Welp, that's enough dystopian reality for me today. I was actually hoping to have these for repairability and easier chip identification, but nope, built for prisons you say...
Yeah. They are often very locked down and lack features you would normally expect - especially connectivity and configurability.
There's a Youtube vid where a guy gets hold of one and the hoops he had to go through to install his own OS and get it to run some games... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRoRPiDOtUg
I love the idea that a product was created to prevent prisoners from smuggling heroin, but then someone said "You know, I bet that would sell great at Sharper Image."
Most clear things will look bad after a short time of use, if you have to touch them. They will get scratched or greasy and dirt will become visible in hard to clean areas.
Had none of that with my clear gameboy pocket, that boy was plugged into a wall socket most of the time because of how much pokemon i played on it.
But tbh i wasn't really a greasy kid, i remember friends controllers which were sticky af and made me not want to play because of how gross it made me feel.
I had an atomic purple gameboy at one point and I miss that thing dearly.
I really enjoy seeing the components of a thing and most of my mechanical keyboards have translucent or semi-translucent cases.
They’re not high-tech, but “demonstrator” editions of fountain pens also hit this vibe.
And if anyone is curious, I’m pretty sure the watch in this image is a Swatch JellyFish (or an imitation). Swatch still makes watches like this, but this style is called Clearly Gent now.
I deeply miss my glacier blue n64. I keep hoping for a shell for steak deck in that color.
The Steak Deck. When you want to enjoy a perfectly grilled T-Bone on a transatlantic flight
--Commander "We'll bang okay?" Shepard
You can buy aftermarket shells like that, or very similar, I just worry the fit and finish won't be quite as nice
I've seen them but can't find any in that color.
Oh bummer, I hope you find the right color some day :)
I too yearn for a glacier blue shell for my steak deck
I am really hoping someone makes a repopped shell for the analogue 3d and the 8bitdo controllers. I would absolutely splash for an og dk green set.
There's a whole series of Xbox controllers like this. I have the clear one and it's fucking dope.
Fun fact: some of these are made specifically for US prisons because you can't hide contraband in them.
Welp, that's enough dystopian reality for me today. I was actually hoping to have these for repairability and easier chip identification, but nope, built for prisons you say...
Yeah. They are often very locked down and lack features you would normally expect - especially connectivity and configurability. There's a Youtube vid where a guy gets hold of one and the hoops he had to go through to install his own OS and get it to run some games... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRoRPiDOtUg
Bringus mentioned let's go
I love the idea that a product was created to prevent prisoners from smuggling heroin, but then someone said "You know, I bet that would sell great at Sharper Image."
Memory unlocked with that Memorex cassette.
Not Memorex, but it unlocked this memory: https://youtu.be/Zk71h2CQ_xM
Prison commissary type beat
I would love one of those coloful macbooks from the 90s with current technology.
I mean, Xbox is trying, but it is too little, too late:
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/sky-cipher-special-edition
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/ghost-cipher-special-edition
https://www.xbox.com/en-US/accessories/controllers/pulse-cipher-special-edition
There's also some modders who make transparent aftermarket housings.
Very meh
Transparent plastics are the tastiest!
They're also the most brittle which I think is a reason for their dissapearance
Most clear things will look bad after a short time of use, if you have to touch them. They will get scratched or greasy and dirt will become visible in hard to clean areas.
The coloured ones usually hold up better
Had none of that with my clear gameboy pocket, that boy was plugged into a wall socket most of the time because of how much pokemon i played on it.
But tbh i wasn't really a greasy kid, i remember friends controllers which were sticky af and made me not want to play because of how gross it made me feel.
Why did they stop ?
Truly. But I can't guess why.
Because if the cover is transparent you have to spend extra money to make sure the internals look good.
Yeah can imagine that. But the free cable era seem finished. Now every cable is printed on a board
Anbernic does a lot of this for retro consoles these days!
https://anbernic.com/
That watch is a Swatch and they still make new transparent models, I got one a few months back and posted it to the watch sub.
I had an atomic purple gameboy at one point and I miss that thing dearly.
I really enjoy seeing the components of a thing and most of my mechanical keyboards have translucent or semi-translucent cases.
They’re not high-tech, but “demonstrator” editions of fountain pens also hit this vibe.
And if anyone is curious, I’m pretty sure the watch in this image is a Swatch JellyFish (or an imitation). Swatch still makes watches like this, but this style is called Clearly Gent now.
My missus got a set of Slime VR trackers and they're all transparent purple plastic. Very 90s.
Lol, that's fucking great!
Had some of those memorex cassettes
If you bring back jncos, they will come
Bad news… there’s an Instagram account for JNCO that is back on their bullshit!
Full disclosure, I was a big pants rave kid and def owned JNCOs
Can transparent iPods join in?