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November 9th, 2009 at 03:45pm
Under DS
The disc drive out back may be a bit precariously placed, but ‘Hailrazer”’s portable “NCube” reeks of everything we’d want in a handheld version of the last-gen Nintendo console (except for wireless multiplayer, of course). Engadget spotted the 90-hour-in-the-making portable GameCube over on – surprise, surprise! – the Ben Heck forums. A breakdown of the construction process can be found just after the break in video form, though you may want to set up the drool tray now before proceeding.
All set? Alright, now go ahead.
[Via Engadget]
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Portable GameCube hack brings Sunshine everywhere it goes originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 25th, 2009 at 05:00pm
Under Xbox 360
At first glance, you would never believe that the one-handed Xbox 360 controller above is the work of modder extraordinaire, Ben Heck. Given the svelte, smooth and attractive one-handed controllers he’s made before, it’s a bit hard to believe this is his work. However, the Heck points out this was a rush-job, so we suppose we can forgive him just this once. The controller features a duplicate left analog stick on the bottom, which players move by placing it on their leg. There are also extra an extra back button and left bumper button just above the face buttons. To top everything off, Ben Heck even squeezed the left trigger under the right side, where it can be pulled with the middle finger.
Not his most elegant work, but impressive nonetheless. See a video of it in action after the break.
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Ben Heck’s one-handed, aesthetically challenged 360 controller originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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September 2nd, 2009 at 10:15pm
Under Xbox 360
We’re just going to come out and say it: Ben Heckendorn — AKA Ben Heck — has absolutely no respect for manufacturer warranties. The man cracks open every single piece of hardware he comes across, voiding warranties like blades of grass through a lawnmower. Case in point: observe his latest affront on warrantability, an Xbox 360 controller with buttons where the D-pad should be. Worse still, the D-pad now occupies the former location of the face buttons.
As if that weren’t enough, the warrantless warranty wrecker swapped the left and right triggers and added more buttons on the back of the controller that mirror the functions of the face buttons. Heckendorn claims the controller was made for a paying customer and that he makes such controllers to “allow more options for persons that may have a hard time with normal controller configurations.”
Hogwash, we say. We recognize a (warranty) killer when we see one.
[Via Engadget]
Ben Heck swaps 360 D-pad with buttons, world implodes originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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July 6th, 2009 at 12:45pm
Under Xbox 360
Ben Heck, the amazing modder who invented the Xbox 360 laptop, has done it again, this time fashioning a Jasper Xbox 360 (his second time fooling with a Jasper motherboard) into a new and improved slammer. Featuring a sleeker look and a flush CD drive, the new laptop also adds an IR port for use with the Xbox 360 media remote. Oh, and digital potentiometer volume control, because it’s super cool.
Head past the break for a brief video showing off the new device.
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Ben Heck molds Jasper Xbox 360 into new and improved laptop originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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