Haydn Jones Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 ben heck is making a production line of 2600p's . might these be good for a colector in a pal region to get in to NTSC, thou i might send him a mail to see if their is much work involved with just ajusting the rf to use pal games/2600. www.benheck.com it would cost about the same as a pspp for me, with cheaper games. haydn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stingray Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 As much as I'd love to own one, $350 is a little stout for my budget. -S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 I know there are component and time costs here - $350 is beyond my budget also - I would prob be interested if the price point could come down to $250 but it would hard to part with that cash ANyone know how long the unit would last on a set of batteries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I'll take one for sure... I just wish he would make it look more Atari-ish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdub_bobby Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Are there no difficulty switches on it, or am I missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awsomo3000 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 im not too fond of the way the cartridge sticks out the back, other then that it looks great, i would love to have one but i have no money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 im not too fond of the way the cartridge sticks out the back, other then that it looks great, i would love to have one but i have no money. thats horrable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satan165 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 im all over this thing, even for $350. i figure if you tried to build it youself... $90 for the kit (from ben himself) $50 (approx) for the atari system to hack apart $100 for the screen $20 for his book so its nearly 300 and you might not even be able to pull it off tho it would be fun to try at any rate, i can say 100% that i will either buy one from him (if he starts to manufacture them) or buy the supplies and his book and try it myself I just wish he would make it look more Atari-ish. i hear that, but thats why ill keep my actual 2600 in commision hooked up to the tv....as a replacement i agree its not 'the real thing' by any stretch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Pac-Man and Grant Theft Auto -- or more to the point, 2600 Pac-Man and Grand Theft Auto. Talk about your illicit partners in gaming! MAJOR SKUNK AWARD WINNER!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Hierophant Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I would take one if he fixed the design to include both difficulty switches and the B&W switch (for games that use it as something other than changing the palette to grayscale. Also, the paddle button may be pressed by mistake in a joystick game, which will register as a right joystick press. My advice would be to nix the paddle button altogether, use the one button for both and have a switch to select the joystick or paddle. Thats four extra switches in all that must be added to perfect the device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 It looks nice. Just too far out of what I could afford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint Thompson Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 What's the battery life on these suckers again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I'm disappointed the joystick and paddle are on the left side. I'm so used to playing 2600 games with the original joystick and paddle, I can't play them with left-handed gamepads. And yeah... $350 is a bit steep for a semi-portable 2600. (I say "semi" because if you take more than a couple of games with you, you're dealing with juggling a bunch of big ol' carts.) Now if it had an integrated Krokodile Cart... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mos6507 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 In less than a year we're all going to be hacking the new crop of 2600-on-a-chip devices into portables which will yield much better battery life and won't involve cannibalizing original consoles. I would hope that Ben takes a look at those when they come out and offers something based on them, hopefully with all the console switches and a 2nd controller port on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satan165 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 i just ordered the book. forget about buying one (very well might not be possible anyways), this will be a fun project. cant wait to start reading thru that book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Franzman Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I'm disappointed the joystick and paddle are on the left side. I'm so used to playing 2600 games with the original joystick and paddle, I can't play them with left-handed gamepads. I prefer the stick/d-pad right, button(s) left arrangement too. This seems to make more sense to me since most of us are right handed and directional controls are the primary controls in most games, which leads me to wonder why it got turned around, and why "backwards" has become the standard. Anyway, Ben has made ONE unit with the controls the right way around, the VCSp Gold, found about halfway down this page: http://benheck.com/Games/VCSp%20Models.htm So, I'm sure if you were to buy a custom unit from him he would be glad to build it any way you want, for the right price. :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 This doesn't have difficulty switches? I was interested until I saw that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 I'm disappointed the joystick and paddle are on the left side. I'm so used to playing 2600 games with the original joystick and paddle, I can't play them with left-handed gamepads. I prefer the stick/d-pad right, button(s) left arrangement too. This seems to make more sense to me since most of us are right handed and directional controls are the primary controls in most games, which leads me to wonder why it got turned around, and why "backwards" has become the standard. Anyway, Ben has made ONE unit with the controls the right way around, the VCSp Gold, found about halfway down this page: http://benheck.com/Games/VCSp%20Models.htm So, I'm sure if you were to buy a custom unit from him he would be glad to build it any way you want, for the right price. :wink: I second that. 5-11under Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Oops. I guess I third that. 5-11under Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 im all over this thing, even for $350. i figure if you tried to build it youself... $90 for the kit (from ben himself) $50 (approx) for the atari system to hack apart $100 for the screen $20 for his book so its nearly 300 and you might not even be able to pull it off tho it would be fun to try Don't you have to supply Ben with an atari and $350? If so, your materials only come to $210 instead of nearly $300. It does look nice though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I can understand why Ben has to charge that kind of money. It's definitely not cheap for him to do this kind of work. But if he perfected one of his handhelds and offered it for $100 less(unlikely, but we can hope), then I'd be willing to do it. Anything to allow me to enjoy my Atari games more often would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Wait a min... since when did he sell precut cases? That was the only thing stopping me from making a portable atari or portable nes... *drools* new project when I get to my next base!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HK-47 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Wait a min... since when did he sell precut cases? That was the only thing stopping me from making a portable atari or portable nes... *drools* new project when I get to my next base!!!! Since his book came out... www.benheck.com/book/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keilbaca Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 No matter, I still emailed him to be on the list. If the mass production doesn't go through though, I'm so ordering the handheld case, I hate using analog sticks, so the CNC case is out for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I was going to post this a while back, but was going to wait until after I built mine. I am also going to buy Ben's pre-made one if he builds them. Problem though: I don't like the sitcking out the back thing either or the paddle positioning. I bet you will see more of these on EBAY now... after people start making them from his kits. I want one to take with me to fleamarkets and stuff... and another one for home and traveling. I really need a multi-cart of some sort though. What's this I hear about a 'Krokodile Cart' First time I heard of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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