Hacking Video Game Consoles: Turn your old video game systems into awesome new portables (ExtremeTech)

Hacking Video Game Consoles: Turn your old video game systems into awesome new portables (ExtremeTech) by Heckendorn, Benjamin. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780764578069.

Space Invaders and Asteroids are back! Loved that Atari(r) when you were a kid? So did Ben Heckendorn - so much, in fact, that he successfully resurrected it as a slim, go-anywhere portable. When Playstation(r) and Nintendo(r) aficionados got jealous, he created miniaturized, fully functioning, battery-powered versions of those too. Now its your turn. Every secret is here - complete instructions, materials lists, tool tips, even advice on finding parts. Just wait til they see this at the high school reunion. Ready? Lets get started Plans and instructions for building eight handheld, classic video games * Choosing a game system - Atari(r), Nintendo(r), Super Nintendo(r), or Playstation(r)1 * What youll spend * Electronics and soldering 101 * Hacking portable TVs for their screens * Building the case - CNC or freehand? * Yank the cord, install the batteries