portable is pretty garbage utility-wise compared to my other portables. An hour of battery life is really rough and this thing isn't built to withstand anything but incredibly gentle care.
@@GingerOfOz would you sell this one?
@@Nathan.Barnatt Sorry, I'm very attached to the originals of my projects.
@@GingerOfOz understandable. Nice work on this one!
@@GingerOfOz buddy just sell him one
"Oh look. Answers." That fucking killed me lol
This is so unbelievably cool. I vividly remember seeing that image when I was like 9 or 10. Actually seeing it real is insane! Fantastic job!
I'm not sure how this started, but I'm all in for this new trend of unique console modders making entertaining video describing their process.
Yeah, we should collect all the mock-ups possible and have youtubers make them. Then show the gaming companies so that we can get our hands on some as well.
i watched one video randomly and now im so hooked in this community its so interesting and cool
Please make the Wii Phone next
YESS
download dolphin on your phone and boom its a wii phone
how does this only have 36 likes
Underrated comment
Use the revo launcher
the disk drive was the whole point 😭
Maybe if the disk was flipped with artwork on top the disk drive could be feasible, the OG concept design is flawed because it isn't possible with today's technology. At least I don't think is....
the slot for inserting the mini cd disks without having a function made me laugh, but then later it made me became unsettled, because you are scratching the disks that way lol
simple, add a tray and little rubber seals on it so it's just as un-scratchy as a real one.
I'm curious how he actually got the games to run on the system if it can't actually read any discs
@@diamondinthesky4771 downloaded games on USB or SD
@@diamondinthesky4771 watching his previous vids would help u understand better
He was scratching it around on sandpaper earlier lol
That mock up was what made me interested in portablized consoles, it made me look through Ben heck's site way back a whole lot. While I still haven't built my own yet I own a ps2 and a Wii portable now. ☺️
Karl what are you doing here?
@@senseal5462 Hi Senseal, I figured I would check if this one was able to use a disc drive on a modern portable but at least it looks really cool. 😅
It's funny seeing you here too bro.
this mock up at 2005 was already later than the psp
This came out so good! Both the video and the actual portable. Probably my favorite project of yours yet.
Nice job helping out with this.
thank u for help
When life tells you you can’t play a GameCube on the go, tell them they’re wrong, all you need is a Flatscreen TV, GameCube, Controllers, a portable generator, and lastly, a Car. Now you can play your GameCube while on those long car trips!
That or just have something like this video commissioned or something
This video brought me infinite nostalgia. These "fake" renders are already part of the history of videgames, in magazines, forums and all internet.
Everyone knows that the Wii was just "two GameCubes taped together," so surely the motherboard can be forgiven.
Pffft, two? obviously its 3 GameCubes glued together then squished with a sledgehammer to give it it's famous compact design.
True, true.
Yeah but the wii had motion controls, and the GameCube didn't
Just to be clear: I love the Wii to death and whatever its specs were, it transcended them in sheer fun and sometimes technically as well: Mario Galaxy says what.
OMG!!! He used the Wii motherboard?!?! 0/10, worsterest portable ever!
2:27 making the man into a prophet just because you wanted to do it, cracks me tf up, dude.
You genius, you absolute mad lad, you _DID IT_
_YOU MADE THE GAMECUBE ADVANCE_
I'm actually curious how Desmond responded to seeing their mock-up created for real.
Well his instagram mysteriously has gone empty
Demond* and he just showed me this video the other day lol. He thinks it's pretty cool.
@@Jtatnell sure buddy
@@Masterofchodes why would I make that up? Lol
@@Masterofchodes well it's an og account, I think he isn't lying
This is actually so cool, my childhood dream.
Video was also entertaining and hilarious, 10/10
He loves Final Fantasy 9 I believe :D
same m8
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I like the fact that he printed out a photo of the GameCube just to interview it instead of just editing it in
4:03
The little brother watching his big bro smash his DS with a hammer just to "look for answers": 😨
The artist who made the render is going to be actually excited seeing that their mockup came into reality.
He should send it to him out of respect.
@@Pedakin Uhh.. no.
@@outkast978 Why not?
@@Pedakin He did at the end of the video
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The video was super enjoyable and the end result was incredible! Amazing job bringing this piece of history to life!
