@meleu

I have one of their v1 boards when it was called game pi advance. Here my build log.

Gba worked well (can't remember the core off the top of my head) but if your wanting gba achievements, it didn't run mGBA very well. There new free play CM3 board with the built in pi 3 sounds really impressive.

I also have a Gameboy Zero which uses an original DMG-01 shell, with X and Y added to the front and L and R added to the back. Sudomod.com I'm currently upgrading mine to a raspberry pi z w and New hdmi screen.

The weirdest thing is that the GameBoy Zero run mGba very well but the game pie advance didn't, same pi, same retroarch version, same core version.

@Aryetis Thankfully I got it working now.

@zoop @Gosenbach

That is the powerblock shield. Here is the link for more info: http://blog.petrockblock.com/2015/07/04/powerblock-another-power-switch-for-the-raspberry-pi/

Powering off the pi will be a safe shutdown, it will invoke sudo shutdown -h now. You just have to push the button to power on/off. No need to shut down ES first.

@smartroad It's something that I haven't seen anyone else do when making a custom case (not counting ones inside bigger cases like a NES/SNES etc). It's something I'm definitely going to keep in mind for if I ever make a custom case of my own.

This is the last update (I felt I could get the icons even closer to the style of ruckage's originals, and believe that I have). Here are ALL of the assets I've adjusted for the ruckage/es-theme-snesn-mini theme for RetroPie. This includes backgrounds, labels and icons for the auto-random list that goes with all the different configurations of this theme that are available by editing config.xml that comes with the theme. They are as follows:

Icons
es-theme-snes-mini/art/icons and es-theme-snes-mini/art/icons_usa
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es-theme-snes-mini/art/nes_icons and es-theme-snes-mini/art/nes_icons_usa
auto-random.png

Logos
es-theme-snes-mini/art/logos and es-theme-snes-mini/art/logos_usa
auto-random.png

Backgrounds
es-theme-snes-mini/background/bg_tron/auto-random.png
auto-random.png

es-theme-snes-mini/background/bg_tron_blur/auto-random.png
auto-random.png

es-theme-snes-mini/background/bg_tron_blur_usa/auto-random.png
auto-random.png

es-theme-snes-mini/background/bg_tron_usa/auto-random.png
auto-random.png

es-theme-snes-mini/background/blurred_shots/auto-random.png
auto-random.png

es-theme-snes-mini/background/nes_mini/auto-random.png
auto-random.png

Hello.

Can you tell me what the size of the lunchbox is exactly ?

Found a (very) few here at Amazon Europe but there are from different sizes...

Thanks !

SK

@Bigdude

The instructions state "Remove Border Before Use". Does that mean to cut the white border between the design and the edge of the sticker off?

Yeah that's what I did with mine. Cut the white borders off before I stuck it to my case.

@badhorse nice case, for some reason it reminds me of a wireless router.

Nice!0_1482936644126_8 Bit Logo.jpg

I SO NOT TROLL

So, I've finally managed to find some time to assemble my RP in the OneNineDesign case.

This was V2, the first one was a bit trial and error, so I bought another case (under a fiver delivered!) and set about working on it today. I did purchase a 3mm white LED as the 5mm almost lit the room up-the 3mm is still bright but not as bad. I also purchased a set of diamond hobby files from Maplin for about £6 so I could file the edges of the holes I drilled. I also made sure to cover the unit in masking tape as it marks so easily, but also good for getting measurements right.

So, this is the case:

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Cut out for power:
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Switch and LED (lined them up with the audio output and HDMI to make it look a little more in line with factory cut outs):
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Here you can see the header pins bent down to allow the original lid of the case to go back on:
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And here are the parts I had to file off in order to let the lid sit back on as it should:
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All in all, I'm really pleased with the outcome. I was nervous about bending the pins on the ControlBlock, but I was so careful and it worked out fine: to look at it doesn't look any different from how it did originally. The wiring is quite fiddly and it is a kind of semi-permanent modification, but the with is only held in with hot glue so peels away easily, and the LED & it's retaining clip slide out easily should I need to take it apart.

I was a little concerned about heat, but running NES/SNES/Megadrive emulators it gets warm, only slightly warmer when running the N64, but if it gets too hot I just take the lid off: but so far, no issues.

@Wizardling I can't speak to the general design choice for an outward blowing fan in most consumer electronics blow outward. This won't prevent dust accumulation because what goes out must come in somewhere else. This is usually remedied with air filters of some kind.

I use an inward blower and it seems to be working great. My Pi3 generally runs about 20 degrees cooler with the fan. I also use a heatsink applied with arctic silver thermal adhesive so the cooling is quite efficient. I'm not concerned about dust buildup because I just use it for gaming sessions that last no more than a couple hours once or twice a week so I imagine to get enough dust buildup to cause a problem will take years.

@Ranma
@obsidianspider is working on putting a Pi in a Sega Genesis USB Hub:
https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/6003/pi-in-a-sega-genesis-usb-hub-build

I'd be interested to hear opinions on this too. I've not bought a Powerblock yet but it is on the to-do list, and I'd like to have everything on hand for when it arrives. I like the switch-will that switch definitely work with the Powerblock? I was under the impression push button switches won't work with the Powerblock? Maybe I've read wrong, I'm new to the RPi scene so learning a lot too!

Your English reads fine by the way!

I've created stressberry to create standardized temperature signatures; hopefully we'll be able to properly compare all solutions with it. I'm hoping to be able to add a few more graphs in the coming weeks. Perhaps other people would like to run stressberry as well.

@suprjami Thank you, taking a picture would be most beneficial, so could you please label it with the measurements you mentioned above, as well as thickness of the cartridge, width of the cartridge slot, and the distance between the back of the cart and the cartridge slot. If you could also send me the distance between the bottom of the cart and the bottom of the label, that would be very helpful. Thank you very much for your assistance.

AMAZING project build mate!!! I love it!!! #props :)

@Ekstreme Can't really tell the exact "which one" without some digging, but they are the "around $2 a piece from china"-ones and arrived overly sensitive and erratic (check my fix video for it if you want to see the difference).
As I remember the NES controllers, I can't recall them being "spongy" like these are. This has not been a issue for me though. Don't know how they would fare in Track&Field type things yet.