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Title: Just Plain WOW
Post by: RetroJames on January 14, 2004, 11:57:41 pm: Probably already discussed and not my project....yet ;) but this guy's efforts are truly worthy.

http://www.classicgaming.com/vcsp/
Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: Stingray on January 15, 2004, 10:12:43 am: Very, very cool stuff! Thanks for the link!

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Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: walls83 on January 15, 2004, 11:02:23 am: He was featured in EGM acouple months ago... Very cool stuff
Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: Apollo on January 15, 2004, 02:25:00 pm: Wow, that's some dedicated gamer.
Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: SpamMe on January 15, 2004, 03:01:47 pm: You too can have one for the low low price of $400 too.
Site says his next revision is shooting for a $200 pricetag. Cool stuff :)
Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: Harakiri on January 15, 2004, 05:06:22 pm: I didn't take a deep look in the site but what i understood is that the guy makes cool handheld consoles right? ??? ;D
Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: RetroJames on January 15, 2004, 05:14:28 pm: Quote from: Fiend on January 15, 2004, 05:06:22 pm
I didn't take a deep look in the site but what i understood is that the guy makes cool handheld consoles right? ??? ;D

Cool Atari 2600 handheld consoles, correct.
Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: walls83 on January 15, 2004, 05:37:38 pm: no he make handhelds for ATARI, COLECOVISION, NES, SNES, GENISIS, PLAYSTATION and some others..
Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: MrDT on January 15, 2004, 09:48:40 pm: *tries to put out the lightbulb that just appeared above his head*

Me wants! The PSp looks superb!
Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: Stingray on January 16, 2004, 11:11:11 am: Okay, I think I read everything on this guy's website yesterday. I really, really, really want a handheld Atari 2600! He has pretty detailed instructions on how he does most of his tricks. None of it looks to be beyond my technical skill level. I'm seriously thinking of building one of these when my cab is finished. The only problem I see is making a case for it. I don't have access to the kind of milling machinery he does, so making one the same way he does it would be out of the question for me. I'm pretty sure I could build a one-off case out of fiberglass though... giving this some serious thought.

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Title: Re:Just Plain WOW
Post by: RetroJames on January 17, 2004, 03:11:33 pm: I was pretty impressed as well. After seeing it, I picked up three Atari 2600's along with a Vectrex locally. I am ebaying the best 2600. It goes up at around 8pm tonight. In testing it I played a load of games, missle command, jr. pac-man (actually a very playable and fun pac version unlike the 2600 pac-man original *yuck*) galaxian, defender II, poleposition, centipede, a bunch more. They are actually still really fun. I was surprised. I also noted that they would look pretty good on a small screen as well. I think I am going to do minor repairs on the other two and ebay them as well along with some controllers, but I will be keeping my eye out for more when I can start another project.