FC Mobile

[elviticus]

Just got one of these: http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20080428/fc...es-game-player/

 

for $40 from ebay. I'm pretty impressed! Mine works well and it's a neat novelty to have a portable NES w/screen - haven't tried it with a TV yet...

 

I wish there was an Atari one - probably not enough demand though. .. Any one else get one?

[+remowilliams]

Yes

[elviticus]

DOH! Should have searched, sorry!

 

Still, any hope for an Atari version?

[madhatter667]

Ben Heck? I think he's hacked a few Ataris and turned them into handhelds.

Though depending, it'd be cool if you could load Atari ROMS into the handheld, and load them from a scrollable menu.

I'd pitch in for something like that. No multicarting, no Cuttle Cart...but something like a GOOD Flashback system on the run.

[elviticus]

Yeah, I know Ben Heck has made really cool looking portable 2600s, and you can even get the plans and try yourself, but it seems WAY expensive.... I'd like to have a 2600 version of an FC mobile, I wouldn't even mind having to bring around some carts! A portable FB2 would be cool also, it's just you have to settle for what games they put on it.

 

I thought the Atari comp for the PS2 was the answer to my prayers.... then I saw the emulation... ;(*

[Crazy Climber]

Ben Heck is near impossible to contact, I have emailed him at least 10 times with no response

[Reaperman]

Ben Heck is near impossible to contact, I have emailed him at least 10 times with no response

It may be better that way. He's been working on an mvs console for me for quite some time (nov 2006)

[godslabrat]

What is the consensus on these ROM-playing portables? They're basically the same as the FC mobile, only with flash memory instead of a cart port? What's the build quality like? Can the buttons be corrected?

 

Edit: Upon further inspection, I don't think the PDC takes ROMs, but I know I saw an almost identical unit that did. Same question still applies, if you know the system to which I was referring.

Edited June 15, 2008 by godslabrat