A pocket-sized Atari 2600 Portable: Stella

Mario · **Joined:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:11 pm **Posts:** 1722

Making a new portable, this time it's Atari 2600! :awesome:

The Atari doesn't seem to get much lovin', so that's one of my reasons for making one.

I actually will not be posting my worklog here! It's all going to be over on Benheck.

vvv HERE IS THE WORKLOG. vvv
http://forums.benheck.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=38001
^^^ HERE IS THE WORKLOG. ^^^

I will, however, occasionally post pictures of progress over here, for those of you too lazy to click the link.

So, here's progress so far!

Proving everything works:

The case so far:

Next is sanding and painting the case!
Yes, that d-pad and paddle trigger are from a GBP. :wink:

Joeyjoe9876 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:22 am

just asking. is that the casing an Ipod comes in?

Mario · **Joined:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:11 pm **Posts:** 1722

Reading Skilz 101

On Benheck, Mario wrote:

FITS IN A POCKET! The case is what an iPod Touch comes in, and it's pretty small. The dimensions are 5x3x1-1/8".

Unless you were being sarcastic. :wink:

If not, I see you're one of the ones that I'll be posting stuff over here for.

EDIT: Also, by noticing your location (which I now remember has been the same for a long time) I have concluded that you were, indeed, being sarcastic.

Joeyjoe9876 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 7:35 am

i was just too lazy to look

also i just took a quick glance at it because i was working on a story for the pokehack

βeta · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:22 am

I spontaneously REALLY want to make a case out of one of those now.

Joeyjoe9876 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:24 am

remember my "Top secret NOAC"? it uses one

XCVG · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:28 am

That paddle sticks up A LOT. I would slim it down if you want it to go into a pocket.

J.D · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:36 am

You're an admin on Modretro...

...who makes worklog almost Benheck exclusive.

Good job helping out our forum there!

samjc3 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 12, 2010 8:41 am

J.D wrote:

You're an admin on Modretro...

...who makes worklog almost Benheck exclusive.

Good job helping out our forum there!

i would complain, but sprocket64 was here, and its incredible.

i looked into using an ipod touch case once. but i decided nothing i wanted to portableize was small enough.

Mario · **Joined:** Wed Jul 15, 2009 7:11 pm **Posts:** 1722

XCVG: I thought about that, but moving it down much further makes it really hard to grip. It's not too bad.

JD: I know, right? :awesome:

On Benheck, Mario wrote:

So, when I "moved" to ModRetro, I pretty much disappeared on here. I decided to pay homage to the site that originally fathered me and post my Stella worklog here! I also noticed that some older members are returning, so perhaps I'll hop on the bandwagon.

A pocket-sized Atari 2600 Portable: Stella

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