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Hi Garrulous
Wow! What a wild turn of events in terms of discovery. Especially when it turns out the dude who made the render was already follows you on Instagram.
Huge props for the video.
Respect not just for making this but also that he was just playing banger after banger when using it. So many great games of the time.
5:40
"Let me just tell you how STUPID it is to make a GameCube portable"
Me: *quickly hides my portable GameCube*
my phone with dolphin emulator:
@@thatkerimguy Dolphin is a wii emulator which runs gamecube because the wii runs gamecube so...
@@Cr3zant And yet Cemu emulator can't run Wii games despite Wii U playing Wii games.
@@Cr3zant so their point still stands. Even more so that the actual Portable GameCube is technically a Wii
Congratulations you have a rare item!
Holy fucking shit. I remember being heartbroken as a kid when I found out it wasn’t real. Thank you for finally bringing this to life! Now all I need is the SEGA Phoenix
Just like those hoverboards from 2015
@@Olkv3D I understood that reference! :D
@@Olkv3D they don't work on water :(
@@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis unless you got POW-ARR!!
So glad you gave the original artist credit. That's an amazing personality and content creator there.
For real, the fact he went out of his way to find the person and give the guy props just for its own sake is great show of character.
when you realize the original 3d render did not have mouse ears
For the first 9 minutes of the video I almost thought that today was gonna be the day I saw a modern portable with a disc drive Lmao. Great stuff!
I think somebody is making one for the memes, but I don't know if they're done with it.
@@xdragoonzero0 I have an unfinished ps2 portable with a disc drive on the workbench, but it’s been a while since I’ve worked on it. It’s 100% possible, even if impractical
Sorry to dissapoint, maybe if Miyamoto hops on board for the next build we'll make it happen.
@@jonnyb9843 I think in this precise form factor this is virtually impossible. Needs a lot more space for the track of the laser, the small motor must take quite a bit of space as well. Plus add some physical overhead to be able to insert discs like the Wii does (and the extra mechanic to suck in/eject discs).. If the handheld opens, you may get around it. Maybe if you get rid of the battery, still not even sure. And more importantly, the alignment of the optics seems really easy to mess up if you are going to assemble such a small disc drive. Would be an amazing feat.
Anyway, I'm baffled the Wii can be trimmed to that extent. That build is wild, and about the battery that's absolutely not a low-power device to begin with so 1h30 is amazing!
I honestly think it's possible, but the thing would probably be a bit *wide*
Not necessarily thick though, you could probably cannibalize a disc drive from a Dell Optiplex, they come with some pretty thin disc drives.
Only real issue would be to solve the problem of discs getting scratched while moving the handheld around, maybe sticking some small bits of foam in the drive to prevent the disc from hitting the top or bottom? They'd have to be really low profile. idk but that'd be the hardest part.
I love the idea of, "I saw a picture of something I thought was awesome but it wasn't real, so I made it real". Amazing video.
I wonder if there is some kind of really slim disk reader you could have used, but wow this was an entertaining watch!
woah didn’t think the myth the legend would like mocs
what happent
they exist! dvd camcorders have drives that already fit in a handheld device, I don't know if they can be made to read gamecube discs but it would be fun to try.
The issue would be game disc reading. If games were as simple to read as putting them in a disc reader, piracy would be much easier. That's one layer of defence gone.
So yeah, you need the specific disc readers to read these discs.
if he made it a bit thicker, he could maybe put a small motor and laser to read discs and use a shrunken disc reader motherboard, i think it's possible, or make the disc reader behind the screen, but the challenge comes when sliding the disc in, he could do it psp-way and make it open when a button is pressed then put the disc.
PUT THIS ON YOUR EBAY AND LET ME BUY IT NOW
4:00 im gonna open the DS of my brother looking for answers
*Smash DS with a Hammer*
Hey look, answers! :D
**oh look, answers
I always liked the idea of making portable cd hardware more portable by using those small gamecube CDs. It's a shame the actual gamecube CD readers were too big. I get it though and this is still so neat.
Yeah that was the biggest drawback to the GameCube being "portable". It was definitely more compact than it's competition, but a lot of the hardware could only be so small. I do like the concept of this though.
