This week’s console was a real challenge. Partially because it is triangular, but also because of all the attachments. I never realized how difficult it is to make a steering wheel.
Here is the collection so far:
The first color handheld game system was the Lynx system from Atari.
My papercraft design for the original Lynx was pretty straightforward, except for the hand grips on the back. I had to use a bit of artistic license on them. Plus, it turns out that the cartridges were inserted inside one of the grips (I never actually owned a Lynx), so I had to create a cart port that resembles the Lynx as close as I could get it.
The Lynx II was a bit more design-intensive, just because I couldn’t quite get some of the folds to work properly. I ended up having the top and bottom pieces separate, which is a bit less aesthetically pleasing, but a lot more functional.
Here is a shot of my collection so far, to give a size perspective:
Continuing my game console series is the Channel F and Channel F System II by Fairchild. The Channel F was the second console to hit the home market and the first to use ROM cartridges (the Odyssey only used a kind of rerouting card).
Here is the design process development.
Since I did the very first home video game console last week (the Magnavox Odyssey), I thought it would be fun to do the latest video game console: the Nintendo Switch.
The console and controllers actually came from this site:
http://papermau.blogspot.com.br/2017/02/nintendo-switch-paper-model-in-11-scale.html
I shrunk it down so it would be in the same scale as my other console and created the docking station.
Here is the printout if you wanted your own:
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