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Ben Heck’s Portable Atari 2600

24/05/2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

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Atari 2600 featured 2In this episode of The Ben Heck Show, Ben makes an awesome hand-held Atari 2600 by pulling apart the original chips and wiring the entire circuit manually, 3D printing a custom case, and adding a screen and rechargeable battery – wow! Check out the video to see just how he did it.

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Atari 2600 2

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Atari 2600 1

Source: The Ben Heck Show via Technabob

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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Atari, Atari 2600, Ben Heck, Electronics, element14, mods, Portable Atari 2600, The Ben Heck Show

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