Mark Wolfe Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 http://retroactive.be/multari/morepics.html Interesting, but I was holding out for Curt Vendel's handheld Atari 2600. It was smaller and boasted an sd or other flash card loading I think. Anyone know if Curt got that off the ground? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 What do you mean, "holding out for"? It's not as if you can buy a Multari. It's a one-off. Not yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 What do you mean, "holding out for"? It's not as if you can buy a Multari. It's a one-off. Not yours. uh... ok, calm down. it was a turn of phrase meant to point out that I am less than enthused with this design. It's too bulky and does not offer enough games IMO. and for the record, if you have enough money to offer people like Ben Heck, ANYTHING is for sale. This guy would be no different if someone offered him his price for making another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZylonBane Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 So in fact, you're still holding out for Curt Vendel's portable 2600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshallh Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Wow, I had no idea this would go around so fast. I was shooting to get the portable done as quickly as possible, and so had to settle for no bankswitching. I do have plans to make a portable using an original 2600 4-switch board, and a new multicart loading games off SD cards with the most common F8/F6 bankswitching. However that will have to wait until I can save up some more money to get a PCB made for that. If anyone wants to see their 2k/4k game running on this (and assuming it doesn't use illegal opcodes that foul up the FB2) I'll be happy to run it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Heh... this place got rid of um... that other annoying dude and me... but Zylonbane is like a case of herpes... you MIGHT be able to control outbreaks, but you can never truly be free of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+LS650 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 That looks pretty cool. Sure it's a bit bulky and all, but still, I'd love to have a portable 2600... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wolfe Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Wow, I had no idea this would go around so fast. I was shooting to get the portable done as quickly as possible, and so had to settle for no bankswitching.I do have plans to make a portable using an original 2600 4-switch board, and a new multicart loading games off SD cards with the most common F8/F6 bankswitching. However that will have to wait until I can save up some more money to get a PCB made for that. If anyone wants to see their 2k/4k game running on this (and assuming it doesn't use illegal opcodes that foul up the FB2) I'll be happy to run it It's a fine first entry Marshall, it just needs some refinement. Despite my "lack of enthusiasm", by no means does that mean I'm not impressed with your work. You should really contact Curt Vendell and perhaps share notes. somewhere on this forum is a thread by him with pictures of a handheld prototype atari 2600. It was about the size of a gameboy micro if I remember correctly. which is perhaps a bit too small maybe but still, it was looking great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PacManPlus Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 How did you make the mold for that? Did you gut something that was already packaged or did you actually make a plastic mold for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mimo Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 How did you make the mold for that? Did you gut something that was already packaged or did you actually make a plastic mold for this? He made hi own mold http://retroactive.be/multari/making.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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