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Nintendo TS?!? (guess who was bored last night?)
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It has TATE, it wins by default.
Also, with MBX, it will get free 24/7 online marketing by Lazy8s. Brilliant!
(Personally I'd be exceedingly pleased with those specs for a portable Nintendo 08 product. I mean, MBX is a real GPU :lol Though you could give it 32 or even 64 MB of RAM these days)
Also, with MBX, it will get free 24/7 online marketing by Lazy8s. Brilliant!
(Personally I'd be exceedingly pleased with those specs for a portable Nintendo 08 product. I mean, MBX is a real GPU :lol Though you could give it 32 or even 64 MB of RAM these days)
Testicular Sound Express
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that actually really sweet.
Chris Michael
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Looks nifty, seems like it would be REALLY fragile though.
replicashooter
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Shog - Do you use a mouse?
Opus Angelorum
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First can I say this is an excellent design Shogmaster, very creative.
I've been inspired to do some Photoshop as well, and I think I have a better solution for the screen (although more complex).
No specs as this is merely a suggested modification of the physical design.
Let me know what you think Shogmaster/guys.
Everything is self explantory: The DS+
* just to clarify I am not claiming this design to be my own
I've been inspired to do some Photoshop as well, and I think I have a better solution for the screen (although more complex).
No specs as this is merely a suggested modification of the physical design.
Let me know what you think Shogmaster/guys.
Everything is self explantory: The DS+
* just to clarify I am not claiming this design to be my own
I got bored and made a GBphone http://trin-blog.blogspot.com/2007/07/lets-go-super-dupa-crazy-gbc-phone.html
No one made a thread for that >.>
No one made a thread for that >.>
I'd make the buttons (D-Pad, a/b/x/y/l/r) part of the protective cover for the system (so essentially it's just a plastic cover that snaps on over the touch screen, underneath it, and clipped on the side (in the formation as seen in the photoshop).
There's no real need to keep the "book" design if you're going to change the form to one big screen.
There's no real need to keep the "book" design if you're going to change the form to one big screen.
AndoCalrissian
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The iphone did it... I think it would be OK.elostyle said:
Shogmaster
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OK, so I took some of your comments and updated the specs a bit.
And again, thanks for all the nice comments.
Someone asked about how this thing would compare power-wise to the DC and PSP. It would be about par with DC, but less powerful than PSP by a noticeable margin.
As for the creation of the main image, even though I used my Tablet PC, I mainly used the mouse since most of the drawing was done using pen and shapes tool to lay down the path, then I used stroke to path to make nice clean lines and shadings. I also found a huge 1600x1200 pic of the official DS Lite Photoshop rendering so I borrowed the D-pad and the buttons from there.
And again, thanks for all the nice comments.
Someone asked about how this thing would compare power-wise to the DC and PSP. It would be about par with DC, but less powerful than PSP by a noticeable margin.
As for the creation of the main image, even though I used my Tablet PC, I mainly used the mouse since most of the drawing was done using pen and shapes tool to lay down the path, then I used stroke to path to make nice clean lines and shadings. I also found a huge 1600x1200 pic of the official DS Lite Photoshop rendering so I borrowed the D-pad and the buttons from there.
nincompoop
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I still think there needs to be a way to play it horizontally without covering up the buttons, thats my only gripe now.Shogmaster said:
Wolves Evolve
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If the thing could play MP3s when closed, you would have a winner.
but call it "Tii"
but call it "Tii"
Mr. Pointy
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Looks closer to Dreamcast. On a portable screen, that's not a bad thing.Barf_the_Mog said:
Shogmaster
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nincompoop said:
I don't know exactly why but I really love the notion that Nintendo would force the multi-touch digitizer screen with only the L + R shoulder button as support for the main control scheme in the horizontal "TS" mode. It just seems so much like what Nintendo would do, you know? :lol
Wolves Evolve said:
That's why I insist that it has a SD card slot. It would have then, the capacity and the power to act as a very good Personal Media Player, with appropriate touch screen controls ala iPhone.
Shogmaster
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Because going to 3 or 4 screens would be getting a bit silly, so I went the other way....thetrin said:
It's because you can do the same job even better with one screen.
rollingstart
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sp0rsk said:I think that looks awesome.
I also think that Nintendo would never make something like that
are you thinking about the same nintendo that has been slowly making its games where you dont need buttons? this is exactly what I expect them to do, this this design actually is a bit more actually.
Shogmaster
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As you can see in the revision above (maybe you haven't because I didn't update the OP), the border between the screens is virtual. They can make it far apart or right next to each other.Neo_ZX said:
Shogmaster
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I almost thought about naming the files "Tranny Surprise" 1 and 2. :lolBildi said:
Great, but you can't put PC133 SDRAM in there Shog, that doesn't make sense. Also, there would have to be a new word for that bus, "bottleneck" wouldn't sufficiently express its inadequacy
Look:
Friday, July 20, 2007 Memory Chip Spot Market Price
256 Mbit DDR 400 Mhz $1.25 $1.50 Stable
(that's one 32MB chip)
Then again, perhaps you're just getting too good at thinking like Nintendo...
