I Bought a PORTABLE Nintendo 64 from eBay... (but it has issues)
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- čas přidán 11. 05. 2024
- I bought a PORTABLE Nintendo 64 from eBay... definitely one of the coolest consoles I've seen so far. The N64 is a classic console with tons of good games, so taking it on the go is pretty awesome, especially when it's using the original hardware. Let me know down below if you've ever customized a console or built your own portable. What should I buy next? If you have a home console made portable that you want to sell... let me know. I will pay you well.
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0:00 Details about the console
0:34 Unboxing
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What do you think about this console?
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It's cool but not $300 cool. I'm very picky I'm usually OEM only kind of guy.
Love it
It's cool. WCW vs nWo World Tour uses the D-pads
cool but cheap and nasty
🤘
It's rough but almost endearingly so. And honestly for the price, you can't expect it to be completely clean anyways. The biggest knock I would have against whoever made it is that they didn't package it correctly, which for electronics is VERY important imo.
Yeah, it was packaged very sadly lol. It’s amazing how many packages I get that aren’t packaged well. I do think they should have wiped off the console though. It had dirt that could’ve just been wiped off with a wet paper towel
I don't know why you can't expect it to be clean. Even if it's has a janky build quality, which it does, it can be at least be cleaned up.
@@diddlez2 I totally agree, I can’t seem to understand this concept that just because it’s homemade it’s justified to have flaws that aren’t skill related like something as simple as cleaning and polishing. For 300$ I expect at least proper part cleaning🤣that’s just me though
All things considered, that’s a great deal. The builder just needs to refine his skills a bit but overall not bad. It could also be the case of working with what you got. 8/10
Agreed, it’s definitely not a professional job, but I’m sure a ton of hours went into building this. So $300 is definitely reasonable
@@jrob0021 well not 300€ for the console itself, but with the cables and the games probably yes
@@MonosShenanigans $300 is a heck of a deal for the handheld itself; that would take a lot of work to cut down the board and do all the soldering and building the thing. The guy probably spent at least a week or two putting it together if I had to guess.
Lmao idk at this point you should just buy unpatched Switch on Ebay and you’ll get better results. Edit: Sometimes unpatched Switch are cheaper too.
@@davidjeanty1091 This is for people that want a more authentic and original experience; not emulation.
For $300 that's honestly a steal considering that is all custom, the effort put into that probably would cost $300 alone if you provided all the materials to a modder willing to do this type of project.
Yeah but I don't see the point when you could get a handheld that emulates N64 for way cheaper.
@@cosmicsvids Why bring up emulation? Lol. the kind of person that would spend hundreds/thousands on a custom handheld; already knows about emulation. Believe me.
Man I remember getting a Nintendo 64 Christmas of 96...
I was 15 and I remember thinking the graphics were so amazing. A portable one would have been 😎
Reminds me of the CZcams video with the kid yelling NINTENDO SIXTY FOURRRRRRR
I was about the same age as you and I remember how disappointed I was with the foggy, blurry graphics, especially with all the pre-release hype they put out, back when it was called the "Ultra 64". They misled us into believing that we would have an arcade perfect port of Killer Instinct 1, with the arcade machine even announcing at the game opening "available ONLY on ULTRA 64!!!" In reality what we got was the a much less graphically impressive port of the sequel; Killer instinct gold. I felt conned.
Only detail I would mention is that the Z button could be designed bigger since it's so used in many games (maybe like a PlayStation L2) but all in all it's def a good purchase for casual playing.
I really like that!! They coulda definitely smoothed out around the screen and other places but very unique and cool!! Whoever built it put a bunch of work into it. Good Score!
Agreed. It’s always cool to see what unique creations people can put together
@@jrob0021 the console looks pretty cool and I play super mario 64 on my android phone with a emulator called Mupen64 FZ pro
So I used to see this custom N64 a lot back in 2009. I’m sensing that you bought this from someone that purchased it back in the day.
Super Mario 64 is such a classic. I used to play it with my grandmother all the time. She loved her N64 but it got lost when she moved :(
Thanks Jacob for doing this channel and loving video games like I do. Love your reviews on games and your channel!
Yeah man props to you, I got scammed on eBay and never tried eBay again.
Folks like you is exactly what this community needs…Thanks for video.
A good platformer to test out the D-Pad on it would be Kirby 64. From personal experience, truly.
It doesn't look half bad, really not a fan of the wide display though. I know in this day and age 16:9 screens are far, FAR easier to source but so few N64 games support widescreen.
You could also get a display that supports 4:3. Like squishing the image like most TVs
I think my first concern would be the screen ratio. A N64 handheld really needs to get that correct.
