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Who has thought of it?  Who has tried it?  Well, surely there is some video online - on how to do it😀    Anyway, it would surely be a hobby thing purely - because it's probably not economically worth it to build one - like it is a PC.

O.K., if you were building a console from scratch, how might you go about it?   What are some original ideas for your unique console?

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On 2/19/2020 at 8:59 AM, The Blackangel said:

Are we talking something compatible with a specific game company? Like something that plays Xbox games? Or are we talking a whole new Gaming console completely different that uses its own format?

Well, making a well known console - could be illegal!

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I would love to upgrade my PC as well, but money keeps me down. My computer is a 4 year old all-in-one that is starting to show its age. If I could come up with the money to get something that would keep its value for at least 5 years before turning to shit, I would be all over that. But it’s not in the cards.

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31 minutes ago, The Blackangel said:

Damn right. It’s not the 70’s anymore. We’re dealing with the big boys now, and they don’t take kindly to 3rd party developers.

Yeah, that's kind of a no-brainer.  I'm suprised @skyfire didn't think of it.

Oh, wait he means as a hobby - and not to sell?  Well, as long as too many aren't being made - it would probably be overlooked.

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4 hours ago, Jayson said:

Yeah, that's kind of a no-brainer.  I'm suprised @skyfire didn't think of it.

Oh, wait he means as a hobby - and not to sell?  Well, as long as too many aren't being made - it would probably be overlooked.

Yep I meant as an hobby. Obviously doing that as a business would mean covering everything with the legal stuff. 

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If it's just a hobby, then like @Jayson said, I doubt anyone at the corporate level would notice. And if they did notice, I doubt they would care. All you would have to say if someone got their feathers ruffled, is that you were using their software as a prototype to make sure your design would work before you started getting your own games written and made compatible. Tell them that they would be credited for their system being so much assistance, and I'm sure that as long as they got a cut of the profits (assuming you went into production large or small) there wouldn't be any hard feelings.

I don't have the knowhow to do any of this so I can't offer much on the technical side. Actually I can't offer jack shit on the technical side. All I can do is make extremely simple YouTube videos.

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