Look:
Friday, July 20, 2007 Memory Chip Spot Market Price
256 Mbit DDR 400 Mhz $1.25 $1.50 Stable
(that's one 32MB chip)
Then again, perhaps you're just getting too good at thinking like Nintendo...
Shogmaster said:
Damn I scanned through all the posts and assumed that one was a quote of the previous picture (never understood why it's so common on this board).
But anyways taking that into account I can't see too much wrong. I would buy, but the tech and cost would probably push it out of the target demographic.
Plus with that kind of screen you almost have to add movie playback and other PSP like features.
I hafta disagree with that, especially for games that use the touch screen extensively. For this I mean by having the one big screen emulating 2 screen you eliminate the border that surrounds the touch screen (since the touch screen on the DS sinks into the system whereas the top screen is flush). That effectively makes playing DS games that rely on the touch screen extensively more bothersome than it should be, though I'm sure some will have no problems though for me, one who spends seconds between transitioning scenes, find myself drawing lines against the screen border.Shogmaster said:
You haven't played many good DS games haven't you? If you have, the quality games make great use of both screens.loosus said:
Shogmaster
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Durante said:Great, but you can't put PC133 SDRAM in there Shog, that doesn't make sense. Also, there would have to be a new word for that bus, "bottleneck" wouldn't sufficiently express its inadequacy
Look:
Friday, July 20, 2007 Memory Chip Spot Market Price
256 Mbit DDR 400 Mhz $1.25 $1.50 Stable
(that's one 32MB chip)
Then again, perhaps you're just getting too good at thinking like Nintendo...
There that, but keep in mind that MBX is really only about the same level of power as CLX2 in the DC. DC had PC100s in there. You're getting a 33% increase in memory bandwidth with my TS, yet you only have to paint less than 50% the amount of pixels vs what DC had too! PC133 should be more than fine.
Also, the system bus for the TS would be 66MHz (mainly dictated by the MBX and ARM9 for BC), PC133's 133MHz speed fits in with that nicely.
The Take Out Bandit
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Shoggy, you've out-pooed Nintendo.
I look forward to your Microsoft Trapeziopodstation schematic.
I look forward to your Microsoft Trapeziopodstation schematic.
EternalGamer
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I really like the flexibility of this design and it definitely has the visual appeal. I think Opus Angelorum's revision is an improvement, though, as it gives an additional play mode (wide screen /w traditional controls).
You're missing the fact that DC had separate memory pools for CPU and GPU, in effect doubling the bandwidth. Seriously, the one chip I listed $1.25 (right now, not in 08!), and you could run it at, say, 133 Mhz (DDR).Shogmaster said:
Anyway, if they built that thing I'd buy it day 1. The true innovation of DS are not the 2 screens but the touchscreen -- I can't think of anything that can't be done at least as well by one screen that is twice as big (or more).
I agree in theory, but I doubt the practicality of building such a complex and likely fragile hinge into a mainstream, "casual appeal" system.EternalGamer said:
Shogmaster
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The Take Out Bandit said:Shoggy, you've out-pooed Nintendo.
I look forward to your Microsoft Trapeziopodstation schematic.
I did that way WAY back already!
Wow, that was like 2 years ago I think. OH LOOKY! It's using MBX too! :lol
Durante said:
Yeah, that did slip my mind. And if I'm using the ARM9 for audio and other stuff so that needs access to the RAM as well, maybe I need double the pins or just use DDR like you are saying.
A Link to the Past
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Let's see...
I'd really like it a lot more if the touch screen were protected somehow. Maybe include a protective cover that could slide over it?
A motion sensor could be cool, too.
Maybe have multiple DS slots?
I'd really like it a lot more if the touch screen were protected somehow. Maybe include a protective cover that could slide over it?
A motion sensor could be cool, too.
Maybe have multiple DS slots?
yudaan said:
Sorry, but which DS game uses the border around the touchscreen?
I think you misunderstood Loosus. What he meant is that practically any of the games on the DS could have worked on a "wide" touchscreen.
As for the original poster's design, I kinda like it. Looks familiar though, think I've seen something like it with a mobilephone.
KK
AdmiralViscen
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There's no reason for it to be played horizontally.
But I don't understand why you put start/select/speakers on the screen panel. Put them with the buttons.
But I don't understand why you put start/select/speakers on the screen panel. Put them with the buttons.
Shogmaster
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You can't deny someone the ability to pause while playing in the horizontal screen mode! It'd suck to twist the screen just to push start and select.AdmiralViscen said:
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