"Youtuber James Channel has come up with an Xbox portable made from an old Xbox console, and it can be as raw as you would imagine. Stack it against the PlayStation 4 mod dubbed " PS4T" that puts a polished portable handheld in your hands, this one looks straight out of the Mad Max world. The DIY project salvages an OG Xbox console into a working handheld, as the controller is chopped in half to make the thing possible."
"The DIY handheld is a combination of some inventive tinkering of the console, its DVD drive, and other useful bits. Of course, how can I forget the good old duct tape that keeps the wild gadget in unison, functioning perfectly as he finally plays Doom on the fabled system. It all starts with taking apart the first-gen console and then mixing it up with an old LCD screen from the iPod Dock that acts as the display of the handheld."
"Things get pretty technical as James replaces the faulty transistors with makeshift ones and then hot glues the circuitry. The DVD drive is no pristine working condition either, and he figures out the workaround on that one, too. The batteries from the dead iPod video dock are also a handful to revive, but the ingenious DIYer always has a workaround. These act as the power source for the handheld that survives around 10 minutes of gameplay."
An original Xbox was disassembled and repurposed into a handheld by grafting salvaged components like an iPod Dock LCD, speakers, and batteries onto the console. The controller was physically modified to integrate controls, while transistors were replaced with makeshift parts and circuitry secured with hot glue and duct tape. The DVD drive required a custom workaround to load games. The handheld boots and plays titles such as Doom, but battery life is limited to roughly ten minutes. The finished device prioritizes function and improvisation over polish, yielding a rugged, Mad Max–style portable gaming solution.
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