Article: Atari 2600 console mod with built in screen

[VectorGamer]

Interesting but at a ridiculous price...where the heck is the joystick? I see a knob for a paddle and three buttons...

 

http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/08/atari-2600-console-mod-with-built-in-screen/

[edwood13]

It looks ridiculous, to be honest, I wouldn't buy one.

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

[Video]

Thought that upper left balck thing was a joystick (like a PSX/2 joystick or something) Kinda looks weird/awkward, however, there certainly is enough room inside the console for most any mod you'd want to do to it, imagine how many batteries you could put in the thing....a true heavy fourer

[Captain Beard]

From the website:

...what if you want to keep the aesthetics of the console intact? You put a 5″ LCD screen and the joystick controls right on the console itself of course.

 

How exactly does inserting a 5" screen with a horrendous-looking giant white border and installing 4 buttons in the grid work entail "keeping the aesthetics of the console intact"?

That's like keeping the aesthetic of your old-school tube TV by pasting a flat screen on top of it. It just don't make no sense.

[Vic George 2K3]

Interesting, but could have been done better. I'm not sure about taking this thing everywhere because of its size.

[thebiggw]

 

 

 

AGREED!!!

[Lord Thag]

 

 

 

AGREED!!!

 

Yeah. Never ceases to amaze me the time people spend building something, and then have it look like that thing.

 

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