View Full Version : If i am the last person to have seen this...i apologize
Avenger
08-29-2004, 03:47 AM
k i was just browsing the net and i came across this:
http://www.domainnamesanity.com/webumake/wwwsites/www.gameinhand.net/pictures/101games/1Oak%20Port%20atari%202600large.jpg
im probably like the last person on here to have seen it but i think its dam cool....its obviously a portable 2600...but anyone know anythin more about it?
Raedon
08-29-2004, 03:50 AM
Need some help getting out from under that rock? :D
Avenger
08-29-2004, 03:52 AM
yes please...a shovel would be nice :P
i was never around for the Atari era...ive been a nintendo boy since birth...soooooo theres still a lot of Atari stuff ive never seen
pixelsnpolygons
08-29-2004, 04:00 AM
yeah, old, but incredible nonetheless.
Avenger
08-29-2004, 04:02 AM
how many people here have one?
Phosphor Dot Fossils
08-29-2004, 04:09 AM
I think only seven or so VCSp models have been made and each is unique. Ben Heckendorn makes 'em.
I could be way off on my numbers - may be more than seven of them floating around. I've only ever seen one of them up close.
skoldpadda
08-29-2004, 04:24 AM
Do you have a link for that?
Also, can I borrow that shovel when you're finished with it? :D
Avenger
08-29-2004, 04:25 AM
i actually stumbled onto a page that had it...but no info for it...i figured ppl here could supply the info...and yea you can have my shovel i brought 2 :) lol
kevincure
08-29-2004, 04:42 AM
Ben was at CGE showing these off in 2003. He has a book coming out (search Amazon) this winter on how to make your own portable VCS, NES, SNES or PSX, though the engineering isn't for beginners. Seemed like a nice guy when I met him.
SoulBlazer
08-29-2004, 04:47 AM
Yeah, I've never heard off or seen that unit either.
It looks VERY nice, though. :eek 2:
Does he still make them? How much?
Cauterize
08-29-2004, 05:47 AM
wow that is so amazing! i want one!
No links to his pages yet?
http://www.classicgaming.com/vcsp/
http://www.benheck.com/
EnemyZero
08-29-2004, 07:47 AM
I remember hearing of this a year ago or so, but I didn't accually think it was real ...::drool::
tholly
08-29-2004, 09:52 AM
i have seen others....never that exact version though....very awesome idea if i do say so myself
Raedon
08-29-2004, 10:34 AM
If I remember correctly one was auctioned off at CGE 2k3. I got to use one of them and I remember it being heavy but small so there was a LOT of thought into the design considering it was small yet made from the parts of a 2600 Jr. and a portable TV.
http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/2600/1984version_2600jr.jpg
Pedro Lambrini
08-29-2004, 10:52 AM
I hadn't seen these before either, pretty groovy, eh? Does anyone else make these sorts of things, at all? Or is it just this crazy bloke??
Sniderman
08-29-2004, 10:58 AM
Yup, and Ben has made portable handheld SNES and Playstations too! Here are some links on DP where we've discussed 'em in the past:
Making old school systems portable? (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=24524&highlight=vcsp)
December EGM...DP,CGE,&VCSp (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21280&highlight=vcsp)
Was there ever a compact version of the Atari 2600? (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18692&highlight=vcsp)
Anybody purchase an Atari VCSp? (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1033&highlight=vcsp)
And, with that, I'll lock up this topic. YOu can discuss the system in one of the other threads already in progress.
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