Modder makes Portable TurboGrafx-16

On one side, you have the people who only play home consoles. On the other side, you have the people who like handheld consoles. Yet another sect only likes playing “Retro” consoles, since “The dayumned young people games ain’t made like dey used to be!” And hanging off to the side are those crazy weirdos who like to make the aforementioned retro home consoles into modern portables, defying all common grouping. One of the people leading that group is John Grayson, known on the ‘tubes by the handle “Bacteria”, who also happens to be an Administrator on the portable making community ModRetro.

Now, you may have seen people make handhelds out of the PS1, N64, (Bacteria has previously done both), and other systems. But he decided to mix things up and make a portable out of a lesser known system, albeit one with several fantastic games that you cannot find anywhere else, the TurboGrafx-16!

Bacteria took a vintage PSone RGB display, a 4.4 amp Li-Po battery (The same kind used in high-end remote control cars and planes), and a heavily modified TG-16 board, then managed to cram it all together into a custom made vacu-form plastic case.  The result is nothing short of spectacular, with a region mod switch that allows it to play both Japanese and American TG-16 games, Turbo Button switches, and about 3 hours of battery life (No small feat for a system that normally runs off wall power!)  The case quality on this portable is a big step above what you often see on cobbled together mods, and the red makes it look even cooler than it already is.  Are you taking note, Nintendo?  All us Americans want is a more colorful Wii, and we will all love it!

With people like Bacteria on the loose, portablizers like “Ben Heck” had better step up their game.  To see more pictures, a video, and full specifications (Or if you want to ask Bacteria any questions), just follow this link to the thread on the ModRetro forums.