My customized Dodge Viper Dreamcast + white Atari 2600 JR

[frodo2968]

http://www.xboxinformer.com/dc.jpg

http://www.xboxinformer.com/dcpainted.jpg

I took the whole thing apart, and used Krylon Fusion paint.

Things yet to do:

- Mod the power LED from orange to blue
- Possibly add "lighted" headlights, if I can figure out how ;)
- Paint the controller port piece black

Thoughts? All comments are welcome and appreciated.

EDIT: here's an Atari 2600 JR that I just painted for the heck of it, in case anyone ever wondered how it would look painted white :P.

http://www.xboxinformer.com/ataripainted.jpg

[StealthLurker]

How about a spoiler lip and xenon headlights for the power light? LOL

[Saabmeister]

Freakin Sweet!

[sabre2922]

very kool

wish I never gave my extra DC to my friend or I would do the same ;)

[James]

Add LEDs to the controller ports so you can have those headlights you wanted. You'll just have to figure out how to do it. It should look something like the Xbox power LED or you could bore out the inside of the back of the controller ports and add yellow LEDs there.

[frodo2968]

Thanks for the comments and tips :). I'll keep ya'll updated on what I do with it.

Oh, and be sure to note the cutout in the lid 8-)

[Muscelli]

id say add a light to the fan... anyway

Thats Hot

[frodo2968]

Oh, and I thought I'd add that the whole thing so far took me probably 4 hours of time, and $4.00 at Walmart with the paint.

And I covered all the labels and everyone with tape, so it turned out awesome 8-).

I'm excited about it. Maybe I'll go paint my Genesis now.

[Joelius]

Excellent. Now that is an ultimate tribute to the Viper.

[slip81]

Drop the whole thing down a few inches, it'll never be able to make high speed turns at that height

but really, it's pretty cool :)

[frodo2968]

Just painted a matching controller :-P.

Oh, and I added the picture for that too.

[Sothy]

cool man. Dig it.

[frodo2968]

Thanks.

I just won another DC on eBay last night, so I'll probably do something to that also.

[kainemaxwell]

Beyond cool!!

[Kejoriv]

Nice work! How long did it take you? Would the paint chip?

[frodo2968]

Nice work! How long did it take you? Would the paint chip?

I'm thinking about 6 hours max from conception to completion. That involves cutting, taping over lots of things (right down to the labels on the bottom), painting, dis-assembling, and re-assembling everything.

And no, the paint doesn't chip.

Not bad for the amount of time it took me and $4.00 in paint :-P.

[Cauterize]

thats the same as the one thats pictured on the DC mod site... did you copy it?

http://devcast.dcemulation.com/gallery/gallery5.php <-Bottom of Gallery 5

[frodo2968]

thats the same as the one thats pictured on the DC mod site... did you copy it?

http://devcast.dcemulation.com/gallery/gallery5.php <-Bottom of Gallery 5

No. And it's not the same, but yeah, quite similar from the looks of things. Mine should be more "Viper-ish" than that one, though, when it's done.

I had a copy of Test Drive 6 lying around, and got the idea.
http://secure-shopping-cart.com/serviceconcepts/cart/testdr6.jpg

By the way, that's a cool site with lots of awesome mods - thanks for pointing it out :).

[SMB]

I like the idea of putting headlights on the front of the DC, nice work :)

[frodo2968]

I like the idea of putting headlights on the front of the DC, nice work :)

Yeah, I've never seen that done before - seems like it would look cool 8-).

[IGotTheDot]

Now Make a Typing of the Dead pack with your new one!!! That would be sweet!

[frodo2968]

Now Make a Typing of the Dead pack with your new one!!! That would be sweet!

Hmm, cool idea. I'll think about it.

[Slate]

Very nice.

[frodo2968]

Well I was bored once again, so I painted my Atari 2600 Jr white. It looked kindof crappy before, but now at least it's different. And kindof neat IMO :).

http://www.xboxinformer.com/ataripainted.jpg

[Hovoc]

how does the paint feel on the controller?

[frodo2968]

how does the paint feel on the controller?

To be honest, it doesn't feel any different. And the stuff doesn't peel or anything either, so it's awesome 8-).

[Joelius]

I wonder if after a long time, with use the paint will wear off from all the sweat and grime and stuff from your hands. I mean colored plastic is different than paint.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Now this is what I call a Dodge Viper DreamCast!

http://devcast.dcemulation.com/gallery/barriz1.jpg

http://devcast.dcemulation.com/gallery/barriz2.jpg


(Shame it's not mine) :(

[frodo2968]

Shame that the pic doesn't load :D