gespy Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Inside the case of an Atari Flashback 1, I have build a Rasberry Pi Zero with Retro Pi on it. It can be controlled with the original Flashback 1 controllers. I have made a video of this project: Please let me know what you think about it. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draxxon Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 thats very impressive. I'm a big fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draxxon Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 (edited) Picked this up just because of your post! Edited March 27, 2021 by Draxxon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoShedsWilson Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) I'm looking at doing the same thing. I keep going back and forth on how I want to handle the controller ports, but I did come up with something I think is clever for the metallic strip that should give the same shiny look plus have the graphics printed on it. It works in my head, but reality doesn't always agree with my head. I'm also considering 3D printing a scaled-down 7800 cartridge port to complete the look, but I would need to see if there is room inside to do that or not. I'm beyond a sucker for aesthetics. Edited March 30, 2021 by TwoShedsWilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gespy Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/27/2021 at 4:48 PM, Draxxon said: Picked this up just because of your post! Great! Let me know if you need any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 4 hours ago, TwoShedsWilson said: I'm also considering 3D printing a scaled-down 7800 cartridge port to complete the look, but I would need to see if there is room inside to do that or not. Maybe the scale would work out just right and a microSD card could fit in it? Just a thought about making it functional. Didn't watch the video yet. Don't know if Pi Zero interfaces to SD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoShedsWilson Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, Keatah said: Maybe the scale would work out just right and a microSD card could fit in it? Just a thought about making it functional. Didn't watch the video yet. Don't know if Pi Zero interfaces to SD. I have no doubt it could be done, but it's not something I'm planning on. I'm just doing it for appearances. I don't think the scale would for for an SD card, they'd be too small, but you could probably make a scale cartridge and put it in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draxxon Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I feel I'm going to go the opposite route. I'm fine with the red flashback 1 sticker and no cart port. I would like to stick a pi3 or 4 in there. And concentrate on the ~100 Atari 7800 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 On 3/6/2021 at 10:25 AM, gespy said: Please let me know what you think about it. Love little shitbox projects like this. They're artful adaptation of new tech to old tech. Also like the color Atari logo at startup - much better than the modern monochrome metro crap so prevalent today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoShedsWilson Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 On 3/30/2021 at 2:23 PM, Draxxon said: I feel I'm going to go the opposite route. I'm fine with the red flashback 1 sticker and no cart port. I would like to stick a pi3 or 4 in there. And concentrate on the ~100 Atari 7800 games. I realize I'm in a weird minority that would obsess over how to get the shiny metal sticker part as close as possible. For my purposes a Pi 0 will work just fine. I don't plan on running anything beyond the 7800 and it will handle those just fine. This should give me a nice "Atari" entry to go along with all my other mini-consoles. The giant orange buttons just don't sit well with me on the newer flashbacks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CmdrCyrus Posted June 29, 2021 Share Posted June 29, 2021 I'm highly interested in doing one of these for myself! I thought it would be a fun project to convert the Flashback into a proper 7800 mini. I picked one up off ebay and am making a shopping list for the Raspberry Pi parts you mentioned in your video. Is there any chance you could make some step-by-step instructions or some kind of schematic on how you wired everything together? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wizzard Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 What kind of stella core does it run? Regular or 2014 version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirlynxalot Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) On 3/6/2021 at 11:25 AM, gespy said: Inside the case of an Atari Flashback 1, I have build a Rasberry Pi Zero with Retro Pi on it. It can be controlled with the original Flashback 1 controllers. I have made a video of this project: Please let me know what you think about it. Very interested in this project. Gespys final result looks fantastic. I didn't quite follow how the controller interface was made, or how the flashbacks power button is connected to the pi. Is it also possible to share the sticker graphic so we can print it out for our own builds? Has anyone other than Gespy gotten around to completing a similar mod of the 7800 flashback? The plastic shell really is ideal for a 7800 mini. Edited August 25, 2022 