Portable gaming for retro console lovers

posted Feb 28th 2011 4:00pm by
filed under: handhelds hacks, toy hacks

atari_2600_portable

There have been a fair share of portable video game console conversions over the years, but few tug at our retro-loving heart strings more than this one. Modretro forum member [Mario] constructed a fantastic looking portable Atari 2600 using a Flashback 2 Atari console clone.

He hacked apart the Flashback board to fit inside a small plastic case, then added a 3.5″ LCD screen, as well as some donated controller bits from other portable game systems. A pair of rechargeable batteries were added along with a small amplifier and speaker for sound.

While the Flashback comes with 40 games built in, he really wanted to add a cartridge port, so with the little bit of space he had left in the case, he did just that. When everything was finished, he sprayed on a few coats of retro orange paint and called it a day. Really the only thing that’s missing is some nice fake wood veneer and maybe some shag carpet.

Continue reading to see his portable creation in action.

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10 Responses to Portable gaming for retro console lovers

  • Jeditalian says:
    February 28, 2011 at 4:23 pm

    pretty cool. the knob control should probably be more widely used.. mice, keyboards, touchscreens all fail at playing breakout.

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  • dooglehead says:
    February 28, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    Wait a minute…

    http://hackaday.com/2010/06/26/portable-atari-the-size-of-a-game-boy/

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  • Mike Nathan says:
    February 28, 2011 at 4:40 pm

    @ dooglehead

    Yikes! We totally should have caught that on our end.

    Nothing to see here, folks.

    *whistles* while slowly walking away.

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  • Hirudinea says:
    February 28, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    @ Mike

    Just call it “Hack A Day’s Greatest Hits”

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  • strider_mt2k says:
    February 28, 2011 at 4:53 pm

    BS nothing to see here.

    So it’s a rerun!
    Do you have any idea how many times I’ve seen every episode of “The Venture Brothers”?
    (Answer: Shitloads)

    It is still amazing and touches my heart.
    (I was there for the “Adventure” Easter Egg back when it was still an adventure!)

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  • Paul Potter says:
    February 28, 2011 at 6:15 pm

    Fantastic.

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  • dooglehead says:
    February 28, 2011 at 6:55 pm

    Actually, I think that this was my favorite project on Hackaday when it was first posted, so I am not complaining about this repost.

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  • Jesse says:
    February 28, 2011 at 7:30 pm

    You know, you could always show off any of our other mods, including TONS of portables, over on ModRetro.

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  • Jeditalian says:
    February 28, 2011 at 8:32 pm

    damn, had i not missed Hackaday last june, i could have begun to recreate the original comments

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  • cns949 says:
    April 7, 2011 at 8:50 am

    Great if your still into those old games.

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