This thing was built a loooong time ago, back in March 2007. It had no screen, and didn’t have a fully established case. It was cheap ass. It was done horribly. However, the inter workings, soldering, connections, and wiring was expert, and very well done. However, the wiring is all out of shape and messy since I recovered and rearranged it from its hiding place in my work station. It was an Atari 2600 semi-portable.
I didn’t have a screen suitable for it, nor did I have a suitable case, so I went cheap. It used a Radioshack project box, and used AV cables that hooked up to a TV instead of an LCD screen. It didn’t have a controller case, it had a visible circuit board that had tactile switches soldered in. Would probably give your fingers thumbs some trouble.
It had a composite converter circuit I built for it. The Atari 2600 did not use composite video signals. It would be impossible to hook it up to a modern day television or screen. The Atari board was cut down to 4″x4″. It was a small compact square. The good thing about the Atari board, is you can lose most of the board and it will still work. I didn’t have access to a band saw, so I had to use a dremel, which really messed up my want for a perfectly cut line.
It used a 9 volt RC car rechargeable battery pack. The soldering on the board was difficult to arrange. Wires everywhere. I’ll post a picture up of the soldering work sometime soon. Here are some pictures:
The silver knob on the left of the case is for volume, if I remember correctly. There is a player 2 port on the side facing the player’s torso. I’ll probably post more pictures later. And I’ll probably add to this later too.
-Talonox
Filed under: Vintage Gaming | Tagged: Atari 2600, gaming, hacking, portable, vintage
