Retro hardware experiments can sometimes go too far. This time, an original Xbox has been turned into a portable — and potentially hazardous — gaming device.
The original Xbox was once regarded as the bulkiest console of its generation. Yet a creator known as James Channel set out to prove that even such a machine can be adapted into a handheld form — albeit in a highly unconventional manner.
In a YouTube video, James walks viewers through the process step by step: from initial repairs to a complete rebuild. The donor Xbox was nonfunctional, so he first restored it to working order. He then reworked the shell, removing excess parts and substantially revising the internal layout.
For the display and audio he repurposed a docking station from an old iPod, swapped the storage for a CompactFlash card, and sawed the controllers in half to mount them on either side of the screen. The centerpiece is an exposed DVD drive spinning at roughly 10,000 RPM — a feature that literally raises the stakes of the build.
Final testing succeeded: the modder managed to boot Halo, and the portable ran for 9 minutes and 40 seconds on its internal battery. Naturally, this isn’t a daily-driver but an engineering exercise — a demonstration of how far an enthusiast armed with glue, an angle grinder, and imagination can go.
The video can be watched via this link.
Source: iXBT.games