Yeah, came to the comments just to say this. How do people play these games all stretched like that? If it was my only option, I'd manage. But man, the platform gets weird when you distort the view that much in games like Mario, banjo, and so on.
@@ThisUploaded You are completely right.
7:43 For a second when he's flashing through screen settings it shows a way to change the aspect ratio. So maybe if you wanted to you could switch it to 4:3.
That's actually a pretty decent system considering the price. I really want to find a decent guide that would help me cut down my extra Wii consoles to make a portable Wii/GameCube.
I'm sure you know this, but an ED64 cart costs $80 and has every N64 game on it from every region. I know some people like to collect carts but the ed64 is killer.
Is that really a thing?
@@wavymarcellus2555 yes, I have one. Lookup ED64. Of course you still need the N64, but the ed64 gives you every game.
@@wavymarcellus2555 yup. Also if you play DS or 3DS look into R4 cards
@@wavymarcellus2555 Everdrive has been a thing for ages lol =p
A ed64 would be amazing for something like this so you don't have to bring your games
14:54 Actually, you do. Saw you had WCW vs nWo in that collection. That used the D-Pad for movement and the stick was used for taunting and doing specials. But, maybe you've figured that out by now. xD
now that I see the inside... I'm just... amazed. I don't see any care for one's craft inside. Not to mention it simply looks filthy. Like they wanted to put the minimum in effort and materials into the thing and maximize price. I would want to make sure the thing was going to last for quite a long time before it EVER left my hands. Mechanical-style buttons, better analogue control, make sure the buttons don't stick for christ's sake, better display, more ergonomics (I would model a better case in blender then 3d print that), cooling system should be a bit more thought out... that cart slot, I can't get that out of my head...
I'm going to have nightmares about this thing now, you know that?
You are a sad person. Cheer up
Its definitely amateur craftsmanship.
Both NTSC versions of the N64 can play each other's games, the only thing stopping you from doing so is a plastic attachment inside the console that corresponds with your region's cartridges, you can just remove/replace this piece and it will accept both US and JPN games. Japanese games tend to be a lot cheaper secondhand than their western counterparts so it's not surprising they went this route with the included titles.
It is worth pointing out the PAL and NTSC versions are incompatible with each other's games due to the difference in refresh speed between the regions. PAL and Japanese titles actually have the same shaped cartridges but obviously putting a Japanese cart in a PAL system or vice versa doesn't amount to much.
I love to see a higher budget production of these, it is so cool!
Great video. Would you mind sending me some pictures of the guts of this at all. Might want to try the good old Golden eye for the Z button etc. Great video
I ship on ebay often and I gotta tell you, that is a jank @ss packaging job.
Yah, but surprisingly I’ve seen worse lol
I love how this is put together, I'd honestly be willing to buy this
....you people will buy anything
u can buy a steam deck for 100 dollars more and play steam games + all kinds of emulators, so why would u buy this?
$300 is a bargain for all that work. someone lent their time and know how to build a custom handheld, working consol. Amazing
I have a portable 64 of my own that I bought off Ebay years ago. It works for the most part, but the insides we're a HUGE mess. Must have been built over a decade ago. Seeing the insides of your device was very satisfying compared to mine. lol. Good buy man.
I made a portable N64 out of the original N64 case. It's not pretty but it works reminds me of one of those arcade machines but tiny. I don't have fancy tools too trim it down or make a case. I also left pretty much everything intact. Just threw on a screen, Audio Amplifier and A battery
The layers of electrical tape just to hide the label has my dying 🤣
I made a couple of N64 Portables a decade ago. and tbh this is a pretty shoddy job at one. Its functional yes. But the board can be trimmed a lot smaller. resulting in a thinner and half the size overall console. The wire length on that cartslot relocation might give issues with a lot of games aswell.
I would have sent it straight back when I saw the dirt and then the cart slot to top it all off. But one thing I don't understand is why you were surprised he hadn't removed the screen cover.. That's the RIGHT thing to do for shipment.
But that trigger.. Assholes like this deserve returns cause they need to learn the 50c they saved in shipping cost them their sale and repair costs and return costs (here in Australia the seller must pay for return by law, not sure about US).