by sirlynxalot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Unfortunately the spoken audio is quite soft to hear, so you increase the volume and then get blasted by the loud music On 8/24/2022 at 7:00 PM, sirlynxalot said: I didn't quite follow how the controller interface was made The two DB9 ports can be soldered to the proper pins on the 40-pin header and then you install and configure the proper driver needed. Basically the controller is wired directly to the Raspberry Pi, so no USB adapter interface is needed. On 9/23/2021 at 3:57 AM, Wizzard said: What kind of stella core does it run? Regular or 2014 version? My guess is he is using the default lr-stella, which is quite old. It doesn't support newer homebrew and it only supports joystick games. For other controller types, then you'd need a USB adapter, and you'd have to install the standard alone version of Stella. But the current version of Stella does not run well on the Raspberry Pi 0 The last version of Stella that runs well on the RPi0 is ver5.0.2, so when I use a Raspberry Pi 0 in one of my Ultimate Atari Joystick builds, then I need to use that version. I've been trying to get my hands on the new RPi0W-2 to see how that works with the newer versions of Stella, but the current chip shortage means Pis are hard to get these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 On 3/6/2021 at 8:25 AM, gespy said: Please let me know what you think about it. You can add some configuration changes to hide that rainbow splash screen, and to hide the emulationStation splash screen. It makes the boot up be more clean. The boot process will give the impression that nothing is happening because those aren't shown - just a blank screen is displayed - but I like to hide those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gespy Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 10 hours ago, fdr4prez said: Unfortunately the spoken audio is quite soft to hear, so you increase the volume and then get blasted by the loud music That is indeed a problem. I recorded the spoken audio with my phone. In the video editing software the spoken audio is set to 100%. I need a better microphone and better video editing software. Thank you for your comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gespy Posted October 19, 2022 Author Share Posted October 19, 2022 10 hours ago, fdr4prez said: You can add some configuration changes to hide that rainbow splash screen, and to hide the emulationStation splash screen. It makes the boot up be more clean. The boot process will give the impression that nothing is happening because those aren't shown - just a blank screen is displayed - but I like to hide those. I already had made sure that the linux bootlog was no longer visible, but I had not yet found how to configure that the Emulationstation splashscreen is not shown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 8 hours ago, gespy said: I already had made sure that the linux bootlog was no longer visible, but I had not yet found how to configure that the Emulationstation splashscreen is not shown. Hide emulationstation splashscreen To hide the emulationstation splashscreen, edit the /opt/retropie/configs/all/autostart.sh file and add --no-splash to it, so it looks like emulationstation --no-splash #auto exit/save reboot Hide rainbow splashscreen To hide the rainbow splashscreen, edit the /boot/config.txt disable_splash=1 exit/save reboot obviously you can make both changes at the same time and reboot once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 Not sure if you've done this change or not: Stop shutdown/reboot messages onscreen during shutdown Edit the /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation/emulationstation.sh find “sudo reboot” and replace with “sudo reboot --no-wall” find “sudo poweroff” and replace with “sudo poweroff --no-wall” exit/save reboot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 I like this one, too: Speed Boot Process by not waiting for network If there is no network cable connection and no wifi connection, then this can delay to the booting process. The “wait for network” can be turned off in RASPI-CONFIG to help speed up the booting process. Retropie (gamelist) > RASPI-CONFIG > System Options > S6 Network at Boot Select NO Even with this option set to NO, the Wifi and/or network cable will still connect. This setting simply prevents the timeout delay during booting when there is no connectivity available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gespy Posted February 25, 2023 Author Share Posted February 25, 2023 After all the questions about the build, I have made a part 2 video, with complete building details: And thank you fdr4prez, for the information. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Nice. If I only had the time. I have the hardware... Just need the time to hack it together and load it. Do you share your SD card image? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+fdr4prez Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 On 2/25/2023 at 6:28 AM, gespy said: After all the questions about the build, I have made a part 2 video, with complete building details: And thank you fdr4prez, for the information. Very good video! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenTari Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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