First off, thanks for all the praise. I really hope i can find all the time to make this portable and do it right! I don't want to half-a$$ this and have it look bad. The world of a perfectionist ...
Also this might be just because this is a mockup, but where are the power/brightness/volume switches going to go? A headphone jack would be nice too.
I'm undecided on where to put those controls. I'm thinking either on the side opposite to the video out or under the cart slot on the back. Where the fingers rest when holding the cart/console it wouldn't hit the controls accidentally.
Nice design skenske! I too have an FC Mobile 2 but am hoping something better comes out as there are a good few games that dont play. Your portable NES would be pretty kick ass!
Unfortunately we are kind of stuck with compatibility of the NOAC board. All the famiclones use the same board, it hasnt changed in years and likely will not change.
You've done well making it look like a NES, but you're meant to be doing a handheld here. Imagine how uncomfortable it would be with the heavy cartridge sticking out several inches from the back? I'd try and have the socket at the top/bottom.
It looks like a great design, I'm not sure if the location for the cartridges is very practical especially for an NES cartridge.
There isn't really a whole lot of options of the cart location. I know its kind of awkward to have the cart stick out at 90 degrees but any other place for it to stick out would feel & look really weird. The cart is only a few ounces so i don't think the weight will really through me off too much, especially since i plan on putting the batteries on the bottom part of the cart. The weight distribution should balance pretty well that way.
are you gonna make it as a skin? or paint? vinyl dye would work great for the base coat.
For the NES portable i would be using the original NES. pad for the front design and paint the top half of the cart. I would create a sticker/label for the back legal info part that has the NES logo.
For the Famicom portable the gold & red controller i would use a label/sticker. I would paint both parts of the cart red & white. I would create label/sticker for the Famicom Family logo parts.
Jup I also like the idea and the design! The only thing which could be a problem maybe is that the screen will be a tad small. Weren't those NES games made for the "big screen"? 
I was debating between a 3" & 2.5" screen but since i already have a 2.5" screen i decided to go with that. A small screen for NES games isn't really a problem considering the graphics are very basic and the text had to be pretty large to be legible. The FC Mobile II i have uses a 2.5" screen and it works great for all the games i play. If the first portable works out well (probably starting with the Famicom version) then i may upgrade the screen size to 3" for the 2nd portable.
Those look better then the ones out there !
maybe these pics can help ya out
i think there were also a few pics on the inside for wiring and stuff like that 
Yeah i have seen those before too but i was kind of displeased with them. Don't get me wrong, their portable are up, working and finished but I just really felt compelled to take a similar idea and do it my way. The first portable you pictured is an emulation machine and i wanted to be able to use actual NES carts with mine. The 2nd one the screen feels awfully low, the start and select buttons aren't visible and without any designs or color it looks kind of bland. Like i said before they are both very nice portables i just wanted to have my take on it.
