When I first starting buying Atari 2600 consoles for modding purposes back in 2000 (right after my website became famous) I was lucky enough that my first Atari 2600 Junior had the ultra-rare “single chip” variant inside. Of course this was “portablization catnip” for me so I desoldered it and tried to make a custom … Continue reading Project started in 2000 finally finished – Atari 2600 Junior Single Chip Portable! →
Here are photos of the Atari 2600 Junior single-chip portable, both complete and in disassembled form. The unit is 5.1″ x 3.7″ x 1.375″ in size and weighs 11 oz with cartridge installed. Click on photos for high-res versions. Watch the Making-Of video here:
For the final project of The Ben Heck Show I built an all-new original hardware Atari 800 handheld! Unlike my past Atari computer laptops this uses the original IC’s with an all-new custom circuit board. It also fits in your hand and runs off Li-Po batteries. -> Click here for the detailed Making Of Story … Continue reading New Atari 800 Computer Handheld! →
ATARI 800 HANDHELD Click on any image in this article for a larger version. For the final episode of The Ben Heck Show I wanted to do something special. I figured it would be a good time to revisit my favorite old computer the Atari 800. I’ve done (3) Atari 800 laptops in the past … Continue reading Atari 800 Handheld →
The Story Earlier this year the fabled Atari Landfill was discovered as part of a documentary called “Atari: Game Over”. You can watch it for free via Xbox video (using a 360, One or Windows 8 machine) The documentary covers what caused the gaming market to crash, and also the search for the “lost landfill” where … Continue reading Atari Landfill Cartridge Resurrection →
Parker Dillman – the “Longhorn Engineer” and a member of my forums, has gotten a custom “remanufacture” of an Atari 2600 working! Way to go! You can visit his site here – hopefully he’ll have this for sale soon! He also has a very nice Atari 2600 composite video mod you should check out.
When I was young I used to do a lot of BASIC programming on my Atari 800 computer. Many years later I got an SIO2PC cable from eBay, which allows you to use your PC as a virtual disk drive with an old Atari. This allows a person to make disk images of their old … Continue reading Benheck Atari Disk Archive →