@@mysticmind4563 any disk based haldheld in general, not only they are huge but also suck a lot of power, which means either you have to get a huge battery setup or have low battery life
@@e-tean-son4146PSP would like to speak with you
Love your humor on this video along with the insane effort put in. Glad YT recommended it to me
Yo be honest the most impressing thing about this project is how that minuscule chunk of wii motherboard is able to fully function
Man, hopefully one day we can turn the Switch into a portable system just like this
Yeah man it’d be so fucking cool if it was
A portable Switch? My uncle made one last week.
Easy the board is realy tiny
Man, what about mobile PS TV, I mean interface already looks live vita, just make it portable
I hope we can make the 3ds into a handheld system
With this, we're one step closer, my brothers and sisters. The day of the Xbox 720 will soon arise!
Great video by the way, you always knock it out of the baby park.
Baby park?
@@bustergundo516 Mario Kart Double Dash course
@@somebonehead oh ok
I'm waiting for the Xbox 420🌿
Xbox 720 but using an Xbox One.
You're genuinely hysterical and a brilliant person! I always wanted to make portable consoles to play games in the woods but I never had the technical skills for this kind of stuff.
The original Gamecube was portable with addons. It had a battery pack that attached to the bottom the same way the gameboy player attached, which powered not only the system itself but also the clamshell style LCD screen that attached to the top of the system.
When you factor in Wavebirds and that it had a built in carrying handle, the system seems to have been intended to be portable in this fashion from the get-go.
I remember when I saw this fake image of a future GameCube console like you did. Superb video, great project. You rock! 💥
Let's goooo, I was a little skeptical when you first started asking around about that image but here you are with a perfect replica, I'm beyond impressed, good job ginger
Absolute Goat, awesome job on this build!
i love how you adjusted the volume of the backing Lake Hylia track from Four Swords Adventures when you moved the volume slider lol. Amazing touch. Almost as amazing as the rest of the portable
(Also sorry to nitpick but the bumps on the render dont potrude out the sides and the sides are completely flat... Not that it matters cause this is an incredible build)
I want you to know this is SO COOL, this render is literally in so many people’s subconscious that it is amazing to see it become actualized. Amazing job!
"The magic of seeing wind waker on something I can hold in my hands has worn off a bit"
The Wii U Game Pad: Am I A Joke To You?
Yes. Yes you are
Me on my iPhone 12 Pro dolphin emulator : am I a joke to you
Funny how I read that at the exact same time he said it
@@_Delulu__ bro same lol
@@Golinth perfect response
So many content creators in so many genres, and so rare to find one who can make you laugh so effortlessly. Genuinely good comedy
Props to this guy. This is the direction console technology should go in. Decrease in size and simultaneously making it very possible to make older ones portable. Well made vid
This is amazing. My suggestion: make it 50~100% bigger so bigger battery better view + OLED screen. And it will still be very portable.
Trying to find a 4:3 OLED panel is hard still. The closest thing is the Microsoft Surface Duo 2, or a foldable, and at that point you might as well emulate GameCube, because those devices can handle it.
@@Shoeboxcat7 yeah also Galaxy fold 3.
@@Shoeboxcat7 yeah I currently have 9 gamecube games emulated on my aya neo handheld pc: Simpsons hit and run, Simpsons road rage, Prince of persia sands of time, crash bandicoot wrath of cortex, wave race blue storm, vexx, tak, ty the tasmanian tiger, Donald duck going quackers
Honestly just making it wider for those with bigger hands (and installing the disk drive) and extend the battery life. Then again this was a mock-up of an artist rendition. If one was to make something like, a lot of things would be different
Man this thing looks soo good, the kind of effort and time that went into it and the project looks soo unbelievable. More power to you buddy.
You, sir, have earned yourself a sub. I enjoyed how thorough you were, the jokes, and the amount of effort that went into the project and video!
Id rather have it a bit bigger more like a portable DVD player, with bigger batteries and régular controllers connections to it, and with bigger size maybe the capacity to have the discs, but still an enormous job that was done here, and a good one
I remember seeing this image of the RedvsBlue forums while I was still in high school.
It’s so amazing to see that someone actually came up with a functional portable GameCube.
This is so cool. I remember seeing that render of the camecube portable as a kid and I wanted it soooooo bad. So cool what one guy is capable of doing with some know how and the internet's help. Great, just great. 👍
I always imagined it to be roughly a portable dvd player size, but this just makes sense and looks great! Well done
this was so awesome lol i love your sense of humor you deserve 1 billion trillion dollars
I usually skip over these kinds of Videos, but this came up on my recommended and I'm glad I stuck around. Very likable guy, incredibly smart !!