Good to see your trying to help people who want retro things, and your not making a huge profit. Shows you want to make a change
man, i wish they had a portable edition of the ds
Dude that's super cool, I love home made console portables!
thing looks janky as hell, I wouldnt even try to sell somthing for 300 if it looked like that
Would be awesome to have this one in my collection ! 😳
I mean for 300 i'd call that a pretty good deal, fair amount of empty space but with a PCB that big and with so few trimming options it's a solid portable
I've come to the Switch scene quite late, won a working Switch for £17 and immediately put Nintendo Online+Expansion on it and been rocking the N64 games, abs love SM64 and the Switch version is awesome... def recommend that route
Nice, definitely the clean way to do things. I do wish you could outright purchase N64 games for the switch rather than paying the monthly service
They really should just make the virtual console available on the switch the sales would be out of this world for nintendo
What kind of crackhead sells a working switch for that price? lol
If you ever decide to sell that handheld hit me up, I also was making a portable n64 but gave up after wiring everything when it came to the case haha. If I were you I would go in and quickly swap out the composite screen for something with svideo if you can manage it.
For $300 I was expecting worse. That seem low for a custom system
why nobody makes a 3d printed handheld case? this way it would look decent. the layout from this one looks pretty good. and for selfmade its pretty cool!
To be honest you with enough time you could replaces some pieces and even recreate a similar but different shell that fits you better , great buy !
Jacob really value’s his boxes 😅❤️❤️
That's pretty AWESOME!
Awesome content as always
Thank you
Cool! I'd be interested in a Saturn unit!
The Expansion pack needs a heatsink on it so it won't over heat
Bro that’s a steal 😂 this thing is amazing
They should have made the Z Button large and the L Button small since its not used so often.
what i usually use for testing n64 buttons is mario kart for the d-pad (character selection) and oot for the l-button (map goes on and off)
btw Harbourmaster's Ship of Harkinian are still doing progress on remastered HD textures and 60fps support for Zelda OOT and other things to come!
Can you believe I have never played Mario 64 - I had a SNES when I was younger and then my parents bought a game boy pocket and eventually a PSone - I need to invest in something to try out some of those N64 classics I’ve missed out on!
You can get it in the DS if you have one
Wow you missed out on a ton of good stuff. Not so much RPG but tons of good action platformers and classic shooters. Solid racing and sports stuff too.
Judging by the age of the cardboard, the guy used an ancient box they had laying around.
The right trigger is definitely a bummer for a from the package experience, other than that not terrible for the price. Screen definitely isn't 7" but for the overall build not terrible. A misstep not going simply taller though using more real estate and a bigger screen. Nintendo 64 obviously does fine with a 4:3 resolution, maybe finding a cheap little lcd panel or whatever was a pain.. who knows. Not bad though! I'd give it a 7!
Bruh I had dreams of something like this as a kid
The fact that it has issues makes me sad
This is amazing
If I had random money to spend on something I absolutely don't need.....it would be this.....
YOU UPLOADED IT ON MY BIRTHDAY 😃
Tetrisphere is a good game worth owning that uses the Dpad & L button.
@Jacob R don’t a lot of cartridge based games have some type of battery in them that if the battery dies it stops the game from working or saving. I do recall watching a video of someone saying the if the battery is dead in the older Pokémon game cartridge that it doesn’t allow u to save and I want to say something else also. But does that apply to all cartridge based games that has the flat watch battery.
Lol, you are justification on price reminds me of me explaining to my wife why I bought something
Those Japanese carts are knock offs. You can tell because the “i” in Nintendo on the back of it is circular instead of rectangle.
Now THIS is pod racing!
I can't wait for a portable Switch someday!
Yeah, it's a shame the Switch isn't portable.
Nintendo really has to get with the times. We want portable gaming, darnit!
Still waiting for a portable 3DS.
So cool! I NEED portable EVERYTHING
Was I the only one who thought that was a Marlboro ad in the demo video of Mario Kart lol
My very first console. I still have it. That Super Mario 64 is the legend. Way better than current 3D one.
Even this got a better controller scheme than the actual abomination
2:00 actually the only forms or region locking on the n64 is 2 plastic pillars, so its not that hard to make work.
Kinda no point to this lol when you could just use an N64 emulator on a steam deck.
300 bucks you could get a switch and cartridge dumper to do the same thing
For the price, this unit looks great! Could you link me to the seller's page?
7:08 I have played it on emulators but not on an actual n64 or virtual console because I don’t have an n64 nor a console with a virtual console library that still works
I've had 3rd party memory packs not work sometimes and work at other times.
n64 doesnt have traditional region locking, the motherboard has never cared what you plugged into it, although pall/ntsc can give issues and is not recommended to try, the only actual region locking is the plastic indents in the cartridge socket attached to the upper shell, i made my n64 region free by just drilling those out
I truly can't imagine paying so much money for some unofficial 3d printed portable console, that will not appreciate in value over time.
Actually the region lock on N64's are based on the plastic notch in the cartridge slot that is inside the system that don't let Japan cartridges fit in US N64's same for Japan unit N64's US cartridges don't fit in Japan N64's. Ain't that some crap? I grinded the notch in my n64 so Japan games will fit in it.
