While handheld gaming devices have seen a resurgence in recent years thanks to devices like the Analogue Pocket and Steam Deck, the modding community never ceases to amaze with their unique creations. One modder in particular has recently transformed a rare PS1 controller into a pocket-sized PlayStation handheld.
As reported by TechSpot, modder Hairo Satoh (@haihaisb) has posted about his functional PlayStation handheld. How did he do it? He used a Takara Roulette Controller, a rare officially licensed PlayStation controller released in the early 2000s. It was functional and had a colorful spinner smacked in the top center of the peripheral.
As you can see from the images below, Satoh has made it into a contemporary device, swapping the spinner with a small LCD display and adding L&R back triggers, USB-C charging, stereo speakers, a memory card slot, and a volume wheel. Since the form factor is too small to play PS1 discs, Satoh can play games like Resident Evil: Survivor via a PS1 emulator.
This is not Satoh's first time modded older gaming tech into something more contemporary. A look at his Facebook or Instagram pages will show various projects he has crafted, most notably Nintendo handhelds, particularly GameBoys. But a personal favorite of mine is this mod he did for a Nintendo DS, where he downsized the screen display so that you can flip back when you are playing a GameBoy-era game, for example.
Satoh joins a slew of talented modders who are making their own little gaming handhelds to play the games of yesteryear. Most notably, GingerOfOz has made multiple different portable Wiis, built a PS2 portable, and repurposed a Wii Fit Board into a functioning Wii, to name a few.
Blogroll Credit: Hairo Satoh / Instagram
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