New subb
I fell asleep while watching something and it auto played to this video, then I woke up to 1:04
I started dying when he “destroyed” his brother’s DS 🤣🤣🤣
Oh, look, answers.~
haha i freakin loved that too!
Your little brother is coming to your house
I was about to have a mental breakdown
When did you finish though?
I'm glad to see this masterpice of youtube, pure magic, thanks mate
3:23 was really hoping this would tie into the bread joke as it looks like a slice lol _("ah dangit i made bread again")_
Was also really hoping that the disk drive worked, but hey, at least there's a place we can put the discs in. Incredible video, and absolutely amazing build!
That's what I thought too lol
That sounds like a Scott the Woz joke.
No
yo pixel
haha tie
im glad demond’s life turned out well :) thats always something i wonder about when seeing cool stuff like this from years ago
You never wondered any of that lmao people just say anything 😂 clownboy
I think the issue you ran into where closing the system made the screen bump into the controls at 6:50 is because your top half is flat, the bezles are flush with the screen. If you look on the render you can see the screen is actually recessed into the plastic leaving room for the controls, you can see this if you look a the edges.
I know I'm late to the party, but THANK YOU for NOT tearing a working Gamecube apart to make this. Wiis are plentiful, and the Wii board is perfectly fine for this project. Bravo not just for ingenuity, but for being mindful of how your source parts and materials.
I honestly love this channel! It's obviously about building handhelds and the like, but it isn't as boring as other channels, and even includes some humor here and there. You've earned yourself a subscriber!
I seem to remember seeing this render on the cover of a magazine quite a while back as well, it seemed to really resonate with people!
Amazing build, I always hoped this would eventually be turned into a real device!
3:18 I have done nothing except 3D print bread for the last 3 days.
I’m going to make this exact same model.
Proceeds to change everything about the mock up 😂
The fact this even got made and works is so impressive
Ok
I'd honestly prefer this build to be much bigger but actually include a CD drive and a bigger battery. This would be much closer to the concept of the mock-up!
Overall impressive job
If you do end up making and selling these they would be a hit because you have a bunch of old school gamers who would love the nostalgia
If he can fix the disc/battery issue, then yeah i agree with you!
im honestly so entertained that wii modders and makers are able to just cut up a damn wii board and it just works
This is actually groundbreaking! I really love it. You gained a new subscriber.
I never had a Gamecube, or many of those discs, so I always imagined that mockup to be around the size of a portable DVD player, which was a bit larger. It's always shocking to see how much of a Wii board you can cut off and still have it work, though.
18:06
Holy shit... you found the source of one of my biggest "OMFG I WANT THAT THING IN MY HANDS RIGHT NOW" moments I ever had. I remember when that render was going all over GameFAQs, and... oooh boy I got hopeful.
Yknow I've always had a fascination of making my own custom game system, but I know it's very difficult and I didn't have the resources to print my own chips. I never knew you could just design your own chips with a software and then buy it from a company. I'm sure it's expensive as holy hell but it's definitely something I'll research
3:53 that physically hurt me.
Same
This video has suprised me with the great hard work put into it. I'm suprised you were actually able to build a portable one. Great job!
Wow this was so cool! I remember seeing this image and I saved it on my pc for all these years just because I thought it looked so cool. I still have it saved in a folder :D
Same
This scratched a two-decade old itch. I feel like I should be mailing you a gift basket in thanks or something.
You're incredibly skilled to be able to put all this together. Respect, keep up the good work!
The fact that someone have turned the mock-up project many years ago that was meant for fun into a real thing is really impressive. Keeping the disc drive was somewhat odd since it definitely defeats the purpose of portability with shorter battery life but for those with decent GameCube collection, it is still a real deal to play the original console that has been modded.
Oh my goodness, I love the vibes this gives off. It has that good ol' home-crafted style and deadpan humor that almost makes me cringe just a bit, but laugh my ass off at the self awareness.
Thank you for this amazing content, you reminded me of the good old days of the internet. :,)
2 years later and just realized, he didn’t lie.
He said he’d make the fake portable GameCube real, and TECHNICALLY this is a “fake” portable GameCube.