Hacking Video Game Consoles
Turn your old video game systems into awesome new portables (ExtremeTech)
by Benjamin Heckendorn
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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 it's 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? Let's 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 you'll spend * Electronics and soldering 101 * Hacking portable TVs for their screens * Building the case - CNC or freehand? * Yank the cord, install the batteries
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Games, Nonfiction, Microcomputers, Video games, Upgrading, Computer games, Programming, Computer graphics, Design| Edition | Availability |
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Hacking Video Game Consoles
2005, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Electronic resource
in English
0764595962 9780764595967
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Hacking Video Game Consoles: Turn your old video game systems into awesome new portables (ExtremeTech)
February 18, 2005, Wiley
Paperback
in English
0764578065 9780764578069
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"The year was 1984, and video games were dead."
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