Svmarco

I would not call it "butchering" more like resto-modding if done right, half the old systems don't work on new monitors and TV's...Kind of like putting hardened seats on a set of old heads to get them to work with unleaded gas....or better yet, a new set of aftermarket heads!

Thank you H454 for the good advice! I'll go look for the stepper bits!

I know the color pot inside the 2600 is meant to be adjusted and then left alone, but I'm the kind of person that can't stop fiddling with things that should be left alone Has anyone ever mounted an external linear potentiometer on the outside of the 2600 so that fine tuning or deliberate de-tuning can be done on a whim? I thought it might be an interesting modification to do...

My Parents got me mine when I was about 7 or 8, for the life of me I cannot remember if it was the Vader console or wood grain....it's crazy when I go looking for the games i used to have as the list seems to be much bigger than I thought...considering what games cost for the system proportionately at the time my poor parents must have spent a fortune! And being the spoiled brat i was, i was still jealous of my cousins with their Coleco vision...Just because i didn't have it too...LOL

I am going to try to make my own paddle controllers using new pots and recycling the housings from a couple of 7800 flashback controllers, simply because I have all the parts sitting around and have not found a set of original used paddles that I like yet...has anyone tried anything like this before?

Practice makes perfect But your first try is far better than mine I used RCA on my first attempt and agree, there is no attractive way to do that. I considered using a 3.5 A/V plug but thought that would get confused with the power port. Ultimately, I love what you have done, is it epoxied in place? My thought for my next try was to use a commodore 64 A/V cable as a 5 pin din chassis connector can be mounted easily.