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.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1ifj7Tgzls&w=470]
pretty cool. the knob control should probably be more widely used.. mice, keyboards, touchscreens all fail at playing breakout.
Wait a minute…
http://hackaday.com/2010/06/26/portable-atari-the-size-of-a-game-boy/
@ dooglehead
Yikes! We totally should have caught that on our end.
Nothing to see here, folks.
*whistles* while slowly walking away.
@ Mike
Just call it “Hack A Day’s Greatest Hits”
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!)
Fantastic.
Actually, I think that this was my favorite project on Hackaday when it was first posted, so I am not complaining about this repost.
You know, you could always show off any of our other mods, including TONS of portables, over on ModRetro.
damn, had i not missed Hackaday last june, i could have begun to recreate the original comments
Great if your still into those old games.