Wow that’s crazy. Classic Nintendo move
Custom consoles don’t always end out the best quality.
Yeah, I’d say more often than not they aren’t high quality
Look i was raised with these consoles and the N64 is my all time favourite one,but over 400 is ALLOT of money,you can buy a second hand ps5 / xbox series x for that money or even a NEW xbox series S.
I believe it could be done for way cheaper,but who ami to talk i don't know mechanics that well.
I see people talking about the screen ratio, I actually prefer the wide-screen display. I just think he should have put a slightly bigger screen in it. The handheld is huge and he used a very tiny screen.
Kid: Mom I want a Switch
Mom: you have a Switch at home.
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Thing that really annoys me is the diagonal video interference, it's horrid!
Even though it's most likely composite video going into the LCD, I'm sure it could be cleaned up a bit by using better shielded wiring.
i am actually looking for some help on this issue for my portable. you say that shielding wires helps? how should i do that?
I'll wait for V2
Looks promising :3
You know.. there's a thing called CeX(meaning:complete entertainment exchange) I'm the UK, there's two i know one in Eastleigh and one in Winchester but there's alot of CeX shops in the UK where you could find working used consoles which are kinda cheap and good for ur money
You failed to mention how horrible those interference lines get @7:00
Whoever make this could had it trimmed the board even smaller the person who did this only cut the edges where the ground was it pretty much put the whole board in there,I have some experience trimming the board smaller, I think the blue board is the battery protection that’s where the battery is connect to the switch and to the N64 board and also the led indicators for when the battery is low, you can see the three colored wires that are soldered in the board,I don’t see the audio amp maybe is under the N64 board I wonder what kind of audio amp was used here,they could had put some air vents that way they didn’t needed to put the fan and could save some power from the batteries,it’s not a bad portable for the price you paid but it could had been better
I remember when I used to play infamous on my ps3 every day after school
looks like it is mostly awesome, A better screen and a way better case is needed imo but this looks cool aside from that.
you have goldeneye so you have a game to test them out on since the d-pad was used for strafing when holding L/R
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I've still have my n64 and still works.
It better still work. Those things are built better than we are. Should outlive us all. xD
You could of tried WCW/[nWo] Revenge to test out the D-pad and Left button. 🎮
a whole n64, mario kart 64, majoras mask and ocarina of time all portable and all only for 300 bucks!??!? thats crazy!!!
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Hey Jacob on your website do you have the Bayonetta one and two for Nintendo switch because I don’t wanna spend like 56 $700 on it on eBay I’m just asking I really want those two games because the third one’s coming out soon this year hopefully I never played one and two
do you do trade ins for consoles? I have a SS PS3 I don’t use!
these look to be some gameboy-ds speaker from what I have seen taking these apart
The gameboy and ds speakers aren’t nearly that loud though. Unless they’re just using a way overpowered amp
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WCW vs. nWo World Tour uses all of the buttons
looks like it was made in a beach-hut in Indonesia 😂
Expansion pack without a heatsink.
ohh boy, that bih finna overheat and crash a whole lot.
I NEED THIS NOW
I like how the Mario kart cartridge say KARIN
I've played emulators like Mupen 64+ae(Android edition) but I've not played any physical n64 games including mario 64 😅
3d print the shell to improve the quality. If you don't have a 3d printer there are plenty of 3rd parties who would do it for you at a good price.
I have a 3d printer l, but I haven’t used it in like 3 years lol. I’m might bring it back to life and try to make something
Dang, if people are paying $300 for this, I should start making portables again. This was pretty rough...although the inside looked surprisingly good, the outside definitely needed some work though.
U should I'll buy some
A console and expansion pak would be over $100 by themselves on Ebay; add in the controller that was torn apart to add, and the big amount of work to cut down the board and solder everything together correctly, and this could have easily sold for double that to the right buyer. That's a lot of work for maybe $100-$150 in profit, and keep in mind Ebay takes a cut.
@@inputfunny True, but regardless, it doesn't matter how much work you put into and how much materials cost if you make a sub par product that no one is interested in buying. Obviously, there is a market for this type of things, however, hence my comment. I don't see $300 of value in this because I would definitely want a more polished device personally. And if people are willing to pay $300 for this, I would make a decent amount of money from mine I think. I'm not saying this as someone who is like "Oh I could do that better!" without any experience, I've made portables before.
Who cares about what's inside of it when it looks like it took someone 30 minutes to construct the case, its sloppy looking. That's not $300 worth of effort, another $100 and you have a perfect formed Steam Deck so ya......