Well, my faulty Gameboy arrived and I wasted no time in gutting it out.
But the news is not good....
That battery compartment takes up so much room and gets right in the way of the Ethernet port/or USB ports (depending on which way up you position the Pine board). So that part of the back would need to be hacked off. Same story for the cartridge slot, that part of the back would also need to be removed...which doesn't leave you with a whole lot of back at all, really.
In addition, the button moulds intrude upon the inside of the case much more (deeper) than I expected. Whilst these could be snipped away, it would make remounting buttons later tricky. The screw mounts are also in the way. Again, these can be cut down, but then you lose the ability to screw the case back together effectively.
All in all, I think if you hacked up the case pretty much to pieces, you could just about cram the Pine board in there. But it would be so cramped that it would be hard to actually do anything with it, like wire up the buttons, fit a battery pack, fit a screen, etc...
Sadly, I just don't think it's feasible
Maybe we could try and make a Super Pinetendo or something instead? That would give us much more room to play with...
But the news is not good....
That battery compartment takes up so much room and gets right in the way of the Ethernet port/or USB ports (depending on which way up you position the Pine board). So that part of the back would need to be hacked off. Same story for the cartridge slot, that part of the back would also need to be removed...which doesn't leave you with a whole lot of back at all, really.
In addition, the button moulds intrude upon the inside of the case much more (deeper) than I expected. Whilst these could be snipped away, it would make remounting buttons later tricky. The screw mounts are also in the way. Again, these can be cut down, but then you lose the ability to screw the case back together effectively.
All in all, I think if you hacked up the case pretty much to pieces, you could just about cram the Pine board in there. But it would be so cramped that it would be hard to actually do anything with it, like wire up the buttons, fit a battery pack, fit a screen, etc...
Sadly, I just don't think it's feasible
Maybe we could try and make a Super Pinetendo or something instead? That would give us much more room